Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:58:54 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD for my personal website: collocation, cloud, etc. Message-ID: <52BE84BE.8050208@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312272125140.65033@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <CAPi0pssHTPBFa-9CSs7PsYcMXD34NB8KMdJh9OGJnZ%2B=-JbYtA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312272125140.65033@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On 12/28/13 12:31, Chris Hill wrote: > On Fri, 27 Dec 2013, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > >> Can you recommend a place/procedure by which I can easily (and >> cheaply) get up and running with a "publicly accessible" FreeBSD >> machine connected to the internet on which I can run a web and mail >> server? Maybe I'll hookup a VPN for use when I am on a public >> connection (e.g. starbucks). > > There are lots of colo providers out there (see 2 below), but I have > no personal experience with any of them. > >> The way I see it I have these options: >> >> 1. Buy and run machines from home and figure out a scheme to deal with >> my dynamic ip address > > This is what I do, but I have a static IP. If you have a dynamic IP > address, there is a good chance that your contract doesn't allow you > to run servers. Your ISP may also block the ports you want, or even > all ports but a few. Check your Terms and Conditions. > >> 2. Co-location (which I've never done but I think I understand the >> concept) > > The idea is that you own (or rent) a machine that is physically in a > data center somewhere. It "belongs" to you, so you administer it > remotely and run what you want. > >> 3. Cloud (which I don't understand) > > Neither do I. It smells like "new name for an old concept", though. > Pretty much :) You basically rent a vm running FreeBSD on it and can access it via VNC or such, so its a bit like a 2 with 1 capabilities. There are variations of course...
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