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Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server
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#22The CAPTCHA really cramps your 'instant' style :( It would be great if it had more convenient ways of preventing abuse. Perhaps look at IP/current server load/user agent patterns/etc to give most people the benefit of the doubt, and only fall back to a CAPTCHA in edge cases? Thinking about it more, just using an easier CAPTCHA would go along way to making it more user friendly. ReCaptha is hard. It usually takes me 2…
I'm the creator. I didn't want to use a captcha, but had to put one on with all the demand. I'll switch to an easier one, if anyone has any other ideas let me know! Requiring signing in with a google account would also stop abuse, but that seems equally annoying.
Queue your e-mail address w/ a CAPTCHA solve
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#23First thought, isn't this a tad dangerous for the supplier? There seems to be nothing stopping me from using huge amounts of bandwidth just to screw with them. Or if I really was a bad guy, how much of an effective dos attack could be launched on ec2 hosted sites in the same az from these servers?
How would you use lots of bandwidth after you created the servers?
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#24This is brilliant. I'm flabbergasted why every single virtual server I've ever tried has had some gotcha that made it agonizing. Why is it so hard to have one-click templates that give you a server that can run 90% of what a user needs, say apache/php/ruby/node/mysql/postgresql/ssh with cpanel (or equivalent), already installed and set up "the right way" so you can easily add domains? I know the reasons why this hasn…
Probably because SysAdmins are fervent about customization. If a simple tool pops up like this, the demands for complex features overwhelms the product and brings it all the way back to the complex nightmare it's always been.
Developers are more accepting of "Sane Defaults" as Rails has proven, but not enough hosting providers are interested in selling to developers. I have a feeling this will change sooner rather than later as the fields continue to merge.
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#25isv.io/kCJyvgutauRFzdqW5
Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server
#26Once you have an account with Linode, spinning up another node is quick and painless, and with way more options.
Plus they're up front with their billing - I need to send in a question and wait for a email response on how much it will cost to keep it longer then 30 minutes?
I'll pass. His concept is to SAVE TIME, yet with all the missing details, it will end up costing more time (and probably money) then it's worth.
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#27I'd be interested in the mechanics behind this service. I see you are using Meteor, any other info on the stack?
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#28Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server
#29Once you have an account with Linode, spinning up another node is quick and painless, and with way more options. Plus they're up front with their billing - I need to send in a question and wait for a email response on how much it will cost to keep it longer then 30 minutes? I'll pass. His concept is to SAVE TIME, yet with all the missing details, it will end up costing more time (and probably money) then it's worth.
Price information is available on the second page of the "Get More Time" flow, after entering your email (or not) and hitting "Continue". I'll try to make that more obvious. Thanks for the feedback.
Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server
#30This is brilliant. I'm flabbergasted why every single virtual server I've ever tried has had some gotcha that made it agonizing. Why is it so hard to have one-click templates that give you a server that can run 90% of what a user needs, say apache/php/ruby/node/mysql/postgresql/ssh with cpanel (or equivalent), already installed and set up "the right way" so you can easily add domains? I know the reasons why this hasn…
give you a server that can run 90% of what a user needs
Are you saying that you just keep adding things to the server until you've covered that mythical user?
That sounds like an absolute disaster from a security, maintenance, and resource usage perspective.
I don't see what problem this solves. Start an EC2 instance (takes seconds), configure it as you want it (which to me includes a hardened, specific set of software with very specific routing rules where nginx sits in front of node, etc), and then save an AMI from your specific mix of technology.
Trivial, and perfectly suited to the user's needs. I can then spin up any number of perfectly suited instances.