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Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server

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Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server

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Post by g3orge »

vonskippy wrote: post #26

Once 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.

can you have a Linode account w/o having an active server? This is suppose to offer a small testing environment, fast and easy. and I guess is cheaper that Linode to just keep it a little bit longer online...

Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server

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Post by toomuchtodo »

wdmeldon wrote: post #24
zackmorris wrote: post #16

This 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 th…

Probably because SysAdmins are fervent about security/maintainability/reliability.

Fixed that for you. Too often all developers care about is "Ship. Ship. Ship". Get a pager and come join our world for a bit. You'll understand what its like to run a real-world, mission critical app.

Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server

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Post by dbond »

quantumpotato_ wrote: post #23
dbond wrote: post #8

First 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?

I downloaded a couple small files with wget and got 10MB/s, so just point it at a large file, maybe even loop the command.

Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server

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Post by prg318 »

g3orge wrote: post #31
vonskippy wrote: post #26

Once 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.

can you have a Linode account w/o having an active server? This is suppose to offer a small testing environment, fast and easy. and I guess is cheaper that Linode to just keep it a little bit longer online...

You can have a Linode account without any active VPSes on your account. If you want to spin up a Linode for a day, you get charged a prorated amount for the day(s) that it is active on your account. Pretty reasonable IMO.

Just note that you need to have an active Linode on your account in order for any DNS records hosted with Linode to be served.

Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server

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Post by FriedPickles »

wcchandler wrote: post #36
vinhboy wrote: post #17

Ok. Now that "Open Terminal" thing is awesome. Nice job.

Anybody know what project that is? I'm interested in running it internally on my network without an SSH client.

It's this fantastic project: https://github.com/aluzzardi/wssh. It runs term.js on the client, and talks to an intermediate server via websockets that translates into ssh.

I'm also running that server at term.isv.io if you need to ssh into any server a pinch, but of course running your own server is the more secure solution.

Re: Instant Server - Click the button to get a virtual private server

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Post by lucb1e »

FriedPickles wrote: post #20
gibybo wrote: post #10

The 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.

That's not equally annoying, that's a total show stopper for many.
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