After self-hosting on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, I'm back on a free VPS

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:45:00 -0800

My time hosting a web server on a Raspberry Pi in the coat closet has come to an end. I’m not unhappy. I don’t need to be inviting ports 80 and 443 into my home network. It was just an experiment. One that went really well.

But I’m OK moving on.

When the self-hosting experiment began with my first Raspberry Pi (a Zero W that was not up to the task), I was surprised to find out that I could use my Spectrum-supplied Arris cable modem/router to open ports 80 and 443 and forward them to a computer on my local network.

Amazon Web Services free for one year

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:07:04 -0800

You can use Amazon Web services free for a year, and I did just that.

I wouldn’t say signing up for Amazon Web Services was easy, or that you don’t need to possess a certain level of geeky experience, because you do. But if you know a minimum about how a Linux server goes together, you can do it.

One thing to note: Ubuntu is HUGE in the world of AWS. This is an area where it looks like they are either dominating, or well on their way to dominating.

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After self-hosting on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, I'm back on a free VPS

Amazon Web Services free for one year