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Recommendations for that age-old question of how to host a website once you have an idea. Please provide a justification for your recommendation - spam will be ruthlessly pruned. | Recommendations for that age-old question of how to host a website once you have an idea. Please provide a justification for your recommendation - spam will be ruthlessly pruned. | ||
Some of these recommendations were originally taken from a mailing list thread back in 2011. Feel free to add a more recent recommendation. | |||
==Static== | ==Static== | ||
*Github | *Github - free, and works well with git, of course - [[User:Ms7821|Mark]] | ||
==Free== | ==Free== | ||
*GAE | *Google App Engine (GAE) - OK for infrequently changing sites that you don't want to worry about - [[User:Ms7821|Mark]] | ||
==DNS== | |||
*Portfast - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/50391b532e7e07ff Nat] | |||
==Basic== | ==Basic== | ||
*Amazon EC2 | *Amazon EC2 | ||
*[[ | *Gradwell - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/6e1caac9ccabd728 Artag] | ||
*Mythic Beasts - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/29fb9b04f0e3f7c0 sde] | |||
*Funio - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/a8e05a059280eda4 Eithin] | |||
==VPS== | ==VPS== | ||
*Bitfolk | *[https://bitfolk.com/plans.html Bitfolk] - "they provide the server for hackspace.org.uk, their support is ace and they don't enrage me even a little bit" -[http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/d22a375bcba6f762 Alexjs] | ||
*Bytemark | *Bytemark - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/58657b0d5b6b8c78 Renski], [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/50391b532e7e07ff Nat], [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/d22a375bcba6f762 Alexjs] | ||
*linode - "I've been using them for a year, no complaints" [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/09cc8ee95412d79b srimech] | |||
*uk2/vps.net - used for about a year, very good service during that time, occasional bouts of latency but generally worked very well - win2k3 and linux vm's used, all fine. | *uk2/vps.net - used for about a year, very good service during that time, occasional bouts of latency but generally worked very well - win2k3 and linux vm's used, all fine. | ||
*contextshift.eu - a friend's organisation, servers based in .nl, support | *contextshift.eu - a friend's organisation, servers based in .nl, support over IRC and email. Excellent value, brilliant uptime, very little latency. - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/981b91d490145b42 Tajasel] | ||
*Idaq - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/3267e6423dc49b26 Yiannis] | |||
*[https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ Digital Ocean] - very nice service, cheap, APIs [[User:Ms7821|Mark]] | |||
*[http://www.hetzner.de/en/ Hetzner] - popular for VMs or web | |||
*[https://www.rosehosting.com RoseHosting] - fully-managed Linux VPS with free 24/7 support. They have git hosting too | |||
==Colocation== | |||
*[http://colocker.com Colocker] - Run by Hackspace member 'bigcw' aka Chris who is happy to help out fellow members, be flexible on pricing, etc | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:56, 11 May 2016
Hosting providers
Recommendations for that age-old question of how to host a website once you have an idea. Please provide a justification for your recommendation - spam will be ruthlessly pruned.
Some of these recommendations were originally taken from a mailing list thread back in 2011. Feel free to add a more recent recommendation.
Static
- Github - free, and works well with git, of course - Mark
Free
- Google App Engine (GAE) - OK for infrequently changing sites that you don't want to worry about - Mark
DNS
- Portfast - Nat
Basic
VPS
- Bitfolk - "they provide the server for hackspace.org.uk, their support is ace and they don't enrage me even a little bit" -Alexjs
- Bytemark - Renski, Nat, Alexjs
- linode - "I've been using them for a year, no complaints" srimech
- uk2/vps.net - used for about a year, very good service during that time, occasional bouts of latency but generally worked very well - win2k3 and linux vm's used, all fine.
- contextshift.eu - a friend's organisation, servers based in .nl, support over IRC and email. Excellent value, brilliant uptime, very little latency. - Tajasel
- Idaq - Yiannis
- Digital Ocean - very nice service, cheap, APIs Mark
- Hetzner - popular for VMs or web
- RoseHosting - fully-managed Linux VPS with free 24/7 support. They have git hosting too
Colocation
- Colocker - Run by Hackspace member 'bigcw' aka Chris who is happy to help out fellow members, be flexible on pricing, etc
