[kwlug-disc] Website hosting

[CrankyOldBugger]

No, I'm not paying that much.. I'll have to dig up the bills to be sure,
but I'm thinking it's around $100/year per site.

General Linux sysadmin tasks are no problem, I've just never hosted from my
house before.  Should I build a VM to run these on?  What about DNS?  I use
DynDNS for my own machines (for remoting in) but would I be able to use my
existing website names with them?  As you can see, it's n00b questions
here... but I certainly look forwarding to learning about this stuff.



On 10 June 2014 15:09, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 2:57 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I currently run two websites that are hosted on myhosting.com.  One is
>> for a charity I help out and the other is my own blog.  Everytime I see the
>> charges on my Visa bill I wonder if there's a cheaper solution. I pay for
>> both my own site and the charity's, so any cost savings would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>
> It says $40 a month per site. So are you paying $80 a month for two sites
> or using one instance to host both sites?
>
>  Do any of you guys use a hosting service and if so, which one and are
>> they any good?
>>
>
> I use Linode, and highly recommend them. They start at $20 a month, and
> depending on your sites traffic, one instance may be able to handle both
> sites.
>
> My only real requirements are Wordpress capable (i.e. both sites are
>> predominantly Wordpress generated) and a few email accounts.  I don't need
>> anything too fancy.
>>
>
> Did you look into wordpress.com? They have a free tier. Perhaps that
> would be enough for your needs.
>
>
>>  I know somebody in this mail list is going to suggest that I host these
>> myself but I'm not sure if I'm technically savvy enough to do this.  If you
>> can loan me a copy of "web hosting for dummies" maybe I could look into
>> it...
>>
>> Please let me know your thoughts on this!
>>
>
> How good are you with general Linux sysadmin tasks?
>
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