On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Benjamin Francom wrote: > > >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:27:59 -0700 >> From: Lisa Kachold >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject: Re: Looking for Virtual Hosting >> Message-ID: >> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hi Mark! >> >> >> You can get 2 Virtual Private Servers on AWS EC2 for *free* for the first >> >> year. After that their pricing is STILL alot cheaper than what you were >> paying! But you will have to investigate that by setting up mockup >> billing as you build your systems and evaluate your needs. You have a >> whole year. >> >> Their free tier includes a good lot of startup resources: >> >> http://aws.amazon.com/free/ >> >> I personally LOVE EC2 and have had a lot of fun deploying their images >> (and >> mine) in the "cloud". >> >> While you really need nothing but Amazon's own management tools to do most >> anything you might want, the real power of the EC2 and S3 Amazon services >> is the capacity to build up duplicate images and deploy, manage, and >> secure >> the servers using automation tools. Gone are the days when an army of >> server monkeys typed for days managing all the little things on servers. >> >> Of course, AWS has already integrated OPWorks into their product, and it's >> very powerful: >> >> http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/gettingstarted-simple-app.html >> >> However, there's a development API that has allowed others to seamlessly >> integrate their application to EC2/S3 AWS. CHEF, Puppet, Cobbler and >> many >> other customized deployment scripts and tools have been developed in in >> ruby, python, and perl (github) and J2EE. >> >> Ansible: http://docs.ansible.com/intro_dynamic_inventory.html >> Cobbler: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=14590 >> Puppet: http://puppetlabs.com/solutions/ec2 >> Chef: http://learn.getchef.com/legacy/starter-use-cases/multi-node-ec2/ >> >> Of course everyone has to get into the game, so we see competing >> deployment >> tools newly available like *Juju* , the open >> source service orchestration management tool developed by Canonical, the >> company already famous for its Linux-based operating system Ubuntu. What?s >> great in Juju is that it automates the daily tasks that your >> infrastructure >> requires, and it allows you to focus on what really matters to you. All >> this is made possible by what are called ?Charms? in the Juju jargon. A >> *Charm* is a collection of YAML configuration files and a selection of >> ?hooks?, which are naming conventions that perform several operations like >> install software, start/stop a service, manage relationships with other >> Charms, and more. Since Charms can be shared among different systems, a >> Charm store is available to share and download them. >> >> >> So, while I love linode, libvirt and KVMs, I would opt for a better >> solution managing your own server set on AWS. >> >> Feel free to email me offline for more info or questions. > > > SaltStack, another configuration/orchestration/automation tool, also > integrates into ec2. I just finished some training for SaltStack which was > all based in the aws cloud. > > http://salt-cloud.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/aws.html > > -- > Benjamin Francom > Information Technology Mix Master > http://www.benfrancom.com > CFEngine too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NOhGzauQl4 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss