I have not heard of and unusual blacklisting of Bluehost. On 2023-01-25 09:21, trent shipley via PLUG-discuss wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 8:30 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> Hi Trent, >> >> First question is what is in your heart? Is the path you are >> following >> where you want to go? Do not read anything into my question. It is >> all >> about you, and what you want to do. > > I wanted to be an anthropologist (almost got a PhD), but programming > is the next coolest thing, and until the AIs take over there are a lot > more jobs and it pays better--even in a recession. :) > >> I would suggest Bluehost and get as many months as you may need. I >> know >> they have a discount for new customers and I think you have to buy a >> >> year or more to get the discount - worth investigating. I think >> they >> use cPanel, which may or may not be of use to you. > > Aren't Bluehost hosted sites often blacklisted? I need to get to this > from my personal PC, plugged into my employer's internet. > >> Make sure you have shell access to your shared hosting server. >> >> I would stay away from GoDaddy for the only reason of price. I >> would >> encourage you look at them and see how they stack up. >> >> I used to buy my domains at GoDaddy until the price kept increasing. >> >> Now I am with NameSilo. >> >> If you are not going to keep the website you might consider a >> hypervisor >> instead of shared hosting. Look at VirtualBox and Proxmox. By using >> a >> virtualization software you can build your own server (good for >> learning >> and resume) and save a few bucks. It will take some time and there >> is a >> learning curve. > > So basically set up a guest as a server and then connect to the guest > like it's a server on the public internet? My Mint development > environment is a guest on Windows. I am an 'occasional' Linux and > FOSS user. > > Also, I like programming and software engineering and I'm always happy > when someone does the admin for me and tells me how they want the app > to implement security. (That is admin is moderately fun, and thinking > about security makes me more anxious and paranoid in general, which is > unpleasant--so I'm even more happy to outsource as much of that as I > can get away with.) > > (My general observation as an almost qualified anthropologist is that > security professionals, whether prison guards, police, or > cyber-security are more anxious and suspicious -- even paranoid than > the population at large. I suspect they start a little bit more > anxious and suspicious [and it turns them on], then thinking about and > coping with all the stuff bad actors can do to you all day long makes > it ever so much more so.) > >> I recently configured Proxmox on a old piece hardware and am glad I >> did. >> >> Keith >> >> On 2023-01-25 07:53, trent shipley via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> I'm on the bench with my employer asd studying test driven >> development >>> using Harry Precival's Test-Driven Development with Python. >> Percival >>> uses a simple web site on Django as the practice or example >> project. >>> In chapter 9 the baby website gets put on a real hosted web >> server. >>> It needs to be an olde fashioned service where you have the >> freedom to >>> do a lot of admin work. That is, you need to have enough rope to >> hang >>> yourself. I also need a domain name and two sub-domain names. >> Price >>> is important. I will probably finish the tutorial book and throw >> the >>> site away instead of keeping it as a personal website. >>> >>> Has anyone got any suggestions for where to get a domain name and >> a >>> hosting service? >>> >>> Trent >>> >>> Choosing Where to Host Our Site >>> >>> There are loads of different solutions out there these days, but >> they >>> broadly fall into two camps: >>> >>> * Running your own (possibly virtual) server >>> * Using a Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS) offering like Heroku, >>> OpenShift, or PythonAnywhere >>> >>> Particularly for small sites, a PaaS offers a lot of advantages, >> and I >>> would definitely recommend looking into them. We’re not going to >> use >>> a PaaS in this book however, for several reasons. Firstly, I have >> a >>> conflict of interest, in that I think PythonAnywhere is the best, >> but >>> then again I would say that because I work there. Secondly, all >> the >>> PaaS offerings are quite different, and the procedures to deploy >> to >>> each vary a lot — learning about one doesn’t necessarily tell >> you >>> about the others. Any one of them might radically change their >> process >>> or business model by the time you get to read this book. >>> >>> Instead, we’ll learn just a tiny bit of good old-fashioned >> server >>> admin, including SSH and web server config. They’re unlikely to >> ever >>> go away, and knowing a bit about them will get you some respect >> from >>> all the grizzled dinosaurs out there. >>> >>> What I have done is to try to set up a server in such a way >> that’s a >>> bit like the environment you get from a PaaS, so you should be >> able to >>> apply the lessons >>> >>> Percival, Harry. Test-Driven Development with Python (pp. >> 263-264). >>> O'Reilly Media. Kindle Edition. 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