Correction: My account *does* get a $25 credit if you end up spending $25
over the lifetime of your account. Currently, that's a zero sum for me as I
don't pay for my resources on DO.
Best Regards,
-Thomas Scott
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:46 AM Thomas Scott <
mr.thomas.scott@gmail.com>
wrote:
> https://m.do.co/c/6f0c38f7ef53 - referral code for DigitalOcean - good
> for $200/for 60 days. After that, the $4/mo droplet (VPS) is good for most
> simple development, and can scale up or down as needed (as long as you
> don't increase the disk size). Anyone feel free to use it!
>
> Disclaimer: I've worked on their backbone team since June of last year, I
> do not get paid for referrals :)
>
> As far as domain names, I go where it's cheapest for my throwaways, used
> google domains for a bit, but I think that's defunct (shocker).
>
> Best Regards,
> -Thomas Scott
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 8:50 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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. (2017)
>> >>>
>> >>> Or free at: https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/pages/book.html
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