> On 17 Aug 2017, at 12:40, Todd Goodman <t...@bonedaddy.net> wrote: > > I use AWS instances extensively at work and they have been incredibly > reliable and after initially learning the tools they're very convenient to > manage (IMNHO of course.) > > I've used the AWS free tier EC2 to set up a Gentoo instance using a public > AMI to base it on. It worked OK and I'm certain I could have figured out how > to set it up from scratch too. > > The free tier is a micro instance which may or may not suit your purposes. > It's probably fine for a mail server and low traffic web server.
Many thanks, that's very helpful. So AWS instances work like any other VM? I can ssh into them, install packages on them and so on? You mentioned the AWS free tier - if I use one of those, can I be sure that it won't exceed the usage limits without billing me? Linode were mentioned by a couple of people in the previous thread, too. They seem like the logical choice, but if I can use AWS for free, that would be better. ;) Stroller.
