Yup? They absolutely do, 100%. Yes.
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From: Chris Meredith
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2016 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini?
Can I assume they give you full root and ssh access to your virtual server?
On Jun 11, 2016, at 11:13 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote:
Wonderful! Glad you got set up. Watch how quick they respond to your
ticket! I think you'll be incredibly impressed.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall
To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini?
Thanks guys. I went ahead and signed up with them a couple hours ago, and
I have to agree that it's been quite easy. The only problem was that my card
wasn't accepted because they don't support that bank, but VO didn't detect the
popup displaying the problem so I had to open a ticket with them. Other than
that, things have worked well. My domain is hosted with GoDaddy, and the
difference is incredible. Digital Ocean is easy to navigate and use, while GD
is absolutely terrible. You can use it, but it's not intuitive, and it's often
quite frustrating. There's a pun to be made about the shortcut I used for
GoDaddy's name, but I'll leave that pun un-made. Fill it in in your own minds.
On Jun 11, 2016, at 23:01, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote:
I use them all the freaking time, and swear, and I do mean, swear! by
them!
Accessibility is steller on their web site. So much so, that when I
wrote them to commend them, they told me flat out that they were 100% commited
to following W3C standard, and following all accessibility guidelines. They
even went so far to say if anything breaks, tell them, and it'll be fixed
before a blink of an eye.
They have absolutely never done me wrong, and are absolutely a pleasure
and a half to work with.
I would strongly strongly recommend them!
Here's a link you can use to sign up, and get $10.00 of free credit
when doing so.
http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30270081/cloud.digitalocean.com?p=eyJzIjoiOW15SHlHMHlQS0VPR2FFSGxsN2lqMVdDcHRVIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDI3MDA4MSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2Nsb3VkLmRpZ2l0YWxvY2Vhbi5jb21cXFwvYWNjZXB0P2NvZGU9ZDI2N2FhZmFjY2
Note, this link should work for anyone, but if it doesn't, then let me
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From: Alex Hall
To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini?
I didn't realize Digital Ocean was that cheap. If you, or anyone, has
used them before, do the web interface and other aspects work with VO/Safari?
Any accessibility things I need to know about? It's an ongoing cost, but it's
small, and I don't have to worry about firewalls, ports, or other security
setup and concerns.
On Jun 11, 2016, at 13:47, Scott Granados <sc...@qualityip.net>
wrote:
So I wouldn’t do this unless it’s a dedicated machine. You can do
things to limit your exposure but the fact is if you have the server on the
public internet and your personal data is in it then it’s exposed. You really
should keep them separate. That being said if you want to do it, there’s a few
ways to go.
You’ll need some sort of server OS. Mac offers this but I might
run a linux variant in a virtual machine and map the external to internal IP as
you normally would. This lets you run in an isolated image making it more
challenging (not impossible) for a hacker to get outside the VM.
Personally, if I were going to do this project I’d go to
www.digitalocean.com
and rent a virtual server. They start as low as $5 per month and
if things get really out of hand or compromised you just destroy the droplet
(virtual machine) and build a new one. There’s lots of ways to do what you
want to do though. Let me know if that helps or if you want more specifics
answered.
Thanks
From: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Alex Hall
<mehg...@icloud.com>
Reply-To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 9:56 AM
To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini?
Hi all,
I just got a domain name, to use for testing something at work with
emails. I figured I may as well use it to host, well, whatever I want to. I
have a Mac Mini with 8GB ram and an SSD, and I don't expect much traffic on
this site at all. My questions, then:
* Is this machine suited to the task, if I also want to use it for
everyday things like email or Safari? It's my primary computer.
* Should I use OS X Server, or would Nginx or Apache work just as
well? I'm comfortable enough with both that not having a GUI for configuration
doesn't bother me.
* What security concerns should I know, given that this computer
also holds my own files, keychain, and the like? Will server directives to
restrict access be enough, or is it just a bad idea to run a public site from a
personal computer?
Thanks in advance for any information. I've done some web hosting
before, and I know programming and servers, but I've never hosted my own site.
This time, I own only the domain, no server space or anything else. I'd like to
avoid paying for shared hosting if I can, since I don't expect this site to do
a ton or attract many visitors.
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