Full root, ssh and what ever you want to install.  Total access as well as one 
click installation of common applications or you can build your own.  Yum or 
apt-get or your program managers of choice all work.

 

Also fully supports IPv6

 

 

From: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Chris Meredith 
<talli...@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 1:05 AM
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
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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Training Instructor.

 

clgillan...@gmail.com
Phone: (704) 256-8010.

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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 know.

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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 
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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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