From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 28 04:00:51 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62FFC52A for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 04:00:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zoom.lafn.org (zoom.lafn.org [108.92.93.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3935D1CC9 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 04:00:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mbook.home (pool-108-28-180-65.washdc.fios.verizon.net [108.28.180.65]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoom.lafn.org (8.14.7/8.14.2) with ESMTP id rBS3wxlh000467 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:59:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD for my personal website: collocation, cloud, etc. From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:58:54 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <4BA0684A-1714-43AF-A319-D60B8D1E7013@lafn.org> References: To: Chris Stankevitz X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98 at zoom.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 04:00:51 -0000 On 27 December 2013, at 18:22, Chris Stankevitz = wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I've used linux for years but the BSD Now podcast has me fired up > about BSD. I'm thinking of resurrecting my domain name web and mail > servers with FreeBSD. >=20 > Can you recommend a place/procedure by which I can easily (and > cheaply) get up and running with a "publicly accessible" FreeBSD > machine connected to the internet on which I can run a web and mail > server? Maybe I'll hookup a VPN for use when I am on a public > connection (e.g. starbucks). >=20 > The server will be under essentially no load. >=20 > The way I see it I have these options: >=20 > 1. Buy and run machines from home and figure out a scheme to deal with > my dynamic ip address >=20 > 2. Co-location (which I've never done but I think I understand the = concept) >=20 > 3. Cloud (which I don't understand) You didn't identify your location or current ISP, but you might want to = investigate obtaining a static IP from them. Some providers have a very = reasonable cost for one static IP.