From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 28 07:59:03 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 D9857CC4 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:59:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C7321792 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:59:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop3.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop3.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A84812736D for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:58:54 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <52BE84BE.8050208@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:58:54 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130530 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD for my personal website: collocation, cloud, etc. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 07:59:03 -0000 On 12/28/13 12:31, Chris Hill wrote: > On Fri, 27 Dec 2013, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > >> 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). > > There are lots of colo providers out there (see 2 below), but I have > no personal experience with any of them. > >> The way I see it I have these options: >> >> 1. Buy and run machines from home and figure out a scheme to deal with >> my dynamic ip address > > This is what I do, but I have a static IP. If you have a dynamic IP > address, there is a good chance that your contract doesn't allow you > to run servers. Your ISP may also block the ports you want, or even > all ports but a few. Check your Terms and Conditions. > >> 2. Co-location (which I've never done but I think I understand the >> concept) > > The idea is that you own (or rent) a machine that is physically in a > data center somewhere. It "belongs" to you, so you administer it > remotely and run what you want. > >> 3. Cloud (which I don't understand) > > Neither do I. It smells like "new name for an old concept", though. > Pretty much :) You basically rent a vm running FreeBSD on it and can access it via VNC or such, so its a bit like a 2 with 1 capabilities. There are variations of course...