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There is a back story, but it is boring.
I have to deploy a webserver, but I don't want to use an out of the box content tool like Weirdpress. I know the content and it is currently static but we want to add in user generated content soon, AFAIK this will require more freedom then is currently on the market.
So, I have a simple server; Java based, plugs into Tomcat and uses a MongoDB store. Now, where in the name of Bob can I get it hosted? Preferably a UK site.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: but it is boring.
This is the Lounge. That's never stopped anyone before. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No, this is really pissing me off! I can build the content system in a day or two and I am no webwiz. I want to get a [virtual] server, with a couple of open port for site, FTP and tty sessions. Throw in a small amount of storage; current content is a dozen pages each in English and Hungarian.
99.73% of traffic is GET's for the content with a [very] few updates. Currently there adding or amending content barely once a week and tops will be one or two news articles per week. Get that up and running then in a month or two add in members forums for ~100 people. This is not rocket science.
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If you're going the VPS route, any web hosting company should do. The whole point is that because you have root, you can install WTE you want; instead of the hosting companies crappiest common denominator baseline (picked to minimize support calls not for any functional reason).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I think he just wrote that to trigger our desire to nitpick and prove him wrong, tricking us into reading on...
But you guys probably don't care about such stuff.
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I like Azure these days, although you have to watch what you set up or the monthly invoice can rack up.
RedStation (UK based) were always good for dedicated servers. I never used their virtual servers, but their email support was always excellent.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Amazon? What about OVH[^], as it's been mentioned a few times here recently. There's also Rackspace which my client uses for several Apache sites, not sure if there's a UK farm though.
[edit]I also have a DigitalOcean account, I've been quite pleased with them.[/edit]
Marc
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OVH have UK support and good prices, tvm!
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I use DiscountASP.NET here in the US but I believe they have a UK datacenter as well. What I like is that I don't have anything I didn't want, SQL for instance.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I am also testing out OVH, hosted in Canada...the infrastructure and network speed is great...the service response time could use some work but so far, I'm liking them.
They are also in Europe...don't know about UK though...
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Marc Clifton wrote: Amazon?
We use AWS now and everything is going well so far.
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Marc Clifton wrote: [edit]I also have a DigitalOcean account, I've been quite pleased with them.[/edit]
I host client sites on digital ocean, and I agree they are a great service.
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I would recommend avoiding Rackspace, we are trying to get our website live on their servers and they keep breaking the connections by doing things we have explicitly told them not to do.
Again I cannot stress enough - avoid Rackspace!
(Just posting this so that it is searchable for people looking for Rackspace on CodeProject -I realise the original post is almost a year old)
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I recently did something similar (tomcat 7 web server + java based application server + mysql).
I went with Amazon EC2 and Amazon Route 53 (to redirect the domain name's NS to my instance) and so far I am satisfied.
It allows you to configure the type of instance you want (depending of your needs, some small instances are eligible to free usage up to 700 hours!), the capacity, the CPU power and amount of memory.
Well worth a look.
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I suppose a static IP and a laptop are out of the question? 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I have a simple server; Java based
Simple and Java based? Never seen such a thing.
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If you can set it up from the OS level up, digital ocean is great.
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And I won't make the same mistake again.
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Not always a mistake
I married Mrs. Maxxx 30 years ago - we met at work - the rest is history!
(yes you do get a shorter sentence for murder, but the sex isn't as good!)
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Is that the murder sex or the wifely sex?
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_Maxxx_ wrote: but the sex isn't as good!
Depends what jail they send you to. 
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I've seen "Porridge" and "Cell Block H" - and I don't fancy any of 'em! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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TBH they were marginally better on Porridge
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How about Orange is the New Black?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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