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I need a site host with a modest enough cost that i can justify it to Himself (as well as myself). I don't need anything fancy, but i do want some control. Preferably i can stick a docker container on it.
I heard GoDaddy is no bueno these days, but i don't know if I'd rely on that statement.
Does anyone here have any recent experience with hosting that can share?
I already have a domain name, and I'd prefer to keep it with my current provider.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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GoDaddy? I think they are still in the top 10 and getting mostly positive reviews.
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I've used an OVH VPS[^] for many years. For my simple needs works like a charm.
Mircea
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I've used WinHHost [^] for years and highly recommend them.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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rackspace can satisfy all your needs.
it depends on your budget...
diligent hands rule....
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Rackspace is a bit more heavyhanded than what i am looking for, I think. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I have used several, including Godddy. Godaddy can nickel dime you on stuff, check what basics are provided. This applies to all hosts but they seem to go above and beyond. Like how many emails are you going to send. I had no real problems with GD and they helped me when I had trouble with a cert.
I am now using Hostgator but may move on. They have been good.
Most of the top sites will give you a bargain rate for the first period (some as long as 4 years), then regular rate at renewal. Just move on after the first period.
I have used many over the last 20 some years (about 8 domains), most long gone now. Couple were resellers that tried to go independent and blew it. That was exciting.
All have allowed me to use their DNS servers, editing them as I want or use my registrar's settings to create my own entries. I need to control the MX records on several domains because they use an on line mail washer. If you don't do email on your site, doesn't matter.
The so-called "top five" stay about the same and are competitive. I think almost any host will give you 30 days to cancel. Not a big deal if you are not hosting a site for business.
For the adventurous, I am hosting an Nginx server on a Pi, relatives log in to watch our old home movies. I turn it on when requested.
Edit: I should add that I have never moved the registration of the domain names. Some hosts will ask you to create a txt record to prove that you own the domain name before they will host it.
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Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Thanks a lot for this. I feel better prepared now.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I have used GoDaddy for 16 years. Problems only twice over that span. I use ASP.NET for hosting. But I don't do much with it. You can look at www.bobby-strain-group.com
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I like Digital Ocean but I'm going to check out the other hosting sites that people have posted here.
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I'm Using Network Solutions. Haven't created the website yet, But I got it mostly for the email.
I do not think they are too expensive, but don't actually remember.
Ed
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I use both namecheap and 123-reg.
123-reg bit more expensive and sometimes have issues but they usually get resolved within livable timeframes although I have come close to walking away a couple of times especially when they move the goalposts on what you can and cannot do with a given package
namecheap seem competent, more security orientated and cost less, seems like a win win to me so I put new domains here
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have you considered Azure?
Probably depends what built as but even static webpages can be deployed, and pricing and scaling all managed by you or automatically
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Seems expensive. I ended up going with OVH for $4.19 a month for 2 years. It's a VPS so I can put docker on it and do what I need to. The site is currently a single page with one form and some links. It doesn't need Azure.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Curious, are you getting container management with that or is it just a bare metal Ubuntu VM? Granted, many of us don't need that out of the box, but I've found that starting with a more robust model may be worth it in the long run.
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Bare metal debian I believe.
It's not a container managed system, but the site is dockerized so we can just deploy docker on the VPS.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Interesting, I'll have to take a look. I recently set up a proof-of-concept demo on AWS and decided on a bare bones Debian VM. I've set up several Debian VMs, so it made sense. Not to the level of needing Docker at this point.
It was a strategic mistake. I should have chosen a LAMP server and then removed the DB. I'm used to the default Debian install and building everything from scratch was painful. It was my own fault for underestimating bare bones, lol.
Be curious to hear how it works out for you.
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It should be pretty smooth but I'll find out shortly when I get everything set up.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Is OVH the one with the free egress bandwidth? That's the hidden cost, in a lot of cloud providers.
But if what you're doing is very low-scale (dev/test playground type stuff) you can often get by with AWS free-tier, using their micro instances.. and something like Cloudflare (free CDN) for static files, to minimize bandwidth costs.
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I would, but I don't know if I want the buyin of a cloud. With my VPS I can set it up how I want - put my docker in and I just know it will work, and I can grow my site with them, and it's cheap, and I don't have to worry about them pulling my "free" hosting because I'm taking paypal donations or something.
I don't know what egress bandwidth is. I'm kinda stupid at all this.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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> I don't know what egress bandwidth is.
It's about US$0.10 per gigabyte, most cloud providers. :P (Varies based on datacenter region.)
I haven't tried OVH but iirc their model is based more on throttling internet gateway traffic (100 mbps or 250 mbps for their smallest virts) instead of charging for it. It's a nice option, if that fits with your intended use.
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I've recently switched to CloudFlare Access for on-prem hosting with their encryption tunnels, behind a zero-trust sign-on.
Apart from the domain name ($8 a year) and the time invested to set it up, I don't pay for anything.
I have used Azure, AWS and Google Cloud before that, but I honestly can't justify the cost for personal projects.
Private hosting, in general, makes no sense to me due to the costs involved and the lackluster control.
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I have two domains I manage underneath Godaddy. Never really had any issues.
I have had domains under webstrikesolutions and their ilk and it was the worst experience of my life.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I've used Bluehost[^] for years. Their support has always been good and prices are ok. Added bonus, they're Google Domains compatible.
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