[Chicago] free ec2 ? was: Thoughts on Virtual Hosting

[Val Kolovos]

Kinda depends on how much AWS koolaid you drink. If all you use is EC2 just to fire up an Ubuntu instance, and you do your own database configuration and such, it’s really not much different than Digital Ocean. However, if you start diving into RDS and everything, it can get a little trickier to migrate. Also, no… you’re not the only one scratching your head on AWS. I’d certainly say that Digital Ocean is a little more straightforward to get going on, but as mentioned earlier, AWS is something worth learning about.

That said, anything you learn on Digital Ocean will mostly translate pretty quickly to AWS.

Again, my $.02

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> On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Aaron Elmquist <elmq0022 at umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> Free AWS is cool too.  It's worth exploring for sure.  Any issues migrating between them and digital ocean?  
> 
> I am sure elastic bean stalk out even a straight up Linux server there would be great for almost any web dev.  
> 
> Unfortunately AWS docs just don't speak to me. I was hoping working with an "easier service" might be better to start.  
> 
> I hope I am not the only one scratching their heads after looking at some of the AWS docs.  
> 
> On Dec 15, 2016 6:24 PM, "Val Kolovos via Chicago" <chicago at python.org <mailto:chicago at python.org>> wrote:
> https://aws.amazon.com/free/ <https://aws.amazon.com/free/>
> 
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> Vasili (Val) Kolovos
> Director of Platform Services
> 
> Phone: 312-477-3025 <tel://312-477-3025> (OFFICE LINE)
> Email: val.kolovos at analytehealth.com <mailto:val.kolovos at analytehealth.com>
> www.analytehealth.com <http://www.analytehealth.com/>
> 
> 328 S. Jefferson Street
> Suite 770
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> 
> 
>> On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:21 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com <mailto:carl at personnelware.com>> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Val Kolovos via Chicago <chicago at python.org <mailto:chicago at python.org>> wrote:
>> EC2 ... free tier
>> 
>> wut?
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>> 
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>> Carl K
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