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

[JS Irick]

Relevant to our interests: https://github.com/boto/boto3

All our RDS/backup/magic scripts leverage this.

Thanks
JS


On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Val Kolovos via Chicago <chicago at python.org
> wrote:

> 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>
> wrote:
>
>> https://aws.amazon.com/free/
>>
>> --
>> *Vasili (Val) Kolovos*
>> Director of Platform Services
>>
>> *Phone:* 312-477-3025 <//312-477-3025> (OFFICE LINE)
>> *Email: *val.kolovos at analytehealth.com
>> www.analytehealth.com
>>
>> 328 S. Jefferson Street
>> Suite 770
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:21 PM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Val Kolovos via Chicago <
>> chicago at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>> EC2 ... free tier
>>
>>
>> wut?
>>
>>
>>
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>> Carl K
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