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    • tonyshowoffT
      tonyshowoff
      last edited by tonyshowoff

      Today's To Do List:

      • Get my leprosy treated
      • Commence DDoS attack against ThanksAJ.com

      BTW, nice post, pretty informative, I bet especially to those new to AWS.

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      • thanksajdotcomT
        thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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        @Aaron-Studer said:

        Free for the first year.

        You sure?

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        • thanksajdotcomT
          thanksajdotcom @tonyshowoff
          last edited by

          @tonyshowoff said:

          Today's To Do List:

          • Get my leprosy treated
          • Commence DDoS attack against ThanksAJ.com

          BTW, nice post, pretty informative, I bet especially to those new to AWS.

          I had never touched AWS before 6ish hours ago. I couldn't figure out at first why the server was accessible to me via SSH but the website I was trying to get to wasn't working. Then I realized...I had to allow port 80 inbound. After that, it started working.

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          • thanksajdotcomT
            thanksajdotcom
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            So one thing I will say I don't like about AWS is the names for everything. A VM is an instance. Firewall rules are under security group, which to me is users and those users' permissions. They seemed to go out of their way to make all the names of standard stuff as unique to them as possible, and that is a little irritating, IMHO.

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            • AmbarishrhA
              Ambarishrh
              last edited by

              Excellent post @thanksaj

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              • thegillionT
                thegillion @thanksajdotcom
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                @thanksaj said:

                @Aaron-Studer said:

                Free for the first year.

                You sure?

                Yes it is only for the first year.

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                • thegillionT
                  thegillion @thanksajdotcom
                  last edited by

                  @thanksaj said:

                  So one thing I will say I don't like about AWS is the names for everything. A VM is an instance. Firewall rules are under security group, which to me is users and those users' permissions. They seemed to go out of their way to make all the names of standard stuff as unique to them as possible, and that is a little irritating, IMHO.

                  They think they are cisco lol

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                    @Aaron-Studer said:

                    Free for the first year.

                    Yup, I used it too. Now I have to pay for it. It's just an extended trial.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
                      last edited by

                      @thanksaj said:

                      @Aaron-Studer said:

                      Free for the first year.

                      You sure?

                      Yup

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                      • MattSpellerM
                        MattSpeller
                        last edited by

                        How much is it after the year? Can't be terribly much for a 1cpu 1gb instance.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          One of the features that I like about Amazon is getting to use Amazon Linux. It is a really lean, really tight distro that is tuned for use on AWS. If you can, I would recommend it. It is based off of RHEL but heavily modified. And no SystemD. It is the last, major non-SystemD Linux.

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                          • ?
                            A Former User
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                            AWS is $20/month after the first year.

                            You might take a look at digital ocean, or vultr after you year is up for a more affordable alternative.

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                            • AmbarishrhA
                              Ambarishrh
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                              I second Digital Ocean. They have 1 click installers for wordpress.
                              https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/one-click-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-14-04-with-digitalocean

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