Is there a specific reason you are going to use AWS? The micro AWS EC2 instance is like $14 a month, but that doesn't include the storage or transfer. The small is like $60/mo for just a month of running time. If you go with Linode you can have automated backups, you will still get the images for quick setup, you will admin a real system and it will cost you less.
I have used Linode for my VPS for quite a while and love them. They have CentOS, Ubuntu, Slackware, Debian, ArchLinux, and a few others. They also give you a web terminal to use incase you lock yourself out with a firewall rule. I don't think you should rely on AWS images to be secure. I wouldn't think they would default to the most secure settings and have people tweak that. In the case of Linode I am always fairly paranoid just out of habit. Before I install anything I lock down user access and setup firewall rules, install a couple security tools, scan the system, then start installing things. Rescan, then move data to the server. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Paul Saenz <forensicneoph...@gmail.com>wrote: > Well as I said, I'll be using ubuntu if I use AWS which is very > likely. But I have another question, which may not necessarily be a > good question for this list. It's about AWS. They claim the images are > secure. Can someone tell me: it seems to me that since they have an > ubuntu image (which is what I will go with) as long as I use ubuntu > supported repositories for any software, then all I have to do is keep > do the security updates. If I put my server on the net, then, for the > most part, I won't have to worry about getting hacked. Nevertheless, I > will, of course, have to implement a backup strategy. Can someone tell > me is that correct? > > Thanks > Paul > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> > wrote: > > On Thursday, February 17, 2011 04:51:28 pm Paul Saenz wrote: > > > >> Well that settles it then. I'm definitely going to have to go with > >> Ubuntu, and, as I said before, I'm going to have to install CentOS in > >> a virtual server so I can learn it and cpanel, simply because I see > >> that it is one of the more popular unsupported open source servers, > >> and lot's of people seem to be using it. > >> > >> Correct me if I'm wrong. If I download the CentOS with cpanel so I can > >> learn cpanel, and install it on my virtual server, I won't be > >> violating any License will I? > > > > You won't be violating any CentOS license. It's entirely open source. > > > > You won't be violating CPanel to download and install the image. It's a > > closed source commercial product and it won't run without a license. > > > > The image is supplied by BuyCPanel.com; they're one of two authorized > CPanel > > resellers. You can get a license from them at a cost of $15 per month > for > > your "instance". Note it requires an external addressable IP# on which > it > > will run; you need to get that from Amazon. > > > > Do you really need CPanel? Why? (We manage lots of servers, lots of > sites, > > and we don't need it <smile>.) > > > > The only reason I could see for needing it would be if you want to do > > commercial webhosting for others. Learning it will NOT teach you > anything > > about server administration. > > > > You can try a demo from the BuyCPanel.com website: > > > > http://www.buycpanel.com/screenshots.php > > > > Note I have nothing to do with these people or CPanel; I use a competitor > > product: DirectAdmin and additionally I run the largest independent > support > > company for DirectAdmin. DirectAdmin does NOT have resellers, and I do > NOT > > make money if anyone buys DirectAdmin. > > > > If you need any information about webhosting with or without either of > these > > products please feel free to contact me offlist. > > > > Jeff > > -- > > Jeff Lasman > > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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