Yup? They absolutely do, 100%. Yes. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor.
[email protected] Phone: (704) 256-8010. ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Meredith To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2016 1:05 AM Subject: Re: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini? Can I assume they give you full root and ssh access to your virtual server? On Jun 11, 2016, at 11:13 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: Wonderful! Glad you got set up. Watch how quick they respond to your ticket! I think you'll be incredibly impressed. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. [email protected] Phone: (704) 256-8010. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:06 PM Subject: Re: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini? Thanks guys. I went ahead and signed up with them a couple hours ago, and I have to agree that it's been quite easy. The only problem was that my card wasn't accepted because they don't support that bank, but VO didn't detect the popup displaying the problem so I had to open a ticket with them. Other than that, things have worked well. My domain is hosted with GoDaddy, and the difference is incredible. Digital Ocean is easy to navigate and use, while GD is absolutely terrible. You can use it, but it's not intuitive, and it's often quite frustrating. There's a pun to be made about the shortcut I used for GoDaddy's name, but I'll leave that pun un-made. Fill it in in your own minds. On Jun 11, 2016, at 23:01, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: I use them all the freaking time, and swear, and I do mean, swear! by them! Accessibility is steller on their web site. So much so, that when I wrote them to commend them, they told me flat out that they were 100% commited to following W3C standard, and following all accessibility guidelines. They even went so far to say if anything breaks, tell them, and it'll be fixed before a blink of an eye. They have absolutely never done me wrong, and are absolutely a pleasure and a half to work with. I would strongly strongly recommend them! Here's a link you can use to sign up, and get $10.00 of free credit when doing so. http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30270081/cloud.digitalocean.com?p=eyJzIjoiOW15SHlHMHlQS0VPR2FFSGxsN2lqMVdDcHRVIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDI3MDA4MSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2Nsb3VkLmRpZ2l0YWxvY2Vhbi5jb21cXFwvYWNjZXB0P2NvZGU9ZDI2N2FhZmFjY2 Note, this link should work for anyone, but if it doesn't, then let me know. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. [email protected] Phone: (704) 256-8010. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini? I didn't realize Digital Ocean was that cheap. If you, or anyone, has used them before, do the web interface and other aspects work with VO/Safari? Any accessibility things I need to know about? It's an ongoing cost, but it's small, and I don't have to worry about firewalls, ports, or other security setup and concerns. On Jun 11, 2016, at 13:47, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: So I wouldn’t do this unless it’s a dedicated machine. You can do things to limit your exposure but the fact is if you have the server on the public internet and your personal data is in it then it’s exposed. You really should keep them separate. That being said if you want to do it, there’s a few ways to go. You’ll need some sort of server OS. Mac offers this but I might run a linux variant in a virtual machine and map the external to internal IP as you normally would. This lets you run in an isolated image making it more challenging (not impossible) for a hacker to get outside the VM. Personally, if I were going to do this project I’d go to www.digitalocean.com and rent a virtual server. They start as low as $5 per month and if things get really out of hand or compromised you just destroy the droplet (virtual machine) and build a new one. There’s lots of ways to do what you want to do though. Let me know if that helps or if you want more specifics answered. Thanks From: <[email protected]> on behalf of Alex Hall <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 9:56 AM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Subject: Hosting a website on a Mac Mini? Hi all, I just got a domain name, to use for testing something at work with emails. I figured I may as well use it to host, well, whatever I want to. I have a Mac Mini with 8GB ram and an SSD, and I don't expect much traffic on this site at all. My questions, then: * Is this machine suited to the task, if I also want to use it for everyday things like email or Safari? It's my primary computer. * Should I use OS X Server, or would Nginx or Apache work just as well? I'm comfortable enough with both that not having a GUI for configuration doesn't bother me. * What security concerns should I know, given that this computer also holds my own files, keychain, and the like? Will server directives to restrict access be enough, or is it just a bad idea to run a public site from a personal computer? Thanks in advance for any information. I've done some web hosting before, and I know programming and servers, but I've never hosted my own site. This time, I own only the domain, no server space or anything else. I'd like to avoid paying for shared hosting if I can, since I don't expect this site to do a ton or attract many visitors. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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