Hi Daniel, I'm really happy with EC2. You have complete control over the environment, and it will definitely scale up (and down). You can build your own server image or use a pre-built image, there are lots of options.
You might want to check out my open-source Rails server image: http://ec2onrails.rubyforge.org/ There is no default password (it's randomized for each instance and root password login is disabled in sshd_config), authentication is by public key, and the server keys are re-generated for each instance (i.e. not shared by all instances of the image). Paul On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Daniel Wilkerson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to get a virtual machine hosting service (not shared hosting) > that will scale up. Can people please recommend services that they > like? > > I don't want shared hosting because I want complete control over the > environment. > > I like the slicehost model because it starts at $20 a month and you can > play around with it until you start getting some real traffic. > > The problem I have with slicehost is that on their signup screen they > say we will send you your root password, change it immediately. This is > just security incompetence: (1) very dangerous and (2) there is an easy > solution: just have me tell them my password on the https webpage where > I give them my credit card number. > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > -- http://pauldowman.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-deployment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
