I have only used it long ago. It was clumsy and slow to deploy. I found there are other web hosts that use EC2 infrastructure but provide better interfaces and management tools. Although I never tried any of them.
On Monday, 30 April 2012 09:45:17 UTC-5, viniciusban wrote: > > We use it. We're happy, but the app doesn't have high traffic. > > As far as I see in real cases, AWS is a great place to host. I'm > planning to make a new migration to their platform next month. > > > On 04/30/2012 06:55 AM, lucas wrote: > > hello one and all, > > > > i am curious about using a cloud, like Amazon EC2. i don't know anything > > about it. but i am curious. i have always setup my own server and run, > > but my needs have changed for more media and the throughput of my > > internet will be challenged if i try to host my server locally. so i am > > thinking of off-sighting it. > > > > i am very used to CentOS, and free version of Redhat Enterprise, and the > > current version of v6.x lets the web2py install script run flawlessly > > without all kinds of package dependency issues and cross issues. does > > Amazon EC2 allow me to install or have my own CentOS 6.x install? > > > > if amazon EC2 allows that centos 6.x install, then i can easily install > > web2py, and postgresql 9.x, and apache and run my own server off-site. > > does anyone foresee me having issues if i can do that at all? > > > > thanx in advance and i look forward to your experienced opinions. lucas >
