(asking for input from others here) I'm writing up a clean howto for spinning up a minimal Lightsail instance to rsync weewx public_html to and at this point I have it all ready with the exception of still needing to https set up for the webserver.
My question for others like Doug/Mike/et.al. is what do you think nowadays is the best way to get somebody a simple/free https setup such a self-hosted VM ? My ancient VM used certbox to add it, with me needing to manually set my Google Domains records and the like, which is perhaps a little complicated for lay persons. Would front ending with Cloudflare be today's simplest way to get such a vanilla webserver enabled for https ? Suggestions ? On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 7:45:29 PM UTC-8 Warren Gill wrote: > Oops on further inspection the tutorial on using S3 is not that secure; we > can help find a better method. There's a better tutorial by AWS on github > but it's pretty complicated: > https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-cloudfront-secure-static-site#user-content-amazon-cloudfront-secure-static-website > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 9:36 PM Warren Gill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You do not need Amazon Lightsail to host your weewx pages; while it's >> cheap (something less than $4/mo for a simple web server). >> Instead you can just upload your html and image files to Amazon S3 >> (follow the link you suggested) and point a Cloudfront service to them, for >> like $0.11/mo (yes, 11 CENTS). S3 charges more for downloads, so heavy >> traffic sites cost more. >> You can check out the AWS pricing calculator at https://calculator.aws >> >> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 8:51 PM [email protected] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello weewx users >>> Has anyone created a synopsis of creating a weewx site on Amazon >>> Lightsail for my Vantage pro 2. I have been trying to get a direction for >>> several days but am too unsure of all the variables. Mike Revitt posted a >>> synopsis on AWS S3 located at >>> >>> https://www.cougar.eu.com/useful-guides/weewx-guides/publish-weewx-to-s3/index.html >>> Is this what I need to do or is that different from Lightsail? I was >>> told that Lightsail is best option. >>> There is also this discussion of cloudflare by Doug Jenkins using >>> tunnels but Vince and others may question it's security : >>> https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/hfo4UgRnWAQ/m/VthxrFJvBAAJ >>> I have built a network across a sugar cane field from my brothers house >>> to our old unoccupied farm house (where the Vantage station is) but am >>> unsure of where to start with creating a web page so that I can see daily >>> data. I seem to have reached my limit at present. Presently using a pi4 >>> with weewx.Your help is always appreciated. >>> Thank you >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/c3b8dcec-88fa-44d9-bdfc-1dc463d3d11dn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/c3b8dcec-88fa-44d9-bdfc-1dc463d3d11dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9c2a68b3-6163-4a12-9c0e-4f615dba6485n%40googlegroups.com.
