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Possibly free Linux cloud host (or not) for "training"? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by SSUPII@sopuli.xyz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.ml

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I want to monthly rent a VPS in the very near future to host a website, a Peertube instance and an email server as minimum. But despite having used Linux as a home operative system for 3 years, I pretty much known nothing to properly secure online services.

So I want to first have a "dummy" cloud system where I can mess around with configurations and everything without risking losing money while I am still learning.

While typing this it crossed my mind I could also create a virtual network in Virtualbox, at least when I used it on Windows years ago it allowed you to do it. Could this also work? To create two virtual machines under the same network with one acting as server and one as client?

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[–] randombullet@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oracle has 2 free ARM instances.

I use one as a VPN endpoint.

Other one I might try playing with SOCKs.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know, but apparently my bank doesn't trust it and blocks the account verification.

[–] randombullet@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Ah damn. I'm sorry, that sucks!

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm looking for the same thing. I found VPSWALA but the website makes this corp look untrustworthy… But of you try it, please tell us how it is!

[–] ptman@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

https://paul.totterman.name/posts/free-clouds/

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Azure, AWS and GCP all provide free credits along with free VMs for periods of time

Edit - client/server VMs on a single machine, yes absolutely possible.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you!

If you can, how much time do you estimate those free credits would last if I am just myself using them?

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Depends what you do! Each have price calculators you can use to estimate cost. It’s usually all pay as you go, and hourly. You can always shut VMs down when not used to reduce payment.

At least with Azure they also have very small VMs on a free tier which wouldn’t use any credits up