I'm thinking of getting a VPS instead of shared hosting. Has anyone tried running on a DigitalOcean[1] server with the server managed by the free plan of the ServerPilot[2] control panel? Any other suggestions?
[1]
https://digitalocean.com/
[2]
https://serverpilot.io/
My website inerd-network.co.uk is hosted on by Digital Ocean. I highly recommend them. I've been with them for a year. They have never let me down unlike other VPS providers
If you're getting a VPS learn to use the CLI. Control panels offer little benefit if you're going to be the only one making the changes.
^ Pretty much that. I wouldn't bother with a control panel, learn to use the command line because, even with a panel, if something goes wrong you're going to need to use the command line to fix it so knowing how the system works and what files/programs are set up where will make it much easier to fix things.
DigitalOcean have an amazing collection of tutorials (they can be applies to any VPS host, not just DO in particular) to help you get a web server and database set up and secured, even if you have very little experience:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/
If you do want a control panel then I'd suggest going with a host that offers managed VPS hosting instead of trying to roll your own setup.
I guess I like the idea of a panel that makes sure things are set up in a good way, like firewalls and security updates and good webserver configurations. I'm not a sysadmin by trade and I'd rather spend time on development. I should probably test setting up a server both ways, with ServerPilot and without, and decide if it's worth it to use a panel going forward.
Thanks for your feedback!
A control panel doesn't update or secure it self. Either way there is a lot of work and since you don't know everything a control panel may include it's even harder to secure. Just my 2 cents (especially since you aren't using a paid CP like DA or cPanel).
I think it's good to have some sort of panel like webmin or something, for those times you don't really want to connect to your server. (IE at work, on the road, etc)
I use zPanel on my server. It's a free web hosting control panel
(2013-12-24, 02:12 AM)Cameron:D Wrote: [ -> ]I'd very highly discourage you from going anywhere near zPanel:
http://lowendtalk.com/discussion/10391/t...-is-zpanel
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/...orum_user/
If you do want to use a panel I'd either recommend Webmin (Setup packages are available for most distros) or go with a host that offers Managed VPS Hosting/cPanel.
(2013-12-19, 02:24 AM)Alex Smith Wrote: [ -> ]If you're getting a VPS learn to use the CLI. Control panels offer little benefit if you're going to be the only one making the changes.
This is my best advice to you. Learn the CLI at places like
http://library.linode.com and you can Google a large amount of anything you don't know yet.