Hello from my new server
If you’re reading this, it means that fettig.net has successfully moved
to its new home - a virtual server hosted by
tummy.com. I wasn’t particularly
unhappy with my old host, but at $25/month for a whole virtual server, this
was too good a deal to pass up (thanks to the Twisted mailing list for
mentioning tummy.com, and thanks to tummy.com for hosting cvs.twistedmatrix.com
for free, which got them mentioned on the mailing list)
So now I have a my own little server, running Debian Linux, on which I’m free
to install my own software, run funky server processes, and pretty much
do whatever I want within the limits of the disk space and bandwidth I’ve been
allocated. Of course, the server itself only exists in software, but that’s
no concern of mine :-).
So far the service has been a dream. My server was up and running within five
minutes of filling out the order form, the connection is fast, and I’ve had
no problems with downtime. The customer
service has been very good, too. I wasn’t expecting to get any help with
administration -
my server, my job to keep up with
security updates - so I was highly impressed when, only a few hours after the news
broke about the ssh security flaw, I recieved an email from the tummy.com
people informing me about the problem and listing step-by-step instructions for
updating the ssh server on Red Hat and Debian.
I’m quite excited about the possibilities raised by having my own server again.
Stay tuned.
