[Opensim-users] Amazon EC2 hosting for OpenSim?

[Ken Grunke]

On 11/26/2013 02:58 PM, EGBainbridge/Apollo Manga wrote:
> I'm wondering what experiences people here have had with hosting OpenSim on
> Amazon EC2, how it's worked out for you, and which EC2 OS's you recommend?

I may be mistaken, but I have always been under the impression that 
Amazon EC2 instances are virtual servers, basically no different from a 
VPS which is commonly available and for a more reasonable long-term fee. 
A VPS may be adequate for personal use and testing, but for business use 
can be disappointing. Perhaps the Amazon instances are more reliable and 
definitely more scaleable in response to varying server demands than 
your run-of-the-mill VPS.

I do make use of Amazon's instances for various kinds of testing, 
including Opensim, and find them very easy to use. My preference is 
Ubuntu, but I've not noticed any price differences over other Linux 
OS's.  One little "gotchya" for me was the server address - you can use 
the public DNS address for your ini files (Regions.ini & applicable 
config-include files) but are much better off using the Public IP number 
if you want to avoid networking and region accessability headaches.

Ken Grunke aka Key Gruin at Osgrid

>
> My two first choices for an OS are SUSE (because I know OpenSUSE best from
> running an OpenSUSE OpenSim server at home) and Ubuntu because it's the
> cheapest on EC2 and because my impression is that OpenSim doesn't have any
> problems with it.
>
> I'm considering EC2 for two different OpenSim hosting situations.  One is a
> company for whom I'm developing a grid and the other is for myself, to
> expand the OpenSim grid I'm hosting on my home server.
>
>
>
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