[Opensim-users] Amazon EC2 hosting for OpenSim?

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Maria spoke about this not a long time ago :
http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2013/11/should-you-host-on-the-amazon-cloud/


2013/11/27 Rick Anderson <rianders at docs.rutgers.edu>

> I use Amazon EC2 exclusively for my servers, and it works fine. I usually
> run Ubuntu which is pretty easy to work with. Also, I use RDS Mysql
> database instead of running the DB on individual systems. The only thing
> that I need to do special was configure email separately. But they have an
> email service that works fine.
>
> -_Rick
>
>
>
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> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Ken Grunke <kenearlg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>>   Apollo Manga (Erik Gordon Bainbridge)
>>>   Writer, instructor, former software engineer
>>>   Northern California
>>>   ErikBainbridge.com
>>>   VirtualMarin.com
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