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    Amazon AWS announces LightSail virtual private servers starting at $5 a month

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      Alex Sage
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      You can signup here:

      https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com

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      • Reid CooperR
        Reid Cooper
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        That's an awesome new offering. Will be good to see what all they end up offering through this simplified interface.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          Very cool stuff, can't wait to get to try it out. I've been using Amazon AWS for many years, but this will make it so much more applicable to so much more stuff.

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            Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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            I have my first instance up and running if anyone has any questions.

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              BRRABill @Alex Sage
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              @aaronstuder said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

              I have my first instance up and running if anyone has any questions.

              What did you do with it?

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                scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                @BRRABill said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                @aaronstuder said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                I have my first instance up and running if anyone has any questions.

                What did you do with it?

                Turned it on, I would guess.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  What OS did you start with?

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                    What OS did you start with?

                    Have to tweak my question, do you?

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                      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                      @BRRABill said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                      @scottalanmiller said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                      What OS did you start with?

                      Have to tweak my question, do you?

                      I honestly thought that you were asking about the application layer.

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                      • BRRABillB
                        BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                        @BRRABill said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                        @scottalanmiller said in AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                        What OS did you start with?

                        Have to tweak my question, do you?

                        I honestly thought that you were asking about the application layer.

                        That's because you think like, well, YOU! 🙂

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          Linking to this discussion as it is not a duplicate but there is a lot info there as well since the State of Cloud 2016 post came out just as Amazon announced LightSail.

                          https://mangolassi.it/topic/11679/recommended-cloud-iaas-providers-for-the-smb-in-2016/

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            Purely Linux at this time, just CentOS based and Ubuntu. No Windows, BSD, Suse, etc.

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                              Romo
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                              This is definitely going to put a lot of pressure on the other VPS providers. It is going to be really easy to connect with other AWS services so the value of the service is going to be great.

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                                scottalanmiller @Romo
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                                @Romo said in Amazon AWS announces LightSail virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                                This is definitely going to put a lot of pressure on the other VPS providers. It is going to be really easy to connect with other AWS services so the value of the service is going to be great.

                                Tons of pressure. Vultr is really the only one with a lot of breathing room.

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                                  Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller Ubuntu

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                                    scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                                    @aaronstuder said in Amazon AWS announces LightSail virtual private servers starting at $5 a month:

                                    @scottalanmiller Ubuntu

                                    Plain or did you go for a preconfigured application?

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                                      Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller Plain

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