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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 07:46:48 +0100 (CET)
Hey all,
Announcing my personal gemini site at gemini://edaha.org. Currently running Jetforce as the server software.
First post is a guide on how I set up my server using free services from Oracle's cloud offering. You can check it out here: gemini://edaha.org/oracle-ci-how-to.gmi
See you in gemini space!
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:23:09 +0000
On 14-Jan-2021 06:46, me at edaha.org wrote:
Announcing my personal gemini site at gemini://edaha.org. Currently
running Jetforce as the server software.
First post is a guide on how I set up my server using free services
from Oracle's cloud offering. You can check it out here:
gemini://edaha.org/oracle-ci-how-to.gmi
Hello there
Many thanks for that - this is a great guide for anyone wanting to set
up a server in the cloud, and the Oracle offering seems quite generous.
I've tried it out today and I can confirm the steps are very well
described and it works fine.
But I found a couple of small bugs in your guide that you might want to fix:
1. Opening the VCN firewall,
Guide says: "Enter "1935" in the "Destination Port Range" input box"
This should be port 1965 not 1935 (typo)
2. SSH'ing into your Ubuntu instance and updating it
Connecting with PuTTY - need to use PuttyGen to import private PEM and
generate ppk file. I couldnt get PuTTY to directly use the PEM files.
3. Setting up iptables
Guide says to use: sudo iptables-save > /etc/iptables/rules.v4
I got "permission denied" with that command
Instead this worked for me: sudo iptables-save -f /etc/iptables/rules.v4
Many thanks again - now I have another space to play in.
- Luke
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:16:54 -0700
Announcing my personal gemini site at gemini://edaha.org. Currently
running Jetforce as the server software.
For what it's worth, I subscribed to your page, looking forward to more
posts!
First post is a guide on how I set up my server using free services
from Oracle's cloud offering. You can check it out here:
gemini://edaha.org/oracle-ci-how-to.gmi
I love reading about people (ab)using the free tiers of <insert cloud
service provider> to do their hosting. Obviously a gemini server will
fit easily on any free tier, but I remember having fun a few times
engineering my software to pretty much max out my usage of aws' free
tier so I could get the most bang for my nonexistent buck.
I am surprised that oracle has the best offering though, do you think
they just want to try to attract customers? I never really considered
oracle to be the generous type.
~nytpu
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:38:51 +0100 (CET)
Jan 14, 2021, 14:23 by luke at marmaladefoo.com:
But I found a couple of small bugs in your guide that you might want to fix:
Much appreciated Luke! I've made all the updates you pointed out and added a changelog at the btotom. Glad to hear someone was able to make use of it! :)
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:03:10 +0100 (CET)
Jan 14, 2021, 15:16 by alex at nytpu.com:
For what it's worth, I subscribed to your page, looking forward to more
posts!
thanks! planning to keep some sort of consistency -- aiming for a few times a week :) and eventually I'll figure out commenting, that seems like it'd be fun
I love reading about people (ab)using the free tiers of <insert cloud
service provider> to do their hosting. Obviously a gemini server will
fit easily on any free tier, but I remember having fun a few times
engineering my software to pretty much max out my usage of aws' free
tier so I could get the most bang for my nonexistent buck.
The simplicity of gemini is what sold me on doing it this way -- even these dated servers I can't imagine maxing this out. May still try to run a matrix server concurrently or just on the second VM to maximize my return on investment.
I am surprised that oracle has the best offering though, do you think
they just want to try to attract customers? I never really considered
oracle to be the generous type.
100%, it's just a marketing ploy. They have such a low marketshare (I think they're the smallest "major" player?) that I'm sure this is absolutely just a way to draw people in. I'm sure there will be a catch down the line at some point -- after all, nothing's more expensive than a free gift.
Nonetheless, two free VMs is pretty dope.
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