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If the intention was to learn how to work with servers and experiment with Ansible and Caddy, that's fine. Otherwise hosting a static site on a VPS is just over

If the intention was to learn how to work with servers and experiment with Ansible and Caddy, that's fine. Otherwise hosting a static site on a VPS is just overkill, from the initial setup process for a VPS (ssh config, unattended upgrades, firewall) followed by installing Caddy and using Ansible. It's easier (and free) to just host it on Github pages or Gitlab pages and use Cloudflare as a proxy.

tyingq 10y ago
Two other free options I saw in a recent thread here are Netlify and Firebase hosting. Firebase looked particularly attractive as it provides a CDN as well as config driven control of things like redirects, headers, etc.
- Croaky 10y ago
  +1 Netlify. I've really liked it for https://blog.statusok.com https://blog.statusok.com and https://statusok.com https://statusok.com GitHub webhook deploy flow, one-click SSL, 301 redirects and other rewrite support, CDN seems pretty good.
  - itake 10y ago
    -1 Netlify I found the netlify was slower than github pages and surge.sh according to google's speed tests. Netlify also wants complete access to your github account. You either need to make a separate account or give them access to all of your repos.
    - tyingq 10y ago
      GitHub doesn't offer anything more granular than read/write all repos in their app permissions matrix.
      - itake 10y ago
        I understand that, but that doesn't excuse the fact I have to give them complete access to my repos.
bpye 10y ago
I've always disliked the idea of using Github/Gitlab pages as it stops you serving over HTTPS. You can put Cloudflare in front to do HTTPS, but I still dislike having a proxy MITM all traffic to my website.
stymaar 10y ago
> It's easier (and free) to just host it on Github pages or Gitlab pages and use Cloudflare as a proxy. Centralisation harms the web, the Cloudbleed event and the recent AWS outage are good reminders of the fragility of the centralised web. Being a lazy niggard who wants to save $6 a month and 1h set-up is not a sound attitude for anybody in the long run. Edit: I'm not calling you lazy, but I think the current trend of worshiping laziness in the name of “efficiency” is a bad thing.
- ploggingdev 10y ago
  > Centralisation harms the web, the Cloudbleed event and the recent AWS outage are good reminders of the fragility of the centralised web. Yes, but decentralization does not mean moving from one provider to another. > Being a lazy niggard who wants to save $6 a month and 1h set-up is not a sound attitude for anybody in the long run. It's not about being lazy or a "niggard" (I assume you mean a miser). My point was that it's overkill to use a VPS for a static site. Also, avoid personal attacks.

tyingq 10y ago

Two other free options I saw in a recent thread here are Netlify and Firebase hosting. Firebase looked particularly attractive as it provides a CDN as well as config driven control of things like redirects, headers, etc.

Croaky 10y ago
+1 Netlify. I've really liked it for https://blog.statusok.com https://blog.statusok.com and https://statusok.com https://statusok.com GitHub webhook deploy flow, one-click SSL, 301 redirects and other rewrite support, CDN seems pretty good.
- itake 10y ago
  -1 Netlify I found the netlify was slower than github pages and surge.sh according to google's speed tests. Netlify also wants complete access to your github account. You either need to make a separate account or give them access to all of your repos.
  - tyingq 10y ago
    GitHub doesn't offer anything more granular than read/write all repos in their app permissions matrix.
    - itake 10y ago
      I understand that, but that doesn't excuse the fact I have to give them complete access to my repos.

bpye 10y ago

I've always disliked the idea of using Github/Gitlab pages as it stops you serving over HTTPS. You can put Cloudflare in front to do HTTPS, but I still dislike having a proxy MITM all traffic to my website.

stymaar 10y ago

> It's easier (and free) to just host it on Github pages or Gitlab pages and use Cloudflare as a proxy. Centralisation harms the web, the Cloudbleed event and the recent AWS outage are good reminders of the fragility of the centralised web. Being a lazy niggard who wants to save $6 a month and 1h set-up is not a sound attitude for anybody in the long run. Edit: I'm not calling you lazy, but I think the current trend of worshiping laziness in the name of “efficiency” is a bad thing.

ploggingdev 10y ago
> Centralisation harms the web, the Cloudbleed event and the recent AWS outage are good reminders of the fragility of the centralised web. Yes, but decentralization does not mean moving from one provider to another. > Being a lazy niggard who wants to save $6 a month and 1h set-up is not a sound attitude for anybody in the long run. It's not about being lazy or a "niggard" (I assume you mean a miser). My point was that it's overkill to use a VPS for a static site. Also, avoid personal attacks.