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Ask HN: Looking for a simple web hosting solution
Can anyone recommend a simple hosting solution for a small web service written in Python? Just an instance where I can run gunicorn and point a DNS endpoint at it would be great. I've been using PythonAnywhere up until this point which was perfect, except they don't support socketio which I now need. I'm trying to avoid services with complicated features and configuration like AWS, and I'm avoiding Heroku because I'd have to rewrite a bunch of the code to deal with the fact that they don't let you store persistent files.
Thanks for any suggestions!
- jwxz 6y agoHave you tried digitalocean?
- dataduck 6y agoI'm considering them, but it's not obvious from their sales copy if the service they're providing is simple (upload files; start server from bash), or if they've got some complicated tooling that I'd need to use before anything actually works. They don't have a free trial account to just spin it up and see, so I wanted to be sure. Would you recommend them?
- jwxz 6y ago> upload files; start server from bash That's pretty much it. They give you a server you can do whatever you want with. The 'droplets' are billed by the hour so you could try it for a few pennies. I don't think you even need to spend any of your own money. I've seen referrals that give you credit for signing up. > Would you recommend them? I would. The only thing you should watch out for is not going over your bandwidth limit, which only applies to outbound traffic.