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A cloud is just someone else's computer. When you rent a bare metal server, you don't manage your hardware either. The failed parts are replaced for you. Unles
by cynicalsecurity 3y ago
A cloud is just someone else's computer.
When you rent a bare metal server, you don't manage your hardware either. The failed parts are replaced for you. Unless you can't figure out what hardware configuration you need - which would be a really big red flag for your level of expertise.
- kikimora 3y agoA cloud is network and tools, less hardware. For example see this [1] Reddit thread discussing network in Hetzner. Any other bare-metal would have same challenges. Once you solve network security you have to deal with server access. People hired and fired, hardcoded SSH keys is a bad idea. Once you solve access you likely have AD, LDAP and SSO of some sort. Then backups, and automated test suite + periodical test recoveries. Then database and backups. Then secrets, does all members of your team know production db password? And so on and on. Maybe TCO still favors bare-metal but you have to spend a lot of time on configuration. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/hetzner/comments/rjuzcs/securing_network_in_hetzner/ https://www.reddit.com/r/hetzner/comments/rjuzcs/securing_ne...