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DigitalOcean gives you a VPS with root access, nothing else. They have some pre-built images (LAMP, Rails...) but it is your Job to get everything up an runnin
by sauere 11y ago
DigitalOcean gives you a VPS with root access, nothing else.
They have some pre-built images (LAMP, Rails...) but it is your Job to get everything up an running.
- crdoconnor 11y agoThis is generally preferable since it protects you from vendor lock-in.
- juliangregorian 11y agoYes, not using any vendor's products protects you from vendor lock-in. To call that "generally preferable" is awfully simplistic though.
- wahnfrieden 11y agoIn this case there's little lock-in, since it maintains InnoDB interface compatibility - you could drop-in replace it with, say, a DigitalOcean-hosted MySQL instance, if you wanted. (Of course you'd be missing out on other perks, but your core MySQL integration wouldn't suffer lock-in.)