Sign up to the Webbynode BETA!
This website is hosted on a shared server. When I started it was just what I needed: cheap, nothing to worry about etc etc. Though as time progresses and my skills grow, I feel the need for better control. A while back, I had a discussion over at the CodeIgniter forums about hosting etc and a lot of people mentioned VPS hosting. I didn’t know what it was about, but got curious and googled it. What did I learn? I wants.
I started looking for some cheap VPS hosting but my search came up empty, as a student making some money off the side with my webdeveloping, I simply can’t afford 50$ / month.
A while back however I discovered Webbynode. They’re a new company planning to launch an astonishing VPS service in a few weeks. And what’s the good thing? They need BETA testers. A free VPS to beta test it, chances of winning lifetime memberships, iPod’s or 50% off on further deals. I say: don’t hesitate, go sign up! It’s easy, just enter your e-mail address.
For those of you who really don’t have a clue about VPS, some extra info: with a VPS, you basically get a server with a Linux distro for yourself. You can do with it what you want, everything’s possible. This means however that you have to configure everything yourself too. I won’t go into it too much, because there’s simply too much about it, but I know you can “learn” to manage your VPS by playing with a Linux distro in a virtual machine on your computer. Your distro then acts as your VPS. You won’t be able to put your sites live etc, but you’re able to test the whole thing and learn. I’ve only started gathering information myself, but I’m planning to write a few articles about my experiments, so check back later for more info on that!
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