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Appfog - 2GB RAM FREE! (PaaS)
Appfog is a Paas provider that recently launched 2GB RAM instances for free
Instances can be created in:
1) AWS - Virginia
2) AWS - Ireland
3) AWS - Singapore
4) Rackspace - Dallas
5) MS Azure - San Antonio (Coming soon)
6) HP Openstack - Arizona (Coming soon)
Minimum RAM per app/instance = 128MB
Disk space per app = 2GB
Bandwidth = 50GB ($0.15/GB after)
Supports:
- Java
- NodeJS
- Ruby
- Python
- PHP
- etc...
Limitations:
1) No shell access
2) Only CNAME capable
3) Low bandwidth (but decent if instances are in Singapore)
4) Have to use their Ruby app to push code
Overall though, I've been playing with it for 24hrs and I have to say I'm quite impressed. In fact, I'll probably use a Singapore instance as a mirror.
Link: Appfog
Comments
cool!
Nope.
Beating most LEB's. xD
how long can someone keep the free service?
Awesome,
as @jcaleb asked,how long can be kept for the service?
Interesting. Can we host wordpress there?
Yes we can and i am installing it.
I don't see how this can be a viable business model... that said, I'm signing up. I'll use it for... something.
Ya I was on mobile before.
Now back on dekstop, I'm also installing it
Still haven't figured out how to upload our own site / code
They have the funding, and if you look at their paid plans/addons, it's clearly not the cheapest option out there.
1) Install Ruby
2)
You may also want to check out their support section for some useful hints:
Support home
Community support
Using databases with PHP
Can you install your own PHP modules?
I'm trying to register and it said I already got an account =(
Thanks @telephone for the share
Only thing I can think of is you may already have an account with PHPFog? Anyway just use another email. They don't even verify email as of yet.
Nope, launch an app and upload a phpinfo() file to check the loaded modules. But if it's essential, you could hit up their support or Google groups.
Wow, i've been wait for appfog's launch. It support python too. Wow!
*moveFromOpenshift
Thank you. I've used Forgot password and created new password for this email :P I was trying to import my wordpress blog but they limited 2MB in php.ini
@giang You can tunnel a connection to upload the database if that's what was causing the problem. I think it's "af tunnel"
EDIT:
How do you migrate your MySQL database to AppFog?
Encourage myself to learn ruby. Thanks for sharing @telephone.
Nice they finnaly lauched. There is so many thing you can do with the service. one example Make cdn in every location and the mirror it again two make two copys
This is awesome, thanks for the share @telephone
Now then, who's going to be the first idiot to try and run Minecraft?
So.. you can't run Minecraft on it?
Useless.
This little thing is great! Just wish there was SSH access.
Very cool find. I like the website design too.
no useful if no shell
like a shared hosting?
@ynzheng They're not providing VPS' or IaaS, They're providing PaaS which essentially is a preconfigured environment that can be scaled with the click of a button. For this type of setup shell isn't required as everything is preconfigured, or can be added with a click of the button.
With shared hosting you can't launch a new instance in a different location to deal with a burst of traffic.
Sign up and have a go, and then you'll notice the difference.
http://blog.appfog.com/traditional-vs-paas-hosting/
have you used heroku? it's very similar.
Hmm, I spot Java, so might try it out with a Tekkit server. Minecraft FTW.
Dammit just noticed its a PaaS.
appfog would hate you if you ran mc on there
Is the for a llifetime? or someday I'll login and find my account deleted?
Thanks for this one. I tried it but it seems like they currently don't support pointing to the root level domain of your choice.