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Looking for affordable shared hosting for static binaries
I'm looking for shared hosting that can:
- Run static binaries (built with Go, Rust)
- Serve via CGI, FastCGI, or HTTP 1.1 protocol
Reason:
Hosting dozens of side projects/demo apps without worrying about OS updates/DB maintenance.
Application characteristics:
- Compiled as single static binaries
- Very low memory footprint (<15MB)
- Can either restart per request (CGI) or maintain TCP/Unix Domain Socket listeners (HTTP/FastCGI)
I'm aware that cPanel offers NodeJS/Python hosting, but I'm specifically looking for hosting that explicitly supports static binaries.
Nice to have features:
- PostgreSQL support
- gRPC/WebSocket support
I would appreciate recommendations for shared hosting providers or hosting panel that meet these requirements.
Comments
Shared Hosting can't help with this requirements. Try Low Price VPS
I don't want to manually do kernel security patches, software vulnerability patches, backups, etc.
Update: HostBrr worked for me.
7 hours. 28 min.
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These tasks anre included in a managed or semi-managed VPS service. Do you have a budget in mind?
I have looked into KernelCare, and it seems it might cost more than the VPS itself. 😅
try racknerd
fly.io could work but it'd still be cheaper to use a regular vps
What options should I use on cPanel?
I've succeeded with CGI on HostBrr (DirectAdmin)
I wonder if there is a direct option that allows me to specify the http server start script or binary.
I believe getting a VPS is a better option for you: much more flexibility. You can run whatever you want, statically or dynamically-linked, you have Docker so you can forget about binaries, etc. As for security, how do you know a random LET provider does it better than yourself? Updates can be actually easy for you: enable auto update and reboot occasionally, most likely you will be fine. As for backup, you can simply put everything into a single directory and do rsync or whatever. Much less headache.
The security of shared hosting might not be as good as I thought.
However, maintaining the same level of availability as shared hosting with a single VPS was not easy.
Update: I just found there is a config option called PassengerAppStartCommand on v6.0.0
https://www.phusionpassenger.com/docs/references/config_reference/apache/#passengerappstartcommand
Now I have to find the host running above v6.0.0.