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.. source: https://gist.github.com/Twentysix26/cb4401c6e507782aa6698e9e470243ed
.. _host-list:
=============
VPS providers
=============
.. note::
This doc is written for the :ref:`hosting section <getting-started-hosting>`
of the :ref:`getting started <getting-started>` guide. Please take a look
if you don't know how to host Red on a VPS.
This is a list of the recommended VPS providers.
.. warning::
Please be aware that a Linux server is controlled through a command line.
If you don't know Unix basics, please take a look at `this guide
<https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-linux-basics>`_
from DigitalOcean which will introduce you to the Linux basics.
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Linux hosting
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+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|Link |Description |
+====================================+======================================================+
|`Scaleway |Incredibly cheap but powerful VPSes, owned by |
|<https://www.scaleway.com/>`_ |`<https://online.net/>`_, based in Europe. |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|`DigitalOcean |US-based cheap VPSes. The gold standard. Locations |
|<https://www.digitalocean.com/>`_ |available world wide. |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|`OVH <https://www.ovh.co.uk/>`_ |Cheap VPSes, used by many people. French and Canadian |
| |locations available. |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|`Time4VPS |Cheap VPSes, seemingly based in Lithuania. |
|<https://www.time4vps.eu/>`_ | |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|`Linode <https://www.linode.com/>`_ |More cheap VPSes! |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|`Vultr <https://www.vultr.com/>`_ |US-based, DigitalOcean-like. |
+------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
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Others
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+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Link | |
+=====================================+=====================================================+
|`AWS <https://aws.amazon.com/>`_ |Amazon Web Services. Free for a year (with certain |
| |limits), but very pricey after that. |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|`Google Cloud |Same as AWS, but it's Google. |
|<https://cloud.google.com/compute/>`_| |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|`Microsoft Azure |Same as AWS, but it's Microsoft. |
|<https://azure.microsoft.com>`_ | |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|`Oracle Cloud |Same as AWS, but it's Oracle. |
|<https://oracle.com/cloud/>`_ | |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|`LowEndBox <http://lowendbox.com/>`_ |A curator for lower specced servers. |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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Self-hosting
------------
You can always self-host on your own hardware.
A Raspberry Pi 3 will be more than sufficient for small to medium sized bots.
For bigger bots, you can build your own server PC for usage, or buy a rack
server. Any modern hardware should work 100% fine.
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Free hosting
------------
| `Google Cloud Compute Engine <https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/gcp-free-tier>`_,
`Oracle Cloud Compute <https://oracle.com/cloud/free/#always-free>`_ and
`AWS EC2 <https://aws.amazon.com/free/>`_ have free tier VPSes suitable for small bots.
| **Note:** AWS EC2's free tier does not last forever - it's a 12 month trial.
| Additionally, new Google Cloud customers get a $300 credit which is valid
for 3 months.
Other than that... no. There is no good free VPS hoster, outside of
persuading somebody to host for you, which is incredibly unlikely.