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# Get a tiny instance up and running with a lamp stack
# Get a tiny instance up and running with a lamp stack
# Buy a test domain from Amazon and get that hooked up
# Buy a test domain from Amazon and get that hooked up
# Terminate it and make sure the EBS volume sticks around
# Reattach the volume to a new instance
# Try attaching the volume to larger instance.
# Transfer the sites over (data)
# Transfer the sites over (data)
# Confirm everything is up, running and works
# Confirm everything is up, running and works

Revision as of 14:22, 31 January 2012

I'm giving serious consideration to moving my sites out to AWS. To have a tiny instance running 24/7 will cost $105.

Setup

One tiny instance will run all the live sites, another tiny instance will be used for development. This will also host a Git server.

Comparison

Advantages

  • Faster (this is a big problem with D5)
  • Scalable (but do I really need this)
  • Isolated Dev environment (and stage if I ever need)
  • I can run whatever I want (like Git)

Disadvantages

  • Cost (though in reality, I'm already paying this much because of the stupid 'privacy' thing that got turned on'
  • Steep learning curve
  • I will have to transfer all my sites
  • There is a lot more room for me to screw up

Plan

  1. Get a tiny instance up and running with a lamp stack
  2. Buy a test domain from Amazon and get that hooked up
  3. Terminate it and make sure the EBS volume sticks around
  4. Reattach the volume to a new instance
  5. Try attaching the volume to larger instance.
  6. Transfer the sites over (data)
  7. Confirm everything is up, running and works
  8. Transfer domains