Looking for nodejs host

[gxxaxx]

I'm looking for a nodejs host.

I am following the tutorials by halls on html5 mmo with nodejs (awesome tutorials by the way).

I would like to break out of my windows box and test with a friend.

Found a few hosting services. But it looks like in order to put a server up I need to learn everything there is to know about virtual machines, clouds, github, and half a dozen other services and frameworks.

Is there a way to just ssh into a server somewhere, type node server.js into the command line then test my impact game?

Later, I can worry about setting up virtual machines. But, one or two learning curve at a time is my goal

Thanks for any suggestions,

[Chris]

Install a Linux distribution on your VPS.

Follow these instrcutions:
https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Ins ... ge-manager

done.

The biggest problem with these sorts of things is that people tend to overlook a lot of security issues that can come with the OS' they run.

If you want to test something before buying a VPS you can always install a virtual machine locally with vmware or something of the sort.

[gxxaxx]

Yeah, that's probably the best way to get around the user interface issues is to get a VPS directly, then I can be ssh all the way.
I'll look into that.

[mattykins]

I bought my VPS from http://securedspeed.com/ , When buying it they let you choose what OS to install on it and a few other things, I have ubuntu 32bit running on mine and it works great for the python servers i run. I can ssh to it, use vim to edit the server code, and then just type 'python server.py parameters' and it works fine, no need to learn a bunch of frameworks for that.

Also securedspeed is very cheap, i pay 5$/mo for mine (their 2nd package) But they have more powerful servers avaliable if you need that

[Jackolantern]

Yes, just grab a VPS and set it up yourself. Stay far, far away from "Node.js hosting services". As usual with most new server-side technology explosions, there are a ton of companies out there who are ready to charge an arm and a leg for what basically is a VPS with Node already installed on it. These can run 2 - 5x what basic VPS companies would charge for similar specs. The same thing happened when Java exploded on the server-side in the late 90's, when Python exploded on server-side in the early 2000's, and when Ruby on Rails exploded in 2004. These are hosts simply trying to exploit new people to the platforms who don't know where to start with a host, not knowing the whole time it was just with a VPS and a small do-it-yourself installation job.

[securedspeed]

I bought my VPS from http://securedspeed.com/ , When buying it they let you choose what OS to install on it and a few other things, I have ubuntu 32bit running on mine and it works great for the python servers i run. I can ssh to it, use vim to edit the server code, and then just type 'python server.py parameters' and it works fine, no need to learn a bunch of frameworks for that.

Also securedspeed is very cheap, i pay 5$/mo for mine (their 2nd package) But they have more powerful servers avaliable if you need that

Thanks for the kind words.

If anyone else needs a server just contact us through our website contact page and reference this forum post and I'll take 10% off.

[hallsofvallhalla]

WOW where have you been all my life? Those are some great prices! I will be signing up in the next day or two.