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I recently had the job of setting up cacti on an Ubuntu an Amazon EC2 Instance, so I thought I’d share with you all how to get it running, and what you can monitor with it.
Note: This tutorial is designed for an ubuntu based server, but will translate to most unix setups.
Following my last post, saying that I’d moved my sites to EC2, I had some feedback on twitter asking me where people can find out a little more about the service. So, I thought I’d tell you all about it here.
Amazon’s EC2 Service is part of a wider collection of products called ‘Amazon Web Services‘. [...]
Hey guys, just thought that I’d mention to everyone that my sites are all now hosted on Amazon’s EC2.
Whilst I’ve been using EC2 and other Amazon services such as S3 and SQS, I’ve always been a little hesitant of moving my current setup across.
The main reason for this is was the lack of an official [...]
For years I’ve been developing websites. And hosting is always a major issue to consider from the very start of the development process. But, there’s always one big question. Should one choose a hosting company to host their website on a shared server, or is it worth getting a dedicated server? Lets first look at [...]
This week I’ve been reading a great deal about Amazon EC2, a service which lets you rent servers from Amazon’s huge server farms from as little as 10 cents/hour ($73/month).
The principle behind EC2 is genius. You select which ‘AMI’ (linux image) you want to start your server with, then choose what spec you want.
Here’s the [...]
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I'm a 23 year old freelance web developer currently living in Aberdeen whilst studying BSc Computing Science.
The web is certainly my passion. I care about building and maintaining really good applications that actually mean something. Freelancing isn't just my profession, it's a way of life for me, and I love to write and talk about freelance, the rewards and horrors.
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