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Ask HN: Alternatives to Webfaction in 2020/21?

3 pointsby sasa_buklijasover 4 years ago
Want to see are there any updates since https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19377981 ?<p>Have no issues moving to tsoHost if I will have the same features as before.<p>What I need is SSH, run python apps from crontab, unlimited domains, emails, have 2x static websites and one on WordPress, and 10x python apps running from crontab. I am not sure what I will have with tsoHost.<p>Do not want to run my own VPS (like Linode or DigitalOcean) because then I have to manage updates, down time, backups, etc.I have an idea to use AWS for Python crontab apps, but I need to first understand how to do it, which would take some time.<p>Basically I want SSH access with a lot of customization, but that somebody else does the management :-).<p>From my investigation https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.opalstack.com&#x2F; look like the best option.<p>Any advice ?<p>P.S. For the last 12+ years, I am very happy with WebFaction, sad to see it gone.

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yardshopover 4 years ago
Soon to be ex-Webfaction customer here. I got an email yesterday saying they can&#x27;t migrate one of my apps, a Python WSGI custom app listening on a port, so now I&#x27;m looking.<p>The migration faq [0] says that there will be no capability to run Python based apps on the new tsoHost. I don&#x27;t know if that extends to running Python via crontab, you would want to verify that with them.<p>OpalStack [1] looks appealing. It&#x27;s built by former staff of Webfaction. I&#x27;m leaning in that direction, but also considering Digital Ocean, Linode, Heroku, Vultr [2], and some others I just learned about. Some do some of the host management for you. OpalStack is clearly a continuation of the Webfaction model so that will probably be my choice, but want to learn some more about these others too.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webfaction.com&#x2F;faq#which-features-will-not-be-available-through-tsohost-when-i-am-migrated-from-webfaction" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.webfaction.com&#x2F;faq#which-features-will-not-be-av...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;my.opalstack.com&#x2F;signup&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;my.opalstack.com&#x2F;signup&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vultr.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.vultr.com&#x2F;</a>
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defulmereover 4 years ago
Sean from Opalstack here, just want to say that we&#x27;re ready for you and that we&#x27;re thrilled to see our former WF customers heading our way!<p>We&#x27;ve got automated WebFaction migrations ready to go for Wordpress sites, MySQL databases, and generic PHP apps. Those are part of a suite of migration tools that are under rapid development, with the goal of having a one-step (or close to that) migration for any WF customer who wants to move over to our service.