Freelance System Operations/DevOps Engineer from Belgium. Mostly working AWS and Kubernetes. Also have some experience with Python, and learning some Golang when I find the time.
As a freelance system-engineer, let me ask you a few questions:
Do you know how to tune database servers and web servers for performance?
Do you know enough about security to make sure your hosts are not easily compromised?
Do you know how to check for intrusions?
Do you know what to do if your client's site becomes a victim of a (D)DOS attack?
Do you know how to perform backups, and test your restores as well?
Can you offer a DRP solution for the rare circumstance your datacenter goes up in flames?
Can you perform system updates with a minimum of downtime?
If the answer to those questions is "no", don't start your own hosting. I'm sure it works fine, unless one of the things I mentioned above comes up. Installing and deploying software is the easiest part of being a sysops, it's when things go (horribly) wrong your client will demand a fast solution. And they will look at you to provide it.
In your case, I would go for a managed-hosting partner.
Hey there! I'm a Software Engineer with a passion for helping others, which I do via YouTube usually. Feel free to reach out with business inquiries or if you'd just like to talk shop. Happy coding!
Yup, my answer was nope for most of those haha. Thanks for the response, I'll be going the route of using a hosting provider and helping my clients get setup on there but ultimately leave that on them post-project.
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As a freelance system-engineer, let me ask you a few questions:
If the answer to those questions is "no", don't start your own hosting. I'm sure it works fine, unless one of the things I mentioned above comes up. Installing and deploying software is the easiest part of being a sysops, it's when things go (horribly) wrong your client will demand a fast solution. And they will look at you to provide it.
In your case, I would go for a managed-hosting partner.
Hey Jeroen,
Yup, my answer was nope for most of those haha. Thanks for the response, I'll be going the route of using a hosting provider and helping my clients get setup on there but ultimately leave that on them post-project.