Student from Germany who fell in love with coding and the tech industry after pivoting from a traditional career in banking. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's in CompSci.
I would assume that there are some obstacles that may occur. What happens if your internet provider fails and your server goes offline - who's in charge for that?
That way, your margin would also be bound to the price of electricity.
I think you have to consider a lot of exceptional conditions in the contract to be sure it'll deliver a positive outcome.
This is, however, my personal estimation. I'm not really an expert.
But how about renting a dedicated server. They have a decent guaranteed uptime by SLA with automatic backups... Having your projects dockerized should make it easy (or at least easier) to run multiple client websites on that.
I was just wondering if that is a way some people handle it?
Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
Managing a server takes up a lot of time, especially if you are not familiar with systems administration tasks. The goal is to automate as much as possible, but it takes a while to learn what to even automate and make sure you are doing things securely. If you get hacked, do you have a centralized event log to aid with the investigation? Do you have an Intrusion Detection System set up to notify you of odd behavior on the server? Do you test that those backups actually work?
For a small operation, I think it would be too much work. Stick to managed hosting providers. While more expensive, they take a lot off your plate.
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I would assume that there are some obstacles that may occur. What happens if your internet provider fails and your server goes offline - who's in charge for that?
That way, your margin would also be bound to the price of electricity.
I think you have to consider a lot of exceptional conditions in the contract to be sure it'll deliver a positive outcome.
This is, however, my personal estimation. I'm not really an expert.
Yes, you are right, I think.
But how about renting a dedicated server. They have a decent guaranteed uptime by SLA with automatic backups... Having your projects dockerized should make it easy (or at least easier) to run multiple client websites on that.
I was just wondering if that is a way some people handle it?
Managing a server takes up a lot of time, especially if you are not familiar with systems administration tasks. The goal is to automate as much as possible, but it takes a while to learn what to even automate and make sure you are doing things securely. If you get hacked, do you have a centralized event log to aid with the investigation? Do you have an Intrusion Detection System set up to notify you of odd behavior on the server? Do you test that those backups actually work?
For a small operation, I think it would be too much work. Stick to managed hosting providers. While more expensive, they take a lot off your plate.