Which Amazon Instance Do You Use?

[BigEfromDaBX 25]

Which Amazon Instance do you use?  I just need to run a compiled bot all the time?

 

Do you run the server 2008, 2012 or 2016?  Free tier?

[TheMcD 6]

2012

 

See:

 

http://network.ubotstudio.com/blog/set-up-ubot-studio-on-a-free-amazon-vps-in-ten-minutes/

[BigEfromDaBX 25]

2012

 

See:

 

http://network.ubotstudio.com/blog/set-up-ubot-studio-on-a-free-amazon-vps-in-ten-minutes/

 

I have used the 2012 free tier but it seems slow.

[JCP 4]

Yeah that's a great article because I doubt most people know about it but unfortunately the free tier runs like treacle.

 

If you running a few bots with the built in scheduler where you're having to leave the bots open then it becomes unusable pretty fast.

 

You might want to take a look at Vultr. You can spin up an instance for $5 a month which is more substantial then the AWS free tier but still very cheap. The only thing you'll need to do is upload your own copy of Windows as an ISO file but this is what I do, they have a guide on how to do it on their own site: https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers

[BigEfromDaBX 25]

Yeah that's a great article because I doubt most people know about it but unfortunately the free tier runs like treacle.

 

If you running a few bots with the built in scheduler where you're having to leave the bots open then it becomes unusable pretty fast.

 

You might want to take a look at Vultr. You can spin up an instance for $5 a month which is more substantial then the AWS free tier but still very cheap. The only thing you'll need to do is upload your own copy of Windows as an ISO file but this is what I do, they have a guide on how to do it on their own site: https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers

 

Thats exactly what I am doing.  Im just running one bot with a scheduler.  Why does the bots start slowing down the server after time?

[TheMcD 6]

Yeah that's a great article because I doubt most people know about it but unfortunately the free tier runs like treacle.

 

If you running a few bots with the built in scheduler where you're having to leave the bots open then it becomes unusable pretty fast.

 

You might want to take a look at Vultr. You can spin up an instance for $5 a month which is more substantial then the AWS free tier but still very cheap. The only thing you'll need to do is upload your own copy of Windows as an ISO file but this is what I do, they have a guide on how to do it on their own site: https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers

Wouldn't you only be allowed to run one copy of Windows (meaning you couldn't spin up any more servers with an image)?

 

I guess you are saying, buy a copy of Windows, spin up a $5 instance, then upgrade the plan as needed for more/intensive bots. (Am I right in my guess?)

[JCP 4]

You can download a trial copy of Windows Server Edition 2012 for free and use that, you don't need to buy a copy.

 

Valid for 180 days:

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012

 

No, you can spin up as many servers with the same image as you like.

[TheMcD 6]

You can download a trial copy of Windows Server Edition 2012 for free and use that, you don't need to buy a copy.

 

Valid for 180 days:

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012

 

No, you can spin up as many servers with the same image as you like.

Thanks, I'm sure that will work for some people.

 

I'm looking for a longer term hosting solution with a domain name and all.