[Flounder] AWS

Russell Coker russell at coker.com.au
Mon Apr 4 19:29:16 AEST 2022


On Monday, 4 April 2022 19:05:53 AEST DL Neil via Flounder wrote:
> > AWS credits could be useful, instead of messing around with port
> > forwarding
> > etc we could just run on EC2.  Also given the number of people here I'm
> > surely not the only one with AWS experience so if I'm not well enough to
> > set things up properly (as was the case last Saturday) then someone else
> > could take over.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> I'm wary of AWS. Aren't they keen to 'take' benefit from F/LOSS projects
> but slower to make any (useful) return?
> 
> We're a F/LOSS group, so if the subject (even, if the speaker/sponsor)
> is not aligned, we shouldn't...

I agree.  That's why EC2 credits seems the most useful thing for us.  Once a 
Linux VM is running it doesn't make a lot of difference where it runs as long 
as the firewall lets all necessary data through.

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