BBSing in the cloud
reddit / bbs

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learycm · 2018-08-20 18:26

Has anyone been successful in getting something like a Worldgroup BBS
up on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud?

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nolageek · 2018-08-20 20:04

When I first set up Capitol Shrill it was on a free tier AWS instance.
32 bit Windows 2008 I believe. It worked fine but after a year the
free tier turned into about $15 a month and I found it was cheaper
(and more fun) to just get a cheap PC from craigslist and set it up at
home.

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dmxrob · 2018-08-20 21:24

Cloud and a chatty apps (like a BBS) is not the best combination.   I
had WWIV running in Azure and it was clocking in at about $70 a month,
that is without users logging into it.  Too expensive, and like the
other poster said, not as fun.

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r0ck0 · 2018-08-21 08:50

I haven't done this, but if I did...

I'd just go with a cheap linode/vultr/digitalocean Linux VPS
($2.50-$5/month).  And use a DOS emulator that supports emulating a
modem over telnet/SSH.

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Kirkman14 · 2018-08-21 14:27

I have tried my board on the low-cost tiers at AWS and DigitalOcean in
the past. They worked fine, but the main issue for me was CPU
performance.

Some of my custom ANSI demos require a lot of memory and speed to run
properly, and those low-cost tiers don't really provide it. I got
better performance on my own Mac at home.

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cloverskull · 2018-08-21 14:53

I used DigitalOcean exclusively and it worked great. They have
excellent built in tooling for monitoring, backups, private networking
between VMs, and I don’t have to let anyone inside my firewall at home
to do it.

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thexant · 2018-08-23 20:36

I host a (very WIP) Mystic based BBS on Google Cloud, using their one
year free trial.

I've had no problems with it.

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ominous_squirrel · 2018-08-27 02:39

Your stickers around DC always make me smile!