Tools

I will post here the tools I am using and rely on.

Hosting

  • Digital Ocean – I started to use Digital Ocean when they were in beta I think. Quite a lot time ago. Reliable, cheap and now very capable cloud hosting with a lot of functions apart of just servers.
  • Hetzner Cloud – I used to use Hetzner hosting for their cheap rented servers for ages(10 years at least). They were present before the “cloud” become mainstream. For last few years they propose also cloud solution, and I love it, fast, cheap. Some projects required to be inside EU with EU-based hosting company. Hetzner is the way to go. Enjoy!

Episode tools

S101 E01 – Initial Server Setup
  • WebSSH – I wanted to make everyone’s life easier and installed the web terminal, so you do not waste time on learning terminal on your operation system. If you are fine running your own terminal – please do that. This one won’t save any information, it connects you straight to your server via SSH.
    It is available for you for a small donation to my Patreon to support and expand it capabilities
  • Generate ssh key online tool – for those who is not ready to use console yet, generate your keys online. Free to use for everyone.
S101 E02 – SMTP SERVER FOR SELf-HOSTing
  • SMTP Checker – I use this tool so often, I’m glad I made it. Based on the PHPMailer library, I am happy I was able to make it so useful, I see any kind of error that happens while sending the email. It is available for you for a small donation to my Patreon to support and expand it capabilities