Need to find host for LFS website ASAP

[Mark Bailey]

Hey Guys,
I have been running LFS for nearly a year on a rented server with a company called pingvps.com who have just gone under and my server has been shut down.

Can anyone recommend a good hosting company? Preferably one that deals with the sys-admin and security side and will just let me deploy the Djang LFS website to it.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance, Mark

[Richard Shebora]

Try linode.com

I use them for two servers and they are the best bang for the buck right now.

Richard

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[beefybailey]

Hey Richard,
Thanks for the quick response.
I am not a sys admin by trade, so i would like to avoid having to
setup loads of stuff as i dont really know what i am doing, do you
have to do much to get LFS deployed with these guys?
Thanks again,
Mark

On May 5, 4:22 pm, Richard Shebora <sheb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try linode.com
>
> I use them for two servers and they are the best bang for the buck right
> now.
>
> Richard

[Richard Shebora]

they have scripts and canned installs. just check their site.

[prajwal suhas p]

You should also check webfaction, I have been using their hosting services heavily.
Their technical support Team for python related hosting stuff is the best I've come across !

Check this article about hosting LFS in webfaction 

[beefybailey]

Wow, great advice there Praj,

For others out there i will explain what my findings were ...

Webfaction looked really professional and good value, so i used their
webchat to talk to someone about what i needed and he reassured me
there and then they could do what i needed (Sorry to doubt your
advice!)
So i set up a new account and website (Using your affiliate prog, if
they dont have a record of me using it to join, let me know)
Followed the instructions above for LFS version 0.6.15 and boom - it
worked, LFS website up and running! :D
Not 100% sure what voodoo magic happened there, but if i can do it,
anyone can! :)

Now all i need to do is restore the db from a backup of my old site,
transfer templates, and i think thats it :)

Thanks for everyone's help and advice

Right, bed now :)
Mark

On May 6, 6:46 am, prajwal suhas p <prajwalp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You should also check
> webfaction<http://www.webfaction.com/services/hosting?affiliate=prajwalps97>,

> I have been using their hosting services heavily.
> Their technical support Team for python related hosting stuff is the best
> I've come across !
>

> Check this article about hosting *LFS *in webfaction
> <http://community.webfaction.com/questions/6397/django-lfs-lightning-f...>

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> On Sunday, May 6, 2012, Richard Shebora wrote:
> > they have scripts and canned installs. just check their site.

[prajwal suhas p]

You are welcome Mark, you can also check their community forum for help and support. Everything is there.

2 Weeks back, I too followed the instructions here and installed LFS 0.7.2. :) It was a breeze !

I have played with many other hosting providers, they all suck ! (Except Heroku and Bitnami)

But with webfaction, I'm very impressed with their Python/Django Stack expertise. I have learnt a lot many things about hosting and configuring servers. :)

Hey Mark can we know your website?

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Cheers,
Prajwal Suhas P

[beefybailey]

Thanks again Prajwal, i will of course let you all know the website,
once i have refreshed the DB from my backup and also customised the
site again
... watch this space!

Can i ask, what is the difference between LFS version 0.6 and 0.7? And
which would you recommend using, bearing in mind i am upgrading from
0.5?

Thanks,
Mark :)

On May 8, 2:50 am, prajwal suhas p <prajwalp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You are welcome Mark, you can also check their community

> forum<http://community.webfaction.com/> for

> help and support. Everything is there.
>
> 2 Weeks back, I too followed the instructions here

> <http://community.webfaction.com/questions/6397/django-lfs-lightning-f..>and

> installed LFS 0.7.2. :) It was a breeze !
> I have played with many other hosting providers, they all suck ! (Except
> Heroku and Bitnami)
>
> But with webfaction, I'm very impressed with their Python/Django Stack
> expertise. I have learnt a lot many things about hosting and configuring
> servers. :)
>
> Hey Mark can we know your website?
> ----
> Cheers,

> Prajwal Suhas P <http://twitter.com/#%21/prajwalps>

[Kai Diefenbach]

Hi,

> Can i ask, what is the difference between LFS version 0.6 and 0.7? And
> which would you recommend using, bearing in mind i am upgrading from
> 0.5?

See:

http://www.getlfs.com/lfs-07

I would recommend 0.7, of course.

See:

http://docs.getlfs.com/en/latest/introduction/installation.html#migration

Kai

[beefybailey]

Thanks for the advice :)

If i am following the instructions here (but installing 0.7)
https://gist.github.com/1406608, should i run the migrate command
after the syncdb and before lfs_init, or after the collectstatic
command?
Thanks again because this advice is helping loads! :D

>    http://docs.getlfs.com/en/latest/introduction/installation.html#migra...
>
> Kai