I also already have a domain name.
I can also choose to run on DigitalOcean, but 5 USD Droplet sucks. (Perhaps unless I build Docker first on my laptop.)
Can I just get a static IP address, then attach A name to domain server? Or, is localhost tunneling a bad option? (I find https://localhost.run slow to load, but it does work.)
My server is not just static files, but full stack, BTW.
Lastly, how I do ensure laptop (Xubuntu, BTW), is always awake?
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I use a $5 DigitalOcean Droplet and it is handling 50k hits per month smoothly.
A good server configuration is key. You could also add a 1GB swap file for some extra buffer.
At home, I have a raspberry pi 4 with 4GB RAM and I use it as a web server + VPN and I run OwnCloud on there, rather than running your laptop 24/7. I've configured port forwarding on my router and it works very well for external access as well.
It appears that building Nuxt on cheap droplet is a bad idea. It crashes with not enough memory.
Build on my laptop >> Upload to Docker Hub >> Download to DigitalOcean fixes it.
I am also considering spawnable stateless Docker images; with attached volume; as an alternative, but this may complicate stuff... (I have never successfully run k8s, only Google Cloud Run.)
Hi there 👋,
As you are running low on ram, maybe try adding a swap file for some extra buffer:
digitalocean.com/community/tutoria...
Hope that this helps!
Thanks. Much better than docker-compose restart always.
Of course :) that’s why it runs on a 1GB ram droplet 😄
Not 100% sure if I get your comment right. Would you personally run your small blog on a laptop at home rather than a small SSD server?