Setting up a Free VPS with Email on Oracle

Associatedphamid @ Oracle on 02/03/2022 - 11:59

I've got a legacy Google Apps account that I wanted to migrate across to something free. With the various offers elsewhere for paid lifetime hosting, I wasn't comfortable not having some control over the underlying infrastructure. Working at Oracle, I wanted to look into their free tier as an option to move my services.

Fortunately, I came across a Youtuber, Ideaspot, who documented the use of Hestia running on a VPS through Oracle's free tier using Ampere (4 OCPU 24GB RAM) along with 100GB block volume storage.

Some benefits mentioned by Ideaspot:

  • Runs perfectly on ARM, allowing us to access up to 4 CPU and 24GB ram FREE
  • Simple and friendly interface
  • Easy app install, 1-click WordPress
  • NGINX Caching for fast webserver performance
  • No limits on number of domains, websites or mailboxes
  • Easy mailbox setup, easy to add SMTP relay to provide improved deliverability
  • Default security setup is very solid
  • Auto updates by default
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Comments

  • geek001 on 02/03/2022 - 12:27

    I had a friend recently signed up to Oracle trial. The Sydney "domain" is out of stock of the always-free ARM processor instances. Last I checked, it is still "out of stock". Avoid signing up to the Sydney "domain" if possible because you can't change it after you select your home "domain".

    I have my own server running on their free tier, so far so good, no complaints. Their free AMD instances seems to be super slow, so the only useable free tier instance is the ARM processor one. Also, some linux software do not have the already compiled version for the ARM processor. You may have to compile them manually from the repository.

  • iDroid on 02/03/2022 - 14:30

    I've hosted my own email on VPS for many many years and have finally given up. I still have my mail server running but have stopped using the email addresses hosted there as my primary email.

    It's just too difficult to get network trust. Sending and receiving email to a domain hosted on a VPS gets rejected WAY too often to be reliable IMO.

    Maybe others have had more luck than myself - but I've given up relying on self hosting email on a VPS.

    • c64 on 02/03/2022 - 15:57

      did you configure spf + dkim + dnssec?

      • iDroid on 02/03/2022 - 17:33

        Yep, and that resolves most issues, but there's still some pesky services that (for some reason) blacklist me.

        • thatonethere on 03/03/2022 - 07:48

          Unfortunately a lot of dump and run spammers use vps and the same ip ranges so your system is just lumped in with them in reoutational databases.

  • Sdsfj on 05/10/2023 - 11:54

    I tried to sign up but always end up failed… Not sure what's the issue.

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