Dear Experts
I am a coldfusion developer with a couple of years experience of building web apps in CFMX7 but would like to start using CF8 mainly so that I can use some of the modern features. My current shared host (Exabytes.com) is still on CFMX7 and has no current plans to upgrade to CF8 and looking around at alternative hosts that do offer CF8 it seems to be quite expensive.
The idea of renting a VPS, uploading the trial version of CF8 and installing / configuring it there came to me. If I can get it to work then I would fork out the cash for the CF8 license. I found a host just down the road that offers a basic VPS for 11 euros per month. The specs are:
Hardware
Procesor: 400 MHz
Memory: 256 MB guarantee 128 MB RAM
Disk: 10 GB
Connectivity: 100 Mbps Euros11,-/month
Setup fee: Euros 30,-
Services: Administration , ISP Config
Software:
* Debian GNU/Linux in last stable version
* ISP Config Control Panel
* MySQL
* Apache
* PHP
* Postfix
* SSH
* Webmin (optional)
Now, I have never used SSH and only vaguely know what it is/does, I have a little bit of unix experience but I'm still only a beginner. However, I'm a fast learner and have a strong desire to learn more about server admin.
I would really appreciate some general help on how to go about doing this - the potential pitfalls that I may encounter, or even whether it is possible at all. Is 4 days going to be enough time for me to learn the things I need to learn to get it up and running?
thanks in advance
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