Groovy on Grails Hosting

Heartless_King · 8 Feb 2009 at 12:32

Hi,

In recent years I've started to use more languages on JVM for my development and move away from languages such as PHP. For my web development work I'm really keen to use Groovy on Grails. However, the one problem I have is hosting.

In the past I've use reseller hosting packages. It allows me to give clients their own accounts and all of the server maintenance is taken care.

Moving towards Java hosting things come a little more difficult. There's not many resellers out there. Therefore I'm writing to get advice from people with a lot more experience. I'm trying to find out what sort of hosting I should be looking for, and if possible any potential candidates.

Simplified requirements:
- Ability to host client websites / applications with their own control panel, multiple domains et.
- Support for JSP, Beans, Servlets, Groovy on Grails
- MySQL / PostgreSQL
- UK host
- Faily priced

Also if possible, but not required:
- Potential support for PHP (would allow me to host projects from the archive

)

Thanks,
King

P.S Someone once mentioned VPS hosting. However, I've never done before, so wouldn't know where to start!

Heartless_King · 8 Feb 2009 at 14:52

More VPS information

Thanks for that feedback, and I have to agree it seems the next logical step.

I guess my next questions would be to find out more information regarding VPS. I understand what VPS, I understand that it may cost a little more. However, I would like to ask about the sorts of things I can except from a typical VPS account?

For example, do they come with cPanel, web host manager? Would I have to purchase a license for these? If so how much can I expect them to cost? Back to my original message I would to be able to support multiple domains etc. I guess essentially I would like a shared hosting setup but with the option to support more languages. Can anyone give me more advice?

Thanks for your time,
King.

Heartless_King · 9 Feb 2009 at 22:01

What's the difference between managed VPS and VPS?

I would like to confirm that I've used reseller hosting for many years. I currently host a lot of websites for family, friends and client. With my requirements growing (i.e. Java / Groovy) I noticed that to get hosting reseller hosting is a lot harder.

As I've never done VPS, I'm hoping the community can guide me through the changes and reduce any bad experiences. Using Linux should be ok and setting up tomcat / Apache would not be a problem. I guess I'm worried about not being able to create the same experience accounts I'm hosting currently get. With reseller mail and domain management is already setup. CPanel makes life so simple.

Am I right in assuming I would have to setup email, domain management etc myself? What other issues am I not aware of?

Thanks

Heartless_King · 10 Feb 2009 at 21:18

Ok, thanks for your response. Install software / updates shouldn't be a problem. However, I was wondering if you guys could give me an indication to the sort of things which fall under "security" in terms of managing VPS. Also how do LxAdmin and CPanel compare? (Yes SQL Driven

)

Heartless_King · 11 Feb 2009 at 21:49

Although I would be keen to learn I'm not sure if I have enough time to learn all of the various requirements involved in managing a VPS. I guess the hunt begins for a managed VPS? Unless of course the learning curve for managing a VPS is small? I assume cPanel / WHM would take care of most of the usual tasks?