Any user of Version Control System? When I started as a programmer back in the 90′s it was RCS. Then moved to CVS when I joined my first start up. About 5 years ago I moved everything — work projects and personal projects — to Subversion. And these days I use Git for my personal projects. While I could pay someone (GitHub for example, or RepositoryHosting which is quite cheap for unlimited repositories), for a peace of mind I would rather host the shared central repositories myself and organise my own backups.
At the same time I would like to have a bug/enhancement tracking system to track and to prioritize my work. A wiki for documentation would be a bonus (if I ever have time to write docos). Trac fits the bill. I know there is also RedMine but I am a Python developer it’s just easier for me to write plugins for Trac.
This will (hopefully) be a step-by-step guide to install both Git and Trac 0.12 on a Ubuntu 10.04 system. I used my 6 pound/year RackVM VPS in UK to write this HOWTO. 256MB burstable memory is more than enough.
Do note that this is not a tutorial on how to use git or any other distributed version control system. See Git’s website if you wish to learn more about it.
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Via this WHT offer. TheHostHouse has recently launched their line of budget VPS. For £3.95/month (~USD$6.09) you can get
- 256MB guaranteed/512MB burstable memory
- 30GB storage
- 100GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
Promo code 25-VPS can also get you 25% off for the 1st month. Germany based servers in Hetzner DC. They claimed to be in business since 2006. Looks like another shared hosting/reseller hosting provider ventured into the world of budget VPS (which is probably an equally cut-throat market).
Via this WHT offer. Looks like Burst.NET is getting into the UK/EU VPS hosting business. Here is their EU website which looks pretty much identical to their US site. Their UK VPS packages are also more expensive than their US counter part as well so you need to do annual payment to get under the threshold here. For £49.50/year you get
- 512MB memory
- 20GB storage
- 1000GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/vePortal
Burst.NET’s OpenVZ/vePortal product has often been rebranded/resold by new VPS providers (or provider-wannabes). Now they are getting into the UK market are we expecting to see a flood of BurstNET resellers offering VPS there as well? IRC not allowed (client/server/bots). IPv6 available on all products.
Via this WHT offer. ValueVPS is an UK based Xen/OpenVZ VPS provider started back in late 2008, but is also part of Starteck Online that has been around since 2004. Last time they got featured on this blog was more than 19 months ago. The same product that they made available back then has not changed although the “competitors” have moved to packages that offer more resource. For £2.99/month you can now get their cheap OpenVZ plan (not available as an Xen option).
- 64MB guaranteed/128MB burstable memory
- 3GB storage
- 10GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
UK based server. IRC permitted (though you’ll be null-routed on DDoS).
Julie from Czech Republic based NQHost emailed me about their exclusive offer for LowEndBox readers. Using this ordering link here, you can get their “Low Cost VPS” for $6.95/month.
- 256MB memory
- 8GB storage
- Unmetered bandwidth
- Xen
Reason for the promotion is because they have some servers with full disk but free RAM. Servers are in Germany and from their Datacenters page they are in “Falkenstein, Saxony and Frankfurt am Main”. Their website is hosted in Hetzner though. Xen would be PV in this case, and HVM would be a $2 extra (which would be over our $7/month threshold).
Someone from HostMonkey emailed me about their exclusive offer for the LowEndBox readers. Use promo code lowendbox to get double resource when you order their Baby Chimp package. So for $5/month you get
- 256MB guaranteed/512MB burstable memory
- 20GB storage
- 200GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
It was less than 2 weeks ago when they last featured here, and I assume they are still using HostDime as their data center. According to HostMonkey the promo is only available to the first 10 signups.
They do have a customer according to the testimonial page. Bobby from Boondockseries.com praises them — registered by the same guy behind Nixism that got sold to HostDime :) Well being 20/21 year old and 2nd hosting business — all the best with HostMonkey :)
We haven’t heard much about XVPS.us when Yomura Holdings (owner of Delimiter, RentaVPS and many others) bought them out last month. Giles from Yomura just sent me an email about their latest LowEndBox exclusive special with this brand. Use coupon code LEBAUGUST2010 to get 25% off recurring discount. That brings down their basic package to $4.88/month (cheaper for longer payment terms).
- 256MB guaranteed/512MB burstable memory
- 30GB storage
- 300GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
You also get to choose from 4 different data centers — Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris France or Frankfurt Germany. Giles said that there will be more locations this week and the same coupon code applies. The promo will be for August I guess.
Marc from UK hosting company/Linux specialists, GigaTux, emailed me about their latest insane offer on WHT. With promo code INSANE you can get 50% off life time discount, and when you pay yearly for their Uno L package it comes down to £47.94/Year, and you get
- 128MB memory/128MB swap
- 10GB storage
- 50GB/month data transfer
- Xen
UK data center in “secured location near London”. Slightly more expensive that our last exclusive offer although the storage space has doubled since then. These guys have been around since 2007, and whoever uses ns[1-3].acornusers.org deserve a special mention on LowEndBox.com (although I’ve never owned an Acorn computer :)
Jonathan from Evorack emailed me about their exclusive promotion for LowEndBox readers a few days ago. Evorack is a division of ABPNI Computer Solutions, which is a registered company in North Ireland. Use promo code LOWENDBOX4 to get their “VPS128″ down to £3.99/month (~USD$6.14). + VAT if you are in UK.
- 128MB memory
- 20GB storage
- 150GB/month data transfer
- Xen
From Servers page they stated that their servers are in 2 data centers in UK. Another interesting feature on the order form is allowing instructions on customising firewall before the VPS goes live — so you can tune it up even before receiving the welcome letter. Jonathan has assured me that they are part of larger solution/support company and they know Linux, and they have been in business for many years.
Funny that the C++ code in the logo image actually contains macro from Microsoft Visual Studio. Should get some Linux header files up there! :)
Both Chris and Cody from SimpleRack wrote to me with different offers! Sorry I have to pick the better one here :) With promo code 695DOLLARVPS you can get their VPS – Entry Level for $6.95/month (down from $19/month), which comes with
- 512MB memory
- 30GB storage
- 700GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
- 3 IP addresses
Discount available for first 15 customers only. Well. The actual saving is just 5 cents as the clearance page lists out the same VPS for $7/month. If you compare it with their previous offer it is actually more expensive. Servers co-located with Joe’s Data Center in Kansas City. Definitely not a one man shop though as from the previous post they have at least Cody, Chris and Bruce working there.
August 31, 2010 @ 2:59 am