Hello I am only studying in server development I want to cre kotlinlang #server

Hello! I am only studying in server development. I want to create a test server with rest api for mobile applications. The server with requests and json answers wrote. I check through the postman with localhost, everything suits. The question now is how to place it on an external server or on an internal server? I found several methods in the documentation through heruku or google app engine. But for the tests it seemed a little expensive. Can it be hosted on some kind of free host or can it rent vps? I found entry-level offers within $ 3. But here is how to deploy the server there and connect to it? Should i use tomcat, netty, jetty? Help me please. I will be very grateful.

christophsturm

11/04/2019, 12:44 PM

you could use aws free tier https://aws.amazon.com/free/?all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc

tipsy

11/04/2019, 1:32 PM

Heroku also has a free tier, if your test server spends a lot of time idling that should be fine

Vyacheslav Farionik

11/04/2019, 4:26 PM

Thanks for answers. But how do I host a ktor server on vps? For example, if in the future I need to deploy it to a remote server?

jaguililla

11/04/2019, 9:34 PM

OpenShift also has free tier: https://www.openshift.com/products/online/#plans-pricing

If you want to deploy in a VPS, you have to run the application in the server as you would do in your local machine... however, automatic deployment, security, scaling, etc. will need to be done by you

Vyacheslav Farionik

11/05/2019, 6:46 AM

Thanks! I think I will start from simple one, like heroku. Thanks a lot!

Roy Nard

11/19/2019, 5:17 PM

GCE, or Google Compute Engine, comes with 200USD free credits for new accounts.. a VM running constantly with 2 vCPU and 8gb ram is about 50USD a month

mkerr

11/22/2019, 10:46 PM

Microsoft's Azure also has a free tier for students as well

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