Cloud Server Provisioning

A new server built to a spec, rather than clicked together in a provider console and never looked at again. We size it with you, build it, and hand over a machine that already has named users, keys, a closed firewall, a monitoring agent and a backup schedule on it.

What you get

  • One server provisioned on your own cloud account, in the region you pick, so the machine and the bill stay yours
  • Named accounts with SSH keys, password and root login disabled, sudo granted only where it is needed
  • Firewall defaults that close everything except the ports you asked for
  • Monitoring agent and nightly backup schedule installed and confirmed working before handover
  • A handover document: what is on the machine, how to reach it, and what to do when it stops

What this does not cover

  • What the server costs to run. The bill from your cloud provider is yours and is not part of this price
  • Migrating an existing site, application or database onto it
  • Running it afterwards — patching, answering the monitoring and handling incidents all live in a hosting tier
  • A full hardening pass. These are sensible defaults, not Server Security Hardening Baseline in Security and risk

Who it fits

A team with an engineer who will own the machine afterwards, or a one-off box that needs building once and building right. If you want us to keep running it, Foundation Managed Hosting at $100 a month includes the build, and buying both pays for the same provisioning twice.

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