# Cheapest Rails Hosting where they give you full access to Apache (to load modules etc)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188 "2009-09-25T23:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/1 "2009-09-25T23:45:33Z")
any pointers / suggestions re cheapest Rails hosting where they give you full access to Apache (to load modules etc)??? Can be a shared platform, however not sure if there is a shared platform type hosting service where they do give you such access? ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/2 "2009-09-26T00:20:05Z")
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Greg H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > any pointers / suggestions re cheapest Rails hosting where they give > you full access to Apache (to load modules etc)??? Can be a shared > platform, however not sure if there is a shared platform type hosting > service where they do give you such access? Cloud hosting is probably the cheapest you’ll find where you have root access. I’m using Rackspace Cloud. [http://www.rackspacecloud.com/](http://www.rackspacecloud.com/) – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/3 "2009-09-26T00:48:11Z")
Agreed. Rackspace is great. Especially when you’re 1st building your application. I had apache/passenger and mysql running just fine on a 256MB instance. cost? about $11/month. [http://www.tonycode.com/blog/archives/122](http://www.tonycode.com/blog/archives/122) There is EC2 on Rails but AWS starts at about $90/month. I’m really happy with rackspace. ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/4 "2009-09-26T09:51:27Z")
[Dreamhost.com](http://Dreamhost.com) is cheap, but does not allow any httpd changes, but you can do .htaccess files.But [slicehost.com](http://slicehost.com) is by far the best I have seen. You just get a linux box, and you can then setup the server as you see fit, want to use mongrel, use mongrel, want ngnx or lighttpd instead of apache. Works just as good. You are root, and you decide. Trausti On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Tony P. ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/5 "2009-09-26T13:11:43Z")
Greg H. wrote: > any pointers / suggestions re cheapest Rails hosting where they give > you full access to Apache (to load modules etc)??? Can be a shared > platform, however not sure if there is a shared platform type hosting > service where they do give you such access? Having tried a lot of Rails hosts I kinda stumbled over > **[RailsPlayground.com Ruby On Rails Hosting](https://railsplayground.com/)** > > Ruby on Rails Web Hosting starting at just $5/a month The proce was cheap enough ($5) to be worth trying it out. … 6 months later I now have a VPS and am considering a dedicated server. These guys are truly amazing and leave the offerings from dreamhost and all floundering in their wake. There technical support is truly amazing via tickets and online 24/7 live chat. They focus on Rails only and do not oversell their resources unlike some hosts that have been mentioned in this thread. I can not recommend Railsplayground strongly enough. James ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/6 "2009-09-26T19:12:11Z")
My m1.small instance on AWS costs me $75-$80/month. Rackspace does offer smaller configurations than AWS. When you compare similar configurations, e.g., 1.5GB - 2.0GB memory, costs are similar. When I was comparing the two, Rackspace was having a lot of downtime, 3-5/day, and Amazon wasn’t, 3-7/week. I am seeing connectivity problems with my app on AWS that don’t show in the Amazon status blogs. Not sure whether that is my bug or theirs. Just my $0.02USD, Jeffrey Quoting Tony P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/7 "2009-09-27T08:46:53Z")
thanks - does Rackspacecloud have Ruby on Rails support (well like Dreamhost?), or it a get your own server & do it yourself? 2009/9/26 Tony P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > On Sep 25, 6:18 pm, Greg D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > access. I’m using Rackspace Cloud. > > > > [http://www.rackspacecloud.com/](http://www.rackspacecloud.com/) > > > > – > > Greg D.[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/) – Greg [http://blog.gregnet.org/](http://blog.gregnet.org/) ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/8 "2009-09-29T14:57:00Z")
You get your own server and set it up yourself. Some sysadmin skill are required but they have some good server setup articles. On Sep 27, 2:45 am, Greg H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cheapest-rails-hosting-where-they-give-you-full-access-to-apache-to-load-modules-etc/176188/9 "2009-10-03T05:02:23Z")
But you’d still have to find a hosting provider that could handle the hardware for you, power, Internet feeds etc no? On Tuesday, September 29, 2009, Tony P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > There is EC2 on Rails but AWS starts at about $90/month. I’m really > > > > > > > > service where they do give you such access? > > > > > Greghttp://[http://blog.gregnet.org/](http://blog.gregnet.org/) – Greg [http://blog.gregnet.org/](http://blog.gregnet.org/)