Hosting fieldbook

Give a small site a sensible home.

A practical hosting fieldbook for static pages and modest projects. Understand the moving parts before choosing a plan.

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Original illustration for Hosting fieldbook.
FilesHTTPSBackups

Choose the simplest thing that works.

Static site

HTML, CSS, scripts and images served as files. No application process or database is required for the site itself.

Small surface

Application hosting

A running process and its dependencies need updates, health checks and a recovery plan.

More moving parts

A useful backup

Keep a copy separate from the machine you are trying to recover. Practise a restore before a failure.

Recoverable