Free Cloud Web Servers

Here are some sites that offer free trials for public web servers:

• http://aws.amazon.com/free/ - Free for 12 months at lowest tier
• https://www.digitalocean.com/ - Free for 2 months at lowest tier with promo code

Setup a server on Amazon, by browsing to:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html

Open a console on your desktop, and run the commands:

# ssh -i keyfile ubuntu@servername
ssh  -i keyfile ubuntu@ec2demo.aaltsys.info
sudo useradd developer -G sudo

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to allow password authentication, using the commands:

(replace ``PasswordAuthentication yes`` with a sed command)
sudo service sshd restart
sudo service ssh restart

To install the software necessary for a basic webserver on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install apache2 git