I just bought a domain from Hostinger. I created my backend in golang and I have my database being hosted in the cloud right now. However for my backend I don't know how I should go about it.. I will probably host my domain with Hostinger later today but do I connect my backend in Hostinger's platform or spin up a VM on AWS or GCP and connect it via some dns configuration in Hostinger? I am very confused first time deploying please help me fellow gophers ❤️
#Deploying my Golang Backend
peak coral
chrome zinc
yes you are correct
you go to your domain registar(hostinger in this case)
tell it you want an A record pointing to your VPS/server's IP
that's all it should take, a dns config
peak coral
thank you so much 🙏 appreciate the confirmation
chrome zinc
when i read hostinger i was concerned for a sec thinking you purchased hosting from them
because there's no way you can host golang on a PHP hosting platform
(might been changed now, but back then it's just PHP only from them)
peak coral
Haha yeah that wouldve been bad , do you think I should purchase hosting from them? I just bought the domain , my plan is put my nextjs frontend in their hosting plan, and configure the dns A record to my golang backend on an aws ec2 server. Is this a valid setup 😂 it may be very unoptimized but this is how I see it would work
chrome zinc
it is but can you even host nextjs on there?
also it's a unoptimal configuration for your money
like if you are made of gold sure
but i would keep frontend and backend on the same vps
peak coral
like if you are made of gold sure
but i would keep frontend and backend on the s...
ahh thanks so much man , nah I am not the most secure financially haha. but this was my concern
chrome zinc
just for cost measure so i dont need to pay twice for hosting
*there's valid cases if you ware to scale bigger but scalling bigger was never wallet friendly to begin withh
peak coral
so should i just stick to one cloud provider platform like GCP or AWS? Yes true my project is just a personal site so I believe this can be fine for me
chrome zinc
like unless your backend server cant handle hosting frontend and the backend
there's no reason to justify splitting it
peak coral
*there's valid cases if you ware to scale bigger but scalling bigger was never w...
very true haha mostly for companies already having a lot to spend
very true. I am gonna dockerize them both to save up more space
and just run them with docker-compose is this okay?
i could learn k8 but man that stuffs quite a process
chrome zinc
so should i just stick to one cloud provider platform like GCP or AWS? Yes true ...
i honeslty dont know how GCP or AWS works
also no idea if they are the best price and value
for me i used stuff like hetzer before(40/mo for a dedi, some say not the best but it's a dedi)
there's also other cheaper vps hosting which can go to 10-20/mo
though if you want to use this to say you have experience using gcp/aws i guess it's an okay justtification
good site to find a budget host to your liking spec wise
that said: as the old adage goes "you get what you pay for"
chrome zinc
and just run them with docker-compose is this okay?
that sounds find docker compose is generally good enough for personal project
peak coral
interesting man , hetzer i will look into this. Thank you for the server site , I always jump to cloud i forget that my project doesn;t need all the services they offer. a VPS sounds like a more friendlier solution to me.
Hey thanks for all the words of wisdom brother approaching this deployment for the first time it really gave me some sense of what im doing now 🤝 appreciate it man
chrome zinc
watch out for prices, just because it looks low doesnt mean it's a good fit
some stuff have good storage but slow cpu they might be designed for bulk storage instead of running a website etc etc
do check the spec if they match your expectation
cuz on the lowest of low budget you get stuff that are specialized for one thing
on hetzer though it should be good, it does cost more though
also the server auctions you might be able to get a good deal on a server there
assuming you understand spec and value
peak coral
yeah I was looking at some of them that are incredibly cheap hahah , I do understand the specs so I should be alright navigating the prices. Tbh i think i should get away with 4gb of memory i hope
chrome zinc
probably 8gb if you intend to run more stuff in the future
also the cpu
make sure it's not some pentium crap
otherwise everything will be stupidly slow
peak coral
hahahah thanks man so intel cpu or amd cpu is the way to go?
chrome zinc
i cant advise on that end
but check the generation
what generation of cpu they are selling
and what tier is it(intel has i3, i5, i7, i9 if it's desktop cpu)
the i3 one is lowest, and probably cheaper, but it's cheap for a reason
good if you dont expect much load etc etc etc
i am not sure about amd's tiers are
you will have to do a bit of research(shouldnt be hard)
peak coral
I see brother yeah the gen i see is i3 and i5 mostly
chrome zinc
but personally generation is most important
peak coral
Yeah thanks for this man buying a vps is the way to go for me
oh ya so i should probably get i7
chrome zinc
sure an i9 is cool but what if it's from 2018? that's like 6 years ago!!