Why I Use RainYun for an Early-stage Website
My first-hand notes on using RainYun for an early-stage content website: what feels stable in my workload, why the price is manageable and what I still check before recommending it.
Field notes, operating decisions and tested methods—organized so you can find the next useful answer in seconds.
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My first-hand notes on using RainYun for an early-stage content website: what feels stable in my workload, why the price is manageable and what I still check before recommending it.
Create a small operating routine for a first website: health checks, disk and memory monitoring, versioned backups, off-server copies and a tested restore procedure.
Upload a local HTML and CSS site to a safe web directory, install Caddy, configure the domain, validate the configuration and publish without exposing a development server.
Harden a beginner Linux server in the safe order: add an SSH key, verify a second session, allow SSH in UFW, open web ports and enable security updates.
Turn a blank Ubuntu or Debian instance into a predictable host by checking resources, updating packages, setting time, creating an administrator and documenting the result.
Choose a first cloud server by workload, region, operating system, memory, disk and renewal cost, then complete a verification checklist before installing anything.