Today I will tell you a secret that only few people know.
You can get a free server forever with no fees at all.
You can use it for hosting your website, hosting your emails, creating your own VPN server and more.
This server is offered by Oracle Cloud. So this mean stability and high performance.
What you need to get this free server from Oracle?
- E-Mail [like gmail or any other email].
- Debit or Credit card with 1 euro balance just for verifying your identity. this 1 euro will return to your account at the same moment don’t worry.
How to get your free server forever ?
1- Go to oracle cloud website from here: https://signup.cloud.oracle.com/
2- Enter your information.
3- Confirmation email will be sent to your inbox.
4- Verify your email and wait for the next form to load.
5- Complete your information.
NOTICE: It is very important to select UK South London as Home Regison
6- Enter your address and your phone number.
7- Add Payment verification method.
After entering your credit / debit card you will find this
8- Agree terms and conditions and start your free trial.
9- Login at https://oracle.com/cloud/sign-in.html
10- Choose oracle cloud infrastructure direct sign in, enter your email and password.
11- Click on Create a VM Instance
12- Edit image and shape.
13- At shape choose Virtual Machine > Ampere > Check on VM.Standard.A1.Flex
14- Choose how many CPU , RAM do you need. You have up to 4CPU, 24GB RAM for free. You can use it only single or multiple instances. then click on Select shape.
NOTICE: Don’t forget to save private key before creating instance to be able to login to your machine.
15- Your machine will be up in less than 2 minutes.
16- Use terminal or ssh client to login to your machine with this command:
ssh {{username}}@{{public ip address}} -i {{your private key path}}If you face the following error follow this post which solve it:
Warning: Permanently added '140.238.78.50' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
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@ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @
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Permissions 0644 for 'Downloads/ssh-key-2022-03-01.key' are too open.
It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.
Load key "Downloads/ssh-key-2022-03-01.key": bad permissions
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).