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Where to get a prepaid virtual server or Kubernetes for minimum 10 years?

2 points| pratyahava | 1 year ago

So I have few very small internet services which I want to host on a small vps or in containers. I believe they will work as expected for ten years as they are very simple and I would not need to update them or the operating system. If run in Kubernetes, even better - no need to worry about the operating system at all.

But I want to pay for the hosting once, start the services and forget about maintaining them for ten years minimum.

Are there hosters who allow to prepay for ten years and seem stable enough to believe they will be still existing in ten years?

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JojoFatsani|1 year ago

You’re in for a rude awakening. There’s a reason DevOps/SRE are so highly sought after..

pratyahava|1 year ago

i have quite a long experience in devops myself. that's why for my personal simple services i want to have a platform that needs no maintenance from my side.

a good extension cord can serve ten years with no modifications/updates. a good radio receiver can work for ten years with no modifications/updates. a good power adapter can work ten years with no modifications/updates. good simple software should work ten years with no modifications/updates.

misscloud|1 year ago

Check out controlplane.com should work for your needs

JSDevOps|1 year ago

You won’t need to update ANY part of this for 10 years? Right.

pratyahava|1 year ago

yes, this is my intention to build software that works for ten years reliably enough without any modifications. i am sure it will not work from the first try and i will have fix things occasionally, but i do not worry about hosting and payments at all.

the question is solely about being able to pay once for ten years and not worry about hosting during this duration of time. i do not like monthly or yearly payments.