Best Free VPS Setup 2022 (Hestia on Oracle Cloud Free Tier) Complete Website + Email Tutorial
Wow, this is the BEST free setup we’ve found for Oracle Cloud free tier for running a webserver plus mailbox. Super easy to use, fast, unlimited and everything is done through the web panel.
The advantages that make this my recommended Oracle cloud free tier setup are:
-Runs perfectly on ARM, allowing us to access up to 4 CPU and 24GB ram FREE
-Simple and friendly interface
-Easy app install, 1-click WordPress
-NGINX Caching for fast webserver performance
-No limits on number of domains, websites or mailboxes
-Easy mailbox setup, easy to add SMTP relay to provide improved deliverability
-Default security setup is very solid
-Auto updates by default
This all takes only 3 commands to setup!
You can find the this on the blog here to cut and paste:
The free SMTP relay we use here below (Sendinblue):
Mailjet also works well too as an alternative.
0:00 Intro & Features
2:21 Launch VPS
4:37 Point DNS records
5:58 Connect with SSH using Putty
7:05 Install HestiaCP
8:59 Allow ports through Oracle Cloud
10:02 Login to panel
11:21 Add a website
13:29 Quick install apps, WordPress Example
14:41 Mailbox setup
21:47 Statistics Setup
22:40 Other cool features
25:10 Oracle Free Tier FAQ’s
27:55 Conclusions
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I usually don't comment on videos here but this one deserves a comment. The quality of the content is top notch! Great explications and great subjects covered. Good luck man!
hello, can we host a django site here ….
Hello sir Alex, I like your patient explanation so much. i found you on youtube from first oracle video. so my issue is I start SaaS project. Website built on wordpress locates on main domain name: forexample.com and the software is located on app.forexample.com. software developed by PHP (laravel framework). this video brings happines and it is very great news for me because it comes out on time. long story short, can i move my website and software like i explained on above to oracle free tier 4 cpu 24 gb ram? can I add domain name and subdomain to hestia control panel together? btw i dont need to use mail service i use another mail service. can you make video about that how can we run wordpress and laravel in hestiacp please? thanks in advance.
great video, thanks Alex
Hi Alex, thanks for all your great videos, this one is particularly informative. I found this configuration much smoother than the aaPanel configuration.
Did you have any issues with inbound email to the mail server? Outbound, and using Sendinblue worked perfectly, but I have been unable to get inboud mail to the server. Maybe others have had a similar experience, would be good to here if they did and how they solved it. Am using Cludflare, but purely in DNS only mode.
Hi Alex,
It was a great share! I learned a lot from this video. Some friends of mine have been using this setup, and they also said that it was the best VPS setup they have ever used. After several recommendations, I decided to try it out, and your video will definitely be a great help in the process. Thanks a lot for sharing this video, I will be able to do it myself, and I gained several insights that will be very helpful as well.
hello from Ukraine! sorry, but today I cannot watch you great tutorial we are fighting with Russia!!!
I there, great stuff.
I just have one question, why oracle keep suspend the account again and again? Do you have any solution for this?
Regards.
I'm trying to connect via putty with the ppk key generated but I get the next message: "No supported authentication methods available (server sent: public key)", whay Im missing?
This is my favorite channel Alex. Great tutorial. Your best video definitively.
Knowing that Oracle let you create 2 free instances for each account, I have a question:
Is it possible to create 2 servers for one domain: one only for hosting the website and the other only hosting its emails?
GREAT
Hi Alex, another great tutorial. Thanks!!
I have encountered a problem with mail setup. When I go to "Edit Mail Domain" I don't get the "Roundcube" option for Webmail Client. The only option I get and which is pre-selected in dropdown of Webmail Client is "Disabled". How do I fix this? Please advise.
100MBps storage write speed. But most importantly the Arm shape is not available on all regions and you cannot change regions or cancel your account to recreate in a region where the arm shape is available
It is still not working the mail.
Another great tutorial Alex, really educational! Thank you
does it require kyc?(photo of id card)
and is there a limit like its for 1 years etc
lastly does it for static websites or dynamic+static websites?
thanks,
can you make a video related the easy – fast – free (or alternative the most cheap) way to make a landing page ?
Thanks for this video. I have some questions. I'm currently set up on Namecheap using WP with Elementor and Mailchimp. How would I transfer websites already set up? And I'm on the Stellar Plus package. Are there any services not readily apparent that Namecheap offers that if I switched I wouldn't be able to have anymore? Like I already set up my own SSL certs through Cloudflare. But also, wouldn't I be losing CPanel and how do I learn how to change from that environment to this one? How would I know how the difference in storage and server speeds? Like, I heard companies like SiteGround are better if you have a lot of websites. I have 7, but not all running. So if I wanted to set up that many, would that end up costing more than just staying at Namecheap? I know size, bandwidth and storage all matter. These are not very big sites though. Sometimes I have issues with stuff still and everyone says it's because Namecheap servers aren't that great. So I hope you understand what I'm asking. I'm a newb. 🙂
I have followed all your steps. Web is working. Emails can not be sent out. Watched your video again and again, would not figure it out. Please help.
Followed this tutorial regarding the port opening, and both Apache2 or aapanel have connection refused errors, does server location affect ports? btw great video mate, Subscribed.
I followed your previous tutorial using Webinoly and the Oracle Free Tier, and I have been using it since. Would you say Hestia is better than Webinoly for web server, specifically WordPress?
I can compile Windows Server in this plane?
Hi i have only a prepaid card but oracle accept only debit o virtual card is there any other chance for me?
i would like to see a tutorial how to set up some kind of online community, like some nice looking modern forum board, not just wordpress every time, on arm ampere architecture
Amamzing tutorial once again, also i just have one question… I have 2 VPS (2/14 each). wanted to know how many wordpress sites can i actualkly run per VM?
Amazing tutorial helped out a lot so I subbed. I watched the smtp relay bit so many times but my emails are not sending. Do you know what to do.
Is possible to setup with the free Oracle a Windows vps remote ?
Man, this is a great tutorial and all, but Oracle has a tendency to terminate accounts bc they do things like this. I followed your previous tutorial for installing AAPanel on Oracle's Always Free tier, and I even upgraded my Oracle Plan to open port 25 for my tenancy… but I got my account shutdown without explanation and support is only available for people who pay, but not for those who paid and got their account shutdown!!! Use this for as long as you can, but there is no guarantee that it'll stay up. I absolutely loved the idea of having a 4 vcpu and 24gb of ram, but it was taken from me and I had to switch to digital ocean 🙁 (I ended up not using AAPanel bc of the limitations it had on the arm architecture and started using Hestia instead, it worked great until my page got wiped from their servers and the face of the internet)
Thank you bro.
Can you make video on self hosted open-source cross platform password manager installation on Oracle cloud free tier?
Thanks for the tutorial. Great work. A Hestia & Nextcloud tutorial would be great!!!
Im in te region of US EAST (Aushburn) and dont let me create the VM even with the minimum hw (1gb-6gb) is possible to change the region to the region in your video?
Thanks for the consistent great videos on oracle free tier cloud and WordPress. All videos have been very helpful. Just one request regarding this. If possible help us add PHP extensions to the Hestia panel. Thanks for this video.
Great tutorial! Should I ditch my Digitalocean $6 droplet and move my sites here? I have 10k-15k per month visitors.
How many wordpress websites can I run using 1 CPU & 6GB Ram ?
Hello and greetings!!
First, I want to thank all the time and effort you dedicate to transferring your knowledge for free.
Second, I did the whole process of installing the server and Hestia without any problem, but I couldn't move forward because I don't have access to the Hestia panel, because whether I want to connect by ip or by hostname I receive this error " redirected you too many times. Try clearing your cookies. ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS".
Note: the domain I'm using was using both CloudFlare's DNS and their CDN. I'm still using DNS but I've disconnected it from the CDN
Second time I trie to create an instance. Impossible, out of capacity. When you chose a region you can't create resource somewhere else. I give up, no cloud with Oracle it'll be.
Out of capacity means you need ot change your domain!!! That is at the top of the page. Just change to domain 2 or 3. (You got 3 different domains from same region to choose)
Great tutorial,already have tried this, be good to be able to attach the free 200gb storage rather than using the 50gb boot size.
I totally agree Oracle really is a decent cloud good performance, pleased I've setup three accounts now for different home locations around the world. Too much of something is never a bad thing. Nice video love your informative content. (hope this don't sound like an AI robot!) 🙂
Now if they only could sort their registration as it's easier to fine rockinghorse poo.
Thanks Alex, very useful
I had successfully setup with aapanel. I will now move on to hestia 🙂 thanks alex
My friend in the registration process, I add my card (debit card) and the card is rejected every time and gives me this error processing transaction. I talked to the bank and there is no problem with the card. What is the solution?
sydney is out of capacity!
So this is complete free hosting?