Slicehost

Getting it Right, Right Away

2008-03-14

At the recommendation of Patrick Reagan of Viget Labs I signed up for an account with Slicehost. With a simple form for signup, I was quickly filling in my credit card number. Before my credit card had been validated by Slicehost, my slice was up and running.

I was not planning at the time to set up, or modify my new server. The draw of the root password that had just been emailed to me overpowered any such plans. I quickly discovered the fantastic tools made available by Slicehost for the user. Within 2 minutes I had configured my DNS and within 5 minutes I had compiled and installed Nginx, all thanks to the excellent help site.

Upon completing the initial "release" of this website the following morning, I was completely up and running and I switched my TLD registration to the Slicehost DNS hosts. If you do sign up for a Slicehost account I would certainly appreciate a referral.