When you constantly work remotely, work gradually takes up the entire amount of free time. And this is karma, which is difficult to get rid of. However, when you worked and worked in the office and suddenly had to (like all of us) sat at home, you suddenly find yourself with a lot of free time, which is not at all to the detriment of the current tasks of the company. After a couple of days of intoxicating gluttony in front of the monitor with the series, it becomes hellishly boring and you want to move something. Brains, for example. If so, you need to use the new free interval in order not only to watch movies and build up a couple of kilograms at the waist, but in order to fulfill some of your dreams and aspirations. How, for example, about setting up a smart home, creating a website about your hobby, new knowledge in development and administration? Time must be invested wisely. Well, technology is here to help you.
In all apartments in Russia (and the world): computer, food, bed, all together
When you are at work, the question of using a VPS is, as it were, not at all worth it: this technology for accessing computer power has long become familiar to any business. Someone hosts test virtual machines on VPS, someone deploys demobases for clients, someone maintains a blog or website, hosts a telephony server, and so on.
Do you need a VPS in quarantine, how can it help? We made a small retrospective of our experience and found some of the most interesting ways to use VPS during forced isolation. And you know, this greatly expands the narrow world of our work-home PCs.
IoT is the new twist
If you have a new set of sensors for a smart home or an old one, but scattered and installed somehow, it's time to debug the sensor system in your home (in an apartment or in the country) and start centralized monitoring and data collection, and not just executing individual commands .
VPS is a great central hub for IoT and smart home devices. You can transfer data to a remote server, analyze it and accumulate it. This method has a good advantage over an old laptop as the "brain" of the entire system: VPS cannot be physically lost, broken, broken, it will not fail at the most inopportune moment. accordingly, all data will be collected and routed 24/7 without freezes and complex settings.
To control your zoo of devices, it is enough to create a VPN network based on a high-quality VPS - all data will be collected and interpreted within this network. On the VPS, you can place smart home controls and provide continuous monitoring.
If you use video surveillance in your smart home system, then VPS is simply a must-have for storing records of any historical depth. In addition, in case of trouble, all records will be saved on the server, and will not be destroyed along with the physical media stored at home.
The Internet of Things without good governance can be mischievous
Wolves of Wall Street
Now is an insanely interesting time: in addition to the fact that a real global pandemic is happening around, stock markets (securities and currency) are in a fever behind it. On the one hand, the shares of online services are growing, on the other hand, the oil industry and the auto industry are falling, on the third, the securities of pharmaceutical companies are in a period of protracted uncertainty. And this stock market fever will end much later than the end of the pandemic - we are waiting for at least two years of real "roller coaster" in the stock markets.
No, this is not a reason to take all the money to the broker (just in case, we recall that you need to enter the stock market with money that is free: not borrowed, accumulated, and those that will not be needed for at least a year). But this is an occasion to learn from a wide variety of situations, understand the laws of this complex market, and even start algorithmic trading with the help of robots.
So, you can place a trading advisor, specialized systems and trading platforms on a VPS. The advantage of VPS for working on the stock market over a PC and a physical server is speed, fault tolerance, stability and scalable power. In addition, you will be able to access your trading infrastructure on VPS from any device.
A professional remote trader provides fault tolerance from home. And I would rent a VPS, I would sit waddling
Study, study and study again
Now is a good time to learn something new, like learning how to make websites, start developing a new application, or even learn how to administer operating systems and test exploits to move into testing, system administration, information security, or just get into IT. VPS will be your test sample, test environment and just a superground for any technical experiments.
You can simply purchase a VPS and tinker with the admin panel, in settings and configurations, and when you return to the office, you can finally upgrade your IT infrastructure and show your boss what real cost savings are. Unless, of course, you have already done so.
Make a portfolio
I donβt know about you, but the author of this article, a person quite experienced in the IT field, performs a bunch of small orders after hours and still does not have a neat portfolio. And this is unpleasant: you feel extremely embarrassed when a client asks for examples of work, and you send either a folder on Yandex.Disk, or a link to GitHub, or even a Google Doc in an obscene form. And no matter how cool and busy a professional you are, your order will be enticed by a boy or a girl who tried and filed a high-quality structured portfolio.
On VPS, you can place a portfolio in absolutely any form: from a simple website and a gallery of works to a complex quest, a game, or demonstrations of ready-made applications. It will look professional, solid and business-like, and not like a freelancer from the early 2000s. By the way, in the same way, you can place your unusual resume and impress the employer from the very first link.
Website as a hobby and work
Do you have an idea for your website, blog or online store? 2-3 weeks will be enough for you to sketch out the first version using CMS and templates, or to develop a minimal βskeletonβ of a web service from scratch. As a rule, buying hosting in the same place where you chose the domain is not a good idea (at least for security reasons). Therefore, VPS is suitable for these tasks.
VPS for a web developer is a great solution to choose if shared hosting is already not enough, and VDS is still redundant. Unlike shared hosting, VPS gives the owner all rights with root access and SSH, has no restrictions on the number of sites, mailboxes, and provides ample configuration options.
By the way, you can store backups of valuable home information and media files on VPS. There are specialized solutions for the corporate sector, but just right for home use.
In August, on all pillars of the country (pah-pah-pah)
VPS for remote business
If you suddenly have not yet organized the work of a remote team, VPS will take over the workload of the entire distributed IT infrastructure. Here's what you can put on it:
- VPN and FTP for work needs - employees can seamlessly connect to the network, share files; this is especially valuable for companies that "drive" heavy media files and spreadsheets
- mail server and employee mailboxes - you can flexibly configure all settings and ensure transparency and security of corporate correspondence, which is vital in a remote environment
- IP-telephony server and virtual PBX - a stable VPS will not let you down and you will be in touch with clients until the very zombie apocalypse; other force majeure for a good provider is only temporary difficulties that do not affect customers
- video conferencing and chat server - your team will see and hear well, which means they will end sessions promptly and not take time for hawking, tapping and re-initiating the connection
- corporate portal - all operational work will be at hand, you will not even feel the difference with the office
- a significant part of business software - employees will be able to work with their favorite and necessary applications, for example, using RDP remote desktop technology
- demo stand for remote demonstration of products and services to clients - show your customers that you are collected and professional even in the most difficult situation, you can be trusted
- development environment, etc. - well, not on HabrΓ© to tell how programmers use VPS π
And most importantly, VPS provides high connection speed, is easily scalable (you can change the configuration settings for any new or no longer needed), and is inexpensive, which in the current conditions of business austerity is literally in the first place. And, of course, a VPS from a good provider is always reliable, stable and secure under any external conditions.
You and I have already managed to get scared, then actively resist, then reconcile and mourn, then panic, and now itβs as if we are returning to an updated working rhythm, when each of us is at home, but still everyone is a team. But at home, in addition to work and loved ones, there is also you. Come on, cheer up and start working on yourself and your cool future. It's here, it's here.
Do you use VPS for any work tasks? Tell us what else we missed (for example, about game servers).
Source: habr.com