Hosting in Australia...reasonable price

Squiz Matrix General Discussion
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Hi all,
Looking for some hosting options here in Australia for a matrix website. Anyone have any suggestions for something that has all the requirements for matrix:



ie:


  • PHP
    [*]PostgreSQL
    [*]Either all required PEAR modules, or ability to setup yourself
    [*]Apache
I'd like mySQl on there as well, remote access allowed rather than forced through a browser interface for mySQl would be excellent too.

I'm looking to spend <$1000 /pa on a hosting solution.

Thanks for any links.

regards

Dale Drechsler
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ok responding to my own post here :wink: but;
http://www.fasthit.net/index.cfm/hosting/plan.details/planName/fastBusiness

and

http://www.fasthit.net/index.cfm/hosting/plan.details/planName/fastBusiness



seem to have an ok deal. At least it’s postgresql and unix (assume apache but havent checked) + php. How hard is it to setup the pear packages on a server you dont have control over? I’ve only tested on my local server that I had full control over this far.



Cheers



Dale

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Its tough. I run a few US-based servers (using Ensim Pro instead of H-Sphere, though) and you cannot modify the PEAR configuration in a virtual host. You have to be root to do it.


Alternatively, you could get Squiz to host your MySource Matrix site for you. :slight_smile: Check with sales@squiz.net for details on our hosting packages.

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Although, you could add the required PEAR packages to the php_includes directory in your matrix installation which will be used before any PEAR packages already installed on the system.

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Though, the Web Based Installer seems to bork when you what Marcus describes. The CLI-based install process should still work (which is what I used on the shared host, within a CHROOT jail).