Re: Using the Hetzner Cloud

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Hi Christopher,

Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> skribis:

> I've been using Hetzner for hosting data.guix.gnu.org for at least the
> last few months now. I've been paying for it so far, but ideally it
> wouldn't depend on me personally paying for it in the long term.
>
> Coupled with this, I think there are some services (hpc.guix.info, ...)
> it would be nice to move off bayfront (a machine in Bordeaux) to
> somewhere that's more reliable/remotely accessible, mostly to avoid the
> risk of me breaking them again when attempting to reconfigure bayfront.
>
> Maybe Guix Europe (a legal entity in Europe) could have a Hetzner
> account that could be used at the discretion of those involved in Guix
> Europe? I think Hetzner support billing by SEPA direct debit, which
> might work, otherwise I can probably pay the bill and then be
> reimbursed.

Yes, we should get that done.

Alternately, if Guix Europe cannot do it, we can at least get you
reimbursed via our funds at the Free Software Foundation.

Andreas, Manolis: thoughts?

Ludo’.