Investigate support for some of the other large server providers like DigitalOcean, OVH, etc.

Migrated from: https://tracker.clearos.com/view.php?id=1913

Reported by: Marc laporte

The Linode offering is fantastic:

1. Easy install of ClearOS thanks to the StackScript made by ClearOS
2. Great admin panel for remote management, billing, etc.
3. Easy to upgrade / downgrade plan
4. Data centers in different countries (Japan, UK, USA)
5. Great prices and hourly billing (great for testing, and for temporary scaling up)
6. Affiliate commission going back to the ClearFoundation
7. etc.

However "Note that we do not accept bank/wire transfers, and we have no plans to support PayPal at this time." - Linode payment methods

And some folks have preferences and/or legal requirements to host in their own country. Or they may already have an account with another provider.

We also have AWS EC2

Some big potential ones include:
OVH / Kimsufi
Rackspace
Azure
SoftLayer
DigitalOcean

These providers typically offer many distros, but if they don't offer ClearOS in the list, there should be something like StackScript or the capacity to upload an ISO. Or a wiki page with the steps.

Also worth looking into providers that are already advertising ClearOS support, such as dotblock (You need to ask tech support, and they will put ClearOS 6.4)

Thanks!

Note1 and 4 - Marc Laporte:

Digital Ocean - custom images
Digital Ocean Stack Scripts
Gandi.net
Gandi.net Github
Gandi.net Wiki

Note2 - Peter Baldwin:

The number of server apps needs to be increased before going down this road, but we're getting there!