12/26/2025
ok so its actually the same day as the hostgator support chatting day but later time
and im still hung up on “i hate hostgator $18/mo” and “i love free oracle cloud”
so i was looking into how much the free tier of oracle cloud gives you
and how big of a server you actually need for a wordpress site
Typical Server Sizes for WordPress
Small / Personal Site or Blog
Traffic: up to ~5,000 visits/month
Minimum server:
- CPU: 1 vCPU
- RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended)
- Storage: 10–20 GB SSD
- Bandwidth: ~1 TB/month
- Cost: ~$5–10/month (shared or basic VPS)
✅ Works fine with:
- Lightweight theme
- Few plugins
- Caching plugin enabled
Typical Oracle Cloud Free Tier
“
Yes, it’s actually free. If you stick within the Always Free tier limits, you won’t be charged.
This means you can run a 4-core, 24GB machine with a 200GB disk 24/7 and it should not cost you anything.
Or you can split those limits into 2 or 4 machines if you want.
“
so lets try it???
erm it timed out and i couldnt do anything
new day!
12/27/2025
1. create free oracle cloud account w/ sase
inputted my actual address and card information for now,,
account created !
now log in with email and password
yippee ! logged in
2. create new instance
go to instances
(home —> compute —> instances)
((or lowk just search for instances))
click create instance
1️⃣ Basic Information
Name
- ✅
wordpress(perfect)
Compartment
-
✅
sasepurdue (root)Keep it simple unless you’re managing many resources.
2️⃣ Placement
Availability Domain
-
✅ Any AD (AD 1 / AD 2 / AD 3)
Does not matter for WordPress.
👉 Pick AD 1 and move on.
3️⃣ Capacity Type
- ✅ On-demand capacity
❌ Do NOT use:
- Preemptible (can be killed randomly)
- Dedicated host (paid)
- Capacity reservation (unnecessary)
4️⃣ Image and Shape
selected
Image: Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 Minimal aarch64
Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex
enable shielded instance cuz why not. confidential computing is not the thing we need and we dont need to touch advanced settings
✅ Step 3: Networking — What to Choose
VNIC name: leave blank (Oracle auto-names it)
✅ Create new virtual cloud network
✅ Create new public subnet
✅ Step 3.5: SSH Keys
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im concerned that teaching the next person about ssh keys if they know absolutely nothing might be too complicated…
is this entire setup too complicated for a non technical person?
i think its still worth a try 😊
to be continued !