FWIW you can do the same thing with a cloud server & a couple bucks a month. I use AWS/t4g.nano reserved instance & WireGuard, and I think it runs me less than half a beer a month.
Yes, yes...I know..."ORACLE"!? choking sounds But at this point, they're no worse a company than Amazon. I've been very happy with their free tier for my home use. There's a bit of learning curve...just like AWS, but they give you a ton of free stuff, including training.
Used to be a huge proponent, it was a good 4 years of freebies. But this too shall pass.
05:20:09 up 631 days, 23:10, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00
Here's the link to their documentation on reclamation of idle resources: https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier...
> Idle Always Free compute instances may be reclaimed by Oracle. Oracle will deem virtual machine and bare metal compute instances as idle if, during a 7-day period, the following are true:
> * CPU utilization for the 95th percentile is less than 15%
> * Network utilization is less than 15%
> * Memory utilization is less than 15% (applies to A1 shapes only)
And here's the email that I get whenever they reclaim an instance:
> Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has reclaimed idle Always Free compute resources from Always Free customers by stopping the compute instance(s). Reclaiming idle resources allows OCI to efficiently provide services to Always Free customers. Your account had one or more idle compute instances that have been stopped. You can restart your compute instance as long as the associated compute shape is available in your region. Your Boot and Block Volumes remain unchanged and available to you. In the future, you can keep idle compute instances from being stopped by converting your account to Pay As You Go (PAYG). With PAYG, you will not be charged as long as your usage for all OCI resources remains within the Always Free limits.
Screenshot of my "Always Free" banner in the Oracle web interface: https://imgur.com/a/hTZfkek
In the 3+ years of running 2 instances on OCI, I'm yet to see this.
ssh -R \*:8080:localhost:80 -N root@example.comI've seen too many cloud provider horror stories.
Until you get hacked or attacked and the bandwidth bill skyrockets. I wouldn't risk it.
Cloudflare is bandwidth "included".