I run a simple Go server behind Apache for my weekend project (http://www.thespanishsite.com). I started with this blog:

http://www.jeffreybolle.com/blog/run-google-go-web-apps-behi...

I also use MySql on Digital Ocean with a $10/month droplet. The few issues at first where that I started with a $5/month which didn't enough RAM so I'd run out of memory until I created swap:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-...

Still need to make it a daemon, but I'm not finished. I have one big method to set up my pages. I could write a blog, github repo or create a summary page on my site, if there's any interest.

func runWeb() {

    serveSingle("/robots.txt", "./robots.txt")

    http.Handle("/css/", http.StripPrefix("/css/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("./css/"))))
    http.Handle("/resources/", http.StripPrefix("/resources/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("./resources/"))))
	http.Handle("/static",  http.FileServer(http.Dir("./static/")))

    http.HandleFunc("/chinese", chineseHomeHandler)
    http.HandleFunc("/french", frenchHomeHandler)

    http.HandleFunc("/chinese/numbers", chineseNumbersHomeHandler)

    // Many handlers deleted ...

    http.HandleFunc("/", homeHandler)

    // http.ListenAndServe("localhost:9999", nil)
    port := GetPort()
    fmt.Println("listening...", port)

    err := http.ListenAndServe(port, nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

}

/* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14086063/serve-homepage-a... /

func serveSingle(pattern string, filename string) {

    http.HandleFunc(pattern, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    http.ServeFile(w, r, filename)
    })
}