Thanks for sharing. It does sound almost too good to be true. I'll check it out

isp · on July 4, 2023

Setup details from a user of the Oracle Cloud "Always Free" tier: https://ryanharrison.co.uk/2023/01/28/oracle-cloud-free-serv...

Disclaimer: I haven't tried this out myself. I found this blog post a few days ago when I first heard about the generous Oracle Cloud free tier.

martinsnow · on July 4, 2023

Wow. Wonder how long it will last?

5e92cb50239222b · on July 4, 2023

I've been using it for about 3 years now (the large ARM instance a bit less than that, but since about when it was introduced). There have been two outages about a minute each (seems like a no-no-downtime host migration, but I am not sure). For the cost, I am not complaining.

Evanito · on July 4, 2023

Have tried this out, and yes actually using it in any capacity risks an account ban with no recourse. Easy come, easy go. (I was running an IPFS node, which at the time was CPU and bandwidth expensive)

ipaddr · on July 4, 2023

I use it. Google how to open ports because the firewall rules can be tricky