Yes, I know there are lot of hosting provider which offers free hosting for website
Like
- http://www.freehostia.com/free-chocolate.html
- http://byethost.com/index.php/free-hosting
- http://www.000webhost.com/
But those do not provide scaling or may not be able to run Ruby on Rails
Well, I came across a new service called “AppFog” which is very Nice and has flexibility to Scale.
AppFor :The Public Cloud PaaS Developers Love
http://www.appfog.com/
To Signup You may have to answer
In order to set up a new account, we have short questionnaire for you to answer first (this helps us with account creation). Please answer the following:
1. Please type out the email address you wish to use for the account here –>
2. Please tell us what Code Languages you plan to use for your application(s):
3. Please tell us the purpose of the application(s):
Once you have access to dashboard, you can create a new Application
You application should be ready in few seconds
Your application.
You may change RAM allocated to your application or Number of Instances.
Now, you would like to customize the code or use your own application, unfortunately there is no FTP access, but does have APIs.
Initially I thought, it would a new learning curve, but no, the API are just to Push/Download/Restart the application.
Nice write-up. Thank you for recommending AppFog! We’re working hard to improve the stability and uptime. I have a follow up question for you — please email me at info@appfog.com.