Ask HN: Best host for static HTML microsites?

So I know my way around web development, and I have a meticulously crafted lighttpd.conf running on a few tiny VPSes.

Problem: stuff goes down occasionally, severs require a reboot, and while it's great for hardcore wordpress optimization (which I do on my main blog), I've increasingly found myself modifying my powerful lighttpd.conf script to add yet another 3-page static html microsite.

Can anyone recommend a cheap, painless way to host a bunch of low-traffic static HTML across a dozen or so domains?

* Zero-configuration deployment of new sites. It would be great if I could just put some files in a folder called "example.com" and do a git push.

* Configurable subdomain support. S3 won't cut it.

* Reliable / no waking up to do a reboot at 3am

* Cheap: same cost or less as what I'm paying now for the VPS.

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patio11 15y ago ↗

I do microsites on my VPS with a templated config script and a script which copies and then does a search/replace for the domain name followed by an apache restart.

petercooper 15y ago ↗

I don't know about your usage profile but.. https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ is a well known "pay as you go" host for stuff like this. They've been around ages.

They have an API that can make it as easy as a couple of calls to set up a new site and do the DNS. For example: https://members.nearlyfreespeech.net/wiki/API/PHPExample

malyk 15y ago ↗

Heroku?

Set up a simple Sinatra app and git push to deploy. Heck, Sinatra is probably overkill. Just make it a rack app. 1 config file and a directory of HTML.