From 78309028d08bb6e0fd48c1f5319035133f1f51da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Luka=20Prin=C4=8Di=C4=8D?= Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 18:26:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] --- HOWTO%3A-setup-your-own-Icecast-server.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO%3A-setup-your-own-Icecast-server.md b/HOWTO%3A-setup-your-own-Icecast-server.md index 2461747..50f732a 100644 --- a/HOWTO%3A-setup-your-own-Icecast-server.md +++ b/HOWTO%3A-setup-your-own-Icecast-server.md @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Now, the direct stream url is http://IP.OF.THE.SERVER:8000/mountpoint.ogg - what ## Delete. Until next time -It's most possible you will need to stream just temporarily. This is a beauty with DigitalOcean droplets - you can just delete them and you will not be charged anything - just few cents probably - it's half cent for one hour. Just use the DO web interface and delete the droplet. +It's most possible you will need to stream just temporarily. This is a beauty with DigitalOcean droplets - you can just delete (destroy) them and you will not be charged anything - just few cents probably - it's half cent for one hour. Just use the DO web interface and delete the droplet. -Of course, when you need the server again, you will need to create a droplet from scratch again, and it will have a different IP. But if you need the server only once in a while, 5$ is for many years of respawning like this. Or if you used credit card you don't have to use it at any point anymore. \ No newline at end of file +Of course, when you need the server again, you will need to create a droplet from scratch again, and it will have a different IP. But if you need the server only once in a while, 5$ is for many years of respawning like this. Or if you used credit card you don't have to use it at any point anymore. + +An alternative to this is creating a snapshot before destroying it. You will be charged a little per month for it (5cents/GB/mo) but you can create a new droplet from that and won't need to reinstall Icecast2 again. It will however have a different root password and IP. \ No newline at end of file