Owning your VPS is akin to owning your own dedicated server: you
have full root/administrator access and can install and run any
software you like. The following is a short list with examples of
the types of applications you can run, but the simple answer is you
can run any kind of software designed to run on a server:
- Web servers - the most popular use. Apache, Nginx, IIS, and
others can all be used.
- Web applications; free applications are available for almost
every task. Wordpress, Mediawiki, Joomla, Drupal are all
popular.
- Development platform; popular languages are PHP, Java, .NET,
Ruby, Perl, and Python.
- Database servers; like MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and
Postgres.
- Mail servers; Postfix and Exim are popular on Linux, or
Exchange on Windows.
- Source control servers; like Subversion or Git.
- File servers and/or a remote backup location.
- Proxy server or VPN.
- DNS server.
- Game servers.
- IRC "bounce" clients like ZNC.
- BitTorrent clients.
- Asterisk server.
If you have a specific application in mind and are unsure if it
is compatible with a VPS then we would be happy to find out for you.
