--- type: "article" title: "How I Migrated My Father-in-Law's Website with Astro + Traefik + Oracle: €0 Hosting in 15 Minutes" summary: "The Problem with \"Easy\" Website Builders\n\nFor years, my father-in-law's architecture firm TENUR Arquitectura ran its website on a popular drag-and-drop platform. Nice templates, SSL included. Set-it-and-forget-it simple.\n\nBut nobody tells you you're paying a premium for simplicity you might not need.\n\nThese services cost €25/month for a business site. That's €300/year. For a portfolio that gets a few hundred visitors a month and barely changes.\n\nThe site was basic:\n\n * Homepage with company info" newsletter: "VillaBytes" newsletter_handle: "villabytes" newsletter_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/villabytes" author: "Carlos Villanua Fernandez (@carlosvillanua)" published: "2026-02-03T21:09:00.000Z" canonical_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/villabytes/a/how-i-migrated-my-father-in-law-s-website-with-astro-traefik" markdown_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/villabytes/a/how-i-migrated-my-father-in-law-s-website-with-astro-traefik.md" chat_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/villabytes/a/how-i-migrated-my-father-in-law-s-website-with-astro-traefik/chat" source_url: "https://carlosvillanua.com/how-i-migrated-my-father-in-laws-website-with-astro-traefik-oracle-eu0-hosting-in-15-minutes/" body_source: "imported" likes: 1 replies: 0 body_words: 505 --- # How I Migrated My Father-in-Law's Website with Astro + Traefik + Oracle: €0 Hosting in 15 Minutes ## The Problem with "Easy" Website Builders For years, my father-in-law's architecture firm TENUR Arquitectura ran its website on a popular drag-and-drop platform. Nice templates, SSL included. Set-it-and-forget-it simple. But nobody tells you you're paying a premium for simplicity you might not need. These services cost €25/month for a business site. That's €300/year. For a portfolio that gets a few hundred visitors a month and barely changes. The site was basic: - Homepage with company info - Gallery of 16 architecture projects - Contact page - Legal pages Static content only. No e-commerce. No logins. No complexity. €300/year for what was basically a fancy PDF. ## The Real Costs of "Convenience" Beyond the subscription: **Limited Control** – Their editor, their rules. Custom tweaks? Forget it. **Performance** – Extra JavaScript and tracking slowed everything down. **Vendor Lock-in** – Content trapped in their system. Exporting was a nightmare. **Forever Fees** – Miss a payment, site goes dark. You own nothing. ## How I Fixed It I took over and migrated everything to **Astro + Traefik on Oracle Cloud Always Free**. Took me **15 minutes total**. **Result: €0/month forever.** Oracle's Always Free tier + Astro + Traefik = perfect combo: - Blazing fast static site from Astro - Traefik handling routing/SSL termination - Free hosting/bandwidth/compute from Oracle - Total control ## What Changed | Before | After | | --- | --- | | €300/year | €0/year (Oracle Always Free) | | Locked to website builder | Full ownership | | Their templates | Astro + custom design | | Their servers | Oracle Cloud + Traefik | | Limited tweaks | Total control | Now it loads in milliseconds. Astro's clean HTML/CSS + Traefik efficiency. No platform bloat. Want to change anything? Astro rebuilds instantly. Traefik auto-configures. Move elsewhere? Just copy files. ## The 15-Minute Migration 1. Downloaded all content (images, text, pages) 2. Built new site with **Astro** (imported content, styled projects gallery) 3. Set up **Traefik** for routing/SSL on Oracle 4. Deployed to **Oracle Cloud Always Free** static hosting 5. Updated domain DNS 6. Tested live Zero downtime. Zero data loss. ## Is This for You? If you're not technical, stick with website builders. Your time is worth €300/year. But if you: - Know some tech (or know someone who does) - Run a simple/low-traffic site - Hate recurring hosting fees - Want real control **Astro + Traefik + Oracle Always Free** is your answer. ## The Math 5 years website builder: **€1,500** 5 years Astro + Traefik + Oracle: **€0** That's a nice camera lens. Weekend trip. Or just cash in your pocket. ## The Takeaway We think websites *must* cost money. Not true for simple portfolios. **Astro + Traefik + Oracle Cloud Always Free** = free, fast, fully owned. I spent 15 minutes migrating TENUR's site. Paid for itself instantly. Sometimes the smartest optimization is just saying no to subscriptions. *** *The TENUR Arquitectura site now runs on Astro + Traefik + Oracle Always Free. Same content, no monthly bill. Dad, you're welcome.* *** ## Discussion No replies yet.