Cloud hosting

I have developed an vb.net application which uses a MySql database.

I would like to host it in the cloud, but have no idea how to start.

The database needs to be updated every day.

Should I publish the application first to a .exe and then load in the cloud?

How do I deploy and reference the database?

What is the cheapest hosting option?

Any references to tutorials would be much appreciated.

Regards

You either buy a host that support a cloud database or you buy a host that can give you some kind of console so you can see your "desktop" and you set it yourself.
The second solution would require setting the IIS or Apache yourself tho. It's not that had but it may be hard depending on your implementation.
The first solution is automated on most hosts.

https://www.prisma.io/dataguide/mysq...-to-host-mysql

I don't know your location, maybe you should specify it to get host suggestions. Currently I don't have one as I'm not hosting website for years now.

Thank you. I've added my location to my profile (South Africa).
I will also read your link.

There's more to it than just getting a host and throwing your applicaiton file on the server. I mean it's fine for hosting the file if you want people to download it, install it, and use it... And even if that's what you want, if the host is reliable and legit in anyway... your database won't be available openly, it'll be behind a firewall. You'll need to create a web based service or something that can act as an in-between ... the app would interact with the web api, which then in turn interacts with the database, and returns the data back to the web api, which finally returns it back to the calling app.

-tg