[kwlug-disc] GNUsocial for KWLUG [was: Datamantle]

[Chamunks]

I can probably donate my VPS's at CAC if that helps, I can't seem to get
them to be reasonably stable but if you can convince them to not be jinky
then you're welcomed to them for the kwlug

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:19 PM Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

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> Hi Mark: It would be great if you made a VPS available for a KWLUG
> GNUsocial service!
>
> I'm just trying to iron out some bugs with my test installation at
> http://gs.sobac.com/ but if you're still offering then I'd love to set
> up a gs.kwlug.org node. Steph from CCj/Clearline will need to get
> involved to set up a DNS record to point to your IP, but that's really
> all it needs.
>
> GNUsocial needs a persistent database and filesystem for storage, so
> it's not ideal for containerization. OpenVZ sounds like a good compromise.
>
> - --Bob.
>
>
> On 2016-09-16 07:10 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:
> > I have LOTS of spare VPS capacity that I can make available for
> > KWLUG uses at no charge.  I like to use OpenVZ for containerization
> > but can do full KVM if there is a strong use case for it.  OpenVZ
> > is more resource efficient for VPS though.
> >
> > *Mark Steffen* Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS:
> > +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an act, it
> > is a habit." - Aristotle*
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Since they were giving out free (gratis) credit, I spun up a
> > Debian server on Data Mantle -- easiest Debian install I've ever
> > done. Not very flexible for partition layout &c., but for a
> > single-purpose application it's not so bad. No DNS, so I put their
> > IP on a subdomain with my regular DNS provider. They do give a
> > custom rDNS link, tho.
> >
> > The cheapest paid option at Data Mantle is about $4/month, better
> > than shared hosting, but none of the amenities like automatic mail,
> > mailing lists, file manager, &c (unless you run them on your own
> > VPS).
> >
> > Just for practice I put up a GNUsocial instance; try it out if you
> > like:  https://gs.sobac.com
> >
> > --Bob, who still wants to set up a KWLUG GNUsocial instance if
> > someone contributes an unused VPS somewhere
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2016-09-16 01:06 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:
> >>>> Never heard of, but it doesn't take much to set up a VPS
> >>>> service. I've got a rack of servers and started to set a
> >>>> service up myself (using WHMCS and OpenVZ) but then decided
> >>>> against it because talking to other VPS providers you attract
> >>>> a lot of the "wrong crowd" hosting low cost VPS stuff.  So I
> >>>> am happy to host things for folks but I want to "know the
> >>>> customer" before I let them on my gear, it's only fair to my
> >>>> other customers (someone running a business application isn't
> >>>> going to appreciate me letting in a bunch of kids who want to
> >>>> run ircD and attract a lot of DDOS traffic).
> >>>>
> >>>> *Mark Steffen* Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS:
> >>>> +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an
> >>>> act, it is a habit." - Aristotle*
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Jason Locklin
> >>>> <locklin.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I was reading this hacker news thread:
> >>>>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12507379 and noticed
> >>>>> the VPS provider they were talking about is based here in
> >>>>> Waterloo. Since they exclusively provide Linux VPSs, I was
> >>>>> wondering if they are around here, or anyone on here knows
> >>>>> them, or has worked with them?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just curious. Might play around with it myself.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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