<div dir="ltr">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.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Mark Steffen</b><div><font size="1">Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS: +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen</font></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>"Quality is not an act, it is a habit." - Aristotle</i></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Bob Jonkman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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Since they were giving out free (gratis) credit, I spun up a Debian<br>
server on Data Mantle -- easiest Debian install I've ever done. Not<br>
very flexible for partition layout &c., but for a single-purpose<br>
application it's not so bad. No DNS, so I put their IP on a subdomain<br>
with my regular DNS provider. They do give a custom rDNS link, tho.<br>
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The cheapest paid option at Data Mantle is about $4/month, better than<br>
shared hosting, but none of the amenities like automatic mail, mailing<br>
lists, file manager, &c (unless you run them on your own VPS).<br>
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Just for practice I put up a GNUsocial instance; try it out if you<br>
like: <a href="https://gs.sobac.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gs.sobac.com</a><br>
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- --Bob, who still wants to set up a KWLUG GNUsocial instance if someone<br>
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On 2016-09-16 01:06 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:<br>
> Never heard of, but it doesn't take much to set up a VPS service.<br>
> I've got a rack of servers and started to set a service up myself<br>
> (using WHMCS and OpenVZ) but then decided against it because<br>
> talking to other VPS providers you attract a lot of the "wrong<br>
> crowd" hosting low cost VPS stuff. So I am happy to host things<br>
> for folks but I want to "know the customer" before I let them on my<br>
> gear, it's only fair to my other customers (someone running a<br>
> business application isn't going to appreciate me letting in a<br>
> bunch of kids who want to run ircD and attract a lot of DDOS<br>
> traffic).<br>
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</span>> *Mark Steffen* Office: <a href="tel:%2B1.226.476.1240" value="+12264761240">+1.226.476.1240</a> | Mobile/SMS:<br>
> <a href="tel:%2B1.226.600.0464" value="+12266000464">+1.226.600.0464</a> | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an act, it<br>
> is a habit." - Aristotle*<br>
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> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Jason Locklin<br>
> <<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> I was reading this hacker news thread:<br>
>> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12507379" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/<wbr>item?id=12507379</a> and noticed the<br>
>> VPS provider they were talking about is based here in Waterloo.<br>
>> Since they exclusively provide Linux VPSs, I was wondering if<br>
>> they are around here, or anyone on here knows them, or has worked<br>
>> with them?<br>
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>> Just curious. Might play around with it myself.<br>
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