<div dir="ltr">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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:19 PM Bob Jonkman <<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><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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Hi Mark: It would be great if you made a VPS available for a KWLUG<br>
GNUsocial service!<br>
<br>
I'm just trying to iron out some bugs with my test installation at<br>
<a href="http://gs.sobac.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gs.sobac.com/</a> but if you're still offering then I'd love to set<br>
up a <a href="http://gs.kwlug.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gs.kwlug.org</a> node. Steph from CCj/Clearline will need to get<br>
involved to set up a DNS record to point to your IP, but that's really<br>
all it needs.<br>
<br>
GNUsocial needs a persistent database and filesystem for storage, so<br>
it's not ideal for containerization. OpenVZ sounds like a good compromise.<br>
<br>
- --Bob.<br>
<br>
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On 2016-09-16 07:10 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:<br>
> I have LOTS of spare VPS capacity that I can make available for<br>
> KWLUG uses at no charge. I like to use OpenVZ for containerization<br>
> but can do full KVM if there is a strong use case for it. OpenVZ<br>
> is more resource efficient for VPS though.<br>
><br>
> *Mark Steffen* Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS:<br>
> +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an act, it<br>
> is a habit." - Aristotle*<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Bob Jonkman <<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Since they were giving out free (gratis) credit, I spun up a<br>
> Debian server on Data Mantle -- easiest Debian install I've ever<br>
> done. Not very flexible for partition layout &c., but for a<br>
> single-purpose application it's not so bad. No DNS, so I put their<br>
> IP on a subdomain with my regular DNS provider. They do give a<br>
> custom rDNS link, tho.<br>
><br>
> The cheapest paid option at Data Mantle is about $4/month, better<br>
> than shared hosting, but none of the amenities like automatic mail,<br>
> mailing lists, file manager, &c (unless you run them on your own<br>
> VPS).<br>
><br>
> 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>
><br>
> --Bob, who still wants to set up a KWLUG GNUsocial instance if<br>
> someone contributes an unused VPS somewhere<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> 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<br>
>>>> service. I've got a rack of servers and started to set a<br>
>>>> service up myself (using WHMCS and OpenVZ) but then decided<br>
>>>> against it because talking to other VPS providers you attract<br>
>>>> a lot of the "wrong crowd" hosting low cost VPS stuff. So I<br>
>>>> am happy to host things for folks but I want to "know the<br>
>>>> customer" before I let them on my gear, it's only fair to my<br>
>>>> other customers (someone running a business application isn't<br>
>>>> going to appreciate me letting in a bunch of kids who want to<br>
>>>> run ircD and attract a lot of DDOS traffic).<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> *Mark Steffen* Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS:<br>
>>>> +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an<br>
>>>> act, it is a habit." - Aristotle*<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Jason Locklin<br>
>>>> <<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>>> 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/item?id=12507379</a> and noticed<br>
>>>>> the VPS provider they were talking about is based here in<br>
>>>>> Waterloo. Since they exclusively provide Linux VPSs, I was<br>
>>>>> wondering if they are around here, or anyone on here knows<br>
>>>>> them, or has worked with them?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Just curious. Might play around with it myself.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
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