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What do you use your VPS(s)
RobertClarke
Member, Host Rep
In know this has been answered with the usuals (game servers, web servers, vpns, etc.), but does anyone have some creative uses for a VPS? Here are a few of my most used VPSes:
4GB @ RamNode powering web servers
1GB @ RamNode powering CraftStats pings (slave 1)
1GB @ RamNode powering CraftStats pings (slave 2)
A variety of 128MBs for backups
512mb for a VPN
There are a few others, but all fairly boring.
Comments
http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/5-reasons-why-you-want-a-low-end-box/
LOL
I was JUST thinking to make a post of it... i was bored a little bit, so I installed qemu and put.. Windows 3.11 ! hahaha
watch hulu
Most for fun
1 128MB BuyVM: Running a website.
1 1GB SSD URPad special: Running a billing system
1 1GB BudgetVM: Running a landing page for a stupid website And testing low end scripts, install apps (I'm a Linux newbie)
2 SpotVPS 256MB: Running a website based on OpenAtrium, another one is running Siwapp
And much more but I don't remember what I'm running with them
Installing Telephone's looking glass
I have 12 VPSes
I only run 2 websites
Each website gets about 10 requests a day
lol.
Yeah I have a problem.
putty.
I've got uses for all my VPSs (OpenVPN, ownCloud, torrents, offsite backups), but I can't work out what to do with my KimSufi dedi to make it worth the monthly outlay :-/
@nekki re: kimsufi: storage/backup (for you, family/friends)? Run openvz?
Damn. Now I'm installing Windows 95.
also learning. because its fastor to install things to a VPS rather than my own local. Because my internet at home is so slow compared to a VPS. So just reinstall VPS OS and install whatever I like to study.
+10000 true! I even sometimes download things on the VPS and then transfer it to my pc
Btw, it maybe better a $5 cvps vps with qemu and windows 7
Backup was the intention originally, but I seem to be able to get everything into my BuyVM storage plan, which is less than half the price of the KimSufi. I'm not sure I'd know where to start with OpenVZ, it'd be an interesting thing to learn about though...
It's simple enough, I setup OpenVZ and NAT for 3 containers, works pretty well so far, I've been able to push about 2.5 TB in a couple of days.
Well, another kind of this thread
Ok, lets start with my active vps :
1 x 128MB KVM from PyramidServer for running another blog, vpn, znc
1 x 512MB XEN from Provider Service for Squid Proxy
1 x 128MB XEN from Stylexnetworks for watching hulu
1 x 512MB OpenVZ SSD Cached from Prometeus for running my blog, vpn, pptp, and znc,
1 x 256MB OpenVZ SSD Cached from RamNode, for running my other blog, vpn, pptp, and znc.
1 x 512MB OpenVZ from PyramidServer for running my other blog, vpn, pptp, znc.
My inactive vps:
ssh [email protected]
free -m
df -h
top -c
^C
^D
Botnet detection? and try to notify the victims?
No need for a big vps. A 128MB one should be enough.
For me, there are two ways to do that.
Let the spammer discover my vps disguised as an open relay, and then they'll command their zombie army fire spam at my vps.
If your domain is already heavily spammed, greylisting could help you fend off spam from botnets, and you can identify suspected zombie computers this way.
Don't stop at this stage. Share the collected data with ISPs/CERTs in charge of the IP spaces, so that they can notify the victims. This also help raise the security awareness of the victims.
It's a huge upgrade LOL
Best answer ever!
Move the services to it, then cancel a few (or most) of those VPSes?
256 MB BuyVM: OpenVPN + storage
256 MB BuyVM: ZNC and a few other things
256 MB GetKVM: VNC server
You must really like IRC
TBH, I can't tell if this is a typo or ZNC is something that exists, but I don't know about.
EDIT: It has something to do with IRC?
ZNC is an AWESOME opensource IRC bouner - znc.in
You make me wants to learn irc
I considered that also but it's not really viable. I could probably shift my ownCloud installation over there, along with one of my OpenVPN instances and run my backups onto too, but that still works out more expensive than maintaining the individual VPS's, and puts a lot of my eggs in one basket...
Yea if you want to hide your ip address or have a persistant IRC connection this will do.
I were bored
Now, I'll try Win7
Sometimes is:
ssh [email protected]
uptime
exit