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What do you use ur VPS/Server hosting for?
BruhGamer12
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I was just curious what people in this community use their hosting for? I have 2-3 $5-$6 annual VPS accounts I am not currently using. What small applications do you host on low end servers? Just trying to think of software I may want to use and could put to use on these cheap servers since their original use case has expired and I still have them for a bit of time! So far I have thought of OpenVPN/Wireguard, Reverse Proxy, I2P, Tor Bridge, and just a small f2p storage for my other software/servers. However, I am sure there are plenty of other uses I am not thinking of.
Thanks!
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SHOUTcast v1 and WireGuard VPN's
https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
I2P may be very bandwidth hungry if configured appropriately. Personally, I host own email setup (postfix + dovecot) and Monero full node, however last staff requires lots of storage capacity and is CPU hungry for a bit.
Thank you! This is very nice. I don't know how I haven't seen this/do not remember it.
Yes Monero would be cool! Thank you!
Lots of things, but this is a must for discord
https://github.com/jagrosh/MusicBot
Currently hosting a static blog using Hugo on a 128mb vps from Gullo's Hosting.
I also have a storage server that I use to share files with friends using Jirafeau
All of these will happily run on a small VPS
Idling.
To farm Uptime.
root@ubuntu:~# uptime 23:47:26 up 232 days, 22:35, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.16, 0.10so true
Selfhosted root and authoritative dns for my domain. I set it up as a hidden master, synced to 2-3 other provider that acted as public facing nameserver. Also as an adblocking recursive dns. Both using technitium dns server.
And as a tor relay.
My adblocking DNS uses AdGuard Home since its built-in DoT & DoH support and client identification with ID (eg, mydomain/dns-query/bluetablet) makes managing remote traffic much easier compared to PiHole.
Got a seedbox too, surprisingly lightweight, previously I seeded hundreds of ebooks on 128MB OpenVZ.
About Tor bridges, they also have snowflake that is geared towards helping people in repressive countries.
WordPress 🌻
My VPS operates as a Misskey and Firefish server. (If you know Mastodon, its companion)
I would like to use Wordpress because it seems like it’s the most popular blogging platform and therefore has a lot of documentation/addons but every time I use it, it just feels way less optimized than other software.
Oh very cool! I had heard of Firefish before but haven’t actually heard of, or at least remember, Misskey - it must not be that popular in the US at least.
Have a couple of servers which I host vscode server for quick testing and online prototyping.
@BruhGamer12 maybe think about donating the unused VPSes to TOR network, as a relay or exit
I think you should not, better share them with projects like dnscry.pt
DN42
Porn
I do run a gigabit Tor exit and some middle relays on those that allow it/have high enough bandwidth!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Feel like hosting porn is way more risky in the US than a tor exit node lol
For small or micro VPS, you can actually do something that may be interesting - build your own LAN in the public network through Zerotier or similar software (inspired by DN42)
Then you can do many things through this "LAN", such as a Minecraft server/NAS/Web server but only open to the LAN network (although it is difficult to run a game server on a small or micro server lol)
@BruhGamer12 what providers?
sub $30 Dedicated at Terrahost with unlimited traffic and VPS at Netherlands rdp.sh atm but I have used buyvm and ovh before ovh told me to not.
idler