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GIVEAWAY by AdminBolt & RackNerd! 100x FREE VPS FOR A YEAR + 20x LIFETIME LICENSES. LET'S TALK!

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  • deepwhitedeepwhite Member

    RACKNERD CTRL + ADMINBOLT - ONE CLICK TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!seven

  • goolivergooliver Member

    WE'RE HERE AND READY TO WIN!

  • joyboy488joyboy488 Member

    RACKNERD CTRL + ADMINBOLT - ONE CLICK TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!seven

  • ikuraikura Member

    @ikura said:
    RACKNERD CTRL + ADMINBOLT - ONE CLICK TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!seven

    It’s really hard not knowing English. I can only use a translator. I thought there was a new message.

  • BaiYiBaiYi Member

    WE'RE HERE AND READY TO WIN!

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @wuqin said:
    Hi @dustinc, thank you for the RackNerd AdminBolt giveaway! I would love to participate and receive a free VPS for the year.

    Hi @wuqin -- Thank You for participating, watch for my latest posts / giveaway announcements throughout the thread -- each one explains how to enter, and the first eligible entries fill the spots. Hopefully we'll see you catch a round 🥳

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @Balgator said:
    TY for giveaway we're waiting

    Yes sir 👊 You got it.

  • XQPUUUXQPUUU Member

    RACKNERD CTRL + ADMINBOLT - ONE CLICK TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!seven

  • chengrosechengrose Member

    @dustinc said:

    @Balgator said:
    TY for giveaway we're waiting

    Yes sir 👊 You got it.

    does the new route start?use the translator is so horrible

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @Frme said:
    Hey everyone, new here (Frme). I'm a software developer and spend way too much of my free time self-hosting things: a handful of personal projects plus a couple of open-source ones that need a home. Mostly interested in networking, deployment, and figuring out which VPS providers actually hold up under real use.

    Been lurking LET for a while and finally made an account. Looking forward to learning from you all, and I'll share what I learn as I go. Also curious to give AdminBolt a proper spin. A modern panel that isn't cPanel bolted onto more cPanel sounds great.

    Good luck to everyone in the next round!

    Hi @Frme -- Welcome to LET! :) Sounds like you'll fit right in here.

    Would be great to hear your take on AdminBolt with your developer and self-hosting background. It's about time there's some healthy (and modern) alternatives to the hosting control panel market imo!

  • fspopshoveitfspopshoveit Member

    RACKNERD CTRL + ADMINBOLT - ONE CLICK TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!seven

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @hanlaomo said:
    Thanks @RackNerd and @AdminBolt for putting together this giveaway!

    I’m looking forward to testing AdminBolt on a RackNerd VPS to manage lightweight containerized staging services, personal API proxies, and automate web hook deployments. Always excited to see modern, clean management panel alternatives.

    Best of luck to everyone participating!

    Woot woot! Sounds like you've already got a few projects lined up for it. Would be interesting to hear how AdminBolt fits into your workflow once you've tried it -- glad you're here joining in, and good luck catching a round!

  • boowenchenboowenchen Member

    WE'RE HERE AND READY TO WIN!

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @Anpassda said:
    ADMINBOLT is the best VPS control and management panel available today. I have used at least six different control panels—including both commercial and free solutions—and this one is the best by far.

    ADMINBOLT

    Hi @Anpassda -- That's quite an endorsement, especially after trying six different panels! :) IMO, AdminBolt is definitely shaping up to become a major player in the hosting control panel space. With the pace of development and the feedback coming in here, I'm excited to see where it goes next. Thank You for sharing your experience!

  • BeijiBeiji Member

    We are ready.

  • cptechcptech Member

    RACKNERD CTRL + ADMINBOLT - ONE CLICK TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!seven

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @subkii said:
    Thanks RackNerd and AdminBolt for the giveaway!

    Installed AdminBolt v1.9.2 from the One-Click Apps in RackNerd ctrl, no SSH needed. Free myboltip.com subdomain came with working SSL right away, which was nice.

    Good:

    • Firewall, Fail2Ban and auto SSL already on out of the box
    • phpMyAdmin, Roundcube, file manager, backups and the AI assistant all just worked

    Issues:

    • WordPress install failed on default settings ("Found: index.php"), worked after ticking "Clean existing files"
    • Mail to Gmail bounces (SPF/DKIM fail). Zone Editor has the records, but on the free subdomain only the A record is public, and DNS Health still says Healthy
    • Backups page says to contact the provider, but manual Filesystem Backups work fine

    Overall feels like a fast, modern cPanel alternative. Looking forward to updates!

    Hi @subkii -- You're very welcome! :) Glad the one-click setup within ctrl got you going smoothly, and appreciate you sharing where things worked well and where you hit a snag.

    @Chris_AdminBolt -- could you take a look at the mail/DNS behavior on the free subdomain and see if the backup message can be fine-tuned to eliminate confusion? Thanks for including those details @subkii

  • ciduyawciduyaw Member

    Thanks @dustinc and RackNerd for hosting these giveaways, great fun!

    Thanked by 1dustinc
  • cidyew3cidyew3 Member

    Good luck everyone, and thanks RackNerd for the generous giveaway!

    Thanked by 1dustinc
  • donk666donk666 Member

    RACKNERD CTRL + ADMINBOLT - ONE CLICK TO GET THE PARTY STARTED!seven

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @greyhataj said:
    hallo to all, after reading ;-) I can't numbered posts.... it is like a crazy place:)))) so as I m +1 gmt :-) as it is possible to be so active in the night? may be I can try something :)))))

    Hi @greyhataj -- Welcome! This party runs 24x7! :) We've got people joining from all over the world, so depending on demand, you never know when the next giveaway round will drop :)

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @tansel said:

    @Chris_AdminBolt said:

    @tansel said:

    @Chris_AdminBolt said:

    @tansel said:
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    @dustinc I’d like to report two issues:
    1. After installing AdminBolt, I can no longer log in to my server via SSH，If even the server owner cannot access the server via SSH, I don’t see the point of installing AdminBolt.
    2. I was able to log in to the AdminBolt panel initially, but now I can’t access it. It keeps showing the error: “These credentials do not match our records.”

    Sorry about that, neither should happen. Let's get you back in.

    Panel: the admin login is https://<server-ip>:8443/admin. The bare https://<server-ip>:8443 opens the client login, and admin credentials always fail there with exactly that message. If /admin rejects them too, open the HTML5 console for your VPS in RackNerd's ctrl panel, log in as root and run:

    bolt-cli admin-sso-generate

    It prints a one-time login link and the admin username it logs in as, which is no longer admin if you picked a username during onboarding. Once you're in, set a new password under My Profile.

    SSH: in the panel, check:

    1. Settings > Security > Fail2Ban > Bans: if your IP is there, unban it, then add it under Whitelists. Six failed SSH logins in 10 minutes ban an address for 24 hours.
    2. Settings > Security > SSH Access: Permit Root Login should be on, and Allowed IP Addresses empty or containing your IP.

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    I was able to log in to AdminBolt by following your instructions（bolt-cli admin-sso-generate） , but I still can’t log in to my server via SSH.

    Glad the panel works again. Your screenshot shows SSH is open to any IP and root login is allowed on the server, so those two settings aren't blocking you. That leaves three things to check:

    1. Port. Settings > Security > SSH Access shows the SSH Port above Access Restrictions. If it isn't 22, connect with ssh -p <port> root@<server-ip>.
    2. Fail2Ban ban. Six failed SSH logins in 10 minutes ban an address for 24 hours. Go to Settings > Security > Fail2Ban > Bans; if your IP is listed, click Unban, then add it under Whitelists so it doesn't happen again.
    3. Root password. If SSH answers "Permission denied", the password is wrong. You can reset the root password for your VPS in RackNerd ctrl.

    If none of these helps, paste or DM me the last lines ssh -v root@<server-ip> prints and we'll take it from there.

    It’s working now. The issue was that Fail2Ban had banned my IP address.

    Got it, thank you for the update :)

  • BaiYiBaiYi Member

    Are you ready?

  • cptechcptech Member

    gogogo

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @morgan44 said:
    I won a vps and tried the adminbolt. I tried it for couple of hours: this is my small feedback:

    Installation time exactly 10 minutes.
    Prearranging the panel was easy and straightforward.
    The panel missing one main nice feature: I think so many will use it. Docker. Node or python apps are there in the panel through a module
    But as an alternative for cpanel: you can say it is like some nice copy paste. So any user used cpanel, will find it easy to fit here in no time.
    And as some other said: the design is nice, but not fully professionally published. It looks like it has some ai touches.
    There is one thing, ram using after installation about 1.3 GB, which is too high. Some other panels I tried have about 1 GB with apps and docker running. So 1.3 GB without anything used it too high.
    Other thing is the pricing: I know it won't be expensive as cpanel licenses. But, For example of one service or one website will be used on the vps, 20 Eur a month with a deal vps with yearly price like this one, is too high. So consider having a different pricing patterns, for different uses.
    tldr: AdminBolt is a good alternative for cpanel, specially for old and not experienced users. For advance users/developers, it need some work.

    Thank you @dustinc @adminbolt @Chris_AdminBolt for this chance.

    Hi @morgan44 -- You're very welcome, and Thank You for spending a couple of hours trying it out! :) Glad getting started was straightforward and the layout felt familiar coming from cPanel.

    You make a fair point about the different use cases -- someone hosting one personal site will look at pricing differently from a provider managing lots of accounts. I'll leave that, along with your memory usage suggestions, to @Chris_AdminBolt to better comment on. As far as I can remember I believe a stock cPanel/WHM installation is right about the same in terms of memory usage, so perhaps it is expected for the nature of the stack? Either way, I appreciate you sharing what worked for you and what would make it a better fit!

    Thanked by 1morgan44
  • greyhatajgreyhataj Member

    @a549250828 said:
    Wow, there really are so many bots or scripts—I'm certain of it.

    may be people don't read... I don't read

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @BaiYi said:
    Love this giveaway! Good luck to everyone! 🎉

    Woot woot, thanks for the good vibes :)

  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @a549250828 said:
    @dustinc Did you just wake up?

    No sir, wide awake! Two coffees in for the day, plenty to get done, and apparently a giveaway thread that won't let me stay away for long ;)

  • a549250828a549250828 Member

    @dustinc said:

    @a549250828 said:
    @dustinc Did you just wake up?

    No sir, wide awake! Two coffees in for the day, plenty to get done, and apparently a giveaway thread that won't let me stay away for long ;)

    You might need a third cup, too.

    Thanked by 1dustinc
  • dustincdustinc Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @Dulliri said:
    alright dont think theres any chance to win anything with how many people are here right now. anyone knows any good black friday upcoming VPS shared promo? looking for between 8-16gb, EU/NA. much appreciated!

    Hi @Dulliri -- Don't count yourself out just yet! :) We've still got more giveaway rounds coming up.

    In the meantime, check out our latest deals here: https://racknerd.com/specials

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