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Alpine Linux µservers - Alpha testers wanted! FREE!
I'm developing a new platform of µservers (micro-servers) based on Alpine Linux with s6 and it's the time for real user testing.
Final specs for those µservers are still not decided, but don't count on having dedicated cores and gigs of RAM. They are called micro for a reason!
Network wise, you have 100 NATed ports (plus SSH port) and unmetered bandwidth. In terms of disk, a whopping Gigabyte of SSD disk is at your disposal.
Just send me a PM and I will send you µserver IP, credentials and assigned ports.
Some conditions:
- Only LET users registered before 01/01/2016 00:00 are eligible.
- After a few days you will have to answer three questions (takes less than 2 minutes) about the service in order to continue using the µserver until next testing phase. Otherwise your µserver will be destroyed and redeployed for the next guy in the waiting list.
- SMTP is blocked. Don't even try to ask for enabling it for you.
- I'll be monitoring what you run in there, don't do weird things.
- TOR not allowed nor any other deepnet thing. See bulletpoint above.
Quick Alpine Linux package system reference:
- To install a package:
sudo apk add --no-cache <package> - You can find all available packages here: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages
- Remember that you log-in as a non-root user,
sudois your friend.
s6 init system examples: https://notehub.org/ame84
Comments
PM sent. Cheers man.
This is a great idea - long live the 32MB VPS!
Sounds interesting! How much do you anticipate this will cost after the testing phase?
Not decided, but cheap as chips, per year.
Just curious - is this "we are asking questions to make the service better" survey or a "you have to participate in our affiliate-scheme survey because we make 10 cents per reply" thing?
Yes.
No way!
@raindog308 this vps is not for you
6 µservers delivered so far.
I'm sure it's not right for many others. Even though you obviously shouldn't run anything important, it's just the principle. What is to stop you from doing this even for paying customers?
@Brad so are node deploy somehow unable to monitor their customers activity on VPS? I think @albertdb is just being upfront.
I'm not asking for any ID info of anyone asking for a server. I think it's fair to at least monitor which processes are running to avoid nmap and friends.
Others do it (even for paying customers) and simply don't tell you.
BTW, this platform is not based in OpenVZ, i.e. it's not just another NATed OpenVZ VPS.
I'm quite a fan of alpine linux, I'll send you a PM shortly.
What DC/location is this in?
@Brad @albertdb then terms and conditions should be explicit about it, otherwise its called spying.
What it's based on, then? LXC?
Also, IPv6 is available?
It seems to be Docker. Not super confident of location but maybe online.net?
I have send the pm, waiting for the response~
Yeah it online, the rDNS is scaleway as well.
Edit: also yeah it is docker
How do I install
rc-service(which package)?All your guesses are correct. The platform is Docker-derived.
It's openrc. You may wish to edit the entry point file located at / instead. Don't remove the last line, though.
I'll answer my question:
sudo apk add --no-cache openrcEdit: Whoops, posted at the same time, thanks @albertdb
The docker image used is problematic, you will have issues following the wiki tutorials.
Edit: I mean, unless you're an Alpine enthousiast willing to dig in
Next testing phase will bring new base image with service management. Currently you have to fork in background, either manually or from the entry point file.
Yup, whopping..
The new base image is ready for testing. All new µservers will be delivered with it.
It includes s6 init system.
@deadbeef Do you want me to redeploy your µserver?
You can do mine if you have time, I'd be interested in trying s6.
Done.
Some things I think you should pay atention to:
--net=hostnor users nor you will be able to change CT hostname. This is bad if you want to provide this as a VPS solution;-hflag, but you have to use bridged network for it;freewill always show the entire system memory usage;Network speed is just what I was expecting from Scaleway:
Please give me one to test!
@EkaatyLinux Thanks for your input. I will make some comments about some of the points later.
PM please.