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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.
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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
What's wrong with donating bandwidth to Tor network? Running middle/guard relay has no risks at all. If bandwidth is a constraint, run a bridge instead.
Holy necro
Not much yet but so far I managed to setup mailserver, couple static pages, Posgtres database for project that's outgrowing my regular shared webhosting, and some backup space for my own photos and videos when I'm on the go.