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What would min vps requirements be to run a couple of old school forums like in the early 2000s?
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Not one of these new looking ones like this forum with all bells and whistles.
I mean like the archlinux forum or linuxquestions forum.
Traffic would be nothing at first but would expect a couple of small communities up to a couple of hundred users each forum but I would doubt it would get up to that for a good while for either, just upper estimate.
Would be tiny trickles at first as I don't have a user base for either yet just an idea for a couple of topics I would like to make forums around since I haven't found satisfying communities around them already at least not on a (none social media platform) I find acceptable.
Most people hoard to reddit now (or facebook group) due to these ease of just whipping up a subreddit which I can't stand with the toxic downvoting system breeding hivemind mentality.
That is why I much prefer forums like how they were in the mid naughties. People are generally much more well behaved on these. Sure there is the odd argument but it is usually between a couple of individuals not the mass piling on like with reddit.
So what sort of spec and software should I expect to run ones like that? I read that archlinux forums are set to upgrade to new software due to the current being deprecated which has drawn a lot of hate from the arch forum community.
Linuxquestions is still sufficiently oldschool so would have to look to what they use or an equivalent.
Open source ftw of course.
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My first and only forum had 20 active daily users, 700 registered; it ran phpBB on a super-shitty $12/year VPS and it was totally fine.
what kind of forum do you use ? you can check on their system requirements
If you read my OP you would know I don't use one. I said it is just an idea so far.
Yes phpBB has a lot of memories for me as a user during that time. Is it still in business or gone to meet the dodo?
Hmm now I think of it forums should take up less resources than even small websites right? I have most experience with running thin websites.
Forums should take less because text is the only medium right vs. websites which will usually have quite a few images at least.
So I could probably still be fine with one of those tiny natvpses I was enquiring about in a recent thread?
you gonna run your webserver on a nonstandard port ?
Would think you want a vps with a public ipv4 address so you could run your webserver on port 80 . Guess you could go with https://myoldschoolforum.example.com:7531 or similar, but I would just spend the extra change for public ipv4
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Hmm > @jperkins said:
Yes good point but can't you just do a reverse proxy or something like that to show a root domain?
Sure, if someone who owns port 80/443 on a public facing ip interface is willing to setup that reverse proxy for you. I've never used a NAT VPS, maybe the provider will do that for you ? and of course I could be completely mistaken. Cloudflare comes to mind also but you probably have to have a domain and let cloudflare manage the dns for it. There are probably other solutions also.
https://www.serverhunter.com has a list of options. some are expired
this $11 a year option seemed in stock and has a public ip address
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I have a RN VPS that works well but it isnt this exact configuration
but no idea if you can run your old school forum on 1G of ram. However you wont have to worry about NAT
Most forums ran on PHP-based software, so my guess is that old forum software actually needs more performance than current ones. Main reason being that - of bloody course - almost everything got way more bloated most more modern software also got better technically.
Plus, of course, security was way worse back then (but also many attacks simply didn't exist back then).
So, my approach, if I chose that route (which I wouldn't) rather would be to use modern forum software but to de-bloat it and to strip it down.
Finally wrt using a NAT VPS I'd think twice, and then again, because http(s) ports are among the most used and while one can use just about any port users/visitors don't like URLs with ':[port]', they very much prefer "someforum.tld" over "someforum.tld:8008", especially with a new forum.
(Yes, I actually did run or tech-admin a couple of forums, incl. back then)
If you're thinking about creating a forum like the ones on Archlinux forum or Linuxquestions, you'll want to find a forum software that's lightweight, easy to customize, and reliable. Some popular options for this type of forum are phpBB, SMF (Simple Machines Forum), or Discourse.
In terms of what your server needs, it's a good idea to start with a basic VPS that has at least 4GB of RAM, 2 vCPU, and around 100GB of storage. As your forum grows, you may need to upgrade your resources to handle more traffic and user interactions.
Security is also a key consideration. Make sure to regularly update your forum software, create backups of your data, and use SSL encryption to keep user information safe and secure.
Oops yes, forgot you have to own the domain in question to make the cname or whatever changes. Been a couple years since I did it.
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