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Free Los Angeles KVM VPS, 2 vCores, 2 GB ECC RAM, 80 GB SSD, 100 Mbps
Not_Oles
Member, Patron Provider
Happy Birthday to LET from MetalVPS!
Offer
- CPU: E3-1230 v6, 2 vCores
- RAM: 2 GB ECC
- Disk: 80 GB SSD
- IPv4: 1 (Each VPS gets its own IPv4.)
- IPv6: Not available (sorry)
- Bandwidth: 100 Mbps
- Operating system: Debian 12
- Virtualization: KVM
- Quantity available: 8
- Expires: August 10, 2025 (but might be renewed for another month, or two, also for free)
- Price: Free (no credit card or PII required to sign up)
Rules
- Long-term, active, and helpful forum members only
- White Hat only
- Open Source software only
- Not for commercial or business use
- Monitor this thread; support and other discussion is here
- Post in this thread progress reports on your VPS and on your project
Info
- Using this server for a week suggests that the machine and the IPv4 network are stable.
- It's neither the latest shiny thing nor the fastest. But it seems, so far, okay to me, @Not_Oles.
How To Apply
Post in this thread
- Introduce yourself (Include your name if you want, but no personal information is required.)
- Please share specific details about what you want to run on your VPS.
Special thanks!
To @fmxm, the guy behind fmxm.dev, for generously donating the server node.
To @babywhale and BashVM for making the VPSes.
To @jbiloh for approving this giveaway.
To everyone here at LET!
Yabs
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# Yet-Another-Bench-Script #
# v2025-04-20 #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
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Sat Jul 12 09:10:14 PM EDT 2025
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 29 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v6 @ 3.50GHz
CPU cores : 2 @ 3503.962 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 1.9 GiB
Swap : 953.7 MiB
Disk : 72.8 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-37-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
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ISP : Cnservers LLC
ASN : AS40065 CNSERVERS LLC
Host : CloudRadium L.L.C
Location : Los Angeles, California (CA)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 142.18 MB/s (35.5k) | 196.25 MB/s (3.0k)
Write | 142.56 MB/s (35.6k) | 197.28 MB/s (3.0k)
Total | 284.74 MB/s (71.1k) | 393.53 MB/s (6.1k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 235.13 MB/s (459) | 249.17 MB/s (243)
Write | 247.63 MB/s (483) | 265.77 MB/s (259)
Total | 482.76 MB/s (942) | 514.95 MB/s (502)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 87.6 Mbits/sec | 88.8 Mbits/sec | 143 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 88.7 Mbits/sec | 89.3 Mbits/sec | 151 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 84.1 Mbits/sec | 86.1 Mbits/sec | 226 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 84.4 Mbits/sec | 88.4 Mbits/sec | 182 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 94.1 Mbits/sec | 94.3 Mbits/sec | 0.431 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 91.0 Mbits/sec | 92.1 Mbits/sec | 74.4 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 83.8 Mbits/sec | 85.7 Mbits/sec | 212 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 1446
Multi Core | 2549
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/12837563
This discussion has been closed.
Comments
I am James, want one free vps
hello everyone, my name is Barbaros. I am getting treated for server addiction for past 2 years now. I would like to have this server not because I am addicted but just to idle it.
Hello I’m Leo. A personal vps user.
I would be absolutely thrilled to utilize it! I would want to run on it: to run minor, automated tasks or scripts that assist in my operational efficiency or data processing.
Examples Simple Cron Jobs For scheduled data fetches or cleanups. And maybe to securely store and synchronize configuration files, scripts, and any critical data necessary for my operations, ensuring redundancy and accessibility. I might use something like Nextcloud for a more comprehensive personal cloud solution, or simply use rsync over SSH for secure file transfers and backups.
Best wish!
Hi @j4mes! Thanks for your request. Maybe next time? Your account is only a couple of weeks old and you did not provide any specific details about what you want to run on your VPS. Best wishes!
My name is mhdy, I will build agents on vps, move some resources, and deploy some small programs
Hi @barbaros! Your request made me laugh! You provided very specific details about what you want to run on your VPS! But your VPS would be the same whether it is assigned to you, or not, right? If you decide upon something that you actually want to run, please apply again. Thanks!
Thank you Oles! When I grow up, I'm definitely going to buy one of your VPS.
Hi @TensorCore1!
Welcome and congrats on your new LET account from yesterday!
Maybe next time?
Thanks!
Hi @mhdy! Thanks for your request! Please share additional specifics about what you want to run on your VPS: what agents? What resources? What small programs? Thanks!
Thank you uncle Oles. Appreciate your offer for the forum members.
Respect all.
Do you want copy of his marriage certificate, naked selfies as part of KYD and sworn statement that he won't use the server for anything else than what is he stated to use for?
hi
i need a vps for personal vpn server, I don’t believe public vpn provides, so i need to make it privately, it’s just used by me personally, i will take care of your gracious offer
Hello! Thanks for your request! I sent you an IP and a password via LET PM. Please post here in this thread if you need support. Even if you do not need support, please post here in this thread to let us know about your progress. Best wishes! Have fun! Tom
Hello, my name is fubuki. I usually run ubuntu but debian should be fine. I would like to run docker on it and usually i also run nginx and i might use the server as a sandbox since i like to thinker with things. I will be also using the vps for wireguard (personal vpn) and cockpit (for checking on my vps remotely and other vps that i own) and neko (docker based virtual browser that uses WebRTC) that will be all (forgot to add that i will use hetrixtools to monitor the vps like i use it for all of my servers/vps). i also have 2 questions.
Thank You!
Hi @Fubukibox!
The low 100 Mbps bandwidth is shared among all the VMs.
There is a capability to reset. Resetting destroys everything which is on the VPS and puts the VPS back to new. So, please make your own backups off of the server. And ask me if you need a reset.
You are welcome!
In a moment I will send you a LET PM with an IP and a password. If you need support, please post here in this thread. Even if you do not need support, please post here about your progress on your VPS. Good luck! Have fun!
Haha. my bad. I forgot to start the VMs that I just gave out. Sorry! All of them should be running now, though. If you couldn't get in, please try again. Thanks!
it appears i cannot access the server with
rootor the user provided username. i can dm you my public ed25519 key (i did try the root, username as the name and password but both didn't work)@Fubukibox My fault! I forgot to turn the VPSes on. If you try again, it might work. Please let me know, and so sorry for the inconvenience!
Dear Not_Oles,
I am applying for a VPS to host a small personal website that will monitor the operational status of my other VPS servers. This setup is strictly for personal use and does not involve any commercial activity or public access.
Earlier today, my current monitoring site experienced a crash, which has impacted my ability to keep track of my servers in real time. To prevent this from happening again and improve reliability, I am setting up a dedicated VPS to run lightweight monitoring tools such as Uptime Kuma or Netdata. These tools will help me ensure my other VPS instances are running smoothly.
Please let me know if any further information is needed.
At the same time, I’m also worried that you might consider my account too new.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
Best regards,
Musk.
Hi @Fubukibox!
Besides not turning the VPSes on, I failed to check the
/etc/ssh/sshd_configfile. This file on you VPS hadPermitRootLogin prohibit-password.What I did was install your ed25519 public key and leave root password login disabled.
Please try
ssh root@your_assigned-ipwith your ssh key that you sent me.When you get in, you can reset the ssh configuration as you prefer.
Sorry for the inconvenience! Let me know, please if you need anything else. Best wishes!
Tom
Oh, im able to get in now. Thank you!
Hello! Thank you for your kindly offer, I have logged in already and set ssh to use public-key login only. It has pretty good routes for establishing a vpn server. Thank you @Not_Oles
Hi @kkwwll!
Sorry to hear that your monitoring site crashed! I will send you a PM with login information. Hope you can get it back up or get a replacement up soon!
Yes, you have a relatively new account! Thanks for flagging that issue.
Please post here in this thread to let us know that you got in okay (I hope you do!). Also please post here to let us know about your monitoring progress. Good luck! Have fun! Don't forget that this is a short term offer.
Best wishes!
Tom
well that was fast lol are they all used up?
Three left! Sleep soon for me. Zzzz!
Hello, I'm Shenqi, the founder of Pleasant Goat Studio. I'm from Shaanxi, China. I primarily use Ubuntu 22.04 as my operating system to run small programs/services such as alist, PHP, Nginx, and Python. Thank you.
I think it should be soon, thanks for your deployment.
Hello OP, just call me FunFap and i'm from SEA. With that good spec i will use it for testing program or run crypto wallet.
Hi @shouyun!
We don't have Ubuntu available. Just Debian 12. Do you want Debian 12?
Thanks!
Tom
Thanks,I've received your information,I'll try it later.also I'll reply my monitoring progress later because I want try another monitoring progress i think.