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Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by slipwalker »

superkuh wrote: post #8
amatecha wrote: post #4

I've used BuyVM for years and they are quite reliable. Though, I had one VPS terminated (including all data wiped) because I didn't pay the monthly invoice within 1 week of the due date. They have one of the most strict timelines on invoices I've ever seen for a web service: 4,2,4 - Unpaid services will be suspended four days past the due date on the service. 4,2,5 - Unpaid services will be terminated seven days past…

I've been with them for my private mailserver VPS for ~7 years now and the support in IRC and via the ticketing system has always been fast and friendly. The author talks about the KVM/slice setup in the post but they're still dilligently running all the openvz from legacy contracts. You can count on them being around years from now.

just wondering what is your setup for this mailserver ? Which OS, smtpd, IMAPd, etc...

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by itake »

asdkhadsj wrote: post #20
fastball wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried running Dokku[0] on a VPS? [0] https://github.com/dokku/dokku

No, but that's mainly because I still have to manage the server running Dokku I believe? edit: For context what I was already using was manual docker on a DO box. While I recognized that Dokku would make it more seamless and easier, my issue was managing and securing the DO VM itself. I didn't see how Dokku would help that scenario

yep. Dokku is not as simple as heroku.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by wvh »

If the person who did the testing reads this, thank you for sharing that information. I think it's important to know which providers are good hosting options for smaller companies and personal projects without providing a bad, unreliable or even shady service.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by 0x0000000 »

amatecha wrote: post #4

I've used BuyVM for years and they are quite reliable. Though, I had one VPS terminated (including all data wiped) because I didn't pay the monthly invoice within 1 week of the due date. They have one of the most strict timelines on invoices I've ever seen for a web service: 4,2,4 - Unpaid services will be suspended four days past the due date on the service. 4,2,5 - Unpaid services will be terminated seven days past…

I've been using BuyVM for about six months, they're the only VPS provider I could find with anycast IP support which is a neat feature to have. I think they're a pretty small operation and in my experience, pretty much all of these low cost VPS providers will terminate if you go a few days overdue on the invoice.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by tyingq »

Hamuko wrote: post #10
tyingq wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe openfaas, kubeless, or knative on DigitalOcean's managed K8S? Note that Linode has managed K8S in beta now, so there's another cheap K8S option.

Isn't that even more expensive? DO advertises it as "as little as $10 per month".

Ah, I had assumed you could run one node.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

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Post by m_b »

Regarding Scaleway lack of rDNS for IPv6: it's because they don't support it. Customers (like I was) asked for it many times since 2016 but it seems too hard to implement for them.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

#27

Post by ivoecpereira »

asdkhadsj wrote: post #20
fastball wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried running Dokku[0] on a VPS? [0] https://github.com/dokku/dokku

No, but that's mainly because I still have to manage the server running Dokku I believe? edit: For context what I was already using was manual docker on a DO box. While I recognized that Dokku would make it more seamless and easier, my issue was managing and securing the DO VM itself. I didn't see how Dokku would help that scenario

I would suggest reading about Ansible and working on an initial collection of Ansible playbooks that might help on that. Check out https://www.thecloud.coach/ansible-crash-course. Of course nothing beats a dedicated devops but some playbooks regarding main security compliances might do a great job. Anyone correct me if I am wrong but I am seeing it as a good base practice for these cases.

Re: Low-Cost VPS Testing

#29

Post by superkuh »

slipwalker wrote: post #21
superkuh wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been with them for my private mailserver VPS for ~7 years now and the support in IRC and via the ticketing system has always been fast and friendly. The author talks about the KVM/slice setup in the post but they're still dilligently running all the openvz from legacy contracts. You can count on them being around years from now.

just wondering what is your setup for this mailserver ? Which OS, smtpd, IMAPd, etc...

I followed the general outline of the ispmail tutorials at https://workaround.org/ispmail . Debian based, postfix, dovecot, mysql, postgray (spam mitigation), catchall for the entire domain and only access it from imap clients or ssh'ing in. Doing webmail seemed like too much work to keep things secure. I self signed all my certs since it's just for me and very easy to set up and maintain (unlike letsencrypt over the same time span).
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