Questions tagged [vps]
VPS stands for "virtual private server." It is a virtual machine that is sold as a service by a hosting provider.
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32 bit or 64 bit OS on a 512 mb VPS?
I am planning to rent a VPS service with following basic specification:
512mb of RAM
1 CPU
20gb HDD (4gb of it is swap)
Ubuntu 10.10 server
I am able to choose between a 32 bit or 64 bit install of ...
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Easiest way to backup VPS
My situation:
I have VPS(ubuntu) with 2 websites on it. As i am new to VPS'ses (recently i've moved from Shared Hosting) i spent almost 2 weeks on learning how to configure my VPS to run all webs in ...
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OpenVPN exclude IP or port
I brought a VPN service that I want to use on VPS for web bots.
I've installed OpenVPN and config from the VPN Service, but openVPN is tunneling with the VPN service for all services even for remote ...
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Avoid ISP blocking VPN connection
I have rented a Virtual Private Server and I have set up a VPN (of type PPTP) following this simple tutorial.
It seems that the VPN server is set up correctly, and the VPS administrators told me that ...
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How can I route a domain to my box at home?
I currently own my own domain, and have been using dyndns.com's "custom DNS" to allow me to redirect 'example.com' to my website at home, which is on a dynamic IP.
I've now switched over to a VPS ...
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Permission denied when setting values in sysctl on Ubuntu 12.04
I am trying to configure my Ubuntu 12.04 VPS (OpenVZ) to reboot when it runs out of memory. To do this I have added following lines to my "/etc/sysctl.conf" file.
vm.panic_on_oom = 1
kernel.panic = ...
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OVH linux vps stuck in rescue mode
I have tried the fdisk -l command and it shows no drives at all, i tried ls and get nothing, I am pretty new at this so what should i do? the control panel on the site will not allow me to reboot in ...
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ISP doesn't allow incoming connections (i.e., hosting a server) - anyway to get around this using a VPN?
My ISP, like many today, doesn't allow incoming connections, so if I try to host server software on my home PC, then anyone (even myself) trying to connect to that server software via my public IP ...
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Automatic Backups using Filezilla
I've lost loads of information caused by HDD errors or viruses.
I have a Dedicated Server, and I would like to have an automated backup system using FileZilla. I want it to backup a certain directory ...
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Non-WWW site redirects to WWW explicitly?
I recently moved my NodeJS app to a new Openshift server.
Visiting www.lsmsaSGO.com works as expected. Visiting lsmsaSGO.com seems to redirect explicitly to www.lsmsaSGO.com in the URL bar. I do not ...
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If I copy a pem file between multiple computers will I still be able to ssh to amazon e2 instance?
While you creating an instances of Amazon EC2. A step is to generate a pem file. This file allows the sshing into the remote EC2 instance from local.
**Question:**If I copy that pem file to ...
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Is it possible and safe to update debian inside VPS?
I have one semi-expendable (not production/mission critical) Debian VPS, which I use for my personal needs.
I have some problems with an applications new versions not working properly with old ...
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How to SSH to IPv6 only VPS if my ISP only supports IPv4?
I have a server on Vultr ($2.50 plan) that only supports IPv6. But, my ISP right now only supports IPv4 and I can't SSH into that box to do work.
How do I SSH into this server? What are the tools/...
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Using OpenVPN, yet netflix.com blocks access
I have set up an OpenVPN server on a VPS in the USA and configured it to route all clients traffic through it. Everything seems to work fine regarding the VPN connection in gerneral. All ip lookup ...
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How do I increase my home's bandwidth?
I just mistakingly posted this on Stack Exchange but don't know how to delete it...
Anyway, I was thinking of building a home server to use instead of renting a VPS, because in the long run it would ...
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Working on Amazon EC2 not smooth - expectations or setting issue?
I'm a beginning programmer looking to develop on a VPS, by which I aim to make multiple instances for each environment and work remotely without much hardware investment. From what I read, other ...
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What to do when the ISP seems to interrupt a SOCKS5 connection to a VPS?
I have a VPS and until now have been using a socks5 server on it.
The problem is that recently my ISP (I live in Iran) has figured out some way to interrupt it and I'm receiving the "blocked page" ...
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Convert ISO image to VHD
I want to upload an ISO image to my instance running on Alibaba Cloud but there is no direct way for me to do that as only the VHD format and a few other image formats are supported.
Is there a way ...
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Rsync out of memory
I'm using a VPS (running Debian) with 512mb RAM. I'm trying to copy some file locally on the server with rsync, but it fails fast with this message:
rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 5 bytes ...
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Run a server behind router
I own a virtual private server. I currently want to run a server on my local computer (behind a router that I don't have admin access to so I can't port forward).
Can I use the virtual private server ...
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More than 10k connections on linux vps
My question what is causing this and how to check?
we use url masking script is the website..is it causing this?please help
We could noticed that you are abusing our network, as you have made more ...
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Mountable online storage using SpiderOak with no syncing
I have a Linux VPS that I would like to turn into a media server. Like most cheap VPS's, it has a fairly small storage capacity. What I would like to do is attach the box to an online backup system ...
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Why /home folder is missing from my backup archive created by tar?
So I'm doing full backup of my VPS using the following command (as root, of course):
tar czvf 20120604.tar.gz /
Everything seems to be fine, all files seem to appear in the list. The size of ...
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What are the requirments to installing Xen?
Do I need a base OS to install Xen or can I just install Xen as the core OS?
I read that some people have tried installing Xen over Ubuntu but it didn't really work.
So if I had to install an OS ...
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Tunnel ports, thru VPS running OpenVPN, into my home network via Tomato Router
Long-story-short, my ISP has me double-NAT'ed = I can't open ANY ports.
My router is running Tomato firmware, and I have its OpenVPN client linked to a VPS running OpenVPN. I can divert my home ...
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Is it possible to setup my own DDNS with the help of a VPS?
I am using Digital Ocean's Linux VPS, say, hosting my own domain example.com on a fixed ip address: 198.211.10.10 ...
At home, I have a broadband internet service, sharing to two PCs via a Wifi ...
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VPS to replace MobileMe or Google Apps
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Yes, this has been touched on in other questions, but I can't find something similar enough.
I currently have Google Apps hosting personal email, calendars, contacts, etc. I do like the other ...
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Set up Dynamic dns server
I am trying to set up a server at home. The network the server is on will be assigned a dynamic IP address from the ISP. I have looked into services such as DYNdns for a dynamic dns service. However I ...
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Watching Netflix through a VPN
Recently I bought a VPS from DigitalOcean. I setup a PPTP VPN so I could watch us Netflix content from outside the US. Now that I have it setup and all my traffic is going through the VPN, Netflix is ...
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Run Windows application in the cloud
I have an (end-user-oriented) application I'd like to run, that only runs on Windows. I don't own a Windows machine and don't really want to buy a license for Windows just so I can run it in a VM. ...
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How can I have very large files/directories copied from one host to another "offline"?
I intend getting a vps server real soon for some of the resource-intensive sites I manage. I live in a country where 1Mb/s internet speed is a luxury and constant uninterrupted electricity, a myth.
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Multiple DNS BIND servers (zones) for same domain
I wonder if it is possible to have one domain, handled by 2 DNS servers, master zones.
For example, I have the domain, example.com on a registrar and I want to make ns1.example.com and ns2.example....
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Is having Linux VPS same as Amazon EC2 or S3 [closed]
I am new to Amazon services so have no idea, whenever i ask some questions on forums , few recommend Amazon instead of VPS.
So i want to know is having Amazon EC2 or S3 is exact replacement of VPS. i ...
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What's the difference between VM and VPS?
We often hear about VPS(Virtual Private Servers) and VM(Virtual Machine), is there any difference between them, or mean the same?
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Using Wireguard to forward traffic from public facing VPS to private server
TL;DR; I'm trying to setup a bunch of internet facing services (web, smtp, other) on a machine running on my LAN and forward traffic to it from a public facing VPS machine using Wireguard in such a ...
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Is it possible to install Ubuntu from within CentOS 7 VPS?
My VPS hosting provider's panel is bugged, and I'm stuck with CentOS 7, can't re-image to another linux distro (contacting support hasn't been successful, they tell me it's fixed and close my ticket, ...
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How boot custom ISO within Rescue Mode (or not) in a OVH VPS
I need to boot a custom ISO in OVH VPS, but i don't know how, the iso I need to boot is from FreePBX.
Right now the VPS is in Rescue Mode.
So, how to boot the FreePBX ISO Image in my OVH VPS if ...
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Tunnel a static IP that is assigned to a VPS to home router
I currently have a VPS with a single, static IP. Would the following scenario be possible if I bought a second static IP?
Suppose IP A on eth0:0 is 1.2.3.4 and static IP B on eth0:1 is 5.6.7.8.
I ...
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Using FTP client through VPS (double hop)
Is it possible to log into a server using an FTP client (e.g. Cyberduck) through a VPS, i.e. doing a double-hop to access a server?
Here's what I'm trying to do: my home computer is a mac, and my ...
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Route all internet traffic through an Ubuntu VPS
Similar question have been asked but I didn't find their answers sufficient, though I might be missing something.
I have a VPS running Ubuntu 12 and a laptop connected to a public wireless network. ...
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Trying to automatically download backups stored on a virtual server using SFTP
I have a centOS WHM where I store multiple cPanels. I need to SFTP into this server and download the cPanel backups which over daily/weekly/monthly. I'll probably just grab the weekly backups.
I had ...
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Debian VPS : can't apt-get update
I have debian on a VPS and when I do "sudo apt-get update" it failed like this :
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://apt.pm2.io/ubuntu/dists/stable/InRelease Could not ...
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what to do when windows vps stucks on "please wait" screen
I recently bought a VPS Server with Windows Server 2012R2, I Connected to it several times without problem via RDP, but now when I'm trying to connect, it remains in "Please wait" screen and never ...
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How to setup VPS to forward multiple IPs to a single static IP
Im running a bunch of crypto masternodes and I have a vpn so I can get a static IP for my local server machines (I have to do this because Im on cable internet which doesnt allow me to purchase static ...
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Privacy on a VPN Running on a VPS?
What with the recent changes in U.S. law going forward regarding browsing histories a lot of people are talking about VPNs. Is there any privacy benefit to establishing a VPN on a VPS at Amazon or ...
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/sbin/ifconfig "Operation not permitted"
Having just signed up for a VPS package, I'm trying to create a point-to-point network. I'm logged in as root, I'm fairly certain at some point ifconfig was working because I remember inspecting the ...
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How can I securely watch videos on my VPS downloaded from untrusted websites?
I have a linux VPS containing videos downloaded from untrusted websites, which may contain viruses. I want to watch these videos safely.
I'm not concerned about the VPS itself being infected, I'm wary ...
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Setting up my first VPS
I am setting up my first VPS.
I have managed to download and install Tomcat on the VPS.
It is my first time using a VPS service and i am a bit lost.
When I enter my VPS IP on the browser (just the IP ...
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How to create an EC2 instance from .tar.gz?
Suppose I have a .tar.gz file with a Linux filesystem.
How to create an AWS EC2 Compute Instance from this file?
Actually, I want to move a server from Lightsail to EC2. Maybe, instead use rsync or ...
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How to setup a VPN Server on a VPS for SSH?
I have a Ubuntu 20.04 machine behind a router. I live in an apartment building which provides its own Internet connection. My router reports a different IP address than provided by whatismyip.com. Due ...
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