Uses for VPS
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@dustinb3403 said in Uses for VPS:
@bbigford said in Uses for VPS:
@tim_g said in Uses for VPS:
A SaltStack Master server.
I have yet to learn SaltStack. Way behind.
I want to as well I just have no idea where to begin with it.
You can do something simple like installing or updating Windows clients that has chocolatey and apps that are installed via choco.
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We use it for literally everything. Some of our workloads include our web servers, and DNS filtering (Pi-Hole), our system monitoring (Zabbix), log collection, email (Zimbra), file serving and storage (NextCloud), our jump boxes, application development, application hosting, IM and chat systems like Rocket.chat, our documentation systems, system management servers like Salt for us, telephony, etc. If we have a workload, that's where it is (Vultr, for us.)
And, of course, MangoLassi is on a Linode VPS server.
SodiumSuite is as well.
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@bbigford said in Uses for VPS:
How much space are you using with NextCloud? What kinds of content are you storing out there? Can't imagine you're streaming from it...
We have a 500GB storage instance on Vultr for $20 a month. We primarily use it for sharing CAD drawings with customers.
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We use it for UNMS, Unifi Controller, Zimbra and NextCloud.
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@bnrstnr said in Uses for VPS:
@bbigford said in Uses for VPS:
How much space are you using with NextCloud? What kinds of content are you storing out there? Can't imagine you're streaming from it...
We have a 500GB storage instance on Vultr for $20 a month. We primarily use it for sharing CAD drawings with customers.
How are you getting it for $20 for 500GB? They are advertising $50/monthly, currently...
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@bbigford They have a "Storage Instance" tab that is always sold out, I was lucky enough to grab one like 6 months ago. They've been sold out every time I've logged in since then.
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@bbigford said in Uses for VPS:
I've only ever saw people using a VPS like Vultr, Linode, and Digital Ocean for FreePBX. First saw people on here using it for that, because of the very low cost. Wondering what people might be using a VPS for, beyond a PBX...
- As docker host with custom containers
- Gaming community (everything but gameservers: Auth, Profile, Game content (mods), Mod management (auto update/patch database), gameserver management, ...)
- NodeRED
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@bnrstnr said in Uses for VPS:
@bbigford They have a "Storage Instance" tab that is always sold out, I was lucky enough to grab one like 6 months ago. They've been sold out every time I've logged in since then.
They are SO popular.
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@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
Pi-Hole
How is pi-hole working out for you? Seems interesting.
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@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@bnrstnr said in Uses for VPS:
@bbigford They have a "Storage Instance" tab that is always sold out, I was lucky enough to grab one like 6 months ago. They've been sold out every time I've logged in since then.
They are SO popular.
I got one a few months ago after checking several times a day, for months.
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@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@bnrstnr said in Uses for VPS:
@bbigford They have a "Storage Instance" tab that is always sold out, I was lucky enough to grab one like 6 months ago. They've been sold out every time I've logged in since then.
They are SO popular.
I got one a few months ago after checking several times a day, for months.
You can set up an email alert so that you know as soon as they are available. That's why the people without those alerts never see the option.
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@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
Pi-Hole
How is pi-hole working out for you? Seems interesting.
Love it, works GREAT. So easy to maintain.
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@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@bnrstnr said in Uses for VPS:
@bbigford They have a "Storage Instance" tab that is always sold out, I was lucky enough to grab one like 6 months ago. They've been sold out every time I've logged in since then.
They are SO popular.
I got one a few months ago after checking several times a day, for months.
You can set up an email alert so that you know as soon as they are available. That's why the people without those alerts never see the option.
I never once saw an alert and I setup 2 different addresses. LOL
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@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
I got one a few months ago after checking several times a day, for months.
This is how I got mine too, although it only took me like a week. I signed up for the notifications multiple times and never once got an email from them.
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@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
Pi-Hole
How is pi-hole working out for you? Seems interesting.
Love it, works GREAT. So easy to maintain.
The UI looks very similar to Snipe-IT
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PiHole really is great, definitely worth the $2.50/$5 a month.
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@thwr said in Uses for VPS:
Gaming community (everything but gameservers: Auth, Profile, Game content (mods), Mod management (auto update/patch database), gameserver management, ...)
Was going to look at doing something like this when we were doing Arma3.
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@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
Pi-Hole
How is pi-hole working out for you? Seems interesting.
Love it, works GREAT. So easy to maintain.
In the case where you are using Windows AD, would you just put your DNS servers' forwarders as the Pi-hole server?
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@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
Pi-Hole
How is pi-hole working out for you? Seems interesting.
Love it, works GREAT. So easy to maintain.
The UI looks very similar to Snipe-IT
Sadly for a lot of people, no web interface.
It broke and nothing seems to brnig it back. Works fine, just no interface.
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@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
@wrx7m said in Uses for VPS:
@scottalanmiller said in Uses for VPS:
Pi-Hole
How is pi-hole working out for you? Seems interesting.
Love it, works GREAT. So easy to maintain.
In the case where you are using Windows AD, would you just put your DNS servers' forwarders as the Pi-hole server?
yep.
