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  1. wlanboy

    Convert physical drive to virtual drive

    dd your hard drive to an image file: dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/var/lib/libvirt/hdd/serverdisk.img Mount in into your vps. Done.
  2. wlanboy

    Installing newest Ruby on your vps

    You can even add some logic to your little webserver. New version of config.ru: @root = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) run Proc.new { |env| path = Rack::Utils.unescape(env['PATH_INFO']) if path == "/" startpage = @root + "/index.html" [200, {'Content-Type' =>...
  3. wlanboy

    Installing newest Ruby on your vps

    I will now start with some little Ruby scripts. A. Small webserver serving all files of his own directory Install rack gem install rack Create rackup script First create a directory and put all files you want to share into it. Create a index.html file and some css/js/jpgs etc. nano...
  4. wlanboy

    Cleanup your OpenVZ Ubuntu image

    Thank you. So It is about locale and doc. sudo apt-get install localepurge After installing anything with apt-get localepurge will remove all translation files and translated manpages in languages you cannot read. You can configure it with following file: vi /etc/locale.nopurge Just call...
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    Installing newest Ruby on your vps

    Looking to the Ruby packages of Redhat, Debian, etc you will see that they are quite old. But you can install quite any version of Ruby (including JRuby, MacRuby, etc) with the help of rvm.io. Another advantage of rvm is that every user installs his own Ruby and his own set of gems. You are also...
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    Cleanup your OpenVZ Ubuntu image

    Can you please show us the content of the file: bigfolders.txt? Created by following command: du -x / | sort -rn > bigfolders.txt
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    dd-wrt b/g/n cheap hardware that works

    My current favorit is: TP-Link TL-WDR4300. 128 MB of RAM 5 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ports 2 USB 2.0 Port WLAN: a, b, g, n 2.4GHz & 5GHz 12VDC / 1.5A
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    List of reliable sub 20$ per year providers

    No it doesn't. I did not find other offers than OpenVZ. Just post any offer you tested.
  9. wlanboy

    List of reliable sub 20$ per year providers

    Done - don't want to waste your time with copy/paste. Thanks. With 35% discount code two of their plans are ok. Thank you. Added them. Thank you Added them.
  10. wlanboy

    List of reliable sub 20$ per year providers

    I maintain a small list (alphabetical order) of reliable vps providers that are providing small OpenVZ containers for less than 20$ per year. My main usage is having an ip at that location (vpn/proxy/cache/dns). Feel free to add your providers to that list. I will update this post once a week...
  11. wlanboy

    What do you look for in a provider?

    Search path: Select location Select type of product Search and update my list of reliable providers for 1) and 2) Search for recent reviews Test support with dump question Test support with a tech question Search twitter Look to there uptime page
  12. wlanboy

    Should vpsBoard have a homepage featuring the latest offers, reviews, and tutorials?

    A forum should not become a website. I do like the sidebar widget to see the latests threads. Maybe we should have a second sidebar showing the latest threads in the offer section?
  13. wlanboy

    Private browsing

    And if your company blocks ssh tunnels (like mine) your can always plug your smartphone to your PC to use it's internet connection. Best privacy: Use your own internet connection.
  14. wlanboy

    Install and configure KVM to your dedicated server

    And an example file of one of my small debian test vms: <domain type='qemu'> <name>debian</name> <uuid>6637c913-19a4-cc63-38db-c9eb9ecc3983</uuid> <memory>65536</memory> <currentMemory>65536</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686' machine='pc-0.14'>hvm</type>...
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    Install and configure KVM to your dedicated server

    Well, there are a lot of commands. Some common ones: Start VM:start [name of vps] Stop VM: shutdown [name of vps] Delete VM: virsh destroy [name of vps] virsh undefine [name of vps] Export VM definition to xml virsh dumpxml [name of vps] > ~/myvps.xml Create VM out of xml virsh...
  16. wlanboy

    Domain registrars and DNS server hosters

    Their DNS servers update not well on my internet provider. After two days of waiting I switched to HE and the domain was available within 3 minutes.
  17. wlanboy

    Domain registrars and DNS server hosters

    My main domain registrar is Namecheap: https://www.namecheap.com/ The service is good. I did not need a single ticket because the live support solved my view little problems I had. The web frontend looks quite old but it is working and - after you you know where to find something - easy to use...
  18. wlanboy

    Unmetered bandwidth

    Depends on the port speed. Unlimited for 10/100/1000 Mbit?
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