[kwlug-disc] GNUsocial for KWLUG [was: Datamantle]

[Bob Jonkman]

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Hi Mark: It would be great if you made a VPS available for a KWLUG
GNUsocial service!

I'm just trying to iron out some bugs with my test installation at
http://gs.sobac.com/ but if you're still offering then I'd love to set
up a gs.kwlug.org node. Steph from CCj/Clearline will need to get
involved to set up a DNS record to point to your IP, but that's really
all it needs.

GNUsocial needs a persistent database and filesystem for storage, so
it's not ideal for containerization. OpenVZ sounds like a good compromise.

- --Bob.


On 2016-09-16 07:10 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:
> I have LOTS of spare VPS capacity that I can make available for
> KWLUG uses at no charge.  I like to use OpenVZ for containerization
> but can do full KVM if there is a strong use case for it.  OpenVZ
> is more resource efficient for VPS though.
> 
> *Mark Steffen* Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS:
> +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an act, it
> is a habit." - Aristotle*
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> wrote:
> 
> Since they were giving out free (gratis) credit, I spun up a
> Debian server on Data Mantle -- easiest Debian install I've ever
> done. Not very flexible for partition layout &c., but for a
> single-purpose application it's not so bad. No DNS, so I put their
> IP on a subdomain with my regular DNS provider. They do give a
> custom rDNS link, tho.
> 
> The cheapest paid option at Data Mantle is about $4/month, better
> than shared hosting, but none of the amenities like automatic mail,
> mailing lists, file manager, &c (unless you run them on your own
> VPS).
> 
> Just for practice I put up a GNUsocial instance; try it out if you 
> like:  https://gs.sobac.com
> 
> --Bob, who still wants to set up a KWLUG GNUsocial instance if
> someone contributes an unused VPS somewhere
> 
> 
> 
> On 2016-09-16 01:06 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:
>>>> Never heard of, but it doesn't take much to set up a VPS
>>>> service. I've got a rack of servers and started to set a
>>>> service up myself (using WHMCS and OpenVZ) but then decided
>>>> against it because talking to other VPS providers you attract
>>>> a lot of the "wrong crowd" hosting low cost VPS stuff.  So I
>>>> am happy to host things for folks but I want to "know the
>>>> customer" before I let them on my gear, it's only fair to my
>>>> other customers (someone running a business application isn't
>>>> going to appreciate me letting in a bunch of kids who want to
>>>> run ircD and attract a lot of DDOS traffic).
>>>> 
>>>> *Mark Steffen* Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS: 
>>>> +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an
>>>> act, it is a habit." - Aristotle*
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Jason Locklin 
>>>> <locklin.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I was reading this hacker news thread: 
>>>>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12507379 and noticed
>>>>> the VPS provider they were talking about is based here in
>>>>> Waterloo. Since they exclusively provide Linux VPSs, I was
>>>>> wondering if they are around here, or anyone on here knows
>>>>> them, or has worked with them?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just curious. Might play around with it myself.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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