I had a bad experience with #hetzner - I'm having the smallest storage box and last month I received email from them that they won't bill me because I did not reach the minimum billing amount. I did not think it was a big deal since I assumed they will bill me next month. Now I received a notice that all my accounts are blocked because I did not pay my invoice and the contract is canceled. They have my data as ransom. I'll be moving away from them next month, as soon as I get my data back.

I had a bad experience with #hetzner - I'm having the smallest storage box and last month I received email from them that they won't bill me because I did not reach the minimum billing amount. I did not think it was a big deal since I assumed they will bill me next month. Now I received a notice that all my accounts are blocked because I did not pay my invoice and the contract is canceled. They have my data as ransom. I'll be moving away from them next month, as soon as I get my data back.

Yup, they offered me a 50% discount for a year. Already migrated to #Hetzner sooooo no thanks.

New blog post: FreeBSD Dual-Stack with Jails on Hetzner Cloud !

How to run VNET jails with proper IPv6 (no NAT66!) by splitting a /64 into two /65 subnets.

- Complete working configs
- IPv6-first philosophy
- Production-tested

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-dual-stack-jails-on-hetzner-cloud/

#FreeBSD #IPv6 #Jails #Bastille #Hetzner #sysadmin

New blog post: FreeBSD Dual-Stack with Jails on Hetzner Cloud !

How to run VNET jails with proper IPv6 (no NAT66!) by splitting a /64 into two /65 subnets.

- Complete working configs
- IPv6-first philosophy
- Production-tested

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-dual-stack-jails-on-hetzner-cloud/

#FreeBSD #IPv6 #Jails #Bastille #Hetzner #sysadmin

I'm seeing a constant stream of POST requests, every few seconds, to the Activiypub URI's on my website from different IPs from Hetzner but all having user agent "Mastodon/4.5.0-rc.3+pr-36715-b18ea4a (http.rb/5.3.1; +https://mastodon.social/)"

Could this be legit, or are we dealing with bots who falsely claim to be mastodon.social?

#fediadmin @Mastodon #mastodon #Hetzner

Mentally tired after the week I've had.

I must have installed/uninstalled #Sharkey at least 9 times... and even when I got it to work it proved to be a total lemon.

Ditto for #Wallabag (paid plan on their server) and my self-hosted #Linkwarden.

🦇​ This is my self-hosting cursed week 👻​

I finally got Sharkey to work because I switched to a managed instance (https://calckey.world). And then I got my collection of links to work on #Linkwarden when I switched to their managed instance (there's a clear pattern here, LOL).

Then yesterday I tried CasaOS. A little too simple for my taste and with NO security in place / no instruction to add Let's Encrypt certs (as far as I could tell). When I read it's a Chinese project I kind of bolted (no offense to them, but I like to keep my stuff in Europe).

Then today I tried Cloudron and could not set it up.

Then I spun up another Ubuntu server to manually install Ghost v6 and couldn't figure out how to configure the caddy file.

Since Wednesday I must have started and stopped at least 7 servers on #Hetzner. My usage is still ridiculously low (1.19 Euros for the past 30 days) but I'm afraid I'll get flagged for suspicious behavior, LOL. I promise I'm not shady, I'm just an awkward newbie.

In all this, I am now EXTREMELY GRATEFUL for how easy and clear it is to set up a #YunoHost system.

The security they offer right off the bat is awesome... as well as the clear instructions about how to edit DNS records, install Let's Encrypt certificates and the whole nine yards.

YUNOHOST has no equivalent when it comes to empowering newbies and I'm just so so grateful to them... and I look forward to writing a step-by-step installation guide for newbies.

Apologies to sysadmins if this post had triggered you. I completely understand its chaotic energy... to be fair it's the first time in 10 months that I attempt to do so many things.

Anyway, off to get dressed for Halloween now.

Wishing you all a lovely evening and weekend 🎃​

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Mentally tired after the week I've had.

I must have installed/uninstalled #Sharkey at least 9 times... and even when I got it to work it proved to be a total lemon.

Ditto for #Wallabag (paid plan on their server) and my self-hosted #Linkwarden.

🦇​ This is my self-hosting cursed week 👻​

I finally got Sharkey to work because I switched to a managed instance (https://calckey.world). And then I got my collection of links to work on #Linkwarden when I switched to their managed instance (there's a clear pattern here, LOL).

Then yesterday I tried CasaOS. A little too simple for my taste and with NO security in place / no instruction to add Let's Encrypt certs (as far as I could tell). When I read it's a Chinese project I kind of bolted (no offense to them, but I like to keep my stuff in Europe).

Then today I tried Cloudron and could not set it up.

Then I spun up another Ubuntu server to manually install Ghost v6 and couldn't figure out how to configure the caddy file.

Since Wednesday I must have started and stopped at least 7 servers on #Hetzner. My usage is still ridiculously low (1.19 Euros for the past 30 days) but I'm afraid I'll get flagged for suspicious behavior, LOL. I promise I'm not shady, I'm just an awkward newbie.

In all this, I am now EXTREMELY GRATEFUL for how easy and clear it is to set up a #YunoHost system.

The security they offer right off the bat is awesome... as well as the clear instructions about how to edit DNS records, install Let's Encrypt certificates and the whole nine yards.

YUNOHOST has no equivalent when it comes to empowering newbies and I'm just so so grateful to them... and I look forward to writing a step-by-step installation guide for newbies.

Apologies to sysadmins if this post had triggered you. I completely understand its chaotic energy... to be fair it's the first time in 10 months that I attempt to do so many things.

Anyway, off to get dressed for Halloween now.

Wishing you all a lovely evening and weekend 🎃​

#MySoCalledSudoLife

I feel like the richest person in the world: I still have a line of credit of 18.19 Euros on #Hetzner (I had pre-paid 20 Euros to set up my account 2 months ago).

Not sure how it's possible I spent less than 2 Euros with all the servers I started and stopped and apps I ran on them, but hey, I'm now on cloud nine.

There's so much I can still experiment with!!! 🤗

#MySoCalledSudoLife #SelfHosting ​

@xgebi *shudder* I really should make an occasional off-site copy of my instance's backups at Hetzner. Just in case they go the way of OVH and literally burn everything to the ground.

#Hetzner #OVH #backups

Bonjour, est-ce que des personnes parmi vous ont de l’expérience avec le système de réputation d’IPs Proofpoint ?
(https://www.proofpoint.com/us/ipcheck)
On est bloqué·es par leurs services depuis qu’on a migré notre serveur mail sur #Hetzner. Ça fait un mois qu’on leur demande de débloquer notre IP, pas de réponse…

@framasky peut-être ? 🙏

@neil
A while ago I came up with a hacked together script to launch ready to run #jitsi instances via #hetzner cloud, including pre-set credentials, recording functionally and automatic upload of the recording at the end. Last feature unfortunately never properly worked.

For once it wasn't reliable enough and for the other #zoom was too convenient, so I did not go further with it.

https://github.com/EvilOlaf/turnkey-jitsi-hcloud

New on YouTube: Running FreeBSD on Hetzner

For a long time, Hetzner users struggled with complicated workarounds to install FreeBSD. Thanks to contributor Wolfram Schneider, FreeBSD boot ISOs are now available—making installation straightforward.

Watch the full walkthrough here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RGbstrTWUo

#FreeBSD#OpenSource#CommunitySupport#CloudComputing#Hetzner

New on YouTube: Running FreeBSD on Hetzner

For a long time, Hetzner users struggled with complicated workarounds to install FreeBSD. Thanks to contributor Wolfram Schneider, FreeBSD boot ISOs are now available—making installation straightforward.

Watch the full walkthrough here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RGbstrTWUo

#FreeBSD#OpenSource#CommunitySupport#CloudComputing#Hetzner

Not supporting spaces in passwords is fucking dumb, #Hetzner.

I think the @BoxyBSD project is one of the best ideas for the #opensource community. Providing real and completely free #VPS instances ( #VMs) with #IPv6 is really great for testing and learning.

I really love this project and if you are into #FreeBSD or any other #BSD this might be interesting for you. Just as it is also a #free alternative to bigger hostels like #Hetzner #OVH or #Netcup. I really love the philosophy and idea behind it

#alternatives

I'm once again asking the #Fediverse for a little bit of it's enlightenment.

What non USA-based #VPS are you using, or you recommend?
Currently with Linode. And even though I've just migrated from a Texas located node to a Canadian (Vancouver) one, I would really like to use the services from a company that's not under the jurisdiction of the orange tyrant / clown.
Preferably one that can offer me a machine close to my current location (Mexico).

Atm, #Hetzner , Netcup, Contabo & Mythic Beasts looks promising. Anything I should know before getting involved with any of those?

Thanks in advance for reading!