Emelia 👸🏻
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An update about the #OVH situation (they deleted my VPS without warning because it was DDOS'd and that "violated their Tos").
I had subscribed to a basic VPS plan for 6 months and paid a setup fee. Since I had only used their service for ONE DAY before the VPS was terminated (without any warnings), I asked if I could be refunded for the 5 extra months I had paid for. See, I was elegant enough to take a hit for the first month and the installation fee. Well well well they responded (in French, translated in English):
"We understand your desire for more information, but as this breach of contract is due to a failure to comply with the terms and conditions of use, no refund for the remaining months can be considered."
Then they linked to a page with the terms of service which is so hard to read because it's inside a frame. Stellar customer service, I tell you!
Beware of #OVHCloud! Never again.
MAJOR Plot twist! 
I'm sure you're having a better morning than me because I was greeted with an email from #OVH (the VPS provider) that started with "Hello Mr. Rossini" and informed me that the VPS was stopped because they suspected a hack - and it will be permanently deleted. "Now let us know Mr. Rossini if you'd like to purchase a new VPS plan."
30 Euros* for 4 hours of VPS experimentation with Docker! YAY (not!)
(*30 Euros corresponded to a 6-month plan, sigh)
I received ZERO advanced warnings... #OVHCloud simply deleted my VPS because of "unusual activity" and proposed I buy a new one.
I had installed #Fail2Ban on it first thing yesterday morning, but I suppose changing 0.0.0.0 with my VPS's IP4 address in one of the Docker settings... to connect it to Docker GUI did it for me.
You live, you learn.
I will stay away from OVH Cloud.
(Yes I had tried creating an account with Hetzer and NetCup before but they had a convoluted signup process and wanted too much personal info/docs, so I had given up and turned to OVH. My bad).
What will I do now?
Find a new VPS provider.
Feeling salty about the 30 Euros I spent for 6 months with OVH but honestly I feel like I dodged a bullet. I had nothing installed on the VPS, except for Fail2Ban and basic Docker. Imagine how catastrophic it would have been if they had deleted my VPS without warning if I had important stuff on it! Shivering at the thought.
Onwards and upwards, more humble than ever, with infinite respect for sysadmins 🙏
#MySoCalledSudoLife #N00b
An update about the #OVH situation (they deleted my VPS without warning because it was DDOS'd and that "violated their Tos").
I had subscribed to a basic VPS plan for 6 months and paid a setup fee. Since I had only used their service for ONE DAY before the VPS was terminated (without any warnings), I asked if I could be refunded for the 5 extra months I had paid for. See, I was elegant enough to take a hit for the first month and the installation fee. Well well well they responded (in French, translated in English):
"We understand your desire for more information, but as this breach of contract is due to a failure to comply with the terms and conditions of use, no refund for the remaining months can be considered."
Then they linked to a page with the terms of service which is so hard to read because it's inside a frame. Stellar customer service, I tell you!
Beware of #OVHCloud! Never again.
Stefano Marinelli
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Dear Fedi friends,
I've been a little quiet on this account because I'd been pouring all my energy into setting up a new VPS as a testing ground to learn #Docker.
I need to become proficient in Docker ASAP in order to move my Ghost CLI site there (if I want it to federate).
The past 48 hours have been a real rollercoaster ride, as you could read on my GoToSocial account @elena.
Please beware of #OVH! They terminated my VPS without any notice: https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01K35V57PPWH29969DSTC1117A 😵💫
Emelia 👸🏻
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MAJOR Plot twist! I'm sure you're having a better morning than me because I was greeted with an email from #OVH (the VPS provider) that started with "Hello Mr. Rossini" and informed me that the VPS was stopped because they suspected a hack - and it will be permanently deleted. "Now let us know Mr. Rossini if you'd like to purchase a new VPS plan."
30 Euros* for 4 hours of VPS experimentation with Docker! YAY (not!)
(*30 Euros corresponded to a 6-month plan, sigh)
I received ZERO advanced warnings... #OVHCloud simply deleted my VPS because of "unusual activity" and proposed I buy a new one.
I had installed #Fail2Ban on it first thing yesterday morning, but I suppose changing 0.0.0.0 with my VPS's IP4 address in one of the Docker settings... to connect it to Docker GUI did it for me.
You live, you learn.
I will stay away from OVH Cloud.
(Yes I had tried creating an account with Hetzer and NetCup before but they had a convoluted signup process and wanted too much personal info/docs, so I had given up and turned to OVH. My bad).
What will I do now?
Find a new VPS provider.
Feeling salty about the 30 Euros I spent for 6 months with OVH but honestly I feel like I dodged a bullet. I had nothing installed on the VPS, except for Fail2Ban and basic Docker. Imagine how catastrophic it would have been if they had deleted my VPS without warning if I had important stuff on it! Shivering at the thought.
Onwards and upwards, more humble than ever, with infinite respect for sysadmins 🙏
#MySoCalledSudoLife #N00b
Dear Fedi friends,
I've been a little quiet on this account because I'd been pouring all my energy into setting up a new VPS as a testing ground to learn #Docker.
I need to become proficient in Docker ASAP in order to move my Ghost CLI site there (if I want it to federate).
The past 48 hours have been a real rollercoaster ride, as you could read on my GoToSocial account @elena.
Please beware of #OVH! They terminated my VPS without any notice: https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01K35V57PPWH29969DSTC1117A 😵💫
MAJOR Plot twist! I'm sure you're having a better morning than me because I was greeted with an email from #OVH (the VPS provider) that started with "Hello Mr. Rossini" and informed me that the VPS was stopped because they suspected a hack - and it will be permanently deleted. "Now let us know Mr. Rossini if you'd like to purchase a new VPS plan."
30 Euros* for 4 hours of VPS experimentation with Docker! YAY (not!)
(*30 Euros corresponded to a 6-month plan, sigh)
I received ZERO advanced warnings... #OVHCloud simply deleted my VPS because of "unusual activity" and proposed I buy a new one.
I had installed #Fail2Ban on it first thing yesterday morning, but I suppose changing 0.0.0.0 with my VPS's IP4 address in one of the Docker settings... to connect it to Docker GUI did it for me.
You live, you learn.
I will stay away from OVH Cloud.
(Yes I had tried creating an account with Hetzer and NetCup before but they had a convoluted signup process and wanted too much personal info/docs, so I had given up and turned to OVH. My bad).
What will I do now?
Find a new VPS provider.
Feeling salty about the 30 Euros I spent for 6 months with OVH but honestly I feel like I dodged a bullet. I had nothing installed on the VPS, except for Fail2Ban and basic Docker. Imagine how catastrophic it would have been if they had deleted my VPS without warning if I had important stuff on it! Shivering at the thought.
Onwards and upwards, more humble than ever, with infinite respect for sysadmins 🙏
#MySoCalledSudoLife #N00b
ajuvo ✔
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So, #OVH has started hosting a lot of spammers with the usual "we did not collect this information, you must have given it to us voluntarily" on 79.137.20.0/26 (at least) so I have blacklisted 79.137.0.0/17 pre-emptively…
So far I have seen inerofio-expert.com and some other attempts which didn't pass the basic filtering with SpamHaus.
So, #OVH has started hosting a lot of spammers with the usual "we did not collect this information, you must have given it to us voluntarily" on 79.137.20.0/26 (at least) so I have blacklisted 79.137.0.0/17 pre-emptively…
So far I have seen inerofio-expert.com and some other attempts which didn't pass the basic filtering with SpamHaus.
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
La boîte dans laquelle je travaille recrute un⋅e administrateur⋅rice système Linux.
Pour ne pas polluer le fil global, je mets sous ce post les détails de l'annonce et je vais utiliser le CW comme un sujet. Comme ça ça fait pas des gros blocs de texte.