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No browser history from that far back. It gets cleared when I close the browser. It was a few days between posting the request and deployment, so info may have expired in the meantime?
Added: PM received, thanks!
Is there a way to reinstall the OS? I've slightly borked an upgrade. Thanks.
maybe get a free google server instead
Well, I upgraded from Debian 9 to 10, then found the Hestia installer doesn't know about 10 and complains. I can look into patching it but reinstall would be easier since I haven't done anything else on the vm yet. I wonder if I can downgrade by changing apt-sources and apt-get update etc. I doubt it though.
Ok I'll see about patching Hestia if there's no way to reinstall through the dashboard. I don't want to bother Neeon for a manual reinstall.
Its basically 3 clicks for me, takes maybe 20s to get it redeployed.
Thats not the issue, because the panel has been designed with security first, the user friendliness suffers a bit.
The user needs admin like permissions and this would be a security risk.
It would break the hole concept of locking down access on all sides.
TLDR: You could get a database dump and it would be useless to you, you could not do anything with it. If you get inside a SolusVM master, you be fucked big time.
If you need a reinstall, send me a pm or email (stop the vm, send a email to request a reinstall and I do it fast).
this is bad design since many people make the same mistake and the responses are the same, you guys don't get tired of it?
Is that now because you disqualified yourself for not getting a VM?
Every post you do here, is mostly against the project.
Its not bad design, it says clearly what you have do to.
but the reality is a good percentage of people fail, but hey its not my time
It will serve as a backup for my personal website. Toke:n:: - 689cd13db4c19aa484c9fd69057e14a7d606ed81
The Requirements to get one
I have to agree that the design could use improvement, since multiple experienced users have been caught out. We use RAID storage because we know that disk drives aren't all that reliable. Humans are even less reliable than disk drives so software systems are better off if they take that into account
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Add basic english reading skills.
@willie @hjlow It's fascinating how critical everyone is over a design that provides detailed instructions. Lest you forget- its a free service. This mountain of complaints has never been accompanied by an offer to create a new design or assist with other aspects of the free service. Yet another example of accumulate, not participate, and pontificate . You don't like the FREE service login- go pay for a service elsewhere.
The actual resources are provided by sponsors who aren't responsible for the design. Also, I'm happy to help with the software if Neeon wants assistance (but he seems to be taking care of it ok). My comments about the design are from one programmer to another, and usually, programmers do like to talk about this type of stuff.
I lost more time in the discussion with you.
The standard is, getting stuff via email.
The bad standard is, sending the PASSWORD inside the email.
The even worse standard is, the mailserver is not even trying to handshake a secured connection, I saw that multiple times.
At least the hosts I poked fixed it.
Do we send a email? no, you get a unique uri, TLS 1.2 forced, good cypherus, all good.
The issue is, users have the standard, getting all stuff by mail.
What NanoKVM does is not a standard, its different.
That does not mean, its bad by design, its just different.
We could, add additional email box, which can be filled and you get a email after register to confirm it + when the request was accepted.
Its also kind of an IQ test, you do not enter any email and you expect a email + ignoring the text that explains you to bookmark it.
It was not intended as IQ test.
Well critics are welcome but not complaining like like @hjlow nah.
The sponsors have nothing to do with that.
If you like I could setup a git repo, but you need a running proxmox instance for more or less for testing stuff.
Thing is there were some months between signing up for the account and requesting this KVM (account was created at the time of the RO servers a while back), so I don't remember whether I gave an email address or not (if you say I didn't, I believe you) or any other instructions given at that time. Also it's typical to have some way to access the VM through the dashboard. And part of the challenge of programming secure systems is being able to retain and use private info while keeping it safe. Immediately throwing away the info is somewhat ducking the challenge.
Possible improvements:
1) it would be nice to have a way to upload an ssh public key to the account, that would be preinstalled on the newly deployed server. I think in Debian 10, the sshd is configured by default to not allow password login at all, so unless there is a VNC or the config is changed, pubkey upload may become necessary.
2) An alternative really dumb step would be add a checkbox saying the person has saved the password, and maybe unload event confirming that the box is checked before closing the tab. Having a vigilance or "IQ" test as part of the process is against user expectations since people are used to be able to get back to where they were in an interface. So especially in a process they've already done many times, they are not on their toes. See "principle of least astonishment" as a general UI guideline.
3) If you are paranoid about storing server passwords in plaintext but want to be able to keep them available in the web interface, one trick I like is to store them encrypted with a key based on a hash of the user's web account password, which you can save in a browser cookie so it's accessible during the login session without your having to store it on the server. I can go into more detail about how to do that if you want. It means that the server password can't be recovered unless the user is logged in, or their password is brute forced.
Right, what I meant about sponsors was just that they are the ones supplying the hardware and hosting, while you're supplying the UI and administration.
Anyway, I don't mind supplying some coding help if you want it, but the suggestions are simple enough that maybe it's enough to just post them here.
I see there is an haproxy tab and I entered a domain name, but I don't see how to configure the proxy to point to a NAT port. Any info? Thanks.
Welp. Im stupid. I bookmarked the token page, but now it's blank/expired. You can nuke my VPS @Neoon .
Token: abbe72b5c72455ce39edfd38dc0fb48dd20d8aed
Nextcloud for my backups. can have additional storage. Thanks!
HAProxy feature is currently only available in CA and only with HTTP, not HTTPS.
It generates a new config for the haproxy which is updated hourly, and it will forward automatically traffic to your VM if you add a domain/subdomain.
HTTPS should be possible over SNI, so HAProxy wont terminate your TLS connection, so it wont pull a cloudflare. But I did not updated get config generator yet, if anyone has a SNI config working let me know.
Well, it said it will expire, if the request is accepted, it will expire in about 2 weeks, instead in 4 days.
2 Weeks should be enough, to save the credentials and start using the VPS.
Please read the Requirements.
Yes, but which port on the VM? I just get 503 error right now. I think my VM is in Canada.
Well 80, but as I said it takes up 1 hour to update.
Ah ok, thanks. Yeah it's been more than an hour (I set it up last night) but didn't know what port number to use. I should have thought of 80
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How do I re-install OS?
Send me a PM and you get it reinstalled fast.
Thanks for doing this!
I'd like to use as my own monitoring server. I will ping from here to my dedicated server's ipv6 addresses about 20 times per hour.
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I shall soon begin competition with you @Neoon
A rise of free tier hosts is here.
You need to outdo Neoon then. More ram or a better control panel or more locations.
How about double the resources and public IPv4 + Custom ISO? Unfortunately I don't intend to gather sponsors or involve any money in this (other than my own), so only 1 location.
I will decide on the panel later on.
Please read the Requirements, you need 15 recent posts.
If you meet that, you can apply again.
I see, you left your wife, wise choice.
Better spend the money for that than getting drunk in the bar and turn yourself into an alcoholic.
If you need any help on setting it up, let me know.
Stable is better then Unstable.