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Big7 18d ago

Funny: I typo'd my SSH port and locked myself out for 6 hours · General Discussion

In France we have a saying: "Jamais deux sans trois." Never two without three. I have locked myself out of OVH, Scaleway, and a dedibox. The OVH one was the worst because their rescue mode requires you to acknowledge an email they send to the server admin address, which was on the server. Took a fax...

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Big7 21d ago

Do you read ToS before purchasing? · General Discussion

Bruno22 said:
"unmetered bandwidth" that excluded UDP

In France we have Loi Hamon for consumer protection, but VPS is B2B, excluded. I use Scaleway in Paris, their ToS is actually readable, limits are explicit. Not the cheapest but I know the rules.

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Big7 1mo ago

What do you use for TLS certificates? · VPS Hosting

For OVHcloud specifically I used lego before switching to acme.sh. Lego has better error messages when the API rate limits you. OVHcloud's API is moody.

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Big7 1mo ago

'unmetered' should mean unmetered · Dedicated Servers

armstrongvds said:
I'd rather pay Vultr's metered rate and know my bill

Vultr Paris to S3 is decent for egress but the price stacks fast. OVHcloud Gravelines unlimited is what I actually need for a seedbox, but now I'm spooked. Anyone got hard numbers on their "unlimited" dedicated?

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Big7 1mo ago

'unmetered' should mean unmetered · Dedicated Servers

"unmetered" with a wink and a nudge is just metered with extra steps, sweet as? Chur for warning us though, was eyeing OVHcloud's "unlimited" deal myself