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annexbi 13h ago

What do you use for log aggregation on sub-$10 boxes? · General Discussion

pablo said:
Contabo boxes are in EUR

Yes and the VAT is fun depending on where you pretend to live (or actually live) (I actually live in Oslo so I pay the fun Norwegian VAT) (still cheaper than anything local) (Norway is expensive) (everything is expensive) (except salmon) (salmon is reas...

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annexbi 5d ago

Help: my BGP session flaps every Tuesday at 3 AM · Networking

Hel said:
Emailed DriftNode

(they will reply) (in 48 hours) (with a template) (that doesn't answer the question) (then you reply) (then they escalate) (then you get the actual window) (this is the way)

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annexbi 5d ago

VPN endpoint in country you've never been to: legal exposure check · VPS Hosting

(here we go) (the "just transit" people always show up first) (as if "transit" has ever stopped a raid in practice) (ask anyone who ran exit nodes) (the EFF had to intervene how many times?) (not that Singapore has EFF) (they have... other methods) the lawyer will appear soon or we'll all keep guess...

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annexbi 5d ago

Automation broke my entire stack at 3AM · General Discussion

lookuppierre said:
Got Impatient and ran it Live

(check mode is a lie we tell ourselves) (like "I'll document this later") (you won't) (I won't) (nobody does)

What you want is `--diff` (which shows you what it *would* destroy) (nested inside a VM) (inside another VM) (possibly inside a co...

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annexbi 6d ago

They fixed a bug I reported in 20 minutes · General Discussion

So I filed a ticket with RackNerd (you know the one, the budget arm of that larger provider, or maybe you don't, anyway) about a bug in their custom panel where adding an SSH key (which I was doing for a client, well, a friend's client, long story) would silently truncate keys over 4096 bits. Not fa...

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annexbi 7d ago

Finally migrated off my 2016 OpenVZ box · General Discussion

(congrats (truly)) (though I am (still technically) on a 2015 box (at a different provider (don't ask))) (the shame) (my migration is "planned" (in the same way the heat death of the universe is "planned")) (so I am (in a sense) jealous) (also (nested parentheses (like containers (but worse))))

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annexbi 7d ago

What do you use for monitoring without another VPS? · VPS Hosting

impuresteven said:
If I am dead I do not need the monitor

This is actually the most convincing argument in the entire thread and I hate it.

I think I am going to try the UptimeRobot Pro route and also keep the Pi cron as backup. Redundant redundancy from opposite failure domains. One dies...