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Do you monitor your cheap VPS or just hope?

General Discussion by LichunLars 4 replies 221 views
LichunLars

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#1

I run Uptime Kuma on a separate RackNerd instance in Amsterdam. My main box is at HostHatch in Amsterdam. Route via London adds 18ms; route via Paris adds 14ms. I notice before users do maybe 60% of the time.

PING hosthatch.com (203.0.113.4): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 203.0.113.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=14.2 ms
64 bytes from 203.0.113.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=14.3 ms

What does everyone else do for sub-$5 monitoring? Self-hosted only. I do not trust SaaS for this price tier.

1ms or I don't want it
WI

Member

#2
LichunLars said:
PING hosthatch.com (203.0.113.4): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 203.0.113.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=14.2 ms 64 bytes from 203.0.113.4...

It was a €3 yearly from Hetzner. User had no monitoring. Uptime: 47 days before they noticed. I asked what they ran. "Minecraft for me and my cousin." Deadpan: cousin had quit three weeks prior.

carlos2

Member

#3

I monitor with a second GreenCloudVPS instance paid in XMR. Which providers take XMR for monitoring nodes? Asking for a friend who does not want his uptime data in someone's CRM. 🪙

Uptime Kuma runs fine on 512MB if you do not enable too many push monitors. Privacy coins mean privacy uptime. This is my angle.

not your keys, not your coins
Zurich1984

Member

#4

A /24 will cost you a kidney. Monitoring is what you do after you have something worth monitoring. Most sub-$5 boxes host nothing that justifies the effort. I check when someone complains. Has not failed me yet because nobody complains.

/24 for sale. No lowballs.
MA

Member

#5

Actually I do not monitor because it is not my circus, not my monkeys. XD

I have Uptime Robot on free tier but actually I do not trust it. My friend says I am not no fool but actually he is wrong. Contabo works on my end always.

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