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Bought cheapest Los Angeles VPS from InterServer (https://www.interserver.net/vps/). 512MB RAM, 1 core, 10GB disk. In my country we pay more for less, so I try make useful.
Installed WireGuard + Unbound. OOM killed in 2 hours. Default config. What can run in 512MB? I want small private DNS + VPN exit in Africa for latency.
I try limit to 512MB with cgroup. Unbound alone use 180MB default, it is possible to do that? Yes but you must configure hard:
I am down to 134MB now. Mdr, still fat.
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Article 13 flashbacks: are you logging DNS queries? GDPR applies even on 512MB instance if you process EU citizen data. I hope your Unbound is configured without query logging; earnest compliance is not optional regardless of RAM constraints.
Have you considered whether Johannesburg data protection law applies? South Africa has POPIA. Bureaucratic but necessary.
Thank you, sir. But can small server run without systemd? I try with Alpine before, slow-slow boot but RAM use very small. Unbound with musl library use less memory lah.
My config in Jakarta: WireGuard + unbound + caddy on 256MB. Wkwkwk. Possible if you build custom kernel, no module you not need. I used https://caddyserver.com for the web server. Thank you.
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Same OOM with 512MB on my end
What kernel version you running for custom build
134MB idle or under load?
