How shall we proceed? Do you want me to make an account on your site? Do you want to install Debian or one of the BSDs or should I try the install (equally fine)? No rush at all. . . .
How shall we proceed? Do you want me to make an account on your site? Do you want to install Debian or one of the BSDs or should I try the install (equally fine)? No rush at all. . . .
I checked our server's IPv4 address on mxtoolbox.com. The assigned IPv4 was not listed on any of the many blacklists checked by mxtoolbox.com.
IPv6
IPv6 assignment from Hosteroid has been requested via ticket. Thanks to @Hosteroid for the nice server and for the upcoming IPv6 assignment.
An additional IPv6 possibility I considered was using Hurricane Electric TunnelBroker. However, TunnelBroker is not currently available for our server's IP.
As an alternative to TunnelBroker, Hurricane Electric currently offers free IPv6 transit. HE suggested,
If you happen to have an ASN that is running BGP on one of our connected IX's, you can reach out to [email protected] to set up direct peering sessions and enable free transit.
@Not_Oles said:
Does someone here have an ASN and BGP on an HE connected IX, which might make HE's peering idea possible for our server?
Wanna lease our ASN?
We've been hanging out with Hurricane Electric on Ontario Internet Exchange since 2023.
However, tunneling from Bucharest to Toronto won't yield good performance.
Since this is for a free Community project, have you considered donating your ASN lease service?
(For myself, I wouldn't mind paying.)
We've been hanging out with Hurricane Electric on Ontario Internet Exchange since 2023.
However, tunneling from Bucharest to Toronto won't yield good performance.
Could we somehow do it in a way that would yield excellent performance?
@Not_Oles said: I checked our server's IPv4 address on mxtoolbox.com. The assigned IPv4 was not listed on any of the many blacklists checked by mxtoolbox.com.
Nowadays that doesn't really mean much any more. Chances are that Outlook will block you, and as I found out, mxroute has adopted a similar preemptive blocking approach now (surprisingly, I am not seeing much outright blocking fro Google).
I checked our server's IPv4 address on mxtoolbox.com. The assigned IPv4 was not listed on any of the many blacklists checked by mxtoolbox.com.
IPv6
IPv6 assignment from Hosteroid has been requested via ticket. Thanks to @Hosteroid for the nice server and for the upcoming IPv6 assignment.
An additional IPv6 possibility I considered was using Hurricane Electric TunnelBroker. However, TunnelBroker is not currently available for our server's IP.
As an alternative to TunnelBroker, Hurricane Electric currently offers free IPv6 transit. HE suggested,
If you happen to have an ASN that is running BGP on one of our connected IX's, you can reach out to [email protected] to set up direct peering sessions and enable free transit.
@Not_Oles said: I checked our server's IPv4 address on mxtoolbox.com. The assigned IPv4 was not listed on any of the many blacklists checked by mxtoolbox.com.
Nowadays that doesn't really mean much any more. Chances are that Outlook will block you, and as I found out, mxroute has adopted a similar preemptive blocking approach now (surprisingly, I am not seeing much outright blocking fro Google).
This has been my experience as well. Although I agree with you 100%, I'm still glad we have a clean IP. Thanks!
---------------------------------- nws.sh ---------------------------------
A simple script to bench network performance using speedtest-cli
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version : v2024.11.03
Global Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash
Region Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r <region>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic System Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v5 @ 3.50GHz
CPU Cores : 8 @ 2832.478 MHz
CPU Cache : 8192 KB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
Total Disk : 912.0 GB (1.6 GB Used)
Total RAM : 31.3 GB (595.7 MB Used)
Total Swap : 3.8 GB (0 Used)
System uptime : 1 days, 4 hour 39 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.08, 0.18
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 12
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 6.1.0-28-amd64
Virtualization : NONE
TCP Control : cubic
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic Network Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Primary Network : IPv6
IPv6 Access : ✔ Online
IPv4 Access : ✔ Online
ISP : M247 Europe SRL
ASN : AS9009 M247 Europe SRL
Host : HOSTEROID Bucharest
Location : Bucharest, București-B, Romania
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Speedtest.net (Region: GLOBAL)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Location Latency Loss DL Speed UP Speed Server
ISP: M247 Europe
Nearest 0.65 ms 0.0% 928.72 Mbps 928.57 Mbps INFINITY NETWORK - Bucharest
Kochi, IN 181.06 ms 0.0% 908.87 Mbps 485.91 Mbps Asianet Broadband - Cochin
Bangalore, IN 152.71 ms 0.0% 762.47 Mbps 587.08 Mbps Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore
Chennai, IN 202.97 ms N/A 613.47 Mbps 316.02 Mbps Jio - Chennai
Mumbai, IN FAILED
Delhi, IN 184.63 ms 0.0% 609.19 Mbps 512.92 Mbps Tata Play Fiber - New Delhi
Seattle, US 179.49 ms N/A 809.79 Mbps 497.37 Mbps Comcast - Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, US 166.12 ms 0.0% 633.33 Mbps 540.42 Mbps ReliableSite Hosting - Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, US 142.56 ms 0.0% 896.50 Mbps 619.38 Mbps i3D.net - Dallas, TX
Miami, US 141.58 ms N/A 754.06 Mbps 606.37 Mbps Dish Wireless - Miami, FL
New York, US 102.84 ms 0.0% 974.26 Mbps 841.44 Mbps GSL Networks - New York, NY
Toronto, CA FAILED
Mexico City, MX 173.76 ms N/A 651.78 Mbps 515.10 Mbps INFINITUM - Ciudad de México
London, UK 38.15 ms 0.0% 936.06 Mbps 926.43 Mbps VeloxServ Communications - London
Amsterdam, NL 32.74 ms 0.0% 948.78 Mbps 941.21 Mbps 31173 Services AB - Amsterdam
Paris, FR 44.34 ms N/A 949.47 Mbps 4.37 Mbps Axione - Paris
Frankfurt, DE 29.68 ms 0.0% 927.85 Mbps 927.94 Mbps Clouvider Ltd - Frankfurt am Main
Warsaw, PL 44.17 ms 0.0% 939.79 Mbps 928.18 Mbps Play - Warszawa
Bucharest, RO FAILED
Moscow, RU 67.32 ms 1.5% 921.46 Mbps 2.64 Mbps RETN - Moscow
Jeddah, SA 93.57 ms 0.0% 961.70 Mbps 897.61 Mbps Saudi Telecom Company
Dubai, AE 162.20 ms 0.0% 924.81 Mbps 1.57 Mbps du - Dubai
Fujairah, AE 138.54 ms 0.0% 961.69 Mbps 614.46 Mbps e& UAE - Fujairah
Istanbul, TR 64.62 ms 0.0% 936.68 Mbps 935.83 Mbps Turkcell - Istanbul
Tehran, IR 86.94 ms 0.7% 839.69 Mbps 1.95 Mbps Asiatech - Tehran
Tokyo, JP 244.76 ms 22.7% 865.49 Mbps 236.18 Mbps GSL Networks - Tokyo
Shanghai, CU-CN 248.72 ms 0.0% 782.20 Mbps 7.74 Mbps China Unicom 5G - Shanghai
Nanjing, CT-CN 242.77 ms 4.3% 672.41 Mbps 36.22 Mbps China Telecom JiangSu 5G - Nanjing
Hong Kong, CN 188.56 ms N/A 517.85 Mbps 483.75 Mbps STC - Hong Kong
Singapore, SG 258.38 ms 0.0% 506.74 Mbps 345.60 Mbps i3D.net - Singapore
Jakarta, ID FAILED - IP has been rate limited. Try again after 1 hour.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avg DL Speed : 819.82 Mbps
Avg UL Speed : 508.97 Mbps
Total DL Data : 31.46 GB
Total UL Data : 17.96 GB
Total Data : 49.42 GB
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration : 13 min 57 sec
System Time : 05/12/2024 - 03:31:20 UTC
Total Script Runs : 90616
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Result : https://result.nws.sh/r/1733368233_GU46GA_GLOBAL.txt
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
We might be getting close to having the Debian 12 OS install and basic testing completed. The server seems to be performing well. Does anything else need to be done before going further?
Server Name
I'm thinking of calling the server HosteroidLCS, which stands for Hosteroid LES Community Server. Maybe something shorter might be better for command line prompts?
hlcs$
Does anyone have a better idea for the server name?
How should we make VMs? Raw Command Line Qemu, BashVM, Something else?
The MetalVPS idea is to give each neighbor a shell account on which he can do whatever, as long as it is fair and reasonable, and White Hat. Making VMs with Qemu by hand in the shell account is just one of the many possible things which can be done in the shell.
Alternatively, we could add @babywhale's wonderful BashVM and make everyone a nice BashVM VM in advance.
As much as I like BaskVM, I vote for sticking with raw command line (and open source). To me, raw command line is the best way to learn. But maybe nobody else besides me wants the raw command line approach? Maybe we should do something else besides raw command line or BashVM?
Would anyone want a free command line account on this fine server?
Would anyone want an account only if we offered free, pre-made BashVM VPSes?
What should be the Qualification Rules?
How much time here with us on LES?
How many threads and comments?
Should we require "technical" contributions to LES discussions?
What about PII?
Administration Help
Does anyone want to volunteer to help with system administration?
Anything else?
What else do we want to talk about regarding this wonderful, new server project?
I'd like to volunteer for system administration. I'm undergraduate student in Indonesia working on my thesis, I am able to dedicate time on the server. I want to learn system administration by doing real life application. I have knowledge on Linux, bash, and some basic Linux administration tool. My journey with Linux began since junior high school and still growing curious about it.
Thanks @intermall! If you wish, please send scans of your government and university ID, plus your resume, transcript, and three references to the email address on my profile. It would be great to include also something about your thesis -- maybe your submission of the proposed thesis subject or even a draft if your thesis has progressed that far. Best wishes and thanks again!
chronos@penguin:~/servers/hosteroid$ `head -n 1 login`
Linux xxxx 6.1.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.119-1 (2024-11-22) x86_64
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Thu Dec 5 02:38:26 2024 from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
root@xxxx:~# hostnamectl set-hostname hlcs.metalvps.com --static
root@xxxx:~# date
Thu Dec 5 10:07:01 PM UTC 2024
root@xxxx:~# logout
Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed.
chronos@penguin:~/servers/hosteroid$ `head -n 1 login`
Linux hlcs.metalvps.com 6.1.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.119-1 (2024-11-22) x86_64
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Thu Dec 5 22:05:50 2024 from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
root@hlcs:~# date
Thu Dec 5 10:07:23 PM UTC 2024
root@hlcs:~#
Looks like we have a nice, new NVMe drive. Thanks @Hosteroid!
root@hlcs:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 976M 0 part /boot
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1K 0 part
└─nvme0n1p5 259:3 0 930.6G 0 part
├─xxxx-swap 254:0 0 3.8G 0 lvm [SWAP]
└─xxxx-root 254:1 0 926.7G 0 lvm /
root@hlcs:~# smartctl -a /dev/nvme0
smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.1.0-28-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number: CT1000P3SSD8
Serial Number: xxxx
Firmware Version: P9CR30A
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID: 0xc0a9
IEEE OUI Identifier: 0x00a075
Controller ID: 1
NVMe Version: 1.4
Number of Namespaces: 1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 [1.00 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size: 512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64: 6479a7 79d0000059
Local Time is: Thu Dec 5 22:19:11 2024 UTC
Firmware Updates (0x12): 1 Slot, no Reset required
Optional Admin Commands (0x0017): Security Format Frmw_DL Self_Test
Optional NVM Commands (0x005e): Wr_Unc DS_Mngmt Wr_Zero Sav/Sel_Feat Timestmp
Log Page Attributes (0x06): Cmd_Eff_Lg Ext_Get_Lg
Maximum Data Transfer Size: 64 Pages
Warning Comp. Temp. Threshold: 85 Celsius
Critical Comp. Temp. Threshold: 95 Celsius
Supported Power States
St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat
0 + 6.00W 0.0000W - 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 + 3.00W 0.0000W - 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 + 1.50W 0.0000W - 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 - 0.0250W 0.0000W - 3 3 3 3 5000 1900
4 - 0.0030W - - 4 4 4 4 13000 100000
Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1)
Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf
0 + 512 0 1
1 - 4096 0 0
=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)
Critical Warning: 0x00
Temperature: 21 Celsius
Available Spare: 100%
Available Spare Threshold: 5%
Percentage Used: 0%
Data Units Read: 47,932 [24.5 GB]
Data Units Written: 62,692 [32.0 GB]
Host Read Commands: 1,268,998
Host Write Commands: 1,321,987
Controller Busy Time: 3
Power Cycles: 5
Power On Hours: 48
Unsafe Shutdowns: 2
Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0
Error Information Log Entries: 23
Warning Comp. Temperature Time: 0
Critical Comp. Temperature Time: 0
Temperature Sensor 1: 21 Celsius
Temperature Sensor 2: 25 Celsius
Temperature Sensor 8: 21 Celsius
Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 16 entries)
Num ErrCount SQId CmdId Status PELoc LBA NSID VS
0 23 0 0x0010 0x4005 0x028 0 0 -
root@hlcs:~#
We might be getting close to having the Debian 12 OS install and basic testing completed. The server seems to be performing well. Does anything else need to be done before going further?
Server Name
I'm thinking of calling the server HosteroidLCS, which stands for Hosteroid LES Community Server. Maybe something shorter might be better for command line prompts?
hlcs$
Does anyone have a better idea for the server name?
How should we make VMs? Raw Command Line Qemu, BashVM, Something else?
The MetalVPS idea is to give each neighbor a shell account on which he can do whatever, as long as it is fair and reasonable, and White Hat. Making VMs with Qemu by hand in the shell account is just one of the many possible things which can be done in the shell.
Alternatively, we could add @babywhale's wonderful BashVM and make everyone a nice BashVM VM in advance.
As much as I like BaskVM, I vote for sticking with raw command line (and open source). To me, raw command line is the best way to learn. But maybe nobody else besides me wants the raw command line approach? Maybe we should do something else besides raw command line or BashVM?
Would anyone want a free command line account on this fine server?
Would anyone want an account only if we offered free, pre-made BashVM VPSes?
What should be the Qualification Rules?
How much time here with us on LES?
How many threads and comments?
Should we require "technical" contributions to LES discussions?
What about PII?
Administration Help
Does anyone want to volunteer to help with system administration?
Anything else?
What else do we want to talk about regarding this wonderful, new server project?
The server name has been changed. Man pages, compiler, git, plan9port, qemu, and more are about to be installed. Then an offer thread is expected to be opened. Meanwhile, listening for comments on policy or additional volunteers for the Community Server admin team. Thanks Hosteroid! Thanks everyone!
Comments
E3-1240 V5
2 x 16GB DDR4
M.2 1TB
15TB traffic
Bucharest, Romania
0 Abuse tolerance
@Hosteroid straight out of the gate with an awesome offer, no hesitation! Reliable provider and an excellent person, thank you
@Hosteroid
Thanks!
That didn't take very long!
The POWER of LES meets the POWER of Hosteroid!
How shall we proceed? Do you want me to make an account on your site? Do you want to install Debian or one of the BSDs or should I try the install (equally fine)? No rush at all. . . .
In case you need it, here's my key:
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILySvSdulbZ4XG4K333YOoFbcwoo6ythPBOf175OIBfA chronos@localhost
Thanks again!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Thanks for your kind endorsement of Hosteroid!
Best wishes!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
DM me please, or discord
@Hosteroid DM sent.
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Done!
Hosteroid account established and email confirmed.
Hosteroid is installing Debian 12. Thanks @hosteroid!
I asked on the FOSSBilling forum if one of their devs wants to volunteer to install and maintain FOSSBilling.
I am sure we again can use the excellent BashVM! Thanks @babywhale!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Thank you for the most excellent contribution @Hosteroid and big applause to @Not_Oles for getting this going for once more!
@yoursunny IPv6 to be added!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Blackliist check
I checked our server's IPv4 address on mxtoolbox.com. The assigned IPv4 was not listed on any of the many blacklists checked by mxtoolbox.com.
IPv6
IPv6 assignment from Hosteroid has been requested via ticket. Thanks to @Hosteroid for the nice server and for the upcoming IPv6 assignment.
An additional IPv6 possibility I considered was using Hurricane Electric TunnelBroker. However, TunnelBroker is not currently available for our server's IP.
As an alternative to TunnelBroker, Hurricane Electric currently offers free IPv6 transit. HE suggested,
Does someone here have an ASN and BGP on an HE connected IX, which might make HE's peering idea possible for our server?
Thanks!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Wanna lease our ASN?
We've been hanging out with Hurricane Electric on Ontario Internet Exchange since 2023.
However, tunneling from Bucharest to Toronto won't yield good performance.
No hostname left!
Thanks for the kind offer!
Since this is for a free Community project, have you considered donating your ASN lease service?
(For myself, I wouldn't mind paying.)
Could we somehow do it in a way that would yield excellent performance?
TThanks again!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Hello!
A public Hetrix Tools IPv4 Ping Monitor has been added. You can see the uptime history at
https://hetrixtools.com/report/uptime/ccbcccbf54dd442b49ba297e5ce4100d/
Thanks Hosteroid!
Thanks Hetrix Tools! 
Tom
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Nowadays that doesn't really mean much any more. Chances are that Outlook will block you, and as I found out, mxroute has adopted a similar preemptive blocking approach now (surprisingly, I am not seeing much outright blocking fro Google).
Ipv6 added, we do not want to get to @yoursunny notty list
This has been my experience as well. Although I agree with you 100%, I'm still glad we have a clean IP. Thanks!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Thanks so much for the IPv6 @Hosteroid!
Much appreciated!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Thanks again for the nice server and the nice IPv6/48 @Hosteroid! Looks pretty good to me!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
We might be getting close to having the Debian 12 OS install and basic testing completed. The server seems to be performing well. Does anything else need to be done before going further?
I'm thinking of calling the server HosteroidLCS, which stands for Hosteroid LES Community Server. Maybe something shorter might be better for command line prompts?
Does anyone have a better idea for the server name?
The MetalVPS idea is to give each neighbor a shell account on which he can do whatever, as long as it is fair and reasonable, and White Hat. Making VMs with Qemu by hand in the shell account is just one of the many possible things which can be done in the shell.
Alternatively, we could add @babywhale's wonderful BashVM
and make everyone a nice BashVM VM in advance.
As much as I like BaskVM, I vote for sticking with raw command line (and open source). To me, raw command line is the best way to learn. But maybe nobody else besides me wants the raw command line approach? Maybe we should do something else besides raw command line or BashVM?
Would anyone want a free command line account on this fine server?
Would anyone want an account only if we offered free, pre-made BashVM VPSes?
How much time here with us on LES?
How many threads and comments?
Should we require "technical" contributions to LES discussions?
What about PII?
Does anyone want to volunteer to help with system administration?
What else do we want to talk about regarding this wonderful, new server project?
Thanks everyone! Thanks @Hosteroid!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I'd like to volunteer for system administration. I'm undergraduate student in Indonesia working on my thesis, I am able to dedicate time on the server. I want to learn system administration by doing real life application. I have knowledge on Linux, bash, and some basic Linux administration tool. My journey with Linux began since junior high school and still growing curious about it.
Thanks @intermall! If you wish, please send scans of your government and university ID, plus your resume, transcript, and three references to the email address on my profile. It would be great to include also something about your thesis -- maybe your submission of the proposed thesis subject or even a draft if your thesis has progressed that far. Best wishes and thanks again!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Hostname reset to
hlcs.Looks like we have a nice, new NVMe drive. Thanks @Hosteroid!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
The server name has been changed. Man pages, compiler, git, plan9port, qemu, and more are about to be installed. Then an offer thread is expected to be opened. Meanwhile, listening for comments on policy or additional volunteers for the Community Server admin team. Thanks Hosteroid!
Thanks everyone! 
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!