Questions tagged [vps]
VPS stands for "virtual private server." It is a virtual machine that is sold as a service by a hosting provider.
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Strange RDP connection behaviour
I have a strange problem with doing RDP to Azure Windows11 VM with my MacBook(pro).
I cannot do RDP when I am connected to home network. I am receiving below error:
"Your session ended because ...
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Can I access a remote VPS's 127.0.0.1 via proxy?
127.0.0.1 points to local machine, is it possible to access a remote VPS's 127.0.0.1 instead of my own device?
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Using a VPS to access geoblocked websites
I live in Australia and want to access some US sites that geoblock Australia and also block VPNs. Can I use a Windows VPS located in Los Angeles and open a browser on that "virtual computer" ...
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Why does my VPS get lots of ssh logging attempt from unknown hosts [duplicate]
This log is part of /var/log/secure :
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VPS config like VPN
I have question how to config VPS server to get the website visitors public IP addresses overwritten by MY VPS server IP address during the re-routing . I have VPS setup like this 2 years ago for ...
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Minecraft server on VPS crashes due to ressource and watchdog error
I rent a VPS with 8GB RAM to host a minecraft server for my friends, but the server crashes around once a day. To setup the server i used https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/know-how/minecraft-...
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Unable to connect to VPS via ssh on any other port than 22. Connection timed out error
For security reasons I changed the port for an ssh login to a different port number. But as soon as I do and try to reconnect, I get a 'Connection timed out error'.
Once I switch back to port 22 it ...
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Get static public IP from a VPS
I'm attempting to assign static public IP addresses directly to my OPNsense box on a local network. My VPS provides me with four IP addresses:
ens4 1.1.1.1
ens4:1 2.2.2.2
ens4:2 3.3.3.3
ens4:3 4.4.4.4
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How do I hide my public IP when using a DDNS
Plan is to have most of my homelab stay on LAN, but still be able to access it through a WireGuard tunnel. I would use my public IP to set it up, but my IP is dynamic, which means that I would have to ...
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Wireguard VPS dual network interface to allow all traffic to two different locations (peers)
I have two Raspberry Pi's in two different locations (Germany & France), which I want to use as VPN servers to access internet from different devices.
To avoid port forwarding from my local ...
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Cannot connect to VPS
I have an application that connects to my VPS IP, SQL and such.
It is a server application so that people can connect to my game. Ive had it working on a Windows VPS before but it seems to not let ...
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Routing external traffic through VPN tunnel
I need assistance creating a ip route that forces traffic coming into my VPS's public IP on port 27016 or 3202 to my Wireguard VPN tunnel.
For context, I created this VPS to allow me to expose my ...
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The files from Ubuntu has been submitted successfully, but from the Windows I got the error "error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12)"
If shortly, when I submit my files to VPS from Ubuntu PC by Rsync, everything going well, however if I do the same thing from Windows, I get the error
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes ...
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"resolvectl dns" gives empty output
I do on my VPS with Ubuntu 22 server (new, clean setup):
root@vm905709:~# resolvectl dns ens3
Link 2 (ens3):
root@vm905709:~#
(BTW, I did it on the same VPS with Debian and it was the same.)
And ...
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How to create an EC2 instance from .tar.gz?
Suppose I have a .tar.gz file with a Linux filesystem.
How to create an AWS EC2 Compute Instance from this file?
Actually, I want to move a server from Lightsail to EC2. Maybe, instead use rsync or ...
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Getting around DS-Lite with reverse proxy in place
I have some things running on my home network that are available over the internet. But as my ISP does not provide me with a public IPv4 (DS-Lite), I can't reach them when only IPv4 is available, ...
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Export or Convert Virtualbox VM so it can be used by an online cloud provider
Is there a way to export or convert a Virtualbox VM and then export it to a format that can be hosted online? Are there any online cloud providers that host these type of VMs?
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How to properly register subdomains
tl;dr: What's the proper way to make a domain point to an IP and a subdomain point to another? Any additional records required besides two A records?
I'm working on an e-commerce that used to live in ...
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Extremely slow connection to a VPS
I use a (dedicated) VPS to host a Wireguard VPN server. Everything works, but I noticed that my connection caps at around 2.5MB/s.
When using wget on the server itself the transfer around 85 MB/s. My ...
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Creating a qcow2 image from *inside* a running VPS?
Ideally, I'd like to create a qcow2 image of a VPS, from inside a running instance of that VPS. I'm not sure if this is possible, but I don't think so.
The problem is that my VPS provider will let me ...
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VPS networking and routing
I live in Iran and as you may know these days, we have many problems to use the Internet. I need help about my network and I will appreciate if you can help me.
I have 2 VPS; one of them is out of ...
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How to point a domain to a VPS when the host of the VPS has an static IP address
I have a physical server which already has a static IP address (12.34.56.78) and I can easily point a domain to it using an A record.
Now I have built a VPS on that server which can be accessed by a ...
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Are infinite icmp requests to a server a good way to monitor connectivity?
I have a self-hosted vps server, and I want to always see its status in the system tray of my home machine(if it is reachable or not). For that purpose I wrote a simple bash script that looks like ...
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Windows server 2016 VPS blocking connection even with firewall disabled
I have a windows server 2016 VPS and I want to open ports on it. I went on windows firewall and created an inbound rule to allow tcp connections to the specified port. I even completely disabled the ...
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connect vps from openvpn located the same vps
i have openvpn at vps.
also that vps has an apache and some services (from browser) which i'd like to use only from my own ip or when i've connected to my openvpn.
openvpn ip = vps ip
vps has iptable ...
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Turning off PermitRootLogin in sshd prevents any user to connect
I have a Debian bullseye virtual machine in OVH cloud. Allowing ssh login as root is non-secure, so I decided to turn it off in /etc/ssh/sshd_config by commenting out the line PermitRootLogin yes. ...
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How can I check if my data through VPS is using iodine (DNS tunnel)?
Using Wireshark there are so many calls that I cannot truly find anything. But, when I browse internet through Firefox, on Wireshark it says the protocol was DNS. But, while using the VPS as a proxy I ...
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"WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!" - can not sign in to VPS Ubuntu-account from local Windows 10 computer
Following this authoritative article, I created the SSH keys at Windows local PC and copied them to VPS (this article does not cover the Windows case, but I found appropriate solution).
Now, when I ...
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Can my vps provider see that I'm using a vpn service on my vps?
If so can I know, how do they do it? I contacted the CS and they said that they use something like NextGen firewall and AI to detect these actions. I want to know more about this but cant seem to find ...
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how to make directory downloadable in IIS
I have 75GB of data on my Windows VPS. I need to download the directory containing 75 GB of data on my local system.
FTP should not work in such a large amount of data.
What I have done is,
I have ...
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Possible to host a SMTP relay on Linux?
Let's make it brief. I have a NAS with mail server on it and a VPS, but I cannot send mail directly because the IP of the NAS is defaulty rejected by all, any mail sent will be returned.
But the IP of ...
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Netplan ignores try and apply arguments
When I enter command like:
netplan try
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netplan apply
netplan outputs nothing.
If I try again to start those commands netplan outputs error:
bind: address already in use
netplan: fatal error: cannot ...
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Getting unknown domain when ping-ing to my website hosted in VPS
I'm running a website on a VPS, everything has been going good but I noticed unknown domain when I ping my website.
64 bytes from blockchain.myvenus.ooo (serverip): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=429 ms
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Routing traffic through VPN
I'm trying to route traffic through a VPN. I want to run OPENVPN on both my home server and my VPS. I want to redirect any traffic sent to one of the IP's on my VPS directly to my home server. I also ...
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Always run Mongo Service
I need to start mongo database for my NodeJs app on my VPS, I did :
sudo systemctl start mongod
So if I want to start it a boot I did :
sudo systemctl enable mongod
Buf what if mongod crash how can ...
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New restricted user on VPS : need to reinstall everything?
I'm deploying my NodeJs website on VPS and follow tutorial from my hosting services like this :
https://docs.ovh.com/au/en/vps/tips-for-securing-a-vps/
I created a "safe user" with ...
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Nginx don't redirect to nodeJs port
I have a NodeJS app on port 8080 and my Nginx file look like this :
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on;
root /var/www/html;
index index....
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Debian VPS : can't apt-get update
I have debian on a VPS and when I do "sudo apt-get update" it failed like this :
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://apt.pm2.io/ubuntu/dists/stable/InRelease Could not ...
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Occasional Slow Connection to Overseas VPS
I apologize if this is a poor description of my problem - if there's more information that I can provide which would be helpful please tell me.
I am in the US, and I have a lower-end vps in Europe ...
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Matrix homeserver (Synapse) setup for mautrix-whatsapp
I would like to install a Matrix homesever on a VPS (running Debian 10) for the sole purpose of using the WhatsApp bridge, mautrix-whatsapp. I really only need to be able to communicate with my ...
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make alias for all user on debian
hello please help me in this problem
I login to my VPS using root as the username
and I type
alias mycmd='ls'
when I accessing it in command line it works but when I type
sudo mycmd
it says sudo: ...
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How to setup a VPN Server on a VPS for SSH?
I have a Ubuntu 20.04 machine behind a router. I live in an apartment building which provides its own Internet connection. My router reports a different IP address than provided by whatismyip.com. Due ...
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RDP close session
It turns out I bought a VPS Windows 10 for gaming stuff. Using RDP I use an autoclicker in a game and works correctly. The problem is that, if I leave RDP, the autoclicker no longer works. The session ...
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iptables drop INPUT packets if they're not from my country
I'm thinking about adding rules to my iptables (Debian system) INPUT chain in my VPS that would only accept packets coming from my home country (my country isn't a huge one). I've found a site that ...
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IPTABLES - Route all incoming IP requests through another IP on a different network
I need help with iptables to allow all requests come from one single IP.
Server1 IP : 1.1.1.1 [Dedicated Server]
Server2 IP : 2.2.2.2. [VPS Server]
Both Servers are running Ubuntu, and are NOT on the ...
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Is it a bad idea to run a vpn from the same server which is serving a website?
I have a vps which I run a website from. The website doesn't get much traffic so I'm not concerned about the available resources, but is this a bad idea for any reasons? If an additional ip address is ...
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Is it possible to use a web hosting plan as a VPS through a PHP shell?
I have a web server account on a hosting website and I need a VPS can I turn the server to a VPS?
I think maybe a php file or something like that I can upload and have a vps.
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Virtual Private Server of Windows 10 ready up application before logon
I do like the feature that my laptop windows 10 ready up my startup application just before login.
Features from - Use sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps ...
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Configuring a server that's asking for a hostname?
I'm currently buying a cheap VPS from a provider and I am faced with this input dialogue.
However, I have no idea what these mean as I would of thought they'd of given me an IP of some kind rather ...
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How can I get Debian 10 ssh to recognize my keypair?
I have a new Debian VPS, and I am able to access it but need to give my password on entering. After some simplification, I have ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub on my computer, with the server ...
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