Questions tagged [vps]
Virtual Private Server - a virtual machine running off of shared hardware, offered as a service by a hosting provider.
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Anonymous only FTP over wireguard with pure-ftpd (or other)
I want an FTP server on a wireguard network that is accessible to everyone anonymously and does not require further encryption (eg. TLS or SSH). Restricting the access is very simple using firewall ...
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My VPS (Ubuntu 22.04, XFCE, 4 CPU / 16GB RAM) is Extremely Slow – Even Idle
I’m using a VPS with Ubuntu 22.04 and XFCE desktop (4 vCPU, 16GB RAM). But it's extremely slow — even when idle, opening a browser or switching tabs takes 10–15 seconds. I tried killing all processes ...
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Wireguard(tuntap) systemd oneshot timeout
Environment This is a vps Ubuntu server 22.04.5. Wireguard use tuntap instead of kernel mod. Script /etc/wireguard/gw0.sh can start wireguard correctly if run from command line: # cleanup echo "$(...
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Trying to SSH into Ubuntu VPS from powershell, keep recieving public key error
I read through some other threads of similar issues but none of the solutions worked (haven't tried overwriting the public key as I don't know if that will lock me out or cause other issues, if this ...
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Can't start sshd on Ubuntu server, sshd.service does not exist, despite clearly being installed
I rented a vps running Ubuntu on an ARM. I am able to SSH into the device without any problem. However, in order to reload the sshd config, I need to restart the sshd service through systemctl. For ...
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kworker causes high CPU and RAM consumption
The kworker performs operations that take the Memory, I/O, and CPU highly on my VPS every hour. How can we fix this?
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Why does VPS with stock Debian contain cdrom device?
I recently set up a debian 12 VPS with a new hosting company. It has: /media/cdrom -> cdrom0/ /media/cdrom0/ And in /etc/fstab: /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 ...
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Is it safe to add CloudFlare nameservers to a VPS?
I have an Ubuntu 22.04 VPS with public IP and I access the VPS with SSH only, I didn't install a GUI like xrdp or VNC, I intend to add the CloudFlare nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf and maybe this is ...
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