Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[Michael Hekeler]

Am Wed, 26 Jul 2017 14:22:42 +0200
schrieb "Laurent Jucquois" :

> I'm happy to discover some new hosting possibilities but I'm kinda
> surprised of the pricing of those offers.
> 
> So even though it's not in Romania or Iceland, I would suggest having
> a look at https://www.netcup.de which ist hosted in Germany.
> 

I also + for netcup.de

good price
good support/service
no problems with openBSD

Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[Kirill Miazine]

* i3j...@airmail.cc [2017-07-26 01:01]:
> Hey list. I need a server to host a very simple website.
> I've been looking for a OpenBSD host that offers 'full' control
> over the machine though SSH. Anyone has recommendations?
> My needs: simple low traffic httpd(8) website (no javascript),
> even a Core2Duo, 2GB of RAM and a HDD with space to install
> base system (without Xenocara, of course) would be enough.
> I can't do it on some random laptop because I need it to be
> anonymous (it will have sensitive journalistic information[*]).
> Ideally that accept cryptocoins (dashcoin or plain bitcoin) and
> from a country like Romania or Iceland, because of their historic
> free-speech protection (again, *ideally*).
> I see the people from Libreboot have a project to build a host,
> but I don't think they support OpenBSD yet and I think they never
> will... because of Stallmanism BS ("closed firmware == blob").

Host1.no will let you run OpenBSD in a VM. They accept bitcoins and have
several "sensitive" clients (one is very well-known). Host1 also have
a "cloud" platform called cloud1.no, it runs on rather old Xen, but
thanks to great efforts of Mike B, OpenBSD works fine there as well.
Installation is not straightforward, though, but it is doable... Host1
will also let you rent a dedicated box, if you need it.

Or you could get a cheap 55 EUR dedicated box at Blix
(https://www.blix.com/servers), who is also great, but Blix won't accept
BTC AFAIC.

Host1 and Blix are based in Norway.

Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[Thomas Smith]

Linode works pretty well for me; I understand that some have EC2
working as well, but I’ve not taken the time to try that.

There area a couple of different ways, as well, with Linode to create
base images and speed new server deployments. I personally store my
base images off-line and copy up when I spin up a new VM.

The offer quite a bit of flexibility, and their virtual environment is
all KVM-based now (only legacy VMs are using Xen anymore).

But plan for your own redundancy, backups, etc. This is true with any
provider… But Linode, in particular, doesn’t support live migrations
and such—so if they have server issues and your VM is on that server,
you’re environment would be down otherwise.

On July 25, 2017 at 6:27:47 PM, R0me0 ***
(knight@gmail.com(mailto:knight@gmail.com)) wrote:
> Vultr/Linode I already tested and are good choices.
>
> DigitalOcean - If you used disk encryption, they corrupt your disk

Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[Chris Wojtyna]

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 01:01:20AM +, i3j...@airmail.cc wrote:
> Hey list. I need a server to host a very simple website.
> I've been looking for a OpenBSD host that offers 'full' control
> over the machine though SSH. Anyone has recommendations?
> My needs: simple low traffic httpd(8) website (no javascript),
> even a Core2Duo, 2GB of RAM and a HDD with space to install
> base system (without Xenocara, of course) would be enough.
> I can't do it on some random laptop because I need it to be
> anonymous (it will have sensitive journalistic information[*]).
> Ideally that accept cryptocoins (dashcoin or plain bitcoin) and
> from a country like Romania or Iceland, because of their historic
> free-speech protection (again, *ideally*).
> I see the people from Libreboot have a project to build a host,
> but I don't think they support OpenBSD yet and I think they never
> will... because of Stallmanism BS ("closed firmware == blob").
> 
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 
> 
> ps. Yes, I've searched the marc.info archive.
> ps2. please don't reply directly to this mail, but to the list.
> 
> [*] nothing illegal, btw, it will just possibly make some political
> people very angry.
>

I've been using www.vultr.com happily.  

Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[Laurent Jucquois]

I'm happy to discover some new hosting possibilities but I'm kinda surprised of 
the pricing of those offers.

So even though it's not in Romania or Iceland, I would suggest having a look at 
https://www.netcup.de which ist hosted in Germany.

Their offer is, imho, very fair, the customer service is great and I've managed 
to install OpenBSD 6.0 on their servers.

Admittedly, they lack the option to pay with cryptocoins but I still think it's 
an option to consider if you can manage without the cryptocurrency.

Laurent

Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[Artur Pędziwilk]

> On 26 Jul 2017, at 03:01, i3j...@airmail.cc wrote:
> 
> Hey list. I need a server to host a very simple website.
> I've been looking for a OpenBSD host that offers 'full' control
> over the machine though SSH. Anyone has recommendations?
> My needs: simple low traffic httpd(8) website (no javascript),
> even a Core2Duo, 2GB of RAM and a HDD with space to install
> base system (without Xenocara, of course) would be enough.
> I can't do it on some random laptop because I need it to be
> anonymous (it will have sensitive journalistic information[*]).
> Ideally that accept cryptocoins (dashcoin or plain bitcoin) and
> from a country like Romania or Iceland, because of their historic
> free-speech protection (again, *ideally*).
> I see the people from Libreboot have a project to build a host,
> but I don't think they support OpenBSD yet and I think they never
> will... because of Stallmanism BS ("closed firmware == blob").


I recommend CloudSigma with boxes in Switzerland.
https://www.cloudsigma.com/locations/

I do recommend even with referral link if you do not mind.
https://zrh.cloudsigma.com/ui/?affid=apedziwilk02104

Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[Sterling Archer]

You could check if www.1984.is supports OpenBSD. You should be aware
that most traffic to and from Iceland passes throught the UK, by the
way.

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 3:01 AM,   wrote:
> Hey list. I need a server to host a very simple website.
> I've been looking for a OpenBSD host that offers 'full' control
> over the machine though SSH. Anyone has recommendations?
> My needs: simple low traffic httpd(8) website (no javascript),
> even a Core2Duo, 2GB of RAM and a HDD with space to install
> base system (without Xenocara, of course) would be enough.
> I can't do it on some random laptop because I need it to be
> anonymous (it will have sensitive journalistic information[*]).
> Ideally that accept cryptocoins (dashcoin or plain bitcoin) and
> from a country like Romania or Iceland, because of their historic
> free-speech protection (again, *ideally*).
> I see the people from Libreboot have a project to build a host,
> but I don't think they support OpenBSD yet and I think they never
> will... because of Stallmanism BS ("closed firmware == blob").
>
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> ps. Yes, I've searched the marc.info archive.
> ps2. please don't reply directly to this mail, but to the list.
>
> [*] nothing illegal, btw, it will just possibly make some political
> people very angry.
>

Re: Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[R0me0 ***]

Vultr/Linode I already tested and are good choices.

DigitalOcean - If you used disk encryption, they corrupt your disk



2017-07-25 22:01 GMT-03:00 :

> Hey list. I need a server to host a very simple website.
> I've been looking for a OpenBSD host that offers 'full' control
> over the machine though SSH. Anyone has recommendations?
> My needs: simple low traffic httpd(8) website (no javascript),
> even a Core2Duo, 2GB of RAM and a HDD with space to install
> base system (without Xenocara, of course) would be enough.
> I can't do it on some random laptop because I need it to be
> anonymous (it will have sensitive journalistic information[*]).
> Ideally that accept cryptocoins (dashcoin or plain bitcoin) and
> from a country like Romania or Iceland, because of their historic
> free-speech protection (again, *ideally*).
> I see the people from Libreboot have a project to build a host,
> but I don't think they support OpenBSD yet and I think they never
> will... because of Stallmanism BS ("closed firmware == blob").
>
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> ps. Yes, I've searched the marc.info archive.
> ps2. please don't reply directly to this mail, but to the list.
>
> [*] nothing illegal, btw, it will just possibly make some political
> people very angry.
>
>

Recommendation on OpenBSD host

[i3jbib]

Hey list. I need a server to host a very simple website.
I've been looking for a OpenBSD host that offers 'full' control
over the machine though SSH. Anyone has recommendations?
My needs: simple low traffic httpd(8) website (no javascript),
even a Core2Duo, 2GB of RAM and a HDD with space to install
base system (without Xenocara, of course) would be enough.
I can't do it on some random laptop because I need it to be
anonymous (it will have sensitive journalistic information[*]).
Ideally that accept cryptocoins (dashcoin or plain bitcoin) and
from a country like Romania or Iceland, because of their historic
free-speech protection (again, *ideally*).
I see the people from Libreboot have a project to build a host,
but I don't think they support OpenBSD yet and I think they never
will... because of Stallmanism BS ("closed firmware == blob").


Regards.



ps. Yes, I've searched the marc.info archive.
ps2. please don't reply directly to this mail, but to the list.

[*] nothing illegal, btw, it will just possibly make some political
people very angry.