Questions tagged [linode]
Linode is a virtual server hosting business that specializes in Linux boxes.
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Slicehost vs Linode [closed]
Slicehost.com vs Linode.com
Which one do you recommend?
Are there any major differences between these two?
What are your personal experience?
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How to back up a running Linode server?
We want to take a backup of everything on our Debian server, which is running remotely on the other side of the world (hosted by Linode), without shutting it down.
This system is running shell, email,...
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Why is uploading to S3 so slow?
I am using s3cmd to upload to S3:
# s3cmd put 1gb.bin s3://my-bucket/1gb.bin
1gb.bin -> s3://my-bucket/1gb.bin [1 of 1]
366706688 of 1073741824 34% in 371s 963.22 kB/s
I am uploading ...
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OOM killer killing things with plenty(?) of free RAM
The OOM killer seems to be killing things despite having more than enough free RAM on my system:
(Full resolution)
(Full resolution)
27 minutes and 408 processes later, the system started ...
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Postfix Mail server rejecting sending mail from wordpress site
I have recently setup a mail server on linode using Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL. I can send and receive mails from a mail client (Outlook) but any time I try to send mail with a user from a wordpress ...
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Using CloudFlare as the only load balancer
Say I have 3 VPS nodes with Linode to serve traffic on a single website. Linode themselves provide a node balancing solution.
But I use CloudFlare and was wondering after I read their blog article on ...
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Is there any reason to use fail2ban with SSH password logins disabled?
I am setting up an Ubuntu server hosted by Linode.
I am stepping through their security guide and they recommend installing fail2ban after disabling password based SSH logins.
I don't see the point ...
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Linode Distro (How to Choose?) 64bit? [closed]
I have made the leap to Linode (360MB) and wanted to get some feedback on which distribution to choose. I'm going to be running LAMP (with P being PHP).
I am mainly curious about security, ...
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Why doesn't Linode ever have to shut down for updates?
I've been using Linode for over a year now, and, unlike some lesser-known VPS hosts I've used, I've never been required to shut down my VPS by Linode. The only restarts have been ones I've initiated.
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Linux Hosting: What is the purpose of setting hostname/FQDN in hosts file?
I just bought a Linode VPS hosting plan and was following this guide to set up. In the "Setting the Hostname" section and "Update /etc/hosts
" section, it says the FQDN/hostname to be set here does ...
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postfix error unused parameter
I need some help with the configuration of postfix. Doing it first time.
I'm following this how-to and configured each step carefully.
Can anyone help me with this error pls?
Service postfix ...
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How to backup a linode 360 VPS?
I have a php/vbulletin/apache server running a 360 instance of linode.
I am wondering what is the best way to remote backup the server in another location?
I'm guessing I have two options, FTP and ...
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Linode w/ Google Apps - how to get mail from PHP working?
I have a CentOS Linode instance that I'm running as a LAMP stack. I'm also using Google Apps for email. I have my MX records pointing at google's servers and everything is working in terms of relaying ...
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How to automatically forward mail with Postfix/Dovecot?
I set up Postfix/Dovecot with MySQL on a Linode instance from this tutorial, and I am now trying to forward all email that comes to [email protected] to [email protected] ...
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How can I completely delete the contents of my old VPS?
Ubuntu 9.10 | VPS
I'm getting ready to stop using my old VPS host (linode) and am a little concerned about my old data remaining on the VPS. Is there a command I can run from the command-line that ...
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How to setup FTP on Linode?
It does appear that WordPress requires an FTP server to be installed to upload the files from the web interface.
I have installed WordPress blog.
I need to install some plugins but i m getting a box :...
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DNS zone transfer (AXFR) failing
I'm trying to migrate all of my domains from DNS Made Easy to Linodes DNS Manager. The easiest way I figured was the "Import a Zone" option on Linode, which works with AXFR. I then did the following (...
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Is my Apache2 setup leaking memory?
Recently, I've noticed that my apache uses absurd amounts of memory on my Linode server (80MB more than it used to), and restarting apache2 seems to fix the issue.
I run SVN over apache, as well as ...
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Get high I/O rate alert from linode.com,how to location problem?
Today I get an alert mail from linode.com "Your Linode, Randy, has exceeded the notification threshold (1000) for disk io rate by averaging 1571.81 for the last 2 hours.".
Last time I get alert ...
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Enabling IPv6 for docker breaks hosts IPv6 connectivity resulting in neither having IPv6 connection
Preface: I am newbie in both Docker and networking stuff, especially, IPv6. Am a software developer, not system/network administrator.
I am running Arch on Linode and am looking to set up Docker with ...
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Linode hosting & Godaddy
I have registered a domain name with godaddy.com, also I have rented out hosting space at Linode.com
Linode has given me a permanent IP. How do I link this IP to the domain name at godaddy.com ?
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Linode Private IPs
I'm trying to get private IPs set up with my Linodes. I'm running Debian. Here's my Linode's Network tab:
eth0: 69.164.214.146
( li129-146.members.linode.com )
Gateways: ...
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How to catch emails on subdomains
I'm making a website which uses the subdomain as part of its name, e.g.
really.cool.example (not the actual site, obviously) and have [email protected] as the support/contact email address.
The ...
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duplicity fail: not promping for password: "Running 'sftp user@host' failed"
I have two linode VPS accounts and I want to back up one onto the other (the reasons are mainly for fun and to practice server administration.)
the short version
Duplicity isn't even asking for my ...
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Which VPS configuration would be better?
I currently have a VPS at HostingRails.com, and am rather disappointed with the service so I have been considering switching to linode instead. I have three rails applications (my live application, ...
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Simple upstart script for nodejs + forever on Ubuntu
I'm using Ubuntu Sever 12.04. I have a nodejs application which I want to run like so:
NODE_ENV=production PORT=3001 APP_PATH=/var/www/myapp forever -a -l /var/www/myapp/forever.log -o /var/www/myapp/...
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Linode Kernel Headers
I am trying to install the Idera (R1soft) linux agent on a Linode running Ubuntu 12.04LTS. The agent requires a driver which in turn requires the kernel headers. Linode uses custom kernels though so ...
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DNS security (hijacking?)
I am hosting my website on Linode and am also using their DNS/naming servers. (ns1.linode.com etc.)
It occurred to me that I never have had to authenticate that the domain is mine when I added it to ...
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Using ZFS or XFS on a Xen guest running Linux
Background:
I'm investigating the viability of using a filesystem other than ext3/4, with the ability to run snapshots for backup and rollback purposes. The servers under consideration are mailbox ...
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Is my VPS server secure? Steps needed to make it secure, if not?
I'm running on Ubuntu and I'm currently on linode [Disclosure: Referral Link]. I have followed this tutorial and have successfully set up Virtualmin on my linode and its a breeze creating websites and ...
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How to get pcre 8.x on Ubuntu 10.04 (Linode)
I'm trying to set up Bug Genie 3.x on my Linode server, and it is complaining because I have pcre 7.8 instead of 8.x. Doing an apt-get update and upgrade doesn't help and says that I have the latest ...
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running freebsd on linode
How do I setup a linode to run FreeBSD? There is an example for NetBSD and references to successful attempts at getting FreeBSD to run but no actual document I can find.
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Can I host multiple sites on a single Linode server a la Dreamhost?
I currently have Dreamhost, which is nice because I can host multiple domains. Is it possible to host multiple domains on a single Linode virtual host, or would I be limited 1:1 (1 virtual host : 1 ...
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iptables port forwarding (prerouting port 80) and firewall not working together
I have read many articles and answers on this topic and I have been in discussion with Linode support, but no one seems to be able to answer my exact problem.
Seems easy - I'd like to use a iptables ...
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How to find out whether Linode NodeBalancer takes nodes out of rotation
Sometimes my NodeBalancer takes a node out of rotation and I would like to find out about it so I can reboot it. How do I do this?
This is the background:
I have two websites of the same type, which ...
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Ubuntu: how to create a user with ----disabled-password and still have them sudo (which fails as there is no password)
I am trying to write a linode stackscript, which is a bash file which is run as root when you build a new image. It can prompt for parameters such as USER, KEY and possibly, but not ideally, PASSWORD.
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Connect Linode servers to a disk on another server
I have three servers with Linode: A DB server and two web servers running Wordpress. The DB server also has a disk image called 'Shared Media', which I'd like to be accessible from the web servers (...
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Linode Lish Shell Vim and Nano rendering troubles: lines not appearing / cursor positions wrong
I'm using a linode VPS and I just cloned one of my servers to my development server as I've done many times before.
As usual SSH is inaccessible until /etc/network/interfaces is correctly updated. I ...
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My VPS crashed and I have no idea why
I have a VPS with Linode right now. I was alerted by my monitoring service that a site I was hosting had gone down. I used Lish, Linode's method of getting direct out-of-band access to the console ...
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Disk IO Rate: What causes it and what does it mean to me?
I just got a mail from Linode saying that my account "has exceeded the notification threshold (1000) for disk io rate by averaging 1017.36 for the last 2 hours. "
My question is just out of curious:
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Is Amazon EC2 for me?
I'm working on an image hosting website tailored to a particular niche. The website is made with Django. I'm currently planning to run it on Linode.
So far so good. The problem is: I will need to ...
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How can I achieve OpenVPN client routing without NAT on Linode
I've set up an OpenVPN network, and it is working properly in the sense that I can access the inner/LAN machines from the remote client. However, my problem is that all traffic from the remote ...
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DNS Settings and Switching Name Servers: Will this work?
this is kind of a follow up of this question, although this is more of a specific question regarding a solution I came up with, inspired by one of the responses.
I currently have an old website on ...
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Linode Reboot - /dev/xvda has gone 220 days without being checked, check forced
When rebooting a Linode server, and logging into the lish I am seeing:
/dev/xvda has gone 220 days without being checked, check forced.
When trying to reboot the server. I had run a routine command ...
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How to restore Linode to Vagrant VM?
I'm trying to set up a Linux development environment so I can safely make changes to my website without breaking the live site.
Linode hosts my live site. A simple solution would be to host my ...
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Do these Apache settings "increase performance" and/or "prevent excessive resource consumption"?
Linode's guide to hosting a website suggests these Apache settings:
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 1
MinSpareServers 3
MaxSpareServers 6
MaxClients 24
MaxRequestsPerChild 3000
</...
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Multiple segmentation faults on Linux host
I have an old Slackware 9.0 mail server on a VM at Linode.com. It has around 130GB of mail hosted on it, in Maildir format on partitioned, separate Ext3 filesystems (largest one is 92GB). I'm in the ...
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Should I use the Linux 2.6.x or 3.x kernel on a production server?
I'm given a number of kernel options (I'm hosted on linode - all kernels are customized by linode): Latest 2.6; Latest 3.0; and the latest legacy 2.6.18 or so and more.
Will there be much difference ...
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How long does it take to set up a web server on a Linode?
I've always used shared hosting in the past but now I'm thinking about moving to a Linode for my new web sites. However my knowledge of Linux and Apache is quite limited. I wonder how long it takes to ...
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Setting up VPN on Ubuntu VPS @ linode
I'm really struggling with this because I'm not a network admin, only a mortal programmer.
Linode gives you an external and internal IP for use with other nodes on the linode network. In my case I've ...