IRCd hosting recommendations
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ircgenius · 2019-06-18 09:45

Good day, everyone. Hope y'all doing fine.

I would like a recommendation for a trustworthy host for IRCd. Does
anyone use XShellsZ, Risingnet or any other?

Thanks again.

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Saber_UK · 2019-06-18 09:51

xShellz give you an outdated version of UnrealIRCd which is no longer
supported by the developers and is full of crash bugs. Other "shell"
hosts are all the same.

You should use a cheap VPS host and set things up yourself rather than
giving money to such incompetent "shell" providers.

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ircgenius · 2019-06-18 09:54

Nice to know that, I had no idea.

Any recommendation for the VPS host?

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Saber_UK · 2019-06-18 11:14

None in particular (I have a dedicated server) but Linode,
DigitalOcean, and RamNode seem to be popular choices.

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leshoop · 2019-06-18 17:59

OVH has always been great to me and the price is right. i pay
$5CAD/month for a VPS with them that runs an
ircd/services/bots/bnc/etc and have had zero issues with it. setting
up an ircd and services can take a bit of time if you're new to it all
but there's plenty of documentation and the config files have lots of
comments for every setting.

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just make sure to secure your vps! plenty of guides out there.

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ircgenius · 2019-06-18 18:15

Thanks for the tips. I'll take a look at it.

I've configured a server at home, but it's inviable to run the PC
24/7. Been thinking of a RaspberryPi, though.

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ircgenius · 2019-06-18 18:16

Thanks a lot for the help. It's not the first time you've helped me. I
appreciate it.

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dabberzx3 · 2019-06-18 18:52

As mentioned, using shell hosts isn't the best idea.

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I do use [Buyvm.net](https://Buyvm.net) which provides a great value.
Early on their nodes were fairly flaky, but at this point, 5+ years
later, they've been as stable as any other non-budget VPS host.

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Lucaszecat · 2019-08-21 16:06

I would suggest to use a dedicated server in the long term.