Cheap Black Friday VPS reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- voodoologic · 2023-11-24 17:04 I was searching this thread for an alternative to dreamhost which has unlimited monthly traffic. I found this Black Friday link from a year ago which still works! https://www.racknerd.com/BlackFriday/ Do I need unlimited? Probably not, but I was worried about going over. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _RouteThe_Switch · 2023-11-24 20:24 I've heard the 3g plan for years like 33/year each, they have been solid for my light use ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mtx0 · 2023-11-24 21:07 out of curiosity, what applications/purpose could this serve for someone who just runs a basic homelab? intrigued! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vampire_Duchess · 2023-11-24 23:18 do you think will be worth if I just want to use for a VPN Wireguard server? the basic is limited to 1 gbit month transfer. So maybe for casual streaming services? when I travel? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- noaccess · 2023-11-25 01:00 Can someone provide some use cases for this? Curious how I can extend my homelab via this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This-Gene1183 · 2023-11-25 04:25 I use it for this reason. I've had their service for many years and I've had zero downtime ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytepond · 2023-11-25 05:38 Cheap VPSs are great for Wireguard tunnels. I use a few to host websites and to tunnel Nextcloud instances to the Internet without forwarding ports on my router. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- voodoologic · 2023-11-25 06:43 That’s my intention. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WetFishing · 2023-11-25 06:47 I use one of these VMs for two things. Monitoring my network back home using Uptime Kuma and Tailscale. As well as as a Tailscale exit node (essentially a VPN). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- somebodyknows_ · 2023-11-25 09:14 They have bandwidth cap though ---------------------------------------------------------------------- laser50 · 2023-11-25 12:23 Should be worth mentioning that a VPS is a shared instance in terms of CPU use. Hosting heavy things on it will only slow you down. Wireguard tunnels and the like though should be good! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- meshoo12 · 2023-11-25 12:30 But is racknerd reliable? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- clappingcactus · 2023-11-25 13:51 My racknerd server is from this same deal last year. Here's how I set it up: 1. TailScale-only traffic in. Any traffic is allowed out. Setup as exit node. Suddenly it's a personal-use-only VPN for when I'm on a public network. That's already worth $1 a month. 2. Added Technitium DNS so I have an always on DNS-sinkhole. Set this as the DNS server for my whole tailnet so I can monitor all my internet traffic. Replaced my old NextDNS subscription (was $2 a month). 3. Setup a Syncthing encrypted service running on the server. Then connected all my devices to each other with Syncthing-over-TailScale to give me a "dropbox replacement", with this RackNerd server acting as a source of truth since it's always online. 4. Setup a CouchDB instance so I could run Obsidian-LiveSync with a centrally always-on computer. 5. I setup two tiny web servers running on it. One has an encrypted html file that holds a picture of my passport. One has an encrypted html file that has part of my password for paypal. This is my insurance that even if I'm traveling and had my backpack stolen, I can always just use any internet-connected computer to prove who I am and move some money around. Every time these days I want to run a service I always ask myself "do I need it always on?" and then set it up on my Racknerd VPS. My next project might be a permanent link shortener service for my blog/personal use, so I can setup a personal permalink-type service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REDNAX-01 · 2023-11-26 08:50 I have a cheap vos from them for the last 10 months. If you want something reliable, this isn't it. For example: in the last 3 weeks, the vps was rebooted 4 times. And when that happens, the vps is down for about 10 minutes before starting up again. It not a problem for me, since it's so cheap. Hope this info helps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- meshoo12 · 2023-11-26 16:54 Yes, i guess that is still good for the price Thank you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2023-12-29 06:16 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WhiskeyZuluMike · 2023-12-30 03:37 They have dedicated servers you can get for $50/mo under their blackfriday section [https://racknerd.com](https://racknerdpro.com) using menu to black Friday 2023. Also Ryzen VPS for like $25 a year is a steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WhiskeyZuluMike · 2023-12-30 03:38 I've had one from them for almost a year now and never had an issue. Plus their support is fast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WhiskeyZuluMike · 2023-12-30 03:40 It's 1gbps transfer speed... Which is plenty fast. 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