Free i9-9900K Proxmox Accounts At Hetzner FSN1
Friendly greetings to all! ππ
As of January 18, 2023 free accounts remain available! However the server is set to cancel on February 7, 2023. The cancellation might be revoked. Users might be invited to transfer to a different server. This server might be available for transfer if someone wants it.
What's New?
Proxmox seems to have been installed on a MetalVPS antique Intel node at Hetzner FSN1.
Want a free account? Maybe with sudo? π Right now plenty of server resources are available because there is nobody using the FSN1 node except @Not_Oles. Fair use, but your VM specs don't have to be tiny. π·
Maybe VMs might be IPv6/128 only for now? If you have only IPv4, perhaps head over to Route48.org or Hurricane Electric Tunnel Broker to add free IPv6 capability. Also consider putting your web service behind a CDN which allows access via IPv4.
Maybe LXC only for now?
Node Specs
- Intel Core i9-9900K
- 1 x HDD SATA 16 TB Enterprise
- 2 x SSD M.2 NVMe 1 TB
- 4 x RAM 32768 MB DDR4
- NIC 1 Gbit Intel I219-LM
- Location: FSN1
1 x Primary IPv4, 1 x IPv6/64
Hardware rented from Hetzner for β¬ 81.70 / month.
Node OS: Proxmox for now! π€© Gentoo or FreeBSD or NetBSD might or might not be coming soon! β€οΈ
VM OS: Whatever you/we install!
Who?
- MetalVPS is a project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller a/k/a the cluelessβ’ guy.
Where?
MetalVPS currently has nodes in Falkenstein, Germany π©πͺ; Dallas, Texas USA πΊπΈ; and Fremont, California USA πΊπΈ.
The Dallas and Freemont nodes are not included in this free offer.
Why?
Why not? It's fun to play with and learn about servers, operating systems, and the internet.
@Not_Oles uses very little of his MetalVPS servers' capacity. It's better to offer the extra capacity to others than to waste it. π€
Sometimes, when @Not_Oles hasn't run installimage for awhile, he misses it. π’
Maybe the requirement (please see below, How To Sign Up) to accompany applications with a link to a post here on LES where you helped someone else might encourage our wonderful Low End Spirit!
Warnings!
Cluelessβ’ administrator! π @Not_Oles frequently messes up! π±
@Not_Oles is especially cluelessβ’ about Proxmox since he is a Proxmox noob. π€
Sometimes trusted MetalVPSians might or might not get sudo. πππ
MetalVPS usually has no billing panel and no server control panel. It's all command line until you install a GUI or activate whatever pre-installed GUI you want. π Maybe you can use the Proxmox web GUI. Maybe you can make your VM with the Proxmox command line! π€
MetalVPS has no onboarding and no knowledge base. βοΈ If you want to make a VM, you need to know or be willing to research about how to do it.
Account delivery might take a while! π΄ Accounts might be difficult to get, and there might not be very many accounts, because @Not_Oles enjoys servers that are not crowded. π @Not_Oles will go especially slowly on this node! π’
Both individual accounts and the entire server are subject to cancellation at any time without advance notice! π₯
No warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. No service level agreement. Not for business use. Intended especially for computer learning and fun! π€
White Hat stuff only, please! No copyright violations, please. π
@Not_Oles tries to keep the system updated. Frequent maintenance reboots are almost guaranteed! πΊ
Please make your own redundant, offsite backups! It's easy to download or sync or clone your backup to a safe place. Please also make sure that you actually can restore from your backups! Please think of your MetalVPS account as ephemeral! It might blow up! We or you might reinstall the node! π€¦ββοΈ
MetalVPS.com is an indie project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller with help from the MetalVPSians and many other friends. MetalVPS.com is not a project of lowendspirit.com, lowendtalk.com, Hetzner, leveloneservers.com, or of Cloudie Networks, LLC. π¨βπ»β
Other MetalVPSians might be able to see your account name, some of the processes you are running, and much other information. So, please do not put confidential information on the server. π€
How To Sign Up
Please post in this thread.
Please include in your request a link to a post here on LES where you helped someone else.
Support
Please post in this thread.
Additional communication channels might be available via Signal App, Discord, Jitsi, etc.
What People Are Saying
- About MetalVPS
"MetalVPS used to be a high end provider, but it's becoming a sorority now."
"fun stuff indeed, appreciating the comfortable computing experience!"
"Nice trial and results! Very interesting "
Metalvps recommended on OGF π
"Wow pretty nice ! Congrats excellent options thanks for being a part of the community"
"the terms seemed exceptionally fair"
"Kernel Linux 5.11 is now in much better shape for AMD "
"Yes, please. Iβll take that."
"it's really quite dedicated. not all dedicated are the same."
"MetalVPS-AX101 has a reasonable price"
"really need a testing ground badly now especially with dedicated core"
"I've been using this one from him. Highly recommend! His support is really amazing!"
"Grab it while the hotel still has vacant rooms."
- About Not_Oles
"Really, you're the best person I've known on the internet."
"It was a pleasure for me to collaborate with Tom, he really knows what he's doing "
"Thanks again to @Not_Oles for valiant testing."
"you've brought a smile on my face countless times "
"Good luck with your new project! Happy to have you around here!"
"I always love how you come up with new ideas Good luck, mate!
"May you continue to learn and inspire others."
"he is the sweetest guy in LES .."
"resplendent as the Sonoran Sun"
"every time I visit les and see that profile picture, it brightens up my day."
"As for the new administrator, I nominate @Not_Oles."
"I would love to see @Not_Oles as a moderator or a bigger role."
"I would also support @Not_Oles as admin "
Thanks
Thanks again and best wishes! πΊπΈπ½π²π½ποΈπ©πͺπ¨βπ»β
Comments
MetalVPS
Just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for it?
It's in the OP!
MetalVPS
it says in post, β¬ 81.70/m
Another awesome project!. Appreciate everything you are doing for the community.
Why?
I don't know what it is, but if it's free then please give it to me π€£
link of me helping someone else
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/119057#Comment_119057
Hello
Thanks for doing it for the community
I have used KVM and openvz7 in past. I am yet to try out LXC.
Would love to get an experience of LXC VM
As mentioned in OP,
Link to a post helping out someone :- This Post
Can I apply for one? thanks
Link to a post where helped someone:
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/109352#Comment_109352
well done, Tom
Nice one, you're the best
You are the best Tom aka @Not_Oles
https://microlxc.net/
I would enjoy having a play with Proxmox - I want to have a go at installing a PBX backup incase of emergency.
Been on here a long time so hopefully lots of help.
Thank you for the kind offer @Not_Oles
These i9 dedis are so good. I got one myself a week before christmas also running Proxmox. I wish everyone who gets an account much fun playing with it.
@Not_Oles did you install Proxmox through the install script or from iso?
I'd like to join the fun (some helpful comments: here, here, here)
I would also like to use this for a project I am working on , here is the time I was helping someone with seedbox queries https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/78146/#Comment_78146
Want free vps ? https://microlxc.net
BTW @Not_Oles consider limiting access to port 111 to localhost or known IPs because you will get funny abuse letters from the BSI (hetzner won't do anything but the BSI will send notices through abuse@hetzner all the time). It's listening to all addresses using the standard Proxmox config.
i helped the communitty in different ways such as;
trying to lure koofr to make a special offer: https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/105931#Comment_105931
provided lots of guy gal gifs for @nekki and for the blackfriday cybermonday thread
making some crayz low price offer suggestions to provider threads...
but maybe the most useful one: https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/96700#Comment_96700
now i regret not being helpful.
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
now i regret not being helpful.
i helpfully no have regrets.
I can be helpful by being used as an example of typical unhelpful member. Is thatβ¦helpful?
Why?
Regrets i no have helpfully
Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.
I have found some secrets and easter eggs.
My qualifications:
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/120011/#Comment_120011
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/119248#Comment_119248
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/116437#Comment_116437
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/116185#Comment_116185
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/113040#Comment_113040
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/105661#Comment_105661
Enough?
Webhosting24 aff best VPS; ServerFactory aff best VDS; Cloudie best ASN; Huel aff best brotein.
I find there are heaps of people more helpful here with the tech related stuff, so I stick to 70% shitposting, and hopefully garnering a chuckle, or two.
you have room in your hostnames list?
I've wanted to have a look at Proxmox for quite a long time and this would be an ideal opportunity. Thanks (even if you don't accept me).
This is only my second post here but the first one could maybe be considered helpful:
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/111522/#Comment_111522
I hope this qualify
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/79867#Comment_79867
Create Mobile APP For iPhone And Android Without Coding https://U3.Net
Picked some comments, let me join the party
Hi @selalumenang! Thanks for your request. If / when you have more links to posts here where you helped people, please let us know. I will keep trying to give you an account. Best wishes! Tom
MetalVPS