@williamcanon said: 1-2TB of storage! But I'm not sure how much I should be paying. Can you give me a reasonable price?
As has been discussed, Crunchy, the server that @crunchbits has given to me for free until November is out of slots. Crunchy doesn't have enough disk space to allocate more 1000 GB slots. So I have to do something different.
What I have thought about today is using an existing server that I already have in Germany. But it would not be storage VPSes. Maybe something like:
It would be easy for me to get a storage server with huge disks. It only takes about ten minutes to get a server. But, unlike Crunchy, which is free until November 8, I would have to pay for the storage server. So I am wondering how much you and a few others might want to pay.
There are lots of good storage offers around from providers big and small. Maybe @crunchbits would be perfect for you? Many people are not interested in MetalVPS. But a few people do seem to think MetalVPS might be okay.
It's really ai, because I'm not familiar with English, and it's like this after AI translation.
This is embarrassing.
Just some friendly life advice: if you're using AI and don't make it clear that you're using AI, this is equivalent to plagiarism, and sooner or later -- probably sooner than later -- you'll be exposed. It's best to adopt good practices early
"A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)
It's really ai, because I'm not familiar with English, and it's like this after AI translation.
This is embarrassing.
Just some friendly life advice: if you're using AI and don't make it clear that you're using AI, this is equivalent to plagiarism, and sooner or later -- probably sooner than later -- you'll be exposed. It's best to adopt good practices early
Good point, may I also add- run a plagiarism check before posting if you use AI.
The other day, I wrote a post, I was asked by the reader if “AI was used.” I took that question as a reminder of the times we live in, and I clarified to what extent it was (spellcheck and readability). .For images I add in Alt, maybe a small disclaimer at the footer of page could be default going fwd.
It's really ai, because I'm not familiar with English, and it's like this after AI translation.
This is embarrassing.
Just some friendly life advice: if you're using AI and don't make it clear that you're using AI, this is equivalent to plagiarism, and sooner or later -- probably sooner than later -- you'll be exposed. It's best to adopt good practices early
Good point, may I also add- run a plagiarism check before posting if you use AI.
But that sounds like you want to try to fool people! ("If you use AI, use a checker to make sure that you don't get caught!")
(Perhaps you didn't mean it this way)
If a humanities student at any respectable college or university uses AI for their writing and gets caught, it's an immediate fail, no questions asked, and potentially even an expulsion
The other day, I wrote a post, I was asked by the reader if “AI was used.” I took that question as a reminder of the times we live in, and I clarified to what extent it was (spellcheck and readability). .For images I add in Alt, maybe a small disclaimer at the footer of page could be default going fwd.
Just to say it again, using AI without acknowledging that one's using AI is equivalent to plagiarism
"A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)
It's really ai, because I'm not familiar with English, and it's like this after AI translation.
This is embarrassing.
Just some friendly life advice: if you're using AI and don't make it clear that you're using AI, this is equivalent to plagiarism, and sooner or later -- probably sooner than later -- you'll be exposed. It's best to adopt good practices early
Good point, may I also add- run a plagiarism check before posting if you use AI.
But that sounds like you want to try to fool people! ("If you use AI, use a checker to make sure that you don't get caught!")
(Perhaps you didn't mean it this way)
If a humanities student at any respectable college or university uses AI for their writing and gets caught, it's an immediate fail, no questions asked, and potentially even an expulsion
The other day, I wrote a post, I was asked by the reader if “AI was used.” I took that question as a reminder of the times we live in, and I clarified to what extent it was (spellcheck and readability). .For images I add in Alt, maybe a small disclaimer at the footer of page could be default going fwd.
Just to say it again, using AI without acknowledging that one's using AI is equivalent to plagiarism
Long post, collapsed for those not interested
Intent of plagiarism check can also be to ensure original work is… original! Sometimes the exact phrase may be used but in a different context.
Eg. “ He bowled a maiden over” may get flagged since that exact phrase was used in a romantic novel.
But my essay or blog was describing a game of cricket.
I do not want to leave validation of my work to some half wit evaluator who would use similar tool, flag the same sentence, without understanding the context.
“Because the software showed you have plagiarized “. Has happened with me before, can happen with others.
There is a difference between asking an AI bot
"Write me a blog post about 12 ways to leave earth along with Dolphins" and publishing as your own, ghostwriting
versus
"I have written a blog post on 12 Ways to leave earth with Dolphins. Can you review the same and offer suggestions for better readability?" line or copy editing
versus
"Attached is an advanced draft of my blog post on 12 Ways to leave earth with Dolphins. Can you prepare an excerpt, suggest keywords, and check if any section needs to be better optimized for seo?" seo specialist
versus
"I have written a blog post on 12 ways to leave earth with Dolphins. Can you translate it into Hindi / Marathi / Telugu / Klingon ... for me ? " translator
1 and 4 without attribution are very different from 2 and 3 with (or without attribution). Very few people would mention names of copy editor or seo specialist in a press release/ blog post/ journal paper. Maybe the former.
Honour code and academic integrity is a sham promoted by western universities. Ironically many faculty including
University Presidents plagiarize and very few get fired.
It's really ai, because I'm not familiar with English, and it's like this after AI translation.
This is embarrassing.
Just some friendly life advice: if you're using AI and don't make it clear that you're using AI, this is equivalent to plagiarism, and sooner or later -- probably sooner than later -- you'll be exposed. It's best to adopt good practices early
Good point, may I also add- run a plagiarism check before posting if you use AI.
But that sounds like you want to try to fool people! ("If you use AI, use a checker to make sure that you don't get caught!")
(Perhaps you didn't mean it this way)
If a humanities student at any respectable college or university uses AI for their writing and gets caught, it's an immediate fail, no questions asked, and potentially even an expulsion
The other day, I wrote a post, I was asked by the reader if “AI was used.” I took that question as a reminder of the times we live in, and I clarified to what extent it was (spellcheck and readability). .For images I add in Alt, maybe a small disclaimer at the footer of page could be default going fwd.
Just to say it again, using AI without acknowledging that one's using AI is equivalent to plagiarism
Long post, collapsed for those not interested
Hi @vyas , I agree that there are a number of distinctions to be made, and I don't think that we would necessarily disagree about the distinctions or the issues involved
I was first and foremost talking about the case where someone simply copies and pastes an AI-generated text as though it were their own, with no clarification of any kind, as we witnessed at least twice above by @Joey
It's also the case that one might think that it's not a big deal to do this, especially for comments on a hosting forum, but I would say that minimally, it just looks silly and unserious if one does this, and sooner or later this (bad) practice will harm one's reputation in real life (i.e., outside of a hosting forum)
(Not that it matters here, but on OGF we have a rule against AI-generated posts, for which one can receive a warning)
"A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)
Given that many big providers offer free VPSes, and having in mind times when national bank interest rates went negative, and always thinking of Low End LOLs, I actually have thought about paying people to take my VPSes. I haven't yet lowered the prices below free. But I have tried several different pricing structures. LELOL!™ /s
Given that many big providers offer free VPSes, and having in mind times when national bank interest rates went negative, and always thinking of Low End LOLs, I actually have thought about paying people to take my VPSes. I haven't yet lowered the prices below free. But I have tried several different pricing structures. LELOL!™ /s
If I had a use case I would gladly pay you my friend but, there are some that could not pay me enough to have my name associated.
I guess rather than reduce the disk allocation we could "oversell" the disk allocation.
Since nobody seems to be using anything beyond a minimal amount of disk, what difference would it make if we added an additional eight 1 TB accounts? And somebody actually could use their full allocation if they wanted.
@Not_Oles said:
I guess rather than reduce the disk allocation we could "oversell" the disk allocation.
Since nobody seems to be using anything beyond a minimal amount of disk, what difference would it make if we added an additional eight 1 TB accounts? And somebody actually could use their full allocation if they wanted.
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Since nobody seems to be using anything beyond a minimal amount of disk, what difference would it make if we added an additional eight 1 TB accounts? And somebody actually could use their full allocation if they wanted.
What do you think?
Thanks to @cpsd for replying here in the thread and to one other Neighbor for replying privately. I'd be grateful if our other Neighbors chimed in. I hope for unanimous consent on this one. Thanks again!
Since nobody seems to be using anything beyond a minimal amount of disk, what difference would it make if we added an additional eight 1 TB accounts? And somebody actually could use their full allocation if they wanted.
Just like cpu bursts, storage bursts upto 200 percent or 1 TB. Default being 500 GB. That would be quite interesting
your use case for crunchy;
running proxy servers, dns servers, a minecraft server (if the resources sufficient), bunch of api's probably, telegram/discord bots. i literally just love hosting as many stuff as i can fit into a server
estimated CPU, RAM, Disk, and Bandwidth usage;
2cores and 4gigs of ram would be ideal 1-2tb of bandwidth would be enough but really ill just run possible services based off the given resources so im fine with anything
open source OS and OS version that you will use to connect to crunchy; plus
debian 10/11/12- ubuntu 18/20/22 (preferably debian 12)
indicia of your commitment to our beautiful Low End, to computer learning and fun, and to open source.
im willing to share everything i'll be learning in the process and helping others enjoy and learn as much as i do!
Please feel free to include additional items in support of your sign up request.
your use case for crunchy;
running proxy servers, dns servers, a minecraft server (if the resources sufficient), bunch of api's probably, telegram/discord bots. i literally just love hosting as many stuff as i can fit into a server
estimated CPU, RAM, Disk, and Bandwidth usage;
2cores and 4gigs of ram would be ideal 1-2tb of bandwidth would be enough but really ill just run possible services based off the given resources so im fine with anything
open source OS and OS version that you will use to connect to crunchy; plus
debian 10/11/12- ubuntu 18/20/22 (preferably debian 12)
indicia of your commitment to our beautiful Low End, to computer learning and fun, and to open source.
im willing to share everything i'll be learning in the process and helping others enjoy and learn as much as i do!
Please feel free to include additional items in support of your sign up request.
umm if you want to get one you need to pay 1.01$ and if i remember correctly all slots were filled?
Also, there might be one VPS which seems to be still running but which, as of a few days ago, stopped sending and receiving network data. Has someone given up on his VPS? Thanks!
@Not_Oles said:
Hey Guys! I'm thinking a Nodeupdate and a reboot might be good. So, reboot coming soon, unless I hear from somebody who has an issue. Thanks!
Nobody seems to have any issue. So, okay, here we go! I will post a report afterwards. Thanks!
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$ date -u; ping -c 2 xx.xx.xx.xx
Tue Jul 2 11:29:54 PM UTC 2024
PING xx.xx.xx.xx (xx.xx.xx.xx) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from xx.xx.xx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=62.5 ms
64 bytes from xx.xx.xx.xx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=61.1 ms
--- xx.xx.xx.xx ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 61.082/61.800/62.519/0.718 ms
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$
root@crunchy:~# cd bashvm
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# date; bash bashvm.sh
Tue Jul 2 11:33:27 PM UTC 2024
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: 1
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: s
Id Name State
--------------------------------
1 vm105-crunchy running
2 vm107-crunchy running
3 vm102-crunchy running
4 vm106-crunchy running
5 vm100-crunchy running
6 vm103-crunchy running
7 vm104-crunchy running
8 vm101-crunchy running
- vm1-crunchy shut off
- vm2-crunchy shut off
root@crunchy:~# date
Tue Jul 2 11:41:33 PM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~#
As of July 2 11:41:33 PM UTC 2024 all the bashvm VPSes seem to have auto-restarted okay. Although not posted here, I can see VPS network activity. @subenhon had a couple of hand made VPSes which might need restarting by hand or a cron job set up to restart them.
The single VPS I mentioned yesterday that had seemed to stop network activity did resume yesterday, shortly after I posted about it, and long before today's reboot.
Congrats to @babywhale for bashvm, which is doing a great job! Congrats and thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy!
Okay, a very quick glance suggests that everything might be working okay. Congrats to Crunchy and bashvm!
Please let me know about any problems! Thanks very much!
Last login: Fri Jul 26 17:47:18 2024 from 187.189.238.2
root@crunchy:~# date -u; uname -r
Fri Jul 26 06:07:09 PM UTC 2024
5.15.0-117-generic
root@crunchy:~# cd bashvm
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# bash bashvm.sh
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: 1
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: s
Id Name State
--------------------------------
1 vm104-crunchy running
2 vm100-crunchy running
3 vm103-crunchy running
4 vm101-crunchy running
5 vm107-crunchy running
6 vm102-crunchy running
7 vm106-crunchy running
8 vm105-crunchy running
- vm1-crunchy shut off
- vm2-crunchy shut off
What might happen if we were to swap one of your VPSes for a Crunchy VPS? No Bitcoin would be needed.
Crunchy is sold out now. We could do some more Crunchy VPSes, but only if every existing neighbor unanimously consented to the overselling. So far I think only two neighbors have consented.
Crunchy still seems to be running great! Thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy! Thanks to @babywhale for wonderful BashVM!
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# date
Sat Aug 17 03:37:34 AM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# w
03:37:35 up 21 days, 9:42, 2 users, load average: 1.50, 1.58, 1.57
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 00:36 3.00s 0.01s 0.00s w
subenhon pts/9 tmux(781768).%0 Wed14 2days 5:08m 0.00s /bin/bash ./start_ubuntu20_gui.sh
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# bash bashvm.sh
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: 1
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: s
Id Name State
--------------------------------
1 vm104-crunchy running
2 vm100-crunchy running
3 vm103-crunchy running
4 vm101-crunchy running
5 vm107-crunchy running
6 vm102-crunchy running
7 vm106-crunchy running
8 vm105-crunchy running
- vm1-crunchy shut off
- vm2-crunchy shut off
[ . . . ]
What might happen if we were to swap one of your VPSes for a Crunchy VPS? No Bitcoin would be needed.
Crunchy is sold out now. We could do some more Crunchy VPSes, but only if every existing neighbor unanimously consented to the overselling. So far I think only two neighbors have consented.
Crunchy still seems to be running great! Thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy! Thanks to @babywhale for wonderful BashVM!
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# date
Sat Aug 17 03:37:34 AM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# w
03:37:35 up 21 days, 9:42, 2 users, load average: 1.50, 1.58, 1.57
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 00:36 3.00s 0.01s 0.00s w
subenhon pts/9 tmux(781768).%0 Wed14 2days 5:08m 0.00s /bin/bash ./start_ubuntu20_gui.sh
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# bash bashvm.sh
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: 1
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: s
Id Name State
--------------------------------
1 vm104-crunchy running
2 vm100-crunchy running
3 vm103-crunchy running
4 vm101-crunchy running
5 vm107-crunchy running
6 vm102-crunchy running
7 vm106-crunchy running
8 vm105-crunchy running
- vm1-crunchy shut off
- vm2-crunchy shut off
[ . . . ]
Looks like you are going to get into really big trouble -- if you are not there already -- and if what you are posting isn't fake. I don't envy your position. Nevertheless, I hope everything somehow will turn out okay for you, eventually, somehow!
I think Crunchy is running okay. When you log in, Ubuntu says a reboot is needed. My personal preference is to update and reboot frequently, just to make sure that the lastest updates are installed and running. Sometimes, when on a Node where other guys have VMs, maybe reboots could be a little less frequent so as not to bother everybody? Notably, after the last reboot, all the VMs successfully auto-restarted, but some guys didn't seem to bother restarting services inside their VMs. Thus, network I/O went way down as you can see in the vnstat output below.
Of course, as you can see from this thread, Crunchy has enjoyed several reboots previously. Maybe you're right to suggest that it could be time for another reboot even if there might seem to be a substantial adverse impact on services that guys are running. Please let me know what you guys think about another reboot.
I usually check on Crunchy multiple times every day. Here below is the result of today's two recent check-ins. Please let me know what you guys think about the checks. Should I run additional checks beyond what I now am doing? And, about vm100. Is something wrong there, or is it just really nice that someone actually is using his allocated resources? Maybe our vm100 Neighbor might want to comment here?
Thanks for your interest, Mike, and thanks for your comments! <3 Thanks to Crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy! <3 Thanks to @babywhale for BashVM! Thanks to all the guys using Crunchy!
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$ cat 20240818-check-in
root@crunchy:~# date
Sun Aug 18 04:32:22 AM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~# w
04:32:24 up 22 days, 10:37, 2 users, load average: 1.33, 1.49, 1.59
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 03:36 0.00s 0.02s 0.00s w
subenhon pts/9 tmux(781768).%0 Wed14 3days 6:57m 0.00s /bin/bash ./start_ubuntu20_gui.sh
root@crunchy:~# last | head
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Sun Aug 18 03:36 still logged in
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Sat Aug 17 22:07 - 03:01 (04:54)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Sat Aug 17 00:36 - 05:31 (04:54)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Fri Aug 16 17:51 - 19:00 (01:09)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Fri Aug 16 17:46 - 17:50 (00:04)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Thu Aug 15 16:53 - 03:03 (10:09)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Thu Aug 15 16:50 - 16:51 (00:00)
root pts/10 187.189.238.2 Wed Aug 14 21:08 - 02:47 (05:38)
subenhon pts/9 tmux(781768).%0 Wed Aug 14 14:41 still logged in
subenhon pts/8 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Wed Aug 14 14:40 - 22:56 (08:15)
root@crunchy:~# vnstat -i enp1s0f1
Database updated: 2024-08-18 04:30:00
enp1s0f1 since 2024-03-04
rx: 8.22 TiB tx: 9.24 TiB total: 17.45 TiB
monthly
rx | tx | total | avg. rate
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
2024-07 3.55 TiB | 3.49 TiB | 7.04 TiB | 23.13 Mbit/s
2024-08 1.21 TiB | 1.19 TiB | 2.40 TiB | 14.22 Mbit/s
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
estimated 2.19 TiB | 2.14 TiB | 4.33 TiB |
daily
rx | tx | total | avg. rate
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
yesterday 102.93 GiB | 96.78 GiB | 199.71 GiB | 19.86 Mbit/s
today 19.66 GiB | 19.33 GiB | 38.99 GiB | 20.67 Mbit/s
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
estimated 104.84 GiB | 103.09 GiB | 207.93 GiB |
root@crunchy:~#
root@crunchy:~# date
Sun Aug 18 06:41:57 PM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~# w
18:41:59 up 23 days, 46 min, 2 users, load average: 1.33, 1.47, 1.51
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 18:41 7.00s 0.01s 0.00s w
subenhon pts/9 tmux(781768).%0 Wed14 4days 7:57m 0.00s /bin/bash ./start_ubuntu20_gui.sh
root@crunchy:~# last | head
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Sun Aug 18 18:41 still logged in
mikewaza pts/8 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Sun Aug 18 15:06 - 15:07 (00:00)
mikewaza pts/8 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Sun Aug 18 15:04 - 15:04 (00:00)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Sun Aug 18 03:36 - 04:33 (00:57)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Sat Aug 17 22:07 - 03:01 (04:54)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Sat Aug 17 00:36 - 05:31 (04:54)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Fri Aug 16 17:51 - 19:00 (01:09)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Fri Aug 16 17:46 - 17:50 (00:04)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Thu Aug 15 16:53 - 03:03 (10:09)
root pts/8 187.189.238.2 Thu Aug 15 16:50 - 16:51 (00:00)
root@crunchy:~# top -b -n 1 | head -n 15
top - 18:44:50 up 23 days, 49 min, 2 users, load average: 1.32, 1.40, 1.47
Tasks: 225 total, 1 running, 224 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 17.2 us, 1.6 sy, 0.0 ni, 81.2 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
MiB Mem : 64084.4 total, 5011.3 free, 17457.2 used, 41615.9 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 4096.0 total, 4096.0 free, 0.0 used. 45903.3 avail Mem
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1944 libvirt+ 20 0 8897880 4.1g 25188 S 112.5 6.6 17893:22 qemu-system-x86
781782 subenhon 20 0 5609356 4.1g 20656 S 12.5 6.5 477:34.02 qemu-system-x86
1951 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 6.2 0.0 2239:46 vhost-1944
2801 libvirt+ 20 0 8929372 4.1g 24884 S 6.2 6.6 3061:24 qemu-system-x86
931711 root 20 0 10480 3972 3368 R 6.2 0.0 0:00.01 top
1 root 20 0 168472 14032 8312 S 0.0 0.0 1:36.35 systemd
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.36 kthreadd
3 root 0 -20 0 0 0 I 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_gp
root@crunchy:~# vnstat -i enp1s0f1
Database updated: 2024-08-18 18:45:00
enp1s0f1 since 2024-03-04
rx: 8.28 TiB tx: 9.29 TiB total: 17.57 TiB
monthly
rx | tx | total | avg. rate
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
2024-07 3.55 TiB | 3.49 TiB | 7.04 TiB | 23.13 Mbit/s
2024-08 1.27 TiB | 1.25 TiB | 2.52 TiB | 14.43 Mbit/s
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
estimated 2.22 TiB | 2.17 TiB | 4.39 TiB |
daily
rx | tx | total | avg. rate
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
yesterday 102.93 GiB | 96.78 GiB | 199.71 GiB | 19.86 Mbit/s
today 81.75 GiB | 80.39 GiB | 162.14 GiB | 20.63 Mbit/s
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
estimated 104.64 GiB | 102.90 GiB | 207.54 GiB |
root@crunchy:~# ps aux | grep 1944 | grep -v grep
libvirt+ 1944 53.9 6.5 8897880 4327796 ? Sl Jul26 17897:45 /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name guest=vm100-crunchy,debug-threads=on -S -object {"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-2-vm100-crunchy/master-key.aes"} -machine pc-q35-6.2,usb=off,vmport=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram -accel kvm -cpu host,migratable=on -m 4096 -object {"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":4294967296} -overcommit mem-lock=off -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 79d86e0d-96f6-4111-8ed3-fb229c1f50c8 -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=36,server=on,wait=off -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay -no-hpet -no-shutdown -global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=1 -global ICH9-LPC.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on -device pcie-root-port,port=16,chassis=1,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x2 -device pcie-root-port,port=17,chassis=2,id=pci.2,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x1 -device pcie-root-port,port=18,chassis=3,id=pci.3,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x2 -device pcie-root-port,port=19,chassis=4,id=pci.4,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x3 -device pcie-root-port,port=20,chassis=5,id=pci.5,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x4 -device pcie-root-port,port=21,chassis=6,id=pci.6,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x5 -device pcie-root-port,port=22,chassis=7,id=pci.7,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x6 -device pcie-root-port,port=23,chassis=8,id=pci.8,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x7 -device pcie-root-port,port=24,chassis=9,id=pci.9,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x3 -device pcie-root-port,port=25,chassis=10,id=pci.10,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3.0x1 -device pcie-root-port,port=26,chassis=11,id=pci.11,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3.0x2 -device pcie-root-port,port=27,chassis=12,id=pci.12,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3.0x3 -device pcie-root-port,port=28,chassis=13,id=pci.13,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3.0x4 -device pcie-root-port,port=29,chassis=14,id=pci.14,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3.0x5 -device qemu-xhci,p2=15,p3=15,id=usb,bus=pci.2,addr=0x0 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.3,addr=0x0 -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-3-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"} -blockdev {"node-name":"libvirt-3-format","read-only":true,"discard":"unmap","driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-3-storage","backing":null} -blockdev {"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/vm100-crunchy.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"} -blockdev {"node-name":"libvirt-2-format","read-only":false,"discard":"unmap","driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-2-storage","backing":"libvirt-3-format"} -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.4,addr=0x0,drive=libvirt-2-format,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,id=sata0-0-0 -netdev tap,fd=37,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=39 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:6c:8f:8c,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=34,server=on,wait=off -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel1,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=2,chardev=charchannel1,id=channel1,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0,bus=usb.0,port=1 -audiodev {"id":"audio1","driver":"spice"} -spice port=5901,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing=on,image-compression=off,seamless-migration=on -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,max_outputs=1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 -device ich9-intel-hda,id=sound0,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1b -device hda-duplex,id=sound0-codec0,bus=sound0.0,cad=0,audiodev=audio1 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir0,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir0,id=redir0,bus=usb.0,port=2 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir1,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir1,id=redir1,bus=usb.0,port=3 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.5,addr=0x0 -object {"qom-type":"rng-random","
root 1951 6.7 0.0 0 0 ? S Jul26 2239:57 [vhost-1944]
root 1955 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Jul26 6:38 [kvm-pit/1944]
root@crunchy:~#
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$
Hello! How about an update, upgrade, and reboot tomorrow, maybe about 16 hours from now? If anybody has a problem with tomorrow, please let me know. I will post here before I do the reboot and again after. I hope everyone is enjoying Crunchy! Thanks @crunchbits!
root@crunchy:~# date -u
Thu Aug 22 07:59:54 PM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~# systemctl reboot
root@crunchy:~# Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed by remote host.
Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed.
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$ sleep 300
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$ `head -n 1 login`
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-119-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/pro
System information as of Thu Aug 22 08:07:05 PM UTC 2024
System load: 0.71 Processes: 237
Usage of /: 16.4% of 3.66TB Users logged in: 0
Memory usage: 13% IPv4 address for enp1s0f1: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Swap usage: 0% IPv6 address for enp1s0f1: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::xxxx
Temperature: 36.0 C IPv6 address for enp1s0f1: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::xxxx
* Strictly confined Kubernetes makes edge and IoT secure. Learn how MicroK8s
just raised the bar for easy, resilient and secure K8s cluster deployment.
https://ubuntu.com/engage/secure-kubernetes-at-the-edge
Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.
0 updates can be applied immediately.
3 additional security updates can be applied with ESM Apps.
Learn more about enabling ESM Apps service at https://ubuntu.com/esm
Last login: Thu Aug 22 19:59:41 2024 from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
root@crunchy:~# date -u
Thu Aug 22 08:07:13 PM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~# cd bashvm
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# bash bashvm.sh
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: 1
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: s
Id Name State
--------------------------------
1 vm102-crunchy running
2 vm100-crunchy running
3 vm105-crunchy running
4 vm101-crunchy running
5 vm104-crunchy running
6 vm106-crunchy running
7 vm103-crunchy running
8 vm107-crunchy running
- vm1-crunchy shut off
- vm2-crunchy shut off
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: q
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: q
Exiting.
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# logout
Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed.
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$
Looks like a few Ubuntu updates and a minor version bump are available for Crunchy.
Unless somebody has an issue with a reboot, probably I will run the updates and reboot about 12 or 14 hours from now. I will post here again before I update and reboot.
@Not_Oles said: Unless somebody has an issue with a reboot, probably I will run the updates and reboot about 12 or 14 hours from now. I will post here again before I update and reboot.
Good morning!
I guess it might be time to try the update, upgrade. And then the reboot. So, here we go!
root@crunchy:~# date -u; systemctl reboot
Tue Sep 3 05:14:17 PM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~# Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed by remote host.
Connection to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx closed.
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy$ `head -n 1 login`
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-119-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/pro
System information as of Tue Sep 3 05:21:35 PM UTC 2024
System load: 0.54 Processes: 231
Usage of /: 16.4% of 3.66TB Users logged in: 0
Memory usage: 14% IPv4 address for enp1s0f1: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Swap usage: 0% IPv6 address for enp1s0f1: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::x
Temperature: 36.0 C IPv6 address for enp1s0f1: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::x
* Strictly confined Kubernetes makes edge and IoT secure. Learn how MicroK8s
just raised the bar for easy, resilient and secure K8s cluster deployment.
https://ubuntu.com/engage/secure-kubernetes-at-the-edge
Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.
0 updates can be applied immediately.
3 additional security updates can be applied with ESM Apps.
Learn more about enabling ESM Apps service at https://ubuntu.com/esm
New release '24.04.1 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.
Last login: Tue Sep 3 17:08:51 2024 from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
root@crunchy:~# date
Tue Sep 3 05:21:50 PM UTC 2024
root@crunchy:~# cd bashvm
root@crunchy:~/bashvm# bash bashvm.sh
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: 1
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: s
Id Name State
--------------------------------
1 vm101-crunchy running
2 vm100-crunchy running
3 vm105-crunchy running
4 vm106-crunchy running
5 vm107-crunchy running
6 vm104-crunchy running
7 vm102-crunchy running
8 vm103-crunchy running
- vm1-crunchy shut off
- vm2-crunchy shut off
==================== Manage Virtual Machine ====================
s. Show all virtual machines 1. Show more details of a VM
2. Start a VM 3. Reboot a VM
4. Shutdown a VM (graceful) 5. Shutdown a VM (force)
6. Enable autostart of a VM 7. Disable autostart of a VM
8. Create a new / existing VM 9. Undefine a VM
10. Create a new VM (Automated) 11. Console into a VM
12. Change resources of a VM 13. Delete a VM
q. Back to main menu
Enter your choice: q
========================== Main Menu ==========================
1. Virtual Machines 2. Storage Pools 3. Networks
4. Snapshots 5. Edit Properties 6. Firewall Settings
7. Port Forwarding 8. VNC / Console Access 9. System Monitor
q. Exit
Enter your choice: q
Exiting.
root@crunchy:~/bashvm#
Now we might be ready to run do-release-upgrade. . . .
Unless you guys really want to go from twenty-two to twenty-four, I am going to chicken out. Recently I had a lot of fun bumping through a few changes which seemed to be required when installing BashVM on Debian sid instead of Debian 12. BashVM and virsh and libvirt and qemu work great, but there's really a lot in there.
Being conservative on a machine which others are using, I prefer not to do the release upgrade without having a chance to test on an identical setup in advance.
Given that Crunchy only has until November 8, which is coming up soon, the present 22.04.4 seems okay for the time being.
Always delighted to consider other points of view. Happy to do-release-upgrade if all our Crunchy Neighbors unanimously agree to accept the risk.
Thanks again to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy! Thanks again to @babywhale for wonderful BashVM! <3 Thanks again to all the guys who are enjoying Crunchy VMs! <3 Special thanks to @sh97 for being a great guy and a prime contributor to the entire Low End!
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Looking forward to new storage modules.
It's good! Excellent! You had a chance to learn something! So, no worries!
May I please ask, how much storage do you need? How much do you want to pay? Thanks!
1-2TB of storage! But I'm not sure how much I should be paying. Can you give me a reasonable price?
As has been discussed, Crunchy, the server that @crunchbits has given to me for free until November is out of slots. Crunchy doesn't have enough disk space to allocate more 1000 GB slots. So I have to do something different.
What I have thought about today is using an existing server that I already have in Germany. But it would not be storage VPSes. Maybe something like:
It would be easy for me to get a storage server with huge disks. It only takes about ten minutes to get a server. But, unlike Crunchy, which is free until November 8, I would have to pay for the storage server. So I am wondering how much you and a few others might want to pay.
There are lots of good storage offers around from providers big and small.
Maybe @crunchbits would be perfect for you? 
Many people are not interested in MetalVPS. But a few people do seem to think MetalVPS might be okay. 
Best wishes! Hope you have a great day!
Just some friendly life advice: if you're using AI and don't make it clear that you're using AI, this is equivalent to plagiarism, and sooner or later -- probably sooner than later -- you'll be exposed. It's best to adopt good practices early
"A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)
Good point, may I also add- run a plagiarism check before posting if you use AI.
The other day, I wrote a post, I was asked by the reader if “AI was used.” I took that question as a reminder of the times we live in, and I clarified to what extent it was (spellcheck and readability). .For images I add in Alt, maybe a small disclaimer at the footer of page could be default going fwd.
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But that sounds like you want to try to fool people! ("If you use AI, use a checker to make sure that you don't get caught!")
(Perhaps you didn't mean it this way)
If a humanities student at any respectable college or university uses AI for their writing and gets caught, it's an immediate fail, no questions asked, and potentially even an expulsion
Just to say it again, using AI without acknowledging that one's using AI is equivalent to plagiarism
"A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)
Long post, collapsed for those not interested
Intent of plagiarism check can also be to ensure original work is… original! Sometimes the exact phrase may be used but in a different context.
Eg. “ He bowled a maiden over” may get flagged since that exact phrase was used in a romantic novel.
But my essay or blog was describing a game of cricket.
I do not want to leave validation of my work to some half wit evaluator who would use similar tool, flag the same sentence, without understanding the context.
“Because the software showed you have plagiarized “. Has happened with me before, can happen with others.
There is a difference between asking an AI bot
versus
versus
versus
1 and 4 without attribution are very different from 2 and 3 with (or without attribution). Very few people would mention names of copy editor or seo specialist in a press release/ blog post/ journal paper. Maybe the former.
Honour code and academic integrity is a sham promoted by western universities. Ironically many faculty including
University Presidents plagiarize and very few get fired.
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Hi @vyas , I agree that there are a number of distinctions to be made, and I don't think that we would necessarily disagree about the distinctions or the issues involved
I was first and foremost talking about the case where someone simply copies and pastes an AI-generated text as though it were their own, with no clarification of any kind, as we witnessed at least twice above by @Joey
It's also the case that one might think that it's not a big deal to do this, especially for comments on a hosting forum, but I would say that minimally, it just looks silly and unserious if one does this, and sooner or later this (bad) practice will harm one's reputation in real life (i.e., outside of a hosting forum)
(Not that it matters here, but on OGF we have a rule against AI-generated posts, for which one can receive a warning)
"A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)
Could you sell more vpses but just with like less disk and cheaper?
$1.01 once is still not cheap for you???
DM us for private tracker invite.
Nah I want someone to pay me to take them
The Yeti has left the building.
Given that many big providers offer free VPSes, and having in mind times when national bank interest rates went negative, and always thinking of Low End LOLs, I actually have thought about paying people to take my VPSes.
I haven't yet lowered the prices below free. But I have tried several different pricing structures. LELOL!™ /s
If I had a use case I would gladly pay you my friend but, there are some that could not pay me enough to have my name associated.
The Yeti has left the building.
Guys, I am wondering whether we could reduce the disk allocation by 50% and add another 8 Neighbors? What do you think?
I guess rather than reduce the disk allocation we could "oversell" the disk allocation.
Since nobody seems to be using anything beyond a minimal amount of disk, what difference would it make if we added an additional eight 1 TB accounts? And somebody actually could use their full allocation if they wanted.
What do you think?
It's fine with me
well i have only 82 cents in my paypal and just lost 100 eur
I am sure you can get another 0.20USD easily if you're serious about it.
DM us for private tracker invite.
Sorry, but repeating from TOS:
Also, please:
Thanks to @cpsd for replying here in the thread and to one other Neighbor for replying privately. I'd be grateful if our other Neighbors chimed in. I hope for unanimous consent on this one. Thanks again!
@Not_Oles said
Just like cpu bursts, storage bursts upto 200 percent or 1 TB. Default being 500 GB. That would be quite interesting
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Achievable by offering 2 cents worth of information or opinion, ten times.
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yea lol
Hi again oles, is this offer still up? i'd love to grab one of your free servers
your ed25519 ssh public key;
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIEU3AifpA2MLoycSxSdJZOVmohMzPgDtsHdFInknzlPC [email protected]
links to your website, github, other online profiles, etc.;
https://github.com/meower1
your use case for crunchy;
running proxy servers, dns servers, a minecraft server (if the resources sufficient), bunch of api's probably, telegram/discord bots. i literally just love hosting as many stuff as i can fit into a server
estimated CPU, RAM, Disk, and Bandwidth usage;
2cores and 4gigs of ram would be ideal 1-2tb of bandwidth would be enough but really ill just run possible services based off the given resources so im fine with anything
open source OS and OS version that you will use to connect to crunchy; plus
debian 10/11/12- ubuntu 18/20/22 (preferably debian 12)
indicia of your commitment to our beautiful Low End, to computer learning and fun, and to open source.
im willing to share everything i'll be learning in the process and helping others enjoy and learn as much as i do!
Please feel free to include additional items in support of your sign up request.
umm if you want to get one you need to pay 1.01$ and if i remember correctly all slots were filled?
Hey Guys! I'm thinking a Nodeupdate and a reboot might be good. So, reboot coming soon, unless I hear from somebody who has an issue. Thanks!
Also, there might be one VPS which seems to be still running but which, as of a few days ago, stopped sending and receiving network data. Has someone given up on his VPS? Thanks!
Nobody seems to have any issue. So, okay, here we go! I will post a report afterwards. Thanks!
As of July 2 11:41:33 PM UTC 2024 all the bashvm VPSes seem to have auto-restarted okay. Although not posted here, I can see VPS network activity. @subenhon had a couple of hand made VPSes which might need restarting by hand or a cron job set up to restart them.
The single VPS I mentioned yesterday that had seemed to stop network activity did resume yesterday, shortly after I posted about it, and long before today's reboot.
Congrats to @babywhale for bashvm, which is doing a great job!
Congrats and thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy! 
Any issues, please let me know! Best wishes!
Hello!
Maybe it might be time for another update and reboot for the Ubuntu OS which is running on Crunchy.
Anybody have any special need for stability right now, or can I just go ahead with the update and reboot?
Thanks! Special thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy! And to @babywhale for bshvm!
Tom
Starting the update and upgrade and reboot. . . .
Okay, a very quick glance suggests that everything might be working okay. Congrats to Crunchy and bashvm!
Please let me know about any problems! Thanks very much!
Hello @Not_Oles, I want to buy this VPS via Bitcoin, can you do it?
Hi @ExAjiMag!
What might happen if we were to swap one of your VPSes for a Crunchy VPS? No Bitcoin would be needed.
Crunchy is sold out now. We could do some more Crunchy VPSes, but only if every existing neighbor unanimously consented to the overselling. So far I think only two neighbors have consented.
Crunchy still seems to be running great! Thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy!
Thanks to @babywhale for wonderful BashVM! 
What if you want to swap with this VPS?
bruh
Wow!
Wow x 2!
Looks like you are going to get into really big trouble -- if you are not there already -- and if what you are posting isn't fake. I don't envy your position. Nevertheless, I hope everything somehow will turn out okay for you, eventually, somehow!
I see I missed the above, more neighbours are welcome!
Thanks for replying! I appreciate your being welcoming to more neighbors.
Also,
I think Crunchy is running okay. When you log in, Ubuntu says a reboot is needed. My personal preference is to update and reboot frequently, just to make sure that the lastest updates are installed and running. Sometimes, when on a Node where other guys have VMs, maybe reboots could be a little less frequent so as not to bother everybody? Notably, after the last reboot, all the VMs successfully auto-restarted, but some guys didn't seem to bother restarting services inside their VMs. Thus, network I/O went way down as you can see in the
vnstatoutput below.Of course, as you can see from this thread, Crunchy has enjoyed several reboots previously. Maybe you're right to suggest that it could be time for another reboot even if there might seem to be a substantial adverse impact on services that guys are running. Please let me know what you guys think about another reboot.
I usually check on Crunchy multiple times every day. Here below is the result of today's two recent check-ins. Please let me know what you guys think about the checks. Should I run additional checks beyond what I now am doing? And, about vm100. Is something wrong there, or is it just really nice that someone actually is using his allocated resources? Maybe our vm100 Neighbor might want to comment here?
Thanks for your interest, Mike, and thanks for your comments! <3 Thanks to Crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy! <3 Thanks to @babywhale for BashVM!
Thanks to all the guys using Crunchy! 
Hello! How about an update, upgrade, and reboot tomorrow, maybe about 16 hours from now? If anybody has a problem with tomorrow, please let me know. I will post here before I do the reboot and again after. I hope everyone is enjoying Crunchy! Thanks @crunchbits!
Good afternoon! Just finished
apt-get updateandapt-get upgrade.Now for the reboot.
Looks like everything might be pretty much okay. Please let me know about any issues!
Thanks for Crunchy @crunchbits!
Thanks for BashVM @babywhale! 
Hello!
Looks like a few Ubuntu updates and a minor version bump are available for Crunchy.
Unless somebody has an issue with a reboot, probably I will run the updates and reboot about 12 or 14 hours from now. I will post here again before I update and reboot.
Thanks! And special thanks to @crunchbits for beautiful Crunchy!
Special thanks to @babywhale for BashVM! 
Best wishes!
Tom
Good morning!
I guess it might be time to try the update, upgrade. And then the reboot. So, here we go!
Best!
Tom
Looks like the update/upgrade went okay. Now for the reboot. . . .
Looks like the reboot went okay too!
Upgrade to 24.04 when
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Now, more about the version upgrade. It's from what we are running now,
to
So, 22.04 to 24.04.1.
Ubuntu recommends the update / upgrade that we just did prior to running
do-release-upgrade. Please see https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/how-to-upgrade-your-release .Now we might be ready to run do-release-upgrade. . . .
Unless you guys really want to go from twenty-two to twenty-four, I am going to chicken out. Recently I had a lot of fun bumping through a few changes which seemed to be required when installing BashVM on Debian sid instead of Debian 12. BashVM and virsh and libvirt and qemu work great, but there's really a lot in there.
Being conservative on a machine which others are using, I prefer not to do the release upgrade without having a chance to test on an identical setup in advance.
Given that Crunchy only has until November 8, which is coming up soon, the present 22.04.4 seems okay for the time being.
Always delighted to consider other points of view. Happy to
do-release-upgradeif all our Crunchy Neighbors unanimously agree to accept the risk.Thanks again to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy!
Thanks again to @babywhale for wonderful BashVM! <3 Thanks again to all the guys who are enjoying Crunchy VMs! <3 Special thanks to @sh97 for being a great guy and a prime contributor to the entire Low End! 