VirMach * 2024 * RYZEN * NVMe ** VPS Black Friday * Flash Deals ** Check inside for offers!

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  • @nullnothere said: It's mostly looking at balanced offers from the VirBot vs other BF offers around. Something like a 2-4 vCPU/4GB RAM/60GB Disk/5TB BW at roughly 20-25 USD (or EUR, stretch a bit) equivalent is very reasonable and attractive and I'd even hazard reasonably "frequent" during BF across locations.

    I think the issue is that the higher RAM offers tend to be higher disk so they don't end up in that price range as frequently. I'll see if I can tune things to where it's more plausible for that to exist in that "sweet spot" as I bet a lot of other people would also be interested.

    Like that $33-45 offer in San Jose recently could have been $20-25 if it wasn't with 180GB disk and it was 14TB data, 3.8GB memory, 3 cores, and then multiple others that would have hit that target if they weren't 200-250GB disk.

    I'm actually going to poke around in the generator a bit right now, and let's see what it spits out instead. I was too late for the generations that were coming right up so it'll be like a few hours later on the next batch. Let me know if it improves.

  • Not sure if this is really relevant for this thread, but I had some deployment troubles on "Node RYZE.AMS-D001.VMS". The reinstall for "[Ryzen Compatible] Ubuntu 24 (64 Bit)" in full control panel claimed to work, but didn't. After failing to log in, changing the root password resulted in logging in to Alma. The "[Ryzen Compatible] Ubuntu 20.04 (64-Bit)" did work, but having to change the "ru" apt sources is a bit of unnecessary work (and the plethora of updates to get to dist upgrade stage).

    The Ubuntu 24 on "Node RYZE.AMS-D026.VMS" I installed (a day or so earlier) on the other hand did work.

    The 20.04 is nearing EOL, so having something newer as an install option (without the full control panel) might be nice at some point.

    On slightly more unrelated note, I also reset my idling surprise box, and since 384MB boxes seem to be on sale, some recommendations on distros based on the memory amount might be a nice feature. I tried Ubuntu minimal (did not manage to log in), Debian 11 (Segmentation fault at apt upgrade*), and then got Debian 10 to work (even apt).

    • [ 126.501227] apt-listchanges[844]: segfault at 182d0d2b8 ip 00000000004fd56c sp 00007ffc47753fd0 error 4 in python3.11[41f000+2b3000] likely on CPU 0 (core 0, socket 0)

    And while the above rambling may sound a bit negative, I'm actually quite happy with the vms (and VirMach). Just noting that there feels to be a bit of work that feels a bit unnecessary (at least with Ubuntu).

  • edited November 2024

    @VirMach said: Basic details now appear on your services page. Each of them has a manage button the same way it would on the combined SolusVM account. And if you open the control panel on an account that only has one virtual server, it auto opens the management page for that one specifically.

    Also I think I made it to where it by default filters to active services only on that page to clean it up without you having to click "Active" on the sidebar. There were also some other controls but they were a little buggy so I only kept what works.

    Update to this new feature. I figured it wouldn't be very useful if you had to wait 5 to 10 seconds plus for them to load to see the details and be able to click the control panel button. I've removed the (1) bandwidth usage and amount, (2) server status, (3) node name. This has improved the load times tremendously. I may add back the code for them but have it load independently from the rest of the stuff so you can quickly see the memory, disk, CPU, service IP address, as well as control panel and VNC buttons, and then if you still have the page open it will grab the other stuff afterward.

    Actually I went ahead and did that so that's how it'll work now, better. Also noticed a bug on the part of the code that auto selects "Active" services on page load, I'll work on that sometime later.

    @wintah said:
    Not sure if this is really relevant for this thread, but I had some deployment troubles on "Node RYZE.AMS-D001.VMS". The reinstall for "[Ryzen Compatible] Ubuntu 24 (64 Bit)" in full control panel claimed to work, but didn't. After failing to log in, changing the root password resulted in logging in to Alma. The "[Ryzen Compatible] Ubuntu 20.04 (64-Bit)" did work, but having to change the "ru" apt sources is a bit of unnecessary work (and the plethora of updates to get to dist upgrade stage).

    The Ubuntu 24 on "Node RYZE.AMS-D026.VMS" I installed (a day or so earlier) on the other hand did work.

    The 20.04 is nearing EOL, so having something newer as an install option (without the full control panel) might be nice at some point.

    On slightly more unrelated note, I also reset my idling surprise box, and since 384MB boxes seem to be on sale, some recommendations on distros based on the memory amount might be a nice feature. I tried Ubuntu minimal (did not manage to log in), Debian 11 (Segmentation fault at apt upgrade*), and then got Debian 10 to work (even apt).

    • [ 126.501227] apt-listchanges[844]: segfault at 182d0d2b8 ip 00000000004fd56c sp 00007ffc47753fd0 error 4 in python3.11[41f000+2b3000] likely on CPU 0 (core 0, socket 0)

    And while the above rambling may sound a bit negative, I'm actually quite happy with the vms (and VirMach). Just noting that there feels to be a bit of work that feels a bit unnecessary (at least with Ubuntu).

    I wrote out a long reply to this but then realized I'm just being confusing and not very helpful. If you found any specific issues that end up preventing you from being able to do what you want, make a ticket and let us know it was pre-approved and your username here (since beta tickets will probably end up closed otherwise) and I'll have a look.

    @nullnothere said: It's mostly looking at balanced offers from the VirBot vs other BF offers around. Something like a 2-4 vCPU/4GB RAM/60GB Disk/5TB BW at roughly 20-25 USD (or EUR, stretch a bit) equivalent is very reasonable and attractive and I'd even hazard reasonably "frequent" during BF across locations. Add a no-ipv6 penalty/discount (for those of us who do care about IPv6) and

    Okay, I'm seeing the plans it generated and they definitely look "better." It could bee luck of the draw. None of them are what you want but some are getting closer. I'll do one as a direct comparison since it re-rolled it from a previous exact server and also happened to get the same exact randomizer roll (meaning it stays kind of similar.)

    How it looked before update:

    $23.50, 1792MB RAM, 2 Core, 85GB Disk, 5.5TB bandwidth

    How it looks after:

    $20.42, 2304MB RAM, 2 Core, 65GB Disk, 2.8TB bandwidth

    So 14% lower price, 28% more memory, 24% less disk, but 50% less bandwidth (the bandwidth is kind of RNG.)

    Napkin math, that means something like 30-50% more RAM for the price while keeping the actual pricing formulas kind of similar. It just does some other things (which can indirectly reduce price for a specific resource and higher chance of getting more.)

  • edited November 2024

    Not sure if this is beta, but it took payment and then redirected me to an unpaid invoice page. Not going to setup a ticket as we're in the beta stages. Love the flash deal idea page.

    EDIT: I'm dumb, it took a pre-auth but returned it. Provisioned very quickly once I didn't derp the billing. Time for some new idlers.

  • edited November 2024

    Was stuck because of the $0.50 minimum loop~ but it worked with AmazonPay!
    Order Number is: 5922917779
    Let's see what you've got!

    Edit: got provisioned in less than 10 min, I am impressed!

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  • edited November 2024

    Meh, that was short-lived: the Debian 12 OS image is fecked, no SSH, no ability to run apt update by VNC...

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  • Debian 11 OS image is working, so I am going to take it from there~

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  • @VirMach said:
    Update to this new feature. I figured it wouldn't be very useful if you had to wait 5 to 10 seconds plus for them to load to see the details and be able to click the control panel button. I've removed the (1) bandwidth usage and amount, (2) server status, (3) node name. This has improved the load times tremendously. I may add back the code for them but have it load independently from the rest of the stuff so you can quickly see the memory, disk, CPU, service IP address, as well as control panel and VNC buttons, and then if you still have the page open it will grab the other stuff afterward.

    Actually I went ahead and did that so that's how it'll work now, better. Also noticed a bug on the part of the code that auto selects "Active" services on page load, I'll work on that sometime later.

    I vote to bring that feature back, It was nice to have the basic info/controls for all the servers on a single page, rather than going back and forth between individual server page.

  • Update: server is working fine & fast! Thanks a lot!

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  • edited November 2024

    I purchased a 2-Core VPS, but I got only one core.
    I need help. My invoice is #1661916.


  • @sublt said:

    I purchased a 2-Core VPS, but I got only one core.
    I need help. My invoice is #1661916.


    That's a feature.

    /s

  • imokimok OG Not Administrator

    I'm getting old. I can't post the buses on time.

  • edited November 2024

    @sublt : Did you check with the lscpu command? ...

    Ah, now that you mention this: I have checked my RAM and I should have got 1024MB but only got 960MB [Order Number is: 5922917779]:

    # free -m
                    total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
    Mem:             960         406         147           2         567         553
    

    I am missing 64MB~

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  • edited November 2024

    I wanted to update my address from https://billing.virmach.com/clientarea.php?action=details but when I submit it says:
    "The following errors occurred:
    You did not enter your email address"

    :s
    You need to re-add the disabled fields as hidden fields~

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  • On a positive note: the PTR/rDNS setup is working! =)

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  • @jcn50 said: Did you check with the lscpu command? ...

    [root@ThoroughSerene-VM ~]# lscpu
    Architecture: x86_64
    CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
    Byte Order: Little Endian
    CPU(s): 1
    On-line CPU(s) list: 0
    Thread(s) per core: 1
    Core(s) per socket: 1
    Socket(s): 1
    NUMA node(s): 1
    Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD
    BIOS Vendor ID: Red Hat
    CPU family: 23
    Model: 113
    Model name: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor
    BIOS Model name: RHEL 7.6.0 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
    Stepping: 0
    CPU MHz: 3499.998
    BogoMIPS: 6999.99
    Virtualization: AMD-V
    Hypervisor vendor: KVM
    Virtualization type: full
    L1d cache: 64K
    L1i cache: 64K
    L2 cache: 512K
    L3 cache: 16384K
    NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0
    Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm rep_good nopl cpuid extd_apicid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw perfctr_core ssbd ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves clzero xsaveerptr wbnoinvd arat npt lbrv nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean pausefilter pfthreshold v_vmsave_vmload umip rdpid arch_capabilities

  • @sublt said: I purchased a 2-Core VPS, but I got only one core.
    I need help. My invoice is #1661916.

    Updated. I think this one was my fault when modifying it manually in this case. Reboot for it to take effect. The system wouldn't do something weird like that for future reference where it doesn't set the right CPU but sets everything else correctly. Well I mean it could but it doesn't, so far.

    @jcn50 said: Ah, now that you mention this: I have checked my RAM and I should have got 1024MB but only got 960MB [Order Number is: 5922917779]:

    Operating system you have installed (probably Debian?) just displays your memory like that in that view.

    @jcn50 said:
    I wanted to update my address from https://billing.virmach.com/clientarea.php?action=details but when I submit it says:
    "The following errors occurred:
    You did not enter your email address"

    :s
    You need to re-add the disabled fields as hidden fields~

    We're going to bring back a system to request changes, but until then you need to contact us.

  • @VirMach can you ping me when you have Debian 12 OS image fixed?.. I will try from my side as well~

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  • @VirMach said: We're going to bring back a system to request changes, but until then you need to contact us.

    A support request just to change an address?!.... :/

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  • @VirMach Hi there, I bought a VPS recently but the server configuration seems inconsistent with the promotion package. It has only 512M ram + 10G disk space + 512G bandwidth, while the blackfriday offer shows it should have 512M ram + 15GB disk space + 1024G bandwidth. The invoice number is #1661909. Could you please help check what's wrong? Thank you!

  • @jcn50 said:
    @VirMach can you ping me when you have Debian 12 OS image fixed?.. I will try from my side as well~

    1. Login via VNC as root.
    2. Update your /etc/apt/sources.list like below:

      deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
      deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
      deb  https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
      
    3. apt update

    4. apt install openssh-server
    5. add your public key to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys (the VNC paste is quite helpful here)

    Now you should be able to ssh in as root and do whatever.

  • edited November 2024

    @nullnothere oh thanks for this! But it should really work from inception....

    Here is the single command to fix Debian 12:
    echo -e "deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware\ndeb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware\ndeb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware" >/etc/apt/sources.list && apt update -y && apt install openssh-server -y

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  • @VirMach where do we stand in terms of upgrade of the flash sales plans?... Is it possible? At what rate?

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  • FrankZFrankZ ModeratorOG

    @jcn50 said:
    @VirMach where do we stand in terms of upgrade of the flash sales plans?... Is it possible? At what rate?

    My understanding is that flash sale plans are NOT upgrade-able or stack-able.

  • glad to see virmach back :) AND frankz too!! missed you both.

  • FrankZFrankZ ModeratorOG

    @fluttershy said:
    glad to see virmach back :) AND frankz too!! missed you both.

  • @fluttershy said:
    glad to see virmach back :) AND frankz too!! missed you both.

  • FrankZFrankZ ModeratorOG
    edited November 2024

    @burntascii said:

    @fluttershy said:
    glad to see virmach back :) AND frankz too!! missed you both.

    I am NOT @VirMach.
    I am @VirBot.
    Hear me roar !!!

  • @jcn50 said: But it should really work from inception

    Agreed - for whatever reason the template is broken.

    Beware that by default Debian doesn't allow password based root login - so just installing OpenSSH will not allow you to login as root (I'm not sure if there's another user that is already setup for you to login via password).

  • @nullnothere said:
    so just installing OpenSSH will not allow you to login as root (I'm not sure if there's another user that is already setup for you to login via password).

    "login as root remotely" right? Can still login on console as root to create the user if you need.

  • You can mount the Debian 12 ISO and install from that, then you don't have to worry about someone having done something to the templates.

  • The installation of Docker on Debian 11 system has always failed. Is it a system problem?

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  • @mucstudio said:
    The installation of Docker on Debian 11 system has always failed. Is it a system problem?

    The docker startup failed due to the kernel version problem. Updating to kernel version: 5.10.0-33-amd64 solved the problem! !

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  • @skorous said: login as root remotely" right

    Yes (specifically via ssh) - the context of my replies was related to OpenSSH (or so I thought).

  • @nullnothere said:

    @jcn50 said: But it should really work from inception

    Agreed - for whatever reason the template is broken.

    Beware that by default Debian doesn't allow password based root login - so just installing OpenSSH will not allow you to login as root (I'm not sure if there's another user that is already setup for you to login via password).

    Yeah I noticed that~ had to run this command:
    sed -i "s/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config && reboot

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  • If your order gets marked as Fraud as a beta tester, you should definitely address it here. I don't know how things will end up but having an incomplete order could end up counting you as being a potential deal sniper (the kind that places orders and doesn't complete them.) It's not currently set up to take that into account since it's a bug. Usually the order would bee caught and you'd still be allowed to complete it. nothing crazy will happen, other than maybe being locked out of each new sale for X period of time or something if that ends up being enabled.

    Just throwing that out there, I'll probably have more information soon on some official policy on how we'll deal with incomplete orders, with potential options to restore it if you do want to proceed but we're also not trying to encourage people into taking advantage of that by doing that (placing orders, not completing) then deciding later if they want to contact us about it.

  • @JoeMerit said:
    You can mount the Debian 12 ISO and install from that, then you don't have to worry about someone having done something to the templates.

    I think they had the template broken, we never got to doing our own version because we're VirMach, and then they pushed out a bug fix for the original issue which was actually related to how SolusVM handled the template rather than the template itself (I believe we disabled Debian 12 for a while.) Then I saw that, resynced the new version after updating to that fixed version, and I guess they just did some other things within the template this time.

  • MS said:
    NaNh NaNm NaNs

    @VirMach here's a lil trick that makes the countdown work on firefox and edge and not just chrome

    replace this

    with this

        var pst = new Date('01-01-2024 00:00:00 UTC-08:00');
        var local = new Date('01-01-2024 00:00:00');
        var serverToLocalOffset = pst - local;
    
        var countDownDate = new Date(data[productid]['started']).getTime() + serverToLocalOffset + parseInt(data[productid]['saleduration']);
        var now = new Date().getTime();
    
        // Find the distance between now and the count down date
        var distance = countDownDate - now;
    

    you're welcome

  • @burntascii said:

    MS said:
    NaNh NaNm NaNs

    @VirMach here's a lil trick that makes the countdown work on firefox and edge and not just chrome

    replace this

    with this

      var pst = new Date('01-01-2024 00:00:00 UTC-08:00');
      var local = new Date('01-01-2024 00:00:00');
      var serverToLocalOffset = pst - local;
    
      var countDownDate = new Date(data[productid]['started']).getTime() + serverToLocalOffset + parseInt(data[productid]['saleduration']);
      var now = new Date().getTime();
    
      // Find the distance between now and the count down date
      var distance = countDownDate - now;
    

    you're welcome

    Sorry every time I launch Firefox it brings up an old-school alert box that does what an alert box is supposed to do which is preventing you from clicking anywhere else and getting your attention but then I get mad, force crash it and uninstall, so it's hard to do any testing.

    Okay seems like they stopped doing that finally so I have it installed again. Seems to be working for me, I guess the workaround is to be in my timezone, or does it happen in some other specific cases?

    Anyway, I don't want to waste your donated code so I'll blindly push it out now. Thank you

  • @VirMach That Client Area additional info on the services listing is ace! :+1: :+1: :+1:

    (# of IP, just a thought :bleep_bloop: )

    In stasis until the shitposting stops/abates.
    Than=compare;then=sequence:brought=bring;bought=buy:staffs=pile of sticks:informations/infos=no plural.
    It wisnae me! A big boy done it and ran away. || NVMe2G for life! until death (the end is nigh).

  • @VirMach said:

    @burntascii said:

    MS said:
    NaNh NaNm NaNs

    @VirMach here's a lil trick that makes the countdown work on firefox and edge and not just chrome

    replace this

    with this

        var pst = new Date('01-01-2024 00:00:00 UTC-08:00');
        var local = new Date('01-01-2024 00:00:00');
        var serverToLocalOffset = pst - local;
    
        var countDownDate = new Date(data[productid]['started']).getTime() + serverToLocalOffset + parseInt(data[productid]['saleduration']);
        var now = new Date().getTime();
    
        // Find the distance between now and the count down date
        var distance = countDownDate - now;
    

    you're welcome

    Sorry every time I launch Firefox it brings up an old-school alert box that does what an alert box is supposed to do which is preventing you from clicking anywhere else and getting your attention but then I get mad, force crash it and uninstall, so it's hard to do any testing.

    Okay seems like they stopped doing that finally so I have it installed again. Seems to be working for me, I guess the workaround is to be in my timezone, or does it happen in some other specific cases?

    Anyway, I don't want to waste your donated code so I'll blindly push it out now. Thank you

    timer is now working on Firefox within AU thank you both :P

  • .. working on Firefox within UK

    In stasis until the shitposting stops/abates.
    Than=compare;then=sequence:brought=bring;bought=buy:staffs=pile of sticks:informations/infos=no plural.
    It wisnae me! A big boy done it and ran away. || NVMe2G for life! until death (the end is nigh).

  • I've only ever had NaNh NaNm NaNs; I assumed it was deliberate, never realised it was supposed to be a countdown :-)

    Linux / Chrome, for what it's worth.

  • @ahnlak said: I assumed it was deliberate..

    Likewise! :D

    In stasis until the shitposting stops/abates.
    Than=compare;then=sequence:brought=bring;bought=buy:staffs=pile of sticks:informations/infos=no plural.
    It wisnae me! A big boy done it and ran away. || NVMe2G for life! until death (the end is nigh).

  • edited November 2024

    @AlwaysSkint said:
    @VirMach That Client Area additional info on the services listing is ace! :+1: :+1: :+1:

    (# of IP, just a thought :bleep_bloop: )

    Added, not sure where I could've crammed it and I don't really like the placement so it's hidden unless you have more than one.

    I guess just don't have more than 9 IPv4 addresses, any IPv6 ever, or an IP address that's really wide and it should look great.

    @dgc1980 said: timer is now working on Firefox within AU thank you both :P

    I've never deserved any less credit in my life than when I copy and pasted what @burntascii figured out.

  • JabJab TOP Member 2027

    y0 VirMach on killing spree with fixing things.

    Please fix this.

    Haven't bought a single service in VirMach Great Ryzen 2022 - 2023 Flash Sale.

  • @VirMach said: .. so it's hidden unless you have more than one.

    Brilliant!
    :D

    In stasis until the shitposting stops/abates.
    Than=compare;then=sequence:brought=bring;bought=buy:staffs=pile of sticks:informations/infos=no plural.
    It wisnae me! A big boy done it and ran away. || NVMe2G for life! until death (the end is nigh).

  • @AlwaysSkint said:

    @ahnlak said: I assumed it was deliberate..

    Likewise! :D

    Looks to be fixed now

  • My 1G is showing ~768 in Alma, but properly 1G in SolusVM, so just going to play around with OS images until one gets it right.

    Very nice offers and great bandwidth for tiny little WireGuard boxes, especially for when Verizon likes to play with IPTV streaming.

  • JabJab TOP Member 2027
    edited November 2024

    @Kris said: 4:20PM FlagThanks

    My 1G is showing ~768 in Alma, but properly 1G in SolusVM

    crashkernel is the magic keyword you are looking for.

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