How Much Work To Secure/maintain Unmanaged VPS
Apr 19, 2009
I've been using a shared account for many years and I want to move to a VPS. I am trying to decide between managed and unmanaged.
How much time and effort does it takes to set up, harden, and maintain a VPS?
I'd be running LAMP and email, mainly. I want to put time into developing my sites, not fretting about the server.
I guess I'd learn a lot by managing my own VPS, but what are the chances of getting hacked before I learn enough?
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Feb 17, 2015
I'm using plesk with CentOS 6.6 and the postfix/courier mail services...I tried to connect an existing mail account with a mail program like thunderbird. But I'm not able to connect to it, except when I'm using "no connection security"...So I tried, if manually contacting the POP3s Port is working:
Code:
openssl s_client -ssl3 -host mail.domain.de -port 995
with the following result:
Code:
CONNECTED(00000003)
write:errno=104
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no peer certificate available
---
No client certificate CA names sent
[code]....
the same results come for trying to connect to port 465 (ssmtp) and 993 (imaps)port 443 (https) seems to work fine..i already checked if the corresponding certificates exist (e.g. /usr/share/imapd.pem) and filled with the standard certificate informtaion given by plesk checking openssl on the server gives the following result:
Code:
# openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
is there anything I have missed to configure?
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Feb 16, 2009
My greetings to Web Hosting Talk elders, I just move from a share hosting to a dedicated server with Godaddy, there support team have set up my new server and everything is running fine now.
But i want to cancel the maintainance contrat which is costing me more than the server itself, but keep the daily backups contrat.
Now my question is, as everything is running fine now, what do i need to know to maintain my server?
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Jan 18, 2009
I've trawled the sitepoint forums but haven't found anything relating to this subject. I'm hoping someone out there has found themselves in a similar situation.
As a brief summary, I work as a full time web designer for a company but also run my own web design business in my spare time. Within the next year I plan to go freelance which will hopefully leave with some spare time to learn dynamic web design as well as offer clients domain registration and hosting services.
As a web designer, my knowledge of hosting is not that great, but I intend to learn. Currently, I work with a guy who sorts all this out for me. He has a shared server and pays a certain amount per month and charges me £XX a year per client to setup domains and hosting.
I was wondering how much technical skill I need to set this up myself. With so many hosting packages out there, it's hard to know where to start. Should I buy a dedicated server and host my clients at home or go with the safer option and pay monthly for shared hosting?
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Jun 2, 2007
I'm thinking this is all I need.
- unmanaged
- Debian Etch
- 100gb transfer
- 128 to 256 ram
- around 5 gigs disk space
- 1 IP
- CPU... within reason but nothing special required
I don't need any proprietary control panels or any of that stuff. I'm perfectly fine and more comfortable on the command line anyways. Just give me the base net-install of etch and SSH listening and I'd be happy from there.
Basically all I want it for is as a backup MX with postfix/clamav/amavisd-new/spamd and secondary bind. Maaaaaybe apache from time to time for a little bit of personal stuff but nothing special. Shooting for cheap here because I don't really 'need' it, it would just be nice to have so I could supplement my other server off site rather than running failover how I currently do it.
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Apr 30, 2009
I'm looking into purchasing a VPS, and I saw unmanaged are cheaper.
What would I need to know/learn to do maintain an unmanaged VPS?
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May 11, 2009
would like to move to a VPS plan, many has already mentioned that managing VPS is not easy in which it is kinda scary for me! but may I ask what are the main things that I need to know to manage a VPS host.
from my experience on a shared host with cpanel I know how to manage domains, subdomains, backups, traffic-analyze, mysql-databases, myphpadmin, ... etc.
Now if I get a VPS host with cpanel, do I need any extra experience to mange it? if so, what are they ...
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Feb 27, 2009
What additional services do I get with a managed VPS account? Does it depend on the service provider?
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May 24, 2009
I have a java-based instant-messaging server application, which I need to host on a VPS.
This server application comes with its own Java Virtual Machine.
I do not need any other software than that, no web server, no database, no PHP, no multiple domains or whatever, because that stuff is hosted on another server
So I assume, I will just need an unmanaged VPS. Am I right or is there more to it?
Do I have to install and manage firewall and security on unmanaged VPS, or is that done by the provider?
What about monitoring? Any other issues I need to take into consideration?
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Apr 26, 2008
do I want a Managed VPS or unmanaged vps?
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Apr 18, 2008
I have read about all of the things you have to do with an unmanaged server, and how beginners shouldn't even try. I am pretty smart though I have a lot of experience with cpanel, and I am not worried about getting my feet wet.
This is the system I want:
Celeron 1.7 GHz
1 GB RAM
80 GB HD
1500 GB Bandwidth
cPanel / WHm
Full root access
How much time would it take to keep the thing running? How do you monitor the server? How do you know when software updates, and patches are available? Can all of the software needed be found for free? What kind of problems would I encounter, and would this be way over my head?
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Aug 12, 2008
As I've been reading these threads there seem to be plenty of unmanaged Linux VPS providers (e.g. Slicehost/Linode), but I'm not sure I've seen even a single mention of unmanaged Windows VPS providers. VPSLand, WiredTree, KickAssVPS all are managed. I'd like to know everyone's recommendations on good unmanaged Windows VPS?
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Jul 12, 2007
What are the differences between managed VPS, semi-managed VPS, and unmanaged VPS?
I've always used shared hosting w/ a cpanel in the past but I'm leaning towards a VPS.
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Aug 23, 2007
Of course Unmanaged is much cheaper than full managed and I decided to try with unmanaged plan.
what should I do to run my vps? what do I have to install or somekinds of that?
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May 17, 2007
so my business partner (the IT person) is recommending we go with an unmanaged VPS over a managed VPS....
Now, I'm blonde...so kinda feelin dumb...what's the difference between a managed and unmanaged?
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Jun 16, 2007
I would like people explain the differences as I am starting to get confused reading each company 'own definition' of manages and unmanaged services.
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Sep 29, 2007
Any good hosting companies providing unmanaged VPS reselling option in Europe?
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Nov 6, 2009
USA 3000+ GB bandwidth, below $100, unmanaged
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May 30, 2009
I want to find a good unmanaged server outside US for hosting a website. Actually, all I want is an unmanaged server anywhere but the URL registration should show anywhere outside USA.
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May 30, 2009
I want to find a good unmanaged server outside US for hosting a website. Actually, all I want is an unmanaged server anywhere but the URL registration should show anywhere outside USA.
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Dec 4, 2008
I think I'm ready to take the plunge for an unmanaged dedicated server but before I do,
I was wondering what's involved when managing a server (brief summary)?
I've been reading these pages and I'm sure this is within my capabilities.
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Obviously there's more to keep it ticking over smoothly so that's what I'm not sure about. I'm going to go for a server at Limestone Networks with cPanel.
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Mar 6, 2008
I have some experience with servers, have set up home servers in Linux, and have run a VPS for a year (trouble tickets available and Virtuozzo). I do not have any experience keeping a web server up 24/7 though. How daunting is this task if you have cPanel installed?
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Aug 17, 2008
how to setup OS on vps and how to use SSH. I cannot install other OS on my local machine which is running vista.
So i think the best way for me is to buy a cheap vps which i can use for my experiments and learning purposes.
Am i thinking correctly ?
If yes then please direct me to the best offer for my case, or help me to find it.
by the end i hope i will be able to setup vps, use SSH professionally.
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Jul 2, 2008
Can anyone recommend an unmanaged server with cpanel budget is about $80 pm about 1tb bandwidth. Currently with volumedrive but the network is really slow at the minute.
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Oct 12, 2008
With increased traffic lately I'm trying to plan my next move so I was hoping for some kind recommendation from you guys.
My current setup is 1 VPS from knownhost (managed) where i have my wordpress sites and 1 VDS at FDC (unmannged) for static content like images and zip files but i would like to have everything in one place because it would work out cheaper.
So the question is would i be risking too much if I moved my whole site to a unmanaged dedicated sever without having any expreice other than very basic stuff like intalling afp/ddos deflate?
Right now it seems like their isn't anything to it except upgrading the OS or mysql and things like that in the future...
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Jul 31, 2008
i have just purchased an unmanaged linux dedicated server. i want to run a few gaming servers on it and want to know the best way to go about it.
Now i have only ever worked with windows so this is new territory to me.
Is it easy to set game servers up through ssh or would it be worth using a remote desktop viewer?
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Nov 14, 2008
Just for my own interest, does an unmanaged VPS (no control panel), normally "ship" with httpd, and mysql pre-installed?
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Sep 22, 2008
I've had a similar conversation in the past wanted to get more specific.
It's really a personal question.
I want a dedicated server but don't want to pay the extra 70 a month for managed solution.
If i don't have much experience with a linux server and can't use windows server because i need Apache mod_rewrite am i safe just getting a dedicated host and not messing with anything but the cpanel?
Most apps i've hand coded so i don't forsee upgrades, assuming it comes with the standard setup.
Why would i need a hosting manager, I think i can learn things on my own right?
Anyone been in my shoes before and went dedicated non managed?
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Aug 3, 2007
to upgrade or find a new host in the coming weeks. I've been looking all over at the VPS's and Dedicated servers and have questions.
At 1and1.com they have two different dedicated servers, managed and root. Does anyone know the difference between the two? I mean one uses Plesk and the other uses their control panel, but shouldn't the managed one be more?
Also, what's the difference between managed and unmanaged, they won't fix something if it's unmanaged?
All this stuff is starting to confuse me.......not that confusing me is real hard, but still.
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Jul 21, 2007
While server (as whole) is [presumeabily] fully managed by hosting company in their own interest - then what could really go wrong with unmanaged Windows VPS.
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