Good Free Virtual Machine Software
Nov 18, 2008Can someone suggest me good Free virtual machine software? To be able to run on linux platform, and able to run windows, linux, unix and bsd systems from ISO files.
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Run A Virtual Machine On A VPS
Oct 15, 2007Can I install say, VMWare on a VPS and use it the same way as if it were installed on an OS running on the physical hardware?
View 9 Replies View RelatedLinux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) Vs Xen
Dec 12, 2008I am currently researching the options open to me for Virtualisation, the two main ones I have seen are Xen or KVM.
I mainly use CentOS (RHEL), but have read that the version of Xen with it is very old, broken and unstable. KVM isn't included in the kernel that ships with CentOS, as it is too old, apparently it was first featured in Kernel v2.6.20. There isn't likely to be an update till RHEL6, which is due for release first quarter of 2010. I can't wait over a year, so need to find another Distro for use as the Host OS/Hypervisor.
I have built a pretty powerful server, it has an Intel Xeon 3230 which has VT - so I might be better off using KVM over Xen. I am going to collocate this server, so realistically I can make this decision only once - as it would be a PITA to re-install a host Linux distro remotely.
I did a search on distrowatch for distros with the latest version of the kernel, and Slackware came up as being just one minor version behind the most current (v2.6.27.7).
Now this distro is very mature, so should be a fairly safe bet, but it is a 32bit version and can't host 64bit VMs. I have 8GB of ram so want to be able to use it all, and offer the choice of 32/64bit VMs. So that's that out of the window.
I have used Arch Linux on and off for a couple of years as a workstation OS, but because it is so bleeding edge, when pacman updates it can break itself. But I suppose if I just use it as the Host OS, and never let it update/reboot, then it won't break. It should be fairly lightweight and stable, as I will be installing the bare minimum packages. I have a management card, so if the server fails to boot, then I can still remote in to fix it.
If I do want to update the kernel, is it possible to update without rebooting? I think it is somehow... unless I can just reboot during an unused time at 3am or something.
As you can tell I am leaning towards KVM on Arch Linux (x86_64). Is this a good plan?
No-ip + Port Forward To Virtual Machine - Is It Safe?
Jul 18, 2008I've set up a website using a no ip-account, nothing fancy or business-oriented, and I have it working this way:
no-ip(port 80 redirect to port 6500)->router(redirect port 6500 to pc2 with ip 192.168.1.3)->pc2(vmware server redirects port 6500 to virtual machine with ip 192.168.60.100, which is running an asp .net server serving on port 6500)
The router does not forward any port other than that one, but I would like to know if this has any risk for the other machines on the lan.
How Do You Monitor Virtual Machine Traffic On Your Server
Aug 8, 2008how you monitor the traffic of each individual VPS on your dedicated servers?
View 4 Replies View RelatedAny VPS Provider Supports Clone Of Virtual Machine
Sep 19, 2007I want to be able to clone a existing virtual machine image(whether it's openvz or xen) and deploy it.
It's sort of like Amazon EC2.
I want to set up a virtual machine image once. Then deploy it(it doesn't matter whether it's on the same physical machine or not) to a new machine or overriding existing image on a existing machine. It's fine that the VPS provider charge me a monthly charge for every virtual machine I deploy.
This way, I only need to maintain one master virtual machine.
It'd be even better if I can export a image to my own machine, modify it locally, then upload it for deployment.
Control Panels For KVM / Kernel Based Virtual Machine
Sep 24, 2008I've started looking into KVM to possibly to run alongside or even to end up replacing our current Xen infrastructure. The fact that it's built into the mainstream linux kernel is very appealing.
Are there any Control panels/basic frontends for this at the moment to allow users to Reboot/Reimage their VM's? At the moment its looking as though we would need something inhouse or custom developed
Apache :: Accessing Host Running On Virtual Machine
Jul 25, 2014I have an Apache server running on a virtual machine and I want to be able to access the pages it serves from a browser running on the host OS.
I am using OracleVM virtualbox as my VM platform.
I am using windows 7 as my host OS.
I am using ubuntu as my guest OS.
I have managed to set up a virtual host so that it works from browsers running in the guest OS (ubuntu)
But I cannot get it to serve these pages to a browser running in the host OS windows.
The config file in the apache2/sites-available and apache2/sites-enabled has the following config for the virtual host I am trying to access.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName testsite
DocumentRoot /var/newserver
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
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Plesk 12.x / Windows :: Virtual Machine Template With Installed Panel
Mar 20, 2015I would like to create VMM template with installed plesk panel 12.0.18
But after I executed sysprep plesk panel didn't work.
All services, application pool work, but when I try to connect https://localhost:8443 I get an error "The page can't be displayed"...
Is 30MB Of Free RAM Good Enough
Dec 11, 2007I did a free -m in my server and saw that i only have 30MB of free RAM space. Is this good enough?
screenshot below:
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i have just upgrade to 2GB of RAM and my site is an active flash and video site. (more than 4000unique per day)
Is Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Really Free
Jun 20, 2008Do you know is Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 really free? By this I mean can I start VPS hosting business using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 without paying any license fee for virtualization product? Are there any restrictions?
I was very unpleasantly surprised when I found out that VmWare Server is actually not free and totally unusable for VPS hosting companies, although when you read their FAQ you get impression that its free and that ESX is just "better version". In fact for VPS hosting VmWare is not free and its totally useless.
So I am interested if there is some "minor glitch" in Microsoft agreement for Virtual server as is in VmWare agreement for VmWare Server?
Good Free Web Host With More Than 99% Uptime?
Jul 3, 2009I heard a lot about 110mb and registered with them.My experience was very bad.I even paid for upgrades,but the uptime was very bad.Most of the time my site was down.
View 18 Replies View RelatedGood Free Host For Forums
Feb 24, 2008Whats the best host for hosting a forum for free?
View 1 Replies View RelatedGood Free Panel Or Really Cheap Ones
Dec 20, 2007Other then webmin and virtualmin are there any other decent free panels out there?
I was looking at some of the pricing on some of the panels out there and their pricing models. Direct Admin seems to be the cheapest with 9 dollars a month (if you qualify that is.) Is that pretty much as low as it will get? I would think there might be some that are cheaper then that depending on the bulk size and others.
Good Free Hosting For A Freeware Application
May 23, 2009I have developed a small application that I want to put somewhere online so that people can download it and use it for free. I'm not much into free hosting so maybe some of you could recommend a good solution. This will be a 2-3 MB download but I don't think there will be any huge traffic. I know sourceforge.net offers hosting for open source software but I don't know yet if I want to make it open source. Preferrably, I would like a web host with a decent likelihood that my address will not change, no overintrusive ads and somewhat reliable. Or perhaps there are dedicated sites for hosting free programs that would better suit my needs?
View 4 Replies View RelatedGood FREE Server Monitoring Tool
Jun 1, 2008My question is, what is a good free server monitoring tool that is external. By that I mean software I install on my computer and I can view from my server from my pc. I hope that makes sense it does to me.
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Jul 2, 2008good free antivirus for linux dedicated servers? ...
View 7 Replies View RelatedFree Hosting And Free Domain
Sep 17, 2009Do you think if a company offered free web hosting and free domains people would snap them up like there is no tommorow?
Also does anyone one how much ICANN acredited registrars pay ICANN when they register a new domain?
any feedback would be great!
SSL Certificate (free Install + Free Ip)
Aug 5, 2009Simplehelix offers a 128/256 bit RapidSSL Certificate for just $99.95/year. In addition, this certificate comes with a year of dedicated IP address with free installation.
Do you think the conditions are normal?
List Of Good Hosters With Good TELEPHONE Tech Support
May 6, 2008I'd like to start an ongoing thread here listing the 'Good Hosters with Good TELEPHONE tech support'. In other words, out of the 1,000s of host companies, this may cut it down to less than a dozen.
( And for all you Hosters out there who really want your company to grow, and want to know how, - it's easy: just read here.)
Good telephone support is the #1 ultimate requirement, because:
-It's a lot faster and easier for both the user and the host company, because you can state and answer all questions and clarifications on the spot, you don't need to continually pass new emails with new questions and clarifications, back and forth for days on end, until the issue is solved. It saves tech time and user's time. And saves a lot of nerves.
- It's the best way to sort the good guys from the bad. A bad company isn't going to bother to answer the phone, - or will make you wait way too long, - because they are likely getting endless complaints. The good guys are always ready to answer the phones, with a friendly voice, - because they really WANT to please the customer.
- If a company can't be bothered to pick up the phone, we can't be bothered to even consider them. They're a joke, and so won't be listed here on this thread. (So, before adding or listing any Hosters here, please verfify that they do have Good, quick, friendly, telephone support,; ideally 24/7, but 9am to 10pm might be acceptable, if it was supplemented by some emergency contact.
AND:
- Hoster ALSO needs good EMAIL support (and preferably, Chat online, extended hour availability). (I spend a lot of time overseas). It sems all emails should get a non-automated response within about an hour, - and then support should jump on fixing any problem.
I only need support a few times a year. To answer some questions, or fix a problem, or do an install. That's lesss than 1 hour total, so any company paying maybe $18/hour tech support should be able to handle this. It IS reasonable to charge a custm for extended calls, beyond say, 90minutes a year, IF you don't count the 80%? Of times an issue is the Hoster;s fault of stmg gone wrong, and don't count the 'hold' times.
ALSO IMPORTANT:
- Uptime
- site Speeds
- Monthly plans, no contract (Only a dishonest host will try to force you into a contract, where they can then ignore you.)
- Reasonable price. (? Maybe $12 to $18/month for a basic business site. We don't need massive bandwitdths, - we all know that's an overselling scam, and can't ever be delivered.)
- a good upgrade plan of bigger options. Maybe even VPS.
- Dedicated IP, and availbility of SSL
-PHP 5, mysql, phpMyAdmin, etc
- cPanel ( Some Hosts are using problematic panels, like Hsphere, which are slow to load, slow in operation, require many more clicks, have too many options, spread apart on many separate pages. Time is money, and this really slows down the ability of a small business to manage his own site in effective time. For example, one WHT user wrote somewhere: "I don't feel that HSphere's interface is nice at all, although I have worked with cPanel and DA all my life... I just found it to include un-necessary features or split features up in to different hard to find pages, such as backups - mysql backups you had to find on a completely different page than file backups, and then there were options to have it in the home directory or server-end backup, in which then you had to wait a good 10 minutes before it was ready. cPanel, just hit backup and hit download and instantly it does everything you need...".
I have used several hosters. Currently on Aplus.net and Godad, which have phone support, and mediocre service.
My LIST So Far:
- Liquidweb: a very impressive company with good, 24 hour support. But to get dedicated IP, you need to go with their $25/month plan. Yikes!
- NewIdeaHosting.com. A very small company. My call was returned, and the owner chatted with me for an hour on the phone! Plans have small bandwidth, but promises No overselling, and personalized attention. Extra $5 for dedi IP. He specializes in Small business sites, and small eCommerce sites. He has only 250 accounts, on 3 servers. He rents servers from the Equinox data center of Chicago. Seems exceptionaly honest.
- MegaHosters. Excellent phone support and WHT reviews. But company was taken over by another company, and so may well go downhill in future. Another problem: uses Hsphere.
- Steadfast. Has a good rep on WHT, and seems impressive. Tech answered the phone immediately, but they say they prefer emails. Sales phone has limited hours. Good price on $20 SSL. But, uses Hshhere.
- JodoHost 24 hour phone. But, uses Hsphere. An Indian company with office in Florida, and good rep. I like the idea of outsourcing phone support, if it makes it more available and affordable. But, the accent on the phone was very hard for me to understand, so maybe this might not work.....
- Hostgator. Yes, it's a big overseller, but seems to get good reviews/results anyway, and good phone support.
- ? ThePrimeHost ?? Mostly good WHT reviews; some dissenters. Site says 24hour phone, but when I called on several nights, no one ever answered...
- Can anyone add to this list? Please list only hosts that meet the above minimum requirements of phone support, etc. Especially useful is hosters you've tried.
TO AVOID:
- Avoid Arvixe. I had a horrid experience with them, here: [WHT forum]:/showthread.php?p=5097822#post5097822
- Avoid WebHostingBuzz. This company never returned my phone msessage inquiries.
Colocation A Low End Machine First?
Nov 6, 2009I'm wondering about colocation but weary of sending a server that's valued at $2k+ to a facility I've never used before.
What do you do to "test" out a colo facility? Do you send them a less expensive machine to test them out?
Do you buy insurance for the system you're colocating?
Or do you just send them the server and hope all works out?
UBC SLM In Host Machine
Feb 23, 2009I have server for testing UBC an SLM memory management (Virtuozzo 4). I use SLM memory limits and setup 2 VPS's with my hosting plan (1024MB guaranteed and 4096 MB dynamic).
Host machine have 8 GB of RAM. My problem is, that host machine has have 100 MB of memory free when these two VPS's are running.
Where is all memory?
Apache And IIS On Same Machine
Oct 29, 2008I was using apache on my old xp machine but recently got a new computer, vista 64 bit which comes with IIS server.
I am familiar with html/css and starting to learn php, asp etc. Am I correct in assuming that it would be good to setup both Apache and IIS on my machine so that I can test database driven sites on my system, because I will want to work on many client websites who some will use windows/IIS hosts and others apache.
Or is it that with just IIS, I can test all sites in my dev environment since IIS supports everything apache does and more?
I am not sure if when developing a site for a client with a linux/apache host there is a lot of apache configuration that I would not be able to test on my local IIS server?
In fact, I am not even sure if a web programmer would need to do anything different at all dependant on which server type their code was running on.
Starting A Xen Machine
Feb 28, 2008I have a dedicated machine with Xen configured... Dom0 stuff runs great.
I have a pre-made image from jailtime.org, with an ubuntu.7-04.img, ubuntu-7-05.xen3.cfg, and ubuntu.swap -- obviously, the actual image, the config file, and the swap file.
Starting it fails:
Code:
$ sudo xm create ./ubuntu.7-04.xen3.cfg
Using config file "././ubuntu.7-04.xen3.cfg".
The config file:
Code:
kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen"
memory = "256"
name = "ubuntu"
vif = [ 'mac=00:01:02:03:04:07, bridge=xenbr0, vifname=vif1.0' ]
dhcp = "dhcp"
disk = ['file:/home/matt/vms/ubuntu-7.04/ubuntu.7-04.img,sda1,w', 'file://home/matt/vms/ubuntu-7.04/ubuntu.swap,sda2,w']
root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
Actually, a couple derivative questions here...
- Are the /boot and /dev/sda1 literal? That is, do they relate to Dom0 names (/boot on the server, and /dev/sda1, my "real" disk), or are they telling the new DomU what to call them?
- I don't want DHCP.... Do I change dhcp to "0" / "false," or do I specify an IP?
I've found a zillion guides out there, and they cover everything about setting up Xen, except for this one part, it seems?
How To Live Machine
Nov 25, 2008I have a server in my office. I also have a ADSL router which is connected in ethernet. Now my question is how do I make this machine Live?
View 4 Replies View RelatedMachine Hosting
Feb 23, 2007what do you think of Machine Hosting? Are they good? Here is the url: [url]
I am personally searching for a low cost hosting service that provides functionality to deploy web applications developed with Java.
On their website they say that they support Apach 2.0 as a webserver for around $9 a month! Is this a good deal?
I am mostly refering to Plan 1
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Also are there any disadvanteges if I go with them? (any obvious ones at least)
MySQL Machine
Aug 17, 2007I recently got a 2nd dedicated server to run MySQL for me. I host game servers that require MySQL. I usually ran it locally on my dual xeon machine until it started using a lot of resources, more then all of the game servers combined. So I moved my MySQL to a dual core machine. The MySQL machine is in the same datacenter as my dual xeon machine (I rent from softlayer). So I am using the private network ip to communicate between the 2 servers. However the queries are lagging out a lot, and causing my game servers to freeze up. I never had this problem when it ran locally, both servers are 100mbit and the mysql machine has a 15K RPM hardrive. The queries seem to not go through as fast as they did when it ran locally (of course), but not as much as I thought it would. Is there anything I can do to make it operate faster? Also, both servers are Windows 2003 Server.
View 2 Replies View RelatedTinydns, Two IPs, One Machine
May 19, 2007I feel like I'm making this much harder than it is. I have one server with multiple IPs. I list my ns1 as (example) 1.2.3.4 and ns2 as 1.2.3.5. All of that's squared away, and it all resolves properly.
Except that tinydns only listens on 1.2.3.4, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to make it listen on the second IP too. Consequently, queries to ns2 fail.
What I ended up doing was just starting a second session with /etc/tinydns2 (and /service/tinydns2)... This is surely not the right solution, but it's made even worse because my "cp -R /service/tinydns /service/tinydns2" command doesn't do anything.
Server Machine Configuration
Sep 29, 2009I was wondering what the average web host server machine configuration would be.
View 11 Replies View RelatedNameserver On Freebsd Machine
Mar 27, 2007i had made my own nameserver on my cpanel server running freebsd OS
im testing one domain uletbulu.org using the nameserver i had set but its seem the domain cannot resolved properly
im try checking it and here is the result
ERROR: Some of your nameservers listed at the parent nameservers did not respond. The ones that did not respond are:
64.85.161.121 Error=Port Unreachable
64.85.161.120 Error=Port Unreachable
completely result is here
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from error msg i think that my server blocked bind port and also tcp connection to bind port
Moving Data Without SSH On The Old Machine
Dec 4, 2007to move data (a lot) from one server to another. The thing is that the old server's host will not allow SSH access, not even just for a few hours. The new server is a dedicated, so I will of course have SSH there, but how should I handle this situation?
The data in question is massive..Much too much to download to the PC via FTP and upload to the new server. I'm not too familiar with FTP on linux. Could I use SSH on the new machine to FTP into the old machine and recursively grab everything (IIRC, the FTP protocol doesn't allow recursive gets...although it's been awhile since I've used CLI FTP)