Questions tagged [linode]

Linode is a virtual server hosting business that specializes in Linux boxes.

Linode is a virtual server hosting business that specializes in Linux boxes.

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Linode vs VPS.net vs other solutions

We have a large web application running on linode and part of it running on VPS.net. From our experience, Linode has been much more reliable. But we're recently decided to move the entire application to one provider only. So I'd like to know from…
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Hidden costs of Amazon EC2?

After Amazon launched their new Micro Instances at EC2, I took a closer look at Reserved instances and I did some math. I'm currently using Linode 512 so I'll compare it to that. Small Instance is 1.7GB RAM pricing for Reserved instance 1 year =…
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Why is my VPS crashing (and how can I find out for myself)?

Edit: While this appears to be due to a power outage at Linode's Fremont facility, I've still had a problem with this in the past. Any help would be appreciated. I want you to teach me to fish. Yes, I'm asking "Why is my VPS crashing?" I'm sure if…
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How do I know the credentials by which I SSH into my Linode VPS?

I have been handed a user/pass to login into the web-based front end on linode.com but this user/pass doesn't work for SSH.
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How long does it take to set up a web server on a Linode?

I've always used shared hosting in the past but now I'm thinking about moving to a Linode for my new web sites. However my knowledge of Linux and Apache is quite limited. I wonder how long it takes to set up a web server + MySQL db server?
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Cloudflare instead of nodebalancer in linode kubernetes cluster

there is a similar question regarding cloudflare as a load balancer for the VPS. But in my case I'm looking for using cloudflare as a nodebalancer replacement for the linode kubernetes cluster. Is there any chance I can make it work? Also, if there…
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Netstat shows two sshd's listening, but only one pid

On my Linode sudo netstat -tulp gives me: Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 2030/sshd tcp 0 0 *:http …
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Remote port forward works on TCP/1194 but not on TCP/443 even though port 443 on the server is not being used

I am having a weird issue. I brought up a new Linode to act as a tunnelling endpoint. I was able to successfully remote forward port 1194 so now connections to linode-server@1194 successfully to my machine's port 1194 and I am able to connect to my…
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Keepalived configuration for a budget cluster of 2 web server nodes on Linode

I am on a low budget - so I am running just 2 identical Linodes (Ubuntu 18.x). I don't plan to use Nodebalancer, since I need only one server to be up at a time. I have been able to successfully configure gluster and galera. Now it is time for…
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gzip softlocks every midnight during nginx log rotation, causes kernel panic

Some of our servers run on Ubuntu 18.10. They host a few Node.JS services receiving TCP connections as upstream from nginx, as well as a websocket implementation in Dotnet Core. It's a fairly simple setup sysadmin-wise. One of the machines started…
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Apple devices not connecting to sites on my server

I run a Linode with about 30 Wordpress sites. Over the past several weeks I have seen several emails from Apple users who have not been able to connect with sites on my server and I need to get this addressed. My first thought was that this was an…
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Debian 7, ICMPv6: RA: ndisc_router_discovery failed to add default route

I'm running Debian 7 and trying to configure static IPv6 addresses… I'm getting this error message in /var/log/kern.log every few seconds. Apr 27 09:25:30 orion kernel: ICMPv6: RA: ndisc_router_discovery failed to add default route Apr 27 09:25:35…
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Linode : Installing a working Jetty 9.x on DSL (Damn Small Linux)

I am exploring an option to deploy a java application with jetty on Linode. While my endeavor to create a production grade system with the minimum resource utilization (so that scarce resources could be saved for actual customer request); I came…
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Is it possible to setup DNS point to 2 servers, one in Digitalocean another is in Linode?

Is it possible to setup DNS point to 2 servers, one in Digitalocean another is in Linode? I hope the two servers compose a cluster. Your comment welcome
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exim4 nonstandard ports

Asked this on StackOverflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1655281/exim4-nonstandard-ports) but someone pointed out it belongs here. I am trying to use exim4 on debian to relay mail, nothing more. I have a stage mail server and a production…
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