hi, first time using a vps and i just one today (ovh vps). tried doing the basic securing of the vps and ran into some trouble where i tried to set the ssh pub key but after manually setting the key in authorized_keys, i could not ssh into the server anymore. it just gets stuck without returning anything. or granting access. when i tried it but with loggin this was the log

debug1: Offering public key: /[home directore redacted for security reasons]/.ssh/id_ed25519 ED25519 SHA256:Cve1[redacted for security reasons] agent debug3: send packet: type 50 debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug3: receive packet: type 51 debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Offering public key: [local machine root & host] ED25519 SHA256:TcH[redacted for security reasons] agent debug3: send packet: type 50 debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug3: receive packet: type 60 debug1: Server accepts key: [local machine root & host] ED25519 SHA256:TcH[redacted for security reasons] agent debug3: sign_and_send_pubkey: using publickey-hostbound-v00@openssh.com with ED25519 SHA256:TcH[redacted for security reasons]debug3: sign_and_send_pubkey: signing using ssh-ed25519 SHA256:TcH[redacted for security reasons]

i'm not sure what the error is and i've tried debugging in rescue mode but just couldnt work. so i want to reinstall the vps from ovh console. but now i'm not sure which to choose. the first time it came with ubuntu 26, but i'm thinking 24 might not give me the issue this one just gave me.

i may not explain things properly, thanks for your assistance in advance!

I'm looking for a budget VPS with the following requirements

• Singapore server
• At least 50gb storage
• 4 vcores / 8 GB ram
• (optional) upscalable

Currently on OVH vps-2 plan for 11 SGD per month.

Any recommendations?

Hello everyone, due to recent pricing updates, I need to look for an alternative for my non-profit projects.

I have a basic K3s setup with 4 servers total: 1 DB, 1 orchestrator, and 2 runners.

The features I need are pretty much standard options that Hetzner, Vultr, DO, and other VPS providers offer, such as security groups (firewall groups) and internal networks (VPC).

I tried a couple of cheap options on OVH, but so far they lack these 2 primary features, which are a must on my list.

Do you have any good recommendations for me? Thank you in advance.

Totally ignoring the price of each cloud provider, which is the best one you have ever used and would love stick to it if you could ignore the cost?

Basically the title. I'm looking for a vps in Asia with high bandwith and speeds for as cheap as is possible. I do not require much ram, storage, or cpu.

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone from the Hostinger community—or even a Hostinger employee—can help me because I'm running out of options.

Here's what happened:

• My bank card was stolen, so I immediately reported it to my bank.
• My bank blocked the card to prevent unauthorized transactions.
• That card was the default payment method for my Hostinger account.
• When Hostinger attempted to renew my VPS, the payment was declined because the card had already been blocked.
• After that, Hostinger permanently suspended all of my payment methods, and now I get this message:

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The frustrating part is that I'm trying to pay.

I have already received a replacement bank card, but I can't add it because my account is blocked.

So far I have:

• Contacted Hostinger Support.
• Completed the Payment Verification form.
• Uploaded my replacement card for verification.
• Replied to the Compliance email with all the requested information.
• Explained that the original card was stolen and blocked by my bank.

It's now been more than 24 hours, and I still haven't received any update.

The biggest problem: I can't reach a human.

Every time I contact Hostinger Support, I only get the AI chatbot. It keeps giving me different answers every time I ask the same question. It never tells me the status of my compliance review, can't escalate my case, and I haven't been able to reach a real person.

At this point, I feel completely stuck.

My VPS hosts production services, websites, and important client data. My clients have already started contacting me because of this issue.

My dashboard now says I have 19 days left before my VPS renewal, and I'm worried that if this isn't resolved before then, my VPS could be suspended—even though I'm ready and willing to pay immediately.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

• How long did your Compliance review take?
• Is there any way to contact a real human from the Compliance or Billing team?
• Is there any Hostinger staff member here who could help escalate my case?

I'm not disputing the payment. The payment failed only because my bank blocked my stolen card. I simply want to update my payment method, pay for my VPS, and continue using my services.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

I am planning to start a VPN service and, for that, I will need multiple small VPS servers with unlimited bandwidth and at least a 1 Gbps port speed.

I would also appreciate suggestions from anyone who has experience running a similar service. What things should I be careful about, especially regarding provider terms, acceptable use policies, abuse reports, and other legal or technical requirements?

How is datalix service and its uptime? is the spec good? or hostbrr?

Usage: Hosting Nodejs Apps, running chromium automations, backend for my hobby projects etc

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Hi everyone,

I'm a student and AI/ML enthusiast working on personal projects. I'm looking for ways to host my own local/open-source LLM (such as Llama, Mistral, or similar models) along with some project files and datasets.

My budget is very limited, so I'm interested in:

Free cloud credits or sponsorship programs

Student programs that provide compute resources

Community grants for open-source or educational projects

Free VPS, GPU servers, or hosting platforms

Any organizations or individuals willing to support student AI projects

My use case is mainly learning, experimentation, and building portfolio projects—not commercial usage.

If you've received free credits from cloud providers, know of any programs I should apply to, or have spare resources you'd be willing to share, I'd greatly appreciate your advice.

Thanks in advance!

Middle of moving and need my phones to stay on, just need a temp place for my pbx (or a backup PBX) what's a good VPS provider on the US west coast?

Is anyone else having issues with MVPS right now?

I can’t reach any of my VPS instances at the moment, and I haven’t been able to find any official status update or announcement from the provider.

Does anyone know if there is a wider outage going on, or could this be account/location-specific?

I rented a basic Hetzner VPS plus 1TB of external storage. Using Gemini, I installed Navidrome for music, Jellyfin for movies and TV shows, and Kavita for books. I also installed a few bots on Telegram, linked to silly Python scripts. I need a guide or advice on how to best set it up and make it as secure as possible. I'd also like advice on other things to add and things I could do with it, since I'd like to get the most out of it.

I want to test Netcup and if I'm fine with performance change from monthly to yearly plan ?

Is possible this ?

Thanks!

Despite lots of objections from users, AI chatbots have become a standard part of hosting support. Most of them were really frustrating at first but, going by recent comments, some of the companies seem to have figured out how they use them effectively.

So, based on your experience, which providers would you say have figured out how to use AI Chatbots well?

It could be that the bot is good enough to solve issues without human involvement, or that it escalates issues it can't handle promptly to allow you get the help you needed from a human agent... We would love to hear your experiences.

So, a few hours ago, OVH sent me an email saying my VPS is demonstrating abusive behaviour. OVH sent me some logs alleging my VPS's IP tried to connect to some other machine. Here are the logs :

Jul 1 01:25:59 bryant sshd[2790733]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 39396 ssh2
Jul 1 01:33:32 bryant sshd[2793661]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 38460 ssh2
Jul 1 01:35:17 bryant sshd[2795219]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 34122 ssh2
Jul 1 01:36:59 bryant sshd[2795619]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 54848 ssh2
Jul 1 01:38:42 bryant sshd[2797464]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 48058 ssh2

Jul 1 02:44:19 rachael sshd[3638742]: Invalid user git from [My VPS IPv4]
Jul 1 02:44:22 rachael sshd[3638742]: Failed password for invalid user git from [My VPS IPv4] port 47444 ssh2
Jul 1 02:52:03 rachael sshd[3642915]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 33174 ssh2
Jul 1 02:53:36 rachael sshd[3643220]: Invalid user ubuntu from [My VPS IPv4]
Jul 1 02:53:37 rachael sshd[3643220]: Failed password for invalid user ubuntu from [My VPS IPv4] port 51288 ssh2

Jul 1 12:53:36 batty sshd[319842]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 35854 ssh2
Jul 1 13:06:12 batty sshd[326640]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 40968 ssh2
Jul 1 13:07:47 batty sshd[327162]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 57886 ssh2
Jul 1 13:09:19 batty sshd[327692]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 44030 ssh2
Jul 1 13:10:48 batty sshd[328850]: Failed password for root from [My VPS IPv4] port 53374 ssh2 

I have no clue where to begin the search (what logs ? what to look for?) to check this really happened on/from my VPS and what to do about it. If anybody has any insight, I'll gladly take it.

Vps must be in NY4

If not possible, NY2/3/5/6

Thanks much for your help

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My metamask wallet has had $15-20 worth of different tokens that have been stagnant since 2023. Just a week ago, i decided to dabble with crypto again after seeing some ads for polymarket. Created a python script that will automate opening/closing trade positions for me-- signing transactions using my private key. Added my private keys for my wallet in my .env file to start trading in polymarket. A day after, i was just shocked that my funds in polymarket along with the random tokens have been withdrawn in my wallet. These random tokens have been there for the last 2 years!! Im so glad i only put up $70 in my polymarket account

I created a ticket with colocrossing calling them out. Obviously they just denied it. Cant really trust these shady VPS providers. Not sure how big this company is, but someone in there has been watching what I'vebeen doing. Definitely have learned my lesson not to do any financial transactions on a VPS company thats shady. Sharing this out there for awareness

A friend of mine recently recommended using a VPS as a way to create a secure tunnel to my own home server for gaming servers. In the research I've done since, it seems that it would make it work similar to how a privacy VPN does, by exposing the VPS IP to the public, and keeping my own home IP safe. It seems like all I would need to do is setup the VPS with wireguard or something similar, which would then forward any requests to my homelab server. Is this accurate? I am new to most of this stuff, so I'm looking for the following:

Is this even a good idea, or are there better safer options?

If it's possible what VPS would be recommended? I've seen several VPS providers come highly recommended on here, but most of the time people are recommending them for more intense things like actual server hosting or file shares and stuff like that.

What are the potential risks that can come from this, and is there anything I should consider on the homelab to ensure my home network and personal devices remain secure?

For context the home server I would be running is a Dell Poweredge R640 that I received for free.

I want to set up a v2ray or similar vpn protocol in a server outside my country, one without geo restrictions. I want to have my own vpn or know how to make a vpn just incase my state starts cracking down on vpns and the commercial options aren’t viable. Also with v2ray can the vps provider see my traffic as normal?