Re: vultr

[Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 09:47:52PM +, Étienne wrote:
> On 06/01/2019 16:38, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote:
> > 
> > Use their default OpenBSD install. They have a special config on the
> > host for OpenBSD and the clock drifting problem.
> > 
> Can you tell us more? Do you mean they change a setting on the host machine
> just for the OpenBSD guest, that they wouldn't otherwise?

They use the sysctl kvm-intel.preemption_timer=0 on the Linux host when
you select OpenBSD. That fixes the clock drifting problem.

The technical details:
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=151439799628499&w=2


> > Then download bsd.rd from an official OpenBSD mirror, check the file
> > with signify, copy the file to /, reboot the system, run "boot bsd.rd"
> > in the boot prompt and reinstall everything cleaning the whole disk.
> > 
> Thanks for the tip, been wondering for a while how to fix this.
> 
> -- 
> Étienne
> 

-- 
Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info

Re: vultr

[Étienne]

On 06/01/2019 16:38, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote:


Use their default OpenBSD install. They have a special config on the
host for OpenBSD and the clock drifting problem.

Can you tell us more? Do you mean they change a setting on the host 
machine just for the OpenBSD guest, that they wouldn't otherwise?

Then download bsd.rd from an official OpenBSD mirror, check the file
with signify, copy the file to /, reboot the system, run "boot bsd.rd"
in the boot prompt and reinstall everything cleaning the whole disk.


Thanks for the tip, been wondering for a while how to fix this.

--
Étienne

Re: vultr

[Edgar Pettijohn]

On Jan 7, 2019 9:31 AM, lists+m...@ggp2.com wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 08:44:03AM -0500, Nick Holland wrote:
> > Use their install ONLY to put your own bsd.rd in root (everyone seems to
> > obsess over loading an ISO.  Who cares?  Just use a -current bsd.rd!),
> > boot off that, reinstall exactly as you want it.  The Vultr console
> > works great on OpenBSD chrome and firefox browsers.  Use DHCP for
> > network.  Done.
>
> This is exactly what I have done, and it works very well.  I just wanted
> to add that I included "inet6 autoconf -autoconfprivacy" in addition to
> "dhcp" in hostname.vio0, and I now have a dual-stack enabled server.  I
> was pleasantly surprised that all the OpenBSD daemons I use "just work."
>

Yes. That is the best part of OBSD. Everything I use has perfect defaults. It's 
rare for me to need to make any changes. Other than httpd and smtpd, but even 
those are generally real easy and you can almost just guess at the syntax 
needed.

Edgar

Re: vultr

[lists+misc]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 08:44:03AM -0500, Nick Holland wrote:
> Use their install ONLY to put your own bsd.rd in root (everyone seems to
> obsess over loading an ISO.  Who cares?  Just use a -current bsd.rd!),
> boot off that, reinstall exactly as you want it.  The Vultr console
> works great on OpenBSD chrome and firefox browsers.  Use DHCP for
> network.  Done.

This is exactly what I have done, and it works very well.  I just wanted
to add that I included "inet6 autoconf -autoconfprivacy" in addition to
"dhcp" in hostname.vio0, and I now have a dual-stack enabled server.  I
was pleasantly surprised that all the OpenBSD daemons I use "just work."

Re: vultr

[Nick Holland]

On 1/5/19 5:22 PM, ed...@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
> I was thinking about spinning up a new instance on vultr to play with.
> They have an option to install OBSD 6.3/4. Has anyone tried these? I 
> attempted the FBSD one in the past, but the default install was all
> whacked out and I had to start over with a fresh install.

as others have said, they support OpenBSD, that's enough.  Don't expect
perfection on their install, it sucks actually.  But their SW supports
OpenBSD.

Use their install ONLY to put your own bsd.rd in root (everyone seems to
obsess over loading an ISO.  Who cares?  Just use a -current bsd.rd!),
boot off that, reinstall exactly as you want it.  The Vultr console
works great on OpenBSD chrome and firefox browsers.  Use DHCP for
network.  Done.

If you have ever used VMWare's craptastic management clients, you will
be amazed how well Vultr works.

Nick.

Re: vultr

[Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado]

On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 05:43:36PM -0600, ed...@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 02:40:43PM -0800, Misc User wrote:
> > On 1/5/2019 2:22 PM, ed...@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
> > > I was thinking about spinning up a new instance on vultr to play with.
> > > They have an option to install OBSD 6.3/4. Has anyone tried these? I
> > > attempted the FBSD one in the past, but the default install was all
> > > whacked out and I had to start over with a fresh install.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Edgar
> > > 
> > The default is alright, but comes with keys and passwords they generated,
> > plus they do a single-partition scheme on the smaller disk instances and the
> > auto partition on the others.  Good for a general purpose machine, but not
> > so great if you have a specific task in mind. They also tend to install all
> > the sets.
> > 
> 
> Sounds like a clean install is the way to go.
> 
> > But since they let you upload an ISO and give you full console access, I
> > just do a fresh install and customize as much as I want for the system I am
> > building.  Usually so I can get a good partitioning scheme set up (256m on
> > /, /home, /tmp, /usr/local, /var and swap; with a 1g /usr and swap) so I can
> > dedicate 15g (Or more) to a partition for whatever task the machine was
> > built for.
> > 
> > -CA
> > 
> >
> 
> I've been using vultr since around 5.8 or there abouts with no issues. Just 
> saw they had an image available and didn't want to waste time with it if it
> was going to give me trouble later. Then again a fresh install doesn't take 
> that
> long, might test it out anyway.
> 
> Thanks for all the replies.

Use their default OpenBSD install. They have a special config on the
host for OpenBSD and the clock drifting problem.

Then download bsd.rd from an official OpenBSD mirror, check the file
with signify, copy the file to /, reboot the system, run "boot bsd.rd"
in the boot prompt and reinstall everything cleaning the whole disk.


-- 
Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info

Re: vultr

[edgar]

On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 02:40:43PM -0800, Misc User wrote:
> On 1/5/2019 2:22 PM, ed...@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
> > I was thinking about spinning up a new instance on vultr to play with.
> > They have an option to install OBSD 6.3/4. Has anyone tried these? I
> > attempted the FBSD one in the past, but the default install was all
> > whacked out and I had to start over with a fresh install.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Edgar
> > 
> The default is alright, but comes with keys and passwords they generated,
> plus they do a single-partition scheme on the smaller disk instances and the
> auto partition on the others.  Good for a general purpose machine, but not
> so great if you have a specific task in mind. They also tend to install all
> the sets.
> 

Sounds like a clean install is the way to go.

> But since they let you upload an ISO and give you full console access, I
> just do a fresh install and customize as much as I want for the system I am
> building.  Usually so I can get a good partitioning scheme set up (256m on
> /, /home, /tmp, /usr/local, /var and swap; with a 1g /usr and swap) so I can
> dedicate 15g (Or more) to a partition for whatever task the machine was
> built for.
> 
> -CA
> 
>

I've been using vultr since around 5.8 or there abouts with no issues. Just 
saw they had an image available and didn't want to waste time with it if it
was going to give me trouble later. Then again a fresh install doesn't take that
long, might test it out anyway.

Thanks for all the replies.

Edgar

Re: vultr

[Antonino Sidoti]

Hi,

I have two systems with Vultr (Sydney and Tokyo) and find them to be fine. True 
the default install using the automated Vultr 6.3/6.4 install will create two 
partitions and swap. I have installed one of my OpenBSD system using a custom 
install ISO OpenBSD 6.4 and with that I can do it whatever I like and partition 
the system as I see fit.

> On 6 Jan 2019, at 9:40 am, Misc User  wrote:
> 
> On 1/5/2019 2:22 PM, ed...@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
>> I was thinking about spinning up a new instance on vultr to play with.
>> They have an option to install OBSD 6.3/4. Has anyone tried these? I
>> attempted the FBSD one in the past, but the default install was all
>> whacked out and I had to start over with a fresh install.
>> Thanks,
>> Edgar
> The default is alright, but comes with keys and passwords they generated, 
> plus they do a single-partition scheme on the smaller disk instances and the 
> auto partition on the others.  Good for a general purpose machine, but not so 
> great if you have a specific task in mind. They also tend to install all the 
> sets.
> 
> But since they let you upload an ISO and give you full console access, I just 
> do a fresh install and customize as much as I want for the system I am 
> building.  Usually so I can get a good partitioning scheme set up (256m on /, 
> /home, /tmp, /usr/local, /var and swap; with a 1g /usr and swap) so I can 
> dedicate 15g (Or more) to a partition for whatever task the machine was built 
> for.
> 
> -CA
> 

Re: vultr

[Donald Cooley]

On January 5, 2019 4:22:23 PM CST, ed...@pettijohn-web.com wrote:
>I was thinking about spinning up a new instance on vultr to play with.
>They have an option to install OBSD 6.3/4. Has anyone tried these? I 
>attempted the FBSD one in the past, but the default install was all
>whacked out and I had to start over with a fresh install.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Edgar

Normally a lurker here. With that out of the way, I have a 6.3 running.
I can't remember though if I installed it myself or used their default
install. One problem I had was with ntp continually drifting by hours
and days. After searching for a solution for a very long time I reached
out to their support. They made a change and with my permission they
restarted the instance and it has been trouble free for months. It's a
very simple static site made with Hugo at davidscooley.com.

Re: vultr

[Misc User]

On 1/5/2019 2:22 PM, ed...@pettijohn-web.com wrote:

I was thinking about spinning up a new instance on vultr to play with.
They have an option to install OBSD 6.3/4. Has anyone tried these? I
attempted the FBSD one in the past, but the default install was all
whacked out and I had to start over with a fresh install.

Thanks,

Edgar

The default is alright, but comes with keys and passwords they 
generated, plus they do a single-partition scheme on the smaller disk 
instances and the auto partition on the others.  Good for a general 
purpose machine, but not so great if you have a specific task in mind. 
They also tend to install all the sets.


But since they let you upload an ISO and give you full console access, I 
just do a fresh install and customize as much as I want for the system I 
am building.  Usually so I can get a good partitioning scheme set up 
(256m on /, /home, /tmp, /usr/local, /var and swap; with a 1g /usr and 
swap) so I can dedicate 15g (Or more) to a partition for whatever task 
the machine was built for.


-CA

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Sacha El Masry]

> Without digging them up I did a quick google on openbsd issues vultr.
> It pulled some things I saw before with 6.2 and timing, as well as
> issues with the base image, and other ones talking about a setting in
> KVM that was causing issues on certain servers.

I use Vultr, happily, but I _can_ confirm what you said. Randomly,
instances will 'freeze', and be unresponsive to the network, as well as
to the provided console. Looking at the settings, CPU has jumped up to
105% and plateaued, and that's it - you have to restart the instance.

I spoke to their support who were very helpful, telling me:

"This is an issue with OpenBSD on KVM/QEMU platforms that has yet to
be patched by the developers.
...
The issue is a bug in the kernel virtual machine (KVM) subsystem of
the Linux kernel; the flaw was introduced in version 4.10. It's
fixed in Linux kernel versions above 4.15.0."

Their solution is to use their 6.3 image, which automatically applies
the patch (on their end of the infrastructure), or set up your machine
your way, then open a ticket, letting them know the IP and they will
apply the patch manually and reboot the machine. I've done this, and
will monitor for any further erratic crashes.

Overall, their support has been good, and I can't speak to the speed of
their network, but my OpenBSD webservers have worked flawlessly (apart
from the above issue) on their infrastructure for many years.

Sacha

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Merv Hammer]

> On 8. Sep 2018, at 19:55, Ken M  wrote:


...

> 1. Is it still current information that it would be better to use my own
> image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr?
> 

I’ve run general purpose OpenBSD boxes on Vultr for several years, mostly for 
development while travelling and without access to my basement stacks, each on 
-current (initially installed from OpenBSD FTP servers) and then upgraded every 
week or two using ramdisks from snapshots. I’ve never tried Vultr’s own baked 
images so I can’t comment on them. However, I’ve never had any problems 
maintaining my methodology in which both new installs as well as upgrades can 
be completed in a few minutes.

> 2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in hearing
> alternatives.

Uptime can sometimes be unreliable (I run hosts from Vultr’s European locations 
only, mostly Amsterdam and Frankfurt), network “maintenance” being quite 
frequent. However, given that I am not using Vultr for critical services, I’m 
prepared to accept this minor irritation when weighed against cost. For 
important hosts that I rely upon for mail, OpenVPN, DNS, etc., I use Exoscale 
and find the slightly higher costs well worth it.

Kindly,

-Merv

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Mika]

My personal experience with vultr is good. At the moment I'm using my
own 6.2 iso. Everything runs smoothly.

Regarding network performance I noticed no problems till today but it is
just a small mail server.


On 9 September 2018 10:05:16 BST, Étienne 
>
> On 8 September 2018 19:55:16 BST, Ken M   
>
>> My questions are:
>>
>> 1. Is it still current information that it would be better to use my
>> own
>> image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr?
> I just like to manage the disk my own way, so I don't use their install 
> process. But they provide iPXE and that works decently. Have autoinstall on 
> the top, and you're just as efficient as with using their iso.
>
>> 2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in
>> hearing
>> alternatives.
> I use them.
>
>> Also a side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd
>> guest on vultr. 
> Just try, it's cheap.
>
>

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Zbyszek Żółkiewski]

> Wiadomość napisana przez Ken M  w dniu 08.09.2018, o godz. 
> 20:55:
> 
> 2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in hearing
> alternatives.

my own experience:

1) Vultr gave me very bad support experience. If you restore from snapshot you 
have to open support ticket - otherwise OpenBSD won’t boot. Network performance 
is poor.
2) Exoscale is my favorite - but also most expensive (kvm). Swiss only, no EU, 
US influences. 
3) AWS: what I use: most flexible, and unbeaten in terms of features. I often 
replace root drives if i want to perform some more advanced stuff (modify 
partitions etc) - you simply as in real world just replace EBS volumes. 
Downside: you pay for traffic and drive storage

_
Zbyszek Żółkiewski

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Étienne]

On 8 September 2018 19:55:16 BST, Ken M   

> My questions are:
>
>1. Is it still current information that it would be better to use my
>own
>image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr?

I just like to manage the disk my own way, so I don't use their install 
process. But they provide iPXE and that works decently. Have autoinstall on the 
top, and you're just as efficient as with using their iso.

>2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in
>hearing
>alternatives.

I use them.

>Also a side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd
>guest on vultr. 

Just try, it's cheap.

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[flipchan]

I think vultr is setting a great example that many hosting providers should 
follow, I mean I bet 65% run kvm and then it is possible to run openbsd , but I 
think many providers doesn't put in the energy to do it / configure a template 
for it

On September 9, 2018 12:26:29 AM UTC, Ken M  wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 08, 2018 at 08:36:01PM +0100, Chris Narkiewicz wrote:
>> On 08/09/2018 19:55, Ken M wrote:
>> What kind of issues? I'm curious. Can you pls provide a reference?
>> 
>
>Without digging them up I did a quick google on openbsd issues vultr.
>It pulled
>some things I saw before with 6.2 and timing, as well as issues with
>the base
>image, and other ones talking about a setting in KVM that was causing
>issues on
>certain servers.
>
>I can link them if you wish. I wanted to ask here because they seemed
>out of
>date, and when it comes to openbsd I have to filter what a google
>search pulls
>as I find so much misinformation about openbsd out there. Some of it
>more for
>being out of date, some of it just plain anti without knowing, some
>just
>misinformation.
>
>So in short I figured asking here would be more current and accurate.
>This is a
>case where I consider the absence of such information a result.
>Although I think
>I might consider openbsd amsterdam that was mentioned. My only
>hesitation is
>vmm/vmd considered mature enough for a production hosting solution?
>
>Ken

-- 
Take Care Sincerely flipchan layerprox dev

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Ken M]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2018 at 08:36:01PM +0100, Chris Narkiewicz wrote:
> On 08/09/2018 19:55, Ken M wrote:
> What kind of issues? I'm curious. Can you pls provide a reference?
> 

Without digging them up I did a quick google on openbsd issues vultr. It pulled
some things I saw before with 6.2 and timing, as well as issues with the base
image, and other ones talking about a setting in KVM that was causing issues on
certain servers.

I can link them if you wish. I wanted to ask here because they seemed out of
date, and when it comes to openbsd I have to filter what a google search pulls
as I find so much misinformation about openbsd out there. Some of it more for
being out of date, some of it just plain anti without knowing, some just
misinformation.

So in short I figured asking here would be more current and accurate. This is a
case where I consider the absence of such information a result. Although I think
I might consider openbsd amsterdam that was mentioned. My only hesitation is
vmm/vmd considered mature enough for a production hosting solution?

Ken

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[edgar]

On Sep 8, 2018 4:35 PM, flipchan  wrote:
>
> U have to tell em to open port 25
>
> On September 8, 2018 6:55:16 PM UTC, Ken M  wrote:
> >This is related to my mail server thread, but in googling about openbsd
> >on vultr
> >I have seen some comments here and there about issues with the default
> >image on
> >vultr and to use a custom image or iso instead of what they have. Some
> >of these
> >seem dated and related to older versions of openbsd. My questions are:
> >
> >1. Is it still current information that it would be better to use my
> >own
> >image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr?
> >
> >2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in
> >hearing
> >alternatives.
> >
> >Also a side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd
> >guest on
> >vultr. I was thinking probably not. I just ask as sometinmes I
> >appreciate using
> >docker to test things, yeah I know. But the point is my dev workflow on
> >my
> >openbsd current laptop involves sometimes using alpine linux on vmm an
> >using
> >docker on that to spin up different things I want to check out.
> >
> >Ken
>
> -- 
> Take Care Sincerely flipchan layerprox dev

I wasn't aware that they had openbsd imagez to choose from. I know from 
experience that their freebsd image was hosed. Something to do with the swap 
size as I recall. I would suggest just installing it yourself so you set up the 
partitions and what not how you want it. Such as a small /home and a larger 
/var since it's a server.

Edgar

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[flipchan]

U have to tell em to open port 25

On September 8, 2018 6:55:16 PM UTC, Ken M  wrote:
>This is related to my mail server thread, but in googling about openbsd
>on vultr
>I have seen some comments here and there about issues with the default
>image on
>vultr and to use a custom image or iso instead of what they have. Some
>of these
>seem dated and related to older versions of openbsd. My questions are:
>
>1. Is it still current information that it would be better to use my
>own
>image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr?
>
>2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in
>hearing
>alternatives.
>
>Also a side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd
>guest on
>vultr. I was thinking probably not. I just ask as sometinmes I
>appreciate using
>docker to test things, yeah I know. But the point is my dev workflow on
>my
>openbsd current laptop involves sometimes using alpine linux on vmm an
>using
>docker on that to spin up different things I want to check out.
>
>Ken

-- 
Take Care Sincerely flipchan layerprox dev

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Chris Bennett]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2018 at 06:55:16PM +, Ken M wrote:
> 2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in hearing
> alternatives.
> 

I have been using baremetal servers. They are cheap (please don't go too
cheap!)

You do need to make sure that they will allow you to use a KVM and that
it's not one of the old kind that required Java.
You shouldn't let them install, since you will need to be able to do
this regularly, plus you need access to the BIOS to turn off
hyper-threading.

Right now I'm using one with an Intel and I'm not happy about that, so
I'm going to look elsewhere next month.

Also, make sure that they don't have blacklisted IP's. Otherwise your
time and money are wasted.

But I like having exclusive control of my server, short of them
physically accessing it during maintenance, which leaves me just needing
to keep good backups elsewhere.

If you do this, make sure everything works under OpenBSD first.

But this isn't the way a lot of people want to do things, so go with
whatever you're comfortable with.
You might want to try a couple of different ways for one or two months.
Not that much money and keep what you like best of the bunch.

:-}

Chris Bennett

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Chris Narkiewicz]

On 08/09/2018 19:55, Ken M wrote:
I have seen some comments here and there about issues with the default image 


What kind of issues? I'm curious. Can you pls provide a reference?

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Pedro Tender]

I have an instance on ramnode. No problems since 6.0

On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 20:18, Tony Boston  wrote:

> On 08.09.18 02:55, Ken M wrote:
> > This is related to my mail server thread, but in googling about openbsd
> on vultr
> > I have seen some comments here and there about issues with the default
> image on
> > vultr and to use a custom image or iso instead of what they have. Some
> of these
> > seem dated and related to older versions of openbsd. My questions are:
> >
> > 1. Is it still current information that it would be better to use my own
> > image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr?
> >
> > 2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in
> hearing
> > alternatives.
> >
> > Also a side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd
> guest on
> > vultr. I was thinking probably not. I just ask as sometinmes I
> appreciate using
> > docker to test things, yeah I know. But the point is my dev workflow on
> my
> > openbsd current laptop involves sometimes using alpine linux on vmm an
> using
> > docker on that to spin up different things I want to check out.
> >
> > Ken
> >
>
> I am running a few instances at vultr - no problems at all with the
> images they have.
>
> --
> Tony
>
> GPG-FP: 913BBD25 8DA503C7 BAE0C0B6 8995E906 4FBAD580
> Threema: DN8PJX4Z
>
>

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Tom Smyth]

+1 Misha the guy running openbsd.amsterdam is sound out

On 8 September 2018 at 20:04, Tracey Emery  wrote:
>
>
> I'm very happy with   https://openbsd.amsterdam/.
>
>
>
> Plus, they donate back.
>
>
>
>  Tracey
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2018 at 12:55,wrote:
>>
>>
>>  This is related to my mail server thread, but in googling about openbsd on 
>> vultr I have seen some comments here and there about issues with the default 
>> image on vultr and to use a custom image or iso instead of what they have. 
>> Some of these seem dated and related to older versions of openbsd. My 
>> questions are: 1. Is it still current information that it would be better to 
>> use my own image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr? 2. Is vultr a good place 
>> to host an openbsd box? If not interested in hearing alternatives. Also a 
>> side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd guest on 
>> vultr. I was thinking probably not. I just ask as sometinmes I appreciate 
>> using docker to test things, yeah I know. But the point is my dev workflow 
>> on my openbsd current laptop involves sometimes using alpine linux on vmm an 
>> using docker on that to spin up different things I want to check out. Ken
>>
>



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Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Tracey Emery]

 
 
I'm very happy with   https://openbsd.amsterdam/.
 

 
Plus, they donate back.
 
 
 
 Tracey 

 
 
 
 
 
>  
> On Sep 8, 2018 at 12:55,wrote:
>  
>  
>  This is related to my mail server thread, but in googling about openbsd on 
> vultr I have seen some comments here and there about issues with the default 
> image on vultr and to use a custom image or iso instead of what they have. 
> Some of these seem dated and related to older versions of openbsd. My 
> questions are: 1. Is it still current information that it would be better to 
> use my own image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr? 2. Is vultr a good place 
> to host an openbsd box? If not interested in hearing alternatives. Also a 
> side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd guest on 
> vultr. I was thinking probably not. I just ask as sometinmes I appreciate 
> using docker to test things, yeah I know. But the point is my dev workflow on 
> my openbsd current laptop involves sometimes using alpine linux on vmm an 
> using docker on that to spin up different things I want to check out. Ken 
>  
 

Re: Vultr hosting of OpenBSD

[Tony Boston]

On 08.09.18 02:55, Ken M wrote:
> This is related to my mail server thread, but in googling about openbsd on 
> vultr
> I have seen some comments here and there about issues with the default image 
> on
> vultr and to use a custom image or iso instead of what they have. Some of 
> these
> seem dated and related to older versions of openbsd. My questions are:
> 
> 1. Is it still current information that it would be better to use my own
> image/install/iso for openbsd on Vultr?
> 
> 2. Is vultr a good place to host an openbsd box? If not interested in hearing
> alternatives.
> 
> Also a side note question, is it possible to use VMD/VMM in an openbsd guest 
> on
> vultr. I was thinking probably not. I just ask as sometinmes I appreciate 
> using
> docker to test things, yeah I know. But the point is my dev workflow on my
> openbsd current laptop involves sometimes using alpine linux on vmm an using
> docker on that to spin up different things I want to check out.
> 
> Ken
> 

I am running a few instances at vultr - no problems at all with the
images they have.

-- 
Tony

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Re: Vultr support for OpenBSD

[Murk Fletcher]

Absolutely. Have been using OpenBSD as a custom ISO with Vultr for quite
some time now. I'm just pleased by the fact that it's now "officially
supported" as this, for better or worse, will bring in more users to
OpenBSD.

Hopefully this will be a big smack in the face to DigitalOcean as well,
seeing as how they let us all down after we voted for their "BSD support"
UserVoice thread (
https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/suggestions/3232571-support-bsd-os)
and they ended up only supporting FreeBSD. This despite more than half the
votes there were for OpenBSD.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Emilio Perea  wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 08:21:11AM +0100, Murk Fletcher wrote:
> > About time -- thanks for being the bearer of good news.
>
> To be fair, it wasn't a big deal to upload a cd image before. Since
> the late lamented BSDVM went under Vultr seemed a reasonable
> alternative.

Re: Vultr support for OpenBSD

[Murk Fletcher]

About time -- thanks for being the bearer of good news.

-- Murk

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Troy Frericks 
wrote:

> Vultr now has direct support for #*OpenBSD*
> . Launch your OpenBSD
> environment easily from our deploy panel at http://Vultr.com
>  ! #*Cloud*
> 
>
> https://twitter.com/Vultr