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Just run following command as root on a CentOS / Ubuntu / Debian based VPS or Dedicated Server and follow the prompts to install OpenVPN:
wget https://git.io/vpn -O openvpn-install.sh && bash openvpn-install.sh
Once it ends, you can run it again to add more users, remove some of them or even completely uninstall OpenVPN.
It works even on the cheapest VPS Package provided by hosteons.com
One line setup:
First get a fresh install of Ubuntu LTS, Debian or CentOS on your hosteons VPS or Dedicated Server (VPS should be KVM based not OpenVZ, if you are using hosteons.com VPS then need not worry as it’s KVM based VPS)
Use following command to set up an IPsec VPN server on Ubuntu or Debian:
wget https://git.io/vpnsetup -O vpnsetup.sh && sudo sh vpnsetup.sh
If you are on CentOS then use following command:
wget https://git.io/vpnsetup-centos -O vpnsetup.sh && sh vpnsetup.sh
Your VPN login details will be randomly generated, and displayed on screen when finished.
Also it’s best to run these commands in a screen session to avoid any interruptions due to any reasons.
Custom Setup of VPN:
Ubuntu and Debian:
Make sure your VPS/Dedicated server is upto date, you can do it with following commands:
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
and reboot.
Now Edit the script and provide your own VPN credentials:
wget https://git.io/vpnsetup -O vpnsetup.sh
nano -w vpnsetup.sh
[Replace with your own values: YOUR_IPSEC_PSK, YOUR_USERNAME and YOUR_PASSWORD]sudo sh vpnsetup.sh
CentOS:
Make sure your VPS/Dedicated server is upto date, you can do it with following commands:
yum -y update
(if you are using hosteons.com vps then need not worry, our templates update everything when the VPS is setup)
Now Edit the script and provide your own VPN credentials:
wget https://git.io/vpnsetup-centos -O vpnsetup.sh
nano -w vpnsetup.sh
[Replace with your own values: YOUR_IPSEC_PSK, YOUR_USERNAME and YOUR_PASSWORD]sh vpnsetup.sh
Your VPN server is now ready, just connect using the Shared Key, username and password you provided during setup or displayed on script, depending upon how you setup your VPN.
1. Dedicated Resources: KVM VPS are not like shared servers or other types of virtualisation e.g. OpenVZ where resources are shared among users, with KVM VPS you get dedicated resources as it’s not possible to oversell resources with KVM Virtualisation. If you have a KVM VPS from hostEONS.com you can be sure that you are getting the exact same amount of resources as you ordered. With OpenVZ it’s very easy to oversell all resources on the server but not with KVM.
2. Free from neighbourhood troubles: If you are using KVM VPS from hosteons.com you need not worry about bad scripts or softwares being run by other users on the same server because with KVM since all VPS runs on their own dedicated resources, any abusive activity by another VPS user won’t affect your VPS. Since you have full control over your VPS you can keep your VPS updated and secure and need not worry even if your neighbourhood VPS users are updated/secure or not.
3. Dedicated IP for mail and other activities: Hosteons VPS comes with dedicated IP with full RDNS control hence you need not worry about other VPS users spoiling IP reputation, and since you get RDNS control you can be sure that your mail will be delivered to the inbox of the recipient and won’t get bounced or going to junk mail.
4. Quick Reboot and Reinstalls: Hosteons KVM VPS comes with SolusVM control panel which gives complete control for Reboot, Reinstalls as well as VNC access
Kernel 4.x is highly optimised and gives a lot of boost in performance to all Linux servers, here are few simple commands to upgrade your Kernel to 4.x on your CentOS 6 / CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 VPS (It will work with any KVM Based VPS like the ones provided by hosteons.com) or Dedicated server :
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6:
rpm –import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
rpm -Uvh http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-8.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm
yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror
yum –enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
Now update /etc/grub.conf and make sure the new kernel 4.x is selected as default kernel and just reboot your VPS/Dedicated Server to use the new kernel.
CentOS 7/RHEL 7:
rpm –import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
rpm -Uvh http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.0-3.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror
yum –enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
Now update /etc/grub.conf and make sure the new kernel 4.x is selected as default kernel and just reboot your VPS/Dedicated Server to use the new kernel.
Below are some benchmark results of tests performed on our SSD KVM VPS, it’s a test VPS with just 1 GB RAM and port speed capped at 100Mbps, check below screenshot of the same:
We don’t store any credit card or debit card details in our billing system, we are using stripe as our payment processor.
Once the client makes payment on our website, the card details are sent to Stripe over SSL and in return Stripe’s secure servers send our billing system a token which is stored in our billing system, we just store this token and never store any card details in our system (we do store last 4 digits of credit card) so that client can identify which card is being used to make payments.
Whenever an invoice is due and if you paid with credit card earlier, we just use this token to charge your card again.
Since we don’t store credit card details in our system we don’t need PCI Compliance and you can use your credit card/debit card without worrying about any security breaches or misuse of your credit card.
for any further queries feel free to submit a ticket in client portal at https://my.hosteons.com
We have got approval from Alipay and we are now able to accept payments via Alipay which is very popular in China.
Our VPS servers are already on China optimised network and now we can even accept payments via Alipay.
There is a restriction by Alipay which allows us to accept payments only in currency local to our country, due to which we will be accepting payments via Alipay in SGD (Singapore Dollar) and not USD. There is no change for clients as all clients will placing order in USD but at the time of payment our system will automatically convert the payment amount SGD from USD
We have managed to get our own IP allocation from APNIC, hence now we can provide a lot more IPv6, earlier we were planning to offer few limited IPv6 IP with our VPS but now we are giving free /64 (18,446,744,073,709,551,616 IPv6 addresses) with all our VPS.
If you have any queries feel free to submit a ticket from our website https://hosteons.com
Our Budget Dedicated Servers are now available to order. The servers are hosted in Kansas City, USA.
Our budget servers starts as low as $65 that too on a Gigabit port.
Even cPanel and Windows License available and these servers comes with 5 IP Free which you can upgrade upto 16 IP
We even offer a wide variety of Operating Systems like CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Windows etc… You can select OS in the order form.
For more details please check https://hosteons.com/budget_dedicated_servers.php
Stuck at FSCK but your root password is not working ?
Here is a short tutorial on how to reset root password on a Linux VPS or Dedicated Server