Manually Migrate a KVM VPS to another node where both source and destination nodes are running SolusVM

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If for some reason SolusVM automated migration is failing or if you just want make your hands dirty and wants to manually migrate a KVM VPS to another VPS Node, just follow these simple steps:

Run following commands on Source VPS Node:

Assuming your KVM ID for your VPS is “kvm5368”

# lvdisplay | grep kvm5368
LV Path /dev/vg_node10/kvm5368_img
LV Name kvm5368_img

Now lets shutdown the Source VPS:

# virsh shutdown kvm5368

Now once it’s shutdown lets create an image of the VPS Disk:

#dd if=/dev/vg_node10/kvm5368_img | gzip | dd of=/root/kvm5368_backup.gz bs=4096

Now lets create a Logical Volume on the destination node, so run following commands on the destination node:

# lvcreate -n kvm5368_img –size 30G /dev/vg_node

Now transfer the VPS image file created earlier from source to destination node:

# scp -C /root/kvm454_backup.gz root@destinationvpsnode:/root/

Once it’s transferred then run following command on destination vps node to restore the VPS Image:

dd if=/root/kvm5368_backup.gz | gzip -d | dd of=/dev/vg_node/kvm5368_img bs=4096

Once it’s restored run following command on your SolusVM Master:

/scripts/vm-migrate <vserverid> <newnodeid>

Now you should be able to boot the new migrated VM from SolusVM

Getting Errors while booting a OpenVZ 7 VPS Container running on Ploop File System ?

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Getting errors like:

2019-08-09T08:24:10-0400 : Error in e2fsck (fsutils.c:471): e2fsck failed (exit code 4)

2019-08-09T08:24:10-0400 vzctl : CT 392 : Failed to mount image /vz/private/392/root.hdd: Error in e2fsck (fsutils.c:471): e2fsck failed (exit code 4)
[41]

#vzctl start 392

Starting container…
Opening delta /vz/private/392/root.hdd/root.hdd
Adding delta dev=/dev/ploop61204p1 img=/vz/private/392/root.hdd/root.hdd (rw)
/dev/ploop61204p1p1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)
Error in e2fsck (fsutils.c:471): e2fsck failed (exit code 4)
Failed to mount image: Error in e2fsck (fsutils.c:471): e2fsck failed (exit code 4)

It can happen due to a file system crash or VPS Node crash etc…, don’t worry follow following tutorial to fix.

Solution:

1)Stop the container.

#vzctl stop 392

#vzlist 392

2)Mount the ploop image.

#ploop mount /vz/private/392/root.hdd/DiskDescriptor.xml

3)Perform fdisk -l

#fdisk -l /dev/ploop61204p1

4)Perform a file system check for the partition(note p1 at the end):

#e2fsck /dev/ploop61204p1p1

5)Unmount the ploop image

#ploop umount -d /dev/ploop61204p1

Unmounting device /dev/ploop61204p1

6)Start the container

#vzctl start 392

cPanel Alternative – Reliable and Affordable

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With recent cPanel price increase, it is not affordable anymore especially for VPS and even Dedicated Servers, this recent cPanel price increase is going to force a lots of Web Hosting providers to switch to other Control Panels.

There are very few good alternatives to cPanel as cPanel is feature rich, stable and was not very expensive until now. Some of the alternatives to cPanel are:

  1. Plesk
  2. Direct Admin (Free with Hosteons VPS)
  3. VestaCP (Free)

Plesk is also owned by same parent company as cPanel, so it’s not big deal that even Plesk follows same path as cPanel hence it’s no brainer to switch to Plesk

Direct Admin is a very old, mature and stable web hosting control panel, it just does not have all the good looks of cPanel but it is very stable and secure and also provides regular updates, also unlike cPanel it works not only on CentOS but also many other linux variants like Debian, Ubuntu and many more, it even supports FreeBSD

Direct Admin is much cheaper then cPanel infant we at hosteons provide it for free with most of our VPS Packages, just use coupon code “DA” to get Direct Admin for free with your VPS

VestaCP is another web hosting control panel, but its a free control panel and had some vulnerabilities in past, so it’s OK to use for personal use, but commercial or production use is not recommended.

Free Direct Admin With VPS

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To add more value to our services and to make VPS management easier for our client we are now offering Direct Admin Control Panel for free with most of our VPS packages. Since Direct Admin has certain resource requirements, we are going to offer Direct Admin on following VPS Packages:

KVM VPS: 

VPS 2 – VPS 7

OpenVZ VPS:

OVZ 2 – OVZ 7

To get Direct Admin for free you need to use coupon code “DA” while placing order and after placing order please submit a support ticket to install Direct Admin on your VPS, we will reinstall your VPS and also install Direct Admin for you and reply back to you within 24 hours (We do have 24×7 support but Direct Admin Licenses are handled by Billing hence we cannot activate it immediately)

Please note it is applicable only on new VPS Orders.

Hosteons – First Anniversary – Journey So Far

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Time Flies yes that’s true, sounds like yesterday when we launched our services in May 2018. We started with just one KVM VPS Node in Los Angeles and a web hosting box in May 2018 and basically no team just a one man show but today within one year we are now offering KVM VPS Hosting from three different data centres and two locations – Los Angeles Psychz, Los Angeles InterNAP and New York InterNAP. Not only this we are now even offering DDOS Protected Dedicated Servers from Los Angeles (New York Also coming soon). We are now even offering OpenVZ 7 based VPS from Los Angeles Psychz. Now we have a 24×7 support team with working round the clock to assist our valuable clients.

We faced a lot of hurdles during this journey. Most important was to gain trust of clients since so many hosting companies and summer host companies pop up every day and then dead pool within few months but by offering affordable and stable services slowly we were able to overcome this hurdle. Again thanks to our clients for trusting us.

One year ago we had zero clients but today we are serving more than 4000 VPS and also hosting tons of websites on our network.  All the credit goes to our valuable and loyal clients, affiliates and our rockstar support team.

I Kapil Jain – Founder of Hosteons.com would like to thank all our clients, affiliates, our vendors and support team to help us grow so quickly.

I would also like to share some of our future plans for the upcoming year:

1) Launch OpenVZ VPS Services in New York

2) Provide Dedicated Servers in New York

3) Add more locations for our VPS Hosting Services

MARCH Madness – RECURRING 20% OFF on OpenVZ and KVM VPS

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Coupon Code: MARCH20

This coupon will give RECURRING 20% OFF on our KVM as well as OpenVZ VPS on following packages

KVM VPS – LA and NY Both Locations:

Packages: VPS 1 to VPS 7

OpenVZ VPS – LA:

Packages: OVZ 1 to OVZ 7

Not applicable on 256 MB or 512 MB OpenVZ VPS also not applicable on 256 MB KVM VPS.

Offer Expires on 31st March 2019

Order now from https://hosteons.com/vps.php to avail this offer

FLAT 30% OFF on KVM VPS (NY) | LA and NY VPS KVM SSD VPS | OpenVZ7 SSD VPS | Unmetered 100Mbps

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Coupon/offer details for all VPS Packages:
“NY30” – This coupon gives 30% one time discount on all billing cycles on our New York KVM VPS Only except for 256 MB VPS. (Annual billing cycle gives you additional 25% discount)
“INTRO20” – This coupon gives 20% discount on all billing cycles (Annual billing cycle gives you additional 25% discount)
“DOUBLERAM” – This coupon gives you DOUBLE RAM irrespective of your billing cycle.
“DOUBLEDISK” – This coupon gives you DOUBLE SSD Disk Space irrespective of your billing cycle.

OpenVZ 7 based Offers: (Location LA)

OVZ256($1/mo ($12/yr, need to pay for 1 year) No coupons applicable on this package)
vCPU Core: 1
RAM: 256 MB
Disk Space: 5 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ512 ($1.5/mo ($18/yr, need to pay for 1 year) No coupons applicable on this package)
vCPU Core: 1
RAM: 512 MB
Disk Space: 10 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ1 ($2.4/mo use coupon INTRO20 or use coupon “UPGRADE” to get upgraded to our next VPS Package)
vCPU Core: 1
RAM: 1 GB
Disk Space: 30 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ2 ($4.8/mo use coupon INTRO20 or use coupon “UPGRADE” to get upgraded to our next VPS Package)
vCPU Core: 2
RAM: 2 GB
Disk Space: 50 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ3 ($9.6/mo use coupon INTRO20 or use coupon “UPGRADE” to get upgraded to our next VPS Package)
vCPU Core: 2
RAM: 4 GB
Disk Space: 60 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ4 ($14.4/mo use coupon INTRO20 or use coupon “UPGRADE” to get upgraded to our next VPS Package)
vCPU Core: 2
RAM: 6 GB
Disk Space: 80 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ5 ($19.2/mo use coupon INTRO20 or use coupon “UPGRADE” to get upgraded to our next VPS Package)
vCPU Core: 2
RAM: 8 GB
Disk Space: 100 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ6 ($28.8/mo use coupon INTRO20 or use coupon “UPGRADE” to get upgraded to our next VPS Package)
vCPU Core: 2
RAM: 16 GB
Disk Space: 150 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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OVZ7 ($40/mo use coupon INTRO20 or use coupon “UPGRADE” to get upgraded to our next VPS Package)
vCPU Core: 4
RAM: 24 GB
Disk Space: 200 GB SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux 
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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KVM Based VPS Offers: (Location LA and NY)

512 MB VPS ($2.4/mo use coupon “INTRO20” or use coupon “DOUBLERAM” to get free RAM upgrade to 1GB)
CPU Core: 1
RAM:512 Mb
Disk Space: 5 Gb SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux / FreeBSD*
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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1GB VPS ($3.2/mo use coupon “INTRO20” or use coupon “DOUBLE-RAM” to get free RAM upgrade to 2 GB)
CPU Core: 1
RAM: 1GB
Disk Space: 10 Gb SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux / FreeBSD*
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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1.5GB VPS ($4/mo use coupon “INTRO20” or use coupon “DOUBLERAM” to get free RAM upgrade to 3 GB)
CPU Core: 1
RAM: 1.5Gb
Disk Space: 15 Gb SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux / Windows / FreeBSD*
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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2GB VPS ($5.6/mo use coupon “INTRO20” or use coupon “DOUBLERAM” to get free RAM upgrade to 4 GB)
CPU Core: 1
RAM: 2Gb
Disk Space: 20 Gb SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux / Windows / FreeBSD*
IPv4: 1 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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4GB VPS ($8/mo use coupon “INTRO20” or use coupon “DOUBLERAM” to get free RAM upgrade to 8 GB)
CPU Core: 2
RAM: 4Gb
Disk Space: 30 Gb SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux / Windows / FreeBSD*
IPv4: 2 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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6GB VPS ($16/mo use coupon “INTRO20” or use coupon “DOUBLERAM” to get free RAM upgrade to 12 GB)
CPU Core: 2
RAM: 6Gb
Disk Space: 50 Gb SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux / Windows / FreeBSD*
IPv4: 2 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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8 GB VPS ($24/mo use coupon “INTRO20” or use coupon “DOUBLERAM” to get free RAM upgrade to 16 GB)
CPU Core: 4
RAM: 8Gb
Disk Space: 100 Gb SSD
Bandwidth: Unmetered
OS: Linux / Windows / FreeBSD*
IPv4: 4 (Additional IPV4 available for $1 per IP per month)
IPv6: /64
RDNS: Yes
Control Panel: Yes

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We accept all popular modes of payments like:
1) Credit Cards
2) PayPal
3) AliPay
4) WeChat Pay
5) Union Pay
6) BitCoin
7) Web Money
8) QIWI
9) Yandex Money
10) Perfect Money
11) Bank Transfer

Los Angeles (PSYCHZ and INTERNAP) (KVM and OpenVZ 7)
New York (INTERNAP) (Only KVM)

Server Location: Los Angeles (2 Locations in LA) and New York
Test IPv4 LA1: 103.114.160.9
Test IPv6 LA1: 2402:d0c0:0:2::2
Test IPv4 LA2: 185.255.131.10
Test IPv6 LA2: 2402:d0c0:2:12a::3c26
Test IPv4 NY: 91.189.187.10
Test IPv6 NY: 2402:d0c0:3:2::9423

Looking Glass LA – https://lg.hosteons.com (This is looking glass for our psychz location)
Looking Glass NY – http://lg.ny.hosteons.com

We have more VPS Packages they are available at https://hosteons.com/vps.php

Some of the features of our VPS hosting service:

1) SolusVM VPS Control Panel to reboot and reinstall
2) VNC Access (HTML 5 as well as Java)
3) DDOS Protection
4) Instant Activation 
5) Free IPv4 as well as Free IPv6 (/64)
6) Full RDNS Control 
7) IRC Allowed
8) Private Proxy/VPN Allowed
9) China Optimised network also included at no additional charge.
10) RAID 10 SSD Drives (We use Pure SSD for best Disk I/O Performance)
11) KVM Virtualization. 
12) Unmetered Bandwidth.
13) cPanel optional.
14) Windows OS also available depending upon VPS Package.

If any queries please submit a ticket from our website https://hosteons.com

Affiliates are also welcome, we offer flat 20% affiliate commission to all our affiliates

VPS Nodes and Web Hosting Server Migration and Downtime

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We are constantly working on improving our network and services hence to improve our VPS as well as Web Hosting services we have decided to change Datacenter for our services.

Currently all our VPS Nodes as well as Web Hosting servers in LA are hosted with Psychz but to provide even better services we are migrating all our servers to InterNAP

During this migration we will be physically moving servers to InterNAP and your IP will remain same, there will be no change in your services as we will be using same hardware.

We will be sending out email to all clients once we schedule a date and time for migration, but this migration will lead to about 5 hours of downtime, all our services in LA will be down during these 5 hours, but once it’s migrated we are sure all our clients will really enjoy and like the new services as they will be much better then our current services, all clients will get much better network latency.

Following customers will be affected with this migration:

1) All LA KVM VPS Users who are on Node 1 – Node 12  (Users on Node 13 will not be affected as it’s already at INAP/InterNAP)

2) All OpenVZ VPS users

3) Web Hosting Users

Our NY KVM VPS users will also not be affected with this migration.

But we still advice all our clients to take backups of their important data as servers are electronic equipments and there is always a possibility of things going wrong when such migrations are involved though we will be doing our best to make sure all data and servers are securely transferred.

We will email all our customers once we finalise date and time for migration, we will even post an announcement about it here.