For all PZC Members: I am offering free, full accounts on my servers, for you to use, instead of rubbish sites like MegaUpload/RapidShare.
Those file-sharing sites are full of adverts, malware, spam, and heavy scripts; and are extremely prone to vanishing over time. With this,people downloading from your site will have no download restrictions, no wait times, and can use downloading tools, such as IDM.
If you want an account, to use, with full FTP access, hull HTTPS access (yes, you can make a website), Shell access (SSH and Telnet), and other features, please post your request here.
Accounts will start with 500MB (maybe 1GB) of space, with more assigned in 500MB blocks, on request. This space is intended for use with PZC, and Armageddon games ZC-related stuff.
You can upload quests, scripts, tilesets, sounds, videos, full quest-related websites, etc; without the idiotic hoop-jumping of the MegaShare-type websites. There is no advertising, no cost, and the only thing I ask is that you don't use it for Warez, or for backing up huge files. (Small file archives are OK.)
My bandwidth is not as huge as ISPs, but you can expect fast upload speeds to the server (up to 50Mb/s), and reasonable download speeds (25Mb/s), which is more than adequate for ZC-related stuff.
Accounts like this usually cost between £7/$10 and £15/$20 per month. The one thing that is not included is an e-mail account.
What is included:
A full account with your desired username (assuming it is not in use).
When you get your account, i will assign a generic password: You can reset your password one of two ways: By request (which means that I would know it), or by logging in via SSH/Telnet and using the passwd command (which means that I would not know it). I can give you instruction to do this, if you do not know how to use a shell.
Personal web space (using HTTPS, Port 443); You can register a domain, and request that I point it to the DNS, if you so desire. You can make your own websites, and you may request WebDAV as well.
FTP Access (Ports 20/21). You may use this to upload files of any kind.
A full Shell Account: Accessed by SSH (Port 22), or Telnet (Port 23). You can use this for file uploads too, including cross-server uploads. If you have a Linux system, a Mac, or a Windows system with CygWin, you can scp files. This is also used for file operations, directory operations, and command-line utilities. I may toss in some CLI games (text-adventures) at some point.
Starting space of no less than 500MB; more on request, when needed.
Reasonable bandwidth. I will not overly monitor your bandwidth, but if I find you uploading streaming media, I will warn you.
Data reliability: My servers operate on RAID Arrays (RAID-10, RAID-1, and some RAID-5.) Your account will be either on a RAID-10, or a RAID-1 array, which means it is fully-mirrored.
Backups: I do routine server backups. I have LTO-4 drives to help with this. This does not mean I will prevent you from fragging your own files, but it does mean that if a disk in an array dies, that your data is still safe!
DNS: Available on request. Your account will be https://lodge.magesguild.org/~username by default. You must register (pay for, and supply) your own domain name, if desired. With a fully-resolved DNS TLD (e.g. www.yourname.com), your visitors may see an SSL certificate mismatch, as I do not have a wildcard cert.
I hope to upgrade to one in the future, but it costs a lot of money.
If you wish me to register a domain name for you, i will pass on my discounted cost with Dotster. Otherwise, you may use buy domain you wish, through any registrar, and point it to my DynDNS server, that resolves to my local DNS. (Likely, you will not need a domain name.)
DNS Mirroring: If you want a domain name that resolves over HTTP (Port 80), instead of HTTPS (port 443), I can set up a mirroring service for you on one of my remote servers, that will auto-mirror you account on a scheduled basis to that server, with a fully-qualified domain name. That will prvent the certificate mismatch, but updates will only happen every few days. You must specifically request this service, and I may elect to enable, or decline it as an option, until I know you better.
DNS Redirection: I can set up your domain to work on Port-80 (HTTP) via redirection. This will fix problems with SSL mismatches, but may cause problems if your viewers are using the ABE add-on for Firefox. Redirection works by resolving a request on normal HTTP (Port 80) to an alternative port, such as Port 8080.
Optional Viewing Restrictions: I can set up restrictions, requiring a valid user, or a valid username/password, to view specific content on your websites. I can set this up to require someone viewing your material to also have a registered account on the server, or create a basic login and password area, with usernames and passwords that you provide via .htaccess and .htpasswd files.
What you will not have:
SMTP/POP/IMAP e-mail. This is not included; I honestly do not desire to set up mail services for everyone, and I would only consider this for (cheap) paid accounts, at some later point. You probably would never need this anyway.
Admin or SysOp Status: Not going to happen, unless you are a moderator, or SysOp here. I don;t need anyone breaking my servers.
Guest/Anonymous FTP/Telnet/SSH: These require a valid account. Visitors can download your files using a normal browser, or wget, etc., via HTTPS.
VNC/Remote Desktop Access: This is reserved for Admins, and SysOps.
Cost
Nothing. Free. Not a single pence!
Server Specs:
These are the systems in the grid: You will end up on one of these:
XServe Xeon System: Quad 2.8Ghz, running OSX 10.5.8 (based on BSD), with 10GB RAM.
XServe G5 System 1: Dual-G5 2.3GHz 970, running OSX 10.5.4, with 6GB RAM.
XServe G5 System 2: Single-G5 2.3Ghz 970, running OSX 10.5.4, with 4GB of RAM; offline for upgrades.
XServe G4 System: Dual-G4 1.33GHz 7450; running OSX 10.4.11, with 1GB RAM.
ProReliant Server: Running Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTE; set-up incomplete; coming soon.
RAID Arrays: RAID-10, RAID-1 (multiple), RAID-5 (multiple), RAID-0 (two) as DAS.
Switches: High-End Cisco Gigabit, Fully-Managed switches, and DD-WRT-based gateways.
If you want an account, post in this thread:
Please post your desired username: I will PM you a default password, and instructions to change it yourself.
I can safely allocate at least 500GB of space to PZC users at no cost.
Please, let's all boycott places like RapidShare. I hate them to death, which, aside from generally being a nice bloke, is why i am offering this.
If you wish, I can probably also swing you space on the Insomnia24/7 network, as I know CoolFire, however, I prefer to start you with an account on the servers that I own, and manage.
P.S. I am in the process of adding an IRC service too.
P.P.S. If the Mods,.Admins, and .SysOps here think this is a fantastic offer, please feel free to sticky this topic.
Edited by ZoriaRPG, 10 March 2014 - 12:25 PM.