[FOSSVPS - Alexhost] Free Chisinau 2 x E5-2680 v2, 4 vCores, 4 GB DDR3 ECC RAM, 100 GB RAID 10 Disk!
Happy Sunday!
With thanks 
to AlexHost, also here as @Alexhostcom, today FOSSVPS and MetalVPS offer free Chisinau, Moldova IPv4/IPv6 VPSes.
Thirteen KVM VPSes are available, each with 1 dedicated IPv4 and 1 dedicated IPv6 address. Traffic is unmetered.
Of the thirteen available VPSes, eleven have been pre-made by hand on the command line with cloud-init and virt-install. The node and the eleven pre-made VPSes are running Ubuntu 24.04. Two VPS slots have been reserved in case some super awesome person really needs another OS besides Ubuntu.
The VPS time period for this offer is until October 30, 2025, and might or might not be renewed.
There might be a second round of NAT IPv4 plus IPv6 VPSes offered on this server.
Please check the below Yabs and NWS test results for the VPS specs. Something you can't see from the tests results is that this node has eight spinning rust hard drives deployed in hardware RAID 10.
To apply for a free VPS, please post in this thread. In your post, please explain (1) what you want to run on your VPS and (2) how FOSSVPS can view you as a positive and friendly community contributor. Also, (3) please post your ed25519 ssh public key in your request.
For support, please also post in this thread. If something needs privacy, please email @Not_Oles at the address on his profile or send a PM here.
The more effort invested into applications, the more likely they are to succeed! Additionally, the better the discussion in this thread, the more likely Alexhost will renew our node!
FOSSVPS is looking for additional server nodes and for help with system administration, client support, and application processing. Also, website help and financial contributions to the cost of formal registration (approximately $200; $50 received; $150 to go).
Free and open source software only.
White hat only.
Not for commercial use.
No service level agreement.
Ephemeral. Could disappear at any time!
Clueless™ Administrator!
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# Yet-Another-Bench-Script #
# v2025-04-20 #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
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Sat Aug 9 01:00:24 UTC 2025
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
CPU cores : 4 @ 2800.038 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 96.8 GiB
Distro : Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Kernel : 6.8.0-64-generic
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : Alexhost SRL
ASN : AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL
Host : Alexhost SRL
Location : Chisinau, Chișinău Municipality (CU)
Country : Moldova
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 198.23 MB/s (49.5k) | 2.10 GB/s (32.8k)
Write | 198.76 MB/s (49.6k) | 2.11 GB/s (32.9k)
Total | 396.99 MB/s (99.2k) | 4.21 GB/s (65.7k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 2.15 GB/s (4.2k) | 2.22 GB/s (2.1k)
Write | 2.26 GB/s (4.4k) | 2.37 GB/s (2.3k)
Total | 4.41 GB/s (8.6k) | 4.59 GB/s (4.4k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 281 Mbits/sec | 287 Mbits/sec | 49.5 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 274 Mbits/sec | 285 Mbits/sec | 41.4 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 261 Mbits/sec | 122 Mbits/sec | 110 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 247 Mbits/sec | 249 Mbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 236 Mbits/sec | 125 Mbits/sec | 184 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 245 Mbits/sec | busy | 123 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 233 Mbits/sec | 118 Mbits/sec | 229 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 278 Mbits/sec | 245 Mbits/sec | 49.6 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 263 Mbits/sec | 283 Mbits/sec | 41.4 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 250 Mbits/sec | 131 Mbits/sec | 110 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 235 Mbits/sec | 238 Mbits/sec | 153 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 242 Mbits/sec | 138 Mbits/sec | 184 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 257 Mbits/sec | 246 Mbits/sec | 123 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 225 Mbits/sec | 92.1 Mbits/sec | 229 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 637
Multi Core | 1951
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/13234217
YABS completed in 18 min 22 sec
---------------------------------- nws.sh ---------------------------------
A simple script to bench network performance using speedtest-cli
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Version : v2025.07.08
Global Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash
Region Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r <region>
Ping & Routing : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -rt <region>
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Basic System Info
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CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
CPU Cores : 4 @ 2800.038 MHz
CPU Cache : 16384 KB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
Total Disk : 96.8 GB (2.0 GB Used)
Total RAM : 3.8 GB (450.6 MB Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 1 hour 6 min
Load average : 0.00, 0.00, 0.04
OS : Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 6.8.0-64-generic
Virtualization : KVM
TCP Control : cubic
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Basic Network Info
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Primary Network : IPv6
IPv6 Access : ✔ Online
IPv4 Access : ✔ Online
ISP : Alexhost SRL
ASN : AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL
Host : Alexhost SRL
Location : Chisinau, Chișinău Municipality-CU, Moldova
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Speedtest.net (Region: GLOBAL)
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Location Latency Loss DL Speed UP Speed Server
ISP: Alexhost
Nearest 0.92 ms 0.0% 282.21 Mbps 281.94 Mbps Moldtelecom JSC - Chisinau
Bangalore, IN 181.46 ms 0.0% 284.68 Mbps 282.81 Mbps Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore
Chennai, IN 186.69 ms 0.0% 295.10 Mbps 267.37 Mbps Jio - Chennai
Mumbai, IN 154.86 ms 0.0% 303.93 Mbps 282.55 Mbps Melbicom - Mumbai
Seattle, US 190.49 ms N/A 281.13 Mbps 283.77 Mbps Comcast - Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, US 176.72 ms 0.0% 280.01 Mbps 266.64 Mbps ReliableSite Hosting - Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, US 158.24 ms 0.3% 287.41 Mbps 234.69 Mbps Hivelocity - Dallas, TX
Miami, US 148.95 ms 0.0% 292.80 Mbps 277.77 Mbps Telxius - Miami, FL
New York, US 116.05 ms 0.0% 298.54 Mbps 283.91 Mbps GSL Networks - New York, NY
Toronto, CA 130.23 ms 0.0% 288.90 Mbps 281.93 Mbps Rogers - Toronto, ON
Mexico City, MX 228.54 ms N/A 264.20 Mbps 255.38 Mbps INFINITUM - Ciudad de México
London, UK 52.30 ms 0.0% 287.54 Mbps 252.33 Mbps VeloxServ Communications - London
Amsterdam, NL 46.06 ms 0.0% 293.93 Mbps 251.41 Mbps 31173 Services AB - Amsterdam
Paris, FR 46.24 ms N/A 292.14 Mbps 290.28 Mbps Axione - Paris
Frankfurt, DE 43.66 ms 0.0% 287.36 Mbps 278.88 Mbps Clouvider Ltd - Frankfurt am Main
Warsaw, PL 54.35 ms 0.0% 287.48 Mbps 245.79 Mbps Play - Warszawa
Bucharest, RO 34.68 ms 0.0% 288.52 Mbps 288.73 Mbps Vodafone Romania Mobile - Bucharest - Bucharest
Moscow, RU FAILED
Jeddah, SA 114.08 ms 0.0% 294.94 Mbps 268.99 Mbps Saudi Telecom Company
Dubai, AE 164.96 ms N/A 304.89 Mbps 80.68 Mbps e& UAE - Dubai
Istanbul, TR 76.35 ms 0.0% 291.89 Mbps 280.62 Mbps Turkcell - Istanbul
Tehran, IR 135.19 ms 0.0% 278.44 Mbps 288.78 Mbps Irancell - Tehran
Cairo, EG 98.99 ms 0.0% 295.46 Mbps 269.59 Mbps Telecom Egypt - Cairo
Tokyo, JP FAILED
Chengdu, CM-CN FAILED
Hong Kong, CN 264.24 ms 0.0% 287.43 Mbps 89.83 Mbps Misaka Network, Inc. - Hong Kong
Singapore, SG FAILED
Jakarta, ID 212.34 ms 0.0% 266.57 Mbps 271.63 Mbps PT Solnet Indonesia - Jakarta
Sydney, AU 271.17 ms 0.0% 295.85 Mbps 281.96 Mbps Aussie Broadband - Sydney
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Avg DL Speed : 288.45 Mbps
Avg UL Speed : 257.53 Mbps
Total DL Data : 10.41 GB
Total UL Data : 8.02 GB
Total Data : 18.43 GB
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Duration : 12 min 27 sec
System Time : 09/08/2025 - 02:10:02 UTC
Total Script Runs : 120221
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Result : https://result.nws.sh/r/1754704808_VTXE5F_GLOBAL.txt
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I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Comments
you should stop wasting people's time when you never actually respond
@Not_Oles is not responding? You sure? Did you get shadow banned?
Never make the same mistake twice. There are so many new ones to make.
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right.
I applied and got the server in like an hour or so. Thanks @Not_Oles @Alexhostcom
I will be using it for personal WireGurad & NextCloud mostly.
YABS & NWS is pretty much the same as OP, so here are the results of the Region Restriction test.
bash <(curl -L -s https://git.io/JRw8R) -E enWhy?
Slackware4Life!!!
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Is there a trusted Slackware cloud-init qcow2 image available?
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
You think Slacky has cloud-init? Doesn't even use systemd yet lol. Probably slackbuilds for it, but to be honest I have never looked.
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Slackware is still alive? I thought it was long dead, since i never found a live repo mirror to install or update anything...
Never make the same mistake twice. There are so many new ones to make.
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right.
Works for me daily, they did have some mirror issues earlier but they cleared up.
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Well, i guess it's time to give then another try! Any distro recommendations? I used to love using Porteus but they seem to be dead for too long...
Never make the same mistake twice. There are so many new ones to make.
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right.
Hmm...
You know what, I usually pass on these offers because I think there are others who deserve this more than I do.
But I am thinking about trying out SSHFS over long distance.
I can run multiple IO tests and report back as my contribution?
I will send my pubkey if this is an acceptable use case.
The all seeing eye sees everything...
I think the way to say "yes" is "shi". Anyway not "bu shi".
To remove any doubt, I mean "yes." 
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Can I put my weed in this?
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I think so! Why not! <)
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
@jmaxwell
By mistake, I reverted your VPS to its original "fresh" snapshot.
If I understand right, it means the pre-revert contents of your VPS have been lost.
The mistake happened because I was on the wrong server when I ran that command.
We have been using "vm1", "vm2", etc., on all the servers. Maybe ee need to change that to "servername-vm1", etc.
Probably you can get in with the original credentials previously sent. Please post here to let us know.
If you need help, I will try my best.
So sorry! Thanks and best wishes!
Tom
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
No worries, I’ll take a look soon.
Why?
Our FOSSVPS.org website has been updated so that it now highlights our wonderful sponsors,
node locations, VPS specs, and inventory.
FOSSVPS has 26 VPSes assigned and 8 VPSes available for assignment!
Thanks everyone!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I don't seem to be able to connect anymore. Tried with IPv4 and IPv6.
Why?
@jmaxwell
Apologies again! It seems I must have forgotten to turn your VPS on! It wasn't running when I checked the node.
I turned it on, and successfully got in as root -- both from the node and remotely -- each with both IPv4 and IPv6.
I checked that your ssh key indeed was present along with mine. Please feel free to remove my ssh keys if you wish.
Hopefully it will work again for you! I hope you have fun with it!
Best!
Tom
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I've had tons of fun making my first PHP project, a simple, basic PHP login page and a page to export the output of
top!This on the test VPS at the @fmxm LA node. It seems to work! But there might be some security issues, so the firewall locks it down to one IP.
Soon I hope to try the same in Javascript, which will be my first Javascript project.
Probably not too many people would be interested in the code for these baby projects, but I want to set up a self-hosted version control web interface, maybe cgit.
Thanks to @fmxm, @alexhost, and @dan_onlyservers for their lovely server donations!
Want a free VPS? Please check the available inventory at FOSSVPS.org!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Can I use this to break stuff? I like breaking stuffs!!!
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@AuroraZero Sure!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
FOSSVPS still has 8 free VPSes available in
Chisinau (Thanks Alexhost!
)
and in
London (Thanks OnlyServers!
)
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Hola Not_Oles, I'd like to use the VPS to test a few small PHP projects I'm working on. I don't need a specific location; any location is fine. Let me know if this app is all I need. I'll be on standby.
Hola @jureve! Any details on your PHP projects? Are they open source so that you could give us a link to the repo? Is NAT IPv4 plus IPv6 okay for you, or do you need dedicated IPv4 plus IPv6?
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
As can be seen at FOSSVPS, only 6 VPSes available!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
IPv4 NAT + public IPv6 is fine.
@jureve No details on your PHP projects? 🥲
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Hello, if it is possible to get a free server, I develop bots for telegram, the server is needed for testing so that later I can roll out working versions to the main server. Thank you.
Hi @aski!
Welcome to LES! Nice to meet you!
Any details on your Telegram bot projects? Are they open source so that you could give us a link to the repo? Is NAT IPv4 plus IPv6 okay for you, or do you need dedicated IPv4 plus IPv6?
Thank you!
Tom
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
For now the projects are closed, private development to help develop their chats and channels, if the bots are successful and useful, I will post them for everyone. Right now the simplest server and IPv4 will be enough