FOSSVPS' First Month Report

Not_Oles · August 25

Happy Monday!

Today, August 25, 2025, is FOSSVPS' one month birthday!

Here is a report on FOSSVPS' first month achievements and plans for the near future.

Free VPS Giveaways

During this first month, FOSSVPS has given away and clients are using 34 excellent free and open source VPSes on server Nodes in London ( Onlyservers ), Los Angeles ( @fmxm ), and Chisinau ( Alexhost ).

FOSSVPS plans to continue giving away excellent free and open source VPSes to support and develop everyone's understanding of computer operating systems and the internet.

Server Node Sponsors

FOSSVPS has received the three above listed server Node sponsorships. Grateful thanks to @dan_onlyservers, @Alexhostcom, and @fmxm!

FOSSVPS seeks additional server Nodes in additional locations. If you are a Provider interested in contributing, please post here or contact @Not_Oles by Personal Message.

Volunteers

@babywhale has used his fine BashVM to make the VPSes in London and Los Angeles.

@Not_Oles has made the VPSes in Chisinau with cloud-init and virt-install.

@AuroraZero has provided free hosting for the FOSSVPS website on YetiNode.

@cmeerw, @BasToTheMax, @FrankCastle, @TheOnlyDK, and several others are providing friendly help and suggestions.

Additional volunteers could help with Node monitoring, communications, client support, and additional tasks according to their interests, skills, and inclinations. Please contact @Not_Oles if you would like to volunteer.

Funding

A $50.00 contribution has been received toward the cost of registering FOSSVPS as a non-profit. Plans are to proceed with the registration as soon as the approximately $210.00 cost of the registration is available. When registration is completed, plans are to apply for 501(c)(3) status from the IRS. It supports the 501(c)(3) status if the clear majority of donated funds come from the general public rather than from any single source. If you want to help fund FOSSVPS' registration, please contact @Not_Oles.

Communications and Client Support

A website has been set up for FOSSVPS. Email services are functioning, including [email protected]. A Discord server has been created. Near future plans include adding VPS tutorials to the website.

Client Services Panel

A FOSSBilling instance has been installed and is being configured and tested. Plans are to use an open source client services panel.

VPS Control Panel

So far, VPSes have been pre-installed with Debian 12 (13 for the next set) or Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. With help from @FrankCastle a test VPS has been configured and is functioning with VNC and PXE booting. With the VNC and PXE arrangement, FOSSVPS clients could install any OS from any official image, plus reinstall, start, stop, or reboot their VPS.

Node Resource Monitoring

Node load averages, memory, disk usage, and network data are checked frequently. Plans include implementing a public resource monitoring page.

Low End

Thanks to Low End Talk, Low End Spirit, Nodeseek, and our entire Low End community for providing a place where FOSSVPS and all of us can grow and flourish!