FOSSVPS Second Month Report
Not_Oles
Hosting ProviderContent Writer
September 28, 2025
- Free VPS Giveaways
During its first and second month of life, FOSSVPS has given away and clients are using 47 (up from 34 last month) 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, @alexhost, and @fmxm! 
All three Node sponsors renewed their donations this month! London and Chisinau now expire in January, and Los Angeles now expires in November.
Alexhost also contributed additional IPv4 addresses this month.
FOSSVPS seeks additional server Nodes in additional locations. If you are a Provider interested in contributing a server Node, please post here or contact @Not_Oles by Personal Message.
- Volunteers
@babywhale used his fine BashVM to make the VPSes in London and Los Angeles.
@Not_Oles makes the VPSes in Chisinau by hand with cloud-init and virt-install.
@cmeerw, @BasToTheMax, @FrankCastle, @TheOnlyDK, @Starnberg, @Jollie, 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.
- VPS Technical Issues
@Not_Oles missed a space in a yaml configuration file on the Chisinau node. So Alexhost's newly assigned IPv4 addresses did initially seem to work! Not Alexhost's fault! More details: 1, 2, and 3.
Funding
Income
Last month a $50.00 contribution was received toward the cost of registering FOSSVPS as a non-profit. This month, an additional $20.00 contribution was received. Thanks again to @R3M1NE!
- Expenses
Twenty dollars were used toward the cost of an additional month of the LA server.
- Financial Projection
Plans are to proceed with FOSSVPS formal 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.
- Fiscal Sponsorship
Pending FOSSVPS' registration and 501(c)(3) status, Everyone Bandwidth, Inc. (EoB8) kindly has established a Fiscal Sponsorship with FOSSVPS. The Fiscal Sponsorship allows 501(c)(3) approved FOSSVPS contributions to be made through EoB8 via Paypal at this link. Under the Fiscal Sponsorship, Eob8 supervises distribution of the contributions to ensure that the contributions are used consistently with EoB8's charitable purposes.
- Hurricane Electric Colocation -- Hardware Request
Eob8 has arranged for FOSSVPS to receive free colocation at Hurricane Electric ("HE") in Fremont, California. For the HE colocation FOSSVPS requests a donation of server hardware suitable for virtualization and distribution of free VPSes. Anyone wishing to donate a server is requested to contact @Not_Oles.
- Communications and Client Support
The FOSSVPS website was expanded this month to add a page for tracking VPS Requests.
FOSSVPS email services are functioning, including Not_Oles@ and support@.
A Discord server was created last month.
Plans include adding VPS tutorials to the website.
- Client Services Panel
A FOSSBilling instance was installed was installed last month. Plans are to use an open source client services panel.
- VPS Control Panel
KVM VPSes presently are being installed with 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, and a suggestion from @cmeerw, 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.
- Thanks
Thanks to LES, OGF, Nodeseek, and our entire Low End community for providing a place where FOSSVPS and all of us can grow and flourish! Thanks to @fmxm, OnlyServers, and Alexhost for their server contributions! Thanks to EoB8 for their Fiscal Sponsorship! Special thanks to our direct financial donors!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Comments
Thank you @Not_Oles!
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Thanks @Not_Oles , great work!
Fiscal agents usually charge a fee for the work.
In my circle of 501(c)(3)s the fee is usually 10% of the funding received.
For transparency sake, would @Not_Oles reveal the fees agreed upon with Eob8?
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Hi @terrorgen!
8%
It might be a little while until FOSSVPS receives contributions sufficient for formal registration and then receiving its own 501(c)(3). So, why not have a 501(c)(3) available, in the meantime, in case someone needs it? Contributors for whom the 501(c)(3) isn't significant can still contribute directly. Thanks to previously received contributions, only $160 remains needed for the registration.
Best!
Tom
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Hey not trying to diminish the value of a fiscal agent! They provide necessary infrastructure for smaller organizations!
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