[Free] Complete setup (DNS Records, Linux, Website, Bungee, etc)

[I_Luv_Cowz]

Hello MC-Market, today I am offering a complete setup of your:
- DNS Records (I'll configure your DNS records so that yourdomain.com can point to a website and a minecraft server without having to use a subdomain like play.yourdomain.com. I'll also do wildcard DNS records and properly use cloudflare's proxy services to secure your website.)
- VPS/Dedicated server (I'll configure firewall rules, install databases, securely setup your minecraft network/server so its ready for you to develop. This includes things such as optimized startup scripts.)
- Website (Provided you give me the resources, I can install and setup a xenforo/namelessmc onto your VPS/Dedicated server)
- Bungee (I can setup your bungeecord network to be secure from crashers, bots, and other malicious exploits so your ready to build your custom network)

What I will not do:
- Panel installations (Pterodactyl/Multicraft panels have unnecessary overhead, are inefficient, and if not properly secured, can be a large security vulnerability. I will show you a much more efficient way of running a server using SFTP and linux command line, trust me, its even simpler than a pterodactyl panel.)
- Gamemode setups (I will setup your network so that you can easily configure plugins and setup spigot servers without worry. I will NOT setup your spigot/gamemode servers.)

Requirements:
- A unique server idea
- A VPS or Dedicated server

How can I trust you with my SSH details? Most if not all hosting providers allow you to reinstall your VPS/Dedicated server so if I were to change the SSH details or screw you over, you could easily reinstall your server and open a scam report on me. I would also recommend that you change your SSH password after I am done.

Why am I doing this? I am posting this thread because this really only takes 30 minutes to an hour and "system admins" charge well over $50 for this. I have nothing better to really do so why not gain a bit of rep and help some people out.

If you're interested, start an mc-market conversation with me
I also posted this in setups, but thought it would be better fit for the systems administration section: https://www.mc-market.org/threads/652864/

 

[I_Luv_Cowz]

Hey I_Luv_Cowz,

Just wanted to pop in and say good luck with sales, but there's a couple things that I feel should be addressed accordingly.



I agree with Pterodactyl's panel is not a good panel. Generally speaking, it just shouldn't be used in production environments or any sort of enterprise environment. It just isn't scalable and the required support and initial investment just isn't worthwhile. Things may have been changed with the full release of version 1.x, but I can't speak on that. I can only speak on the details of 0.7 and the very limited scope of stuff I noticed while using Pterodactyl on my personal deployment on version 1.x

The idea behind those panels have unnecessary overhead and are inefficient just isn't correct. Pterodactyl actually is quite efficient and isn't very heavy weight. It's pretty good in that regard. Multicraft is much better, and is more fit towards enterprise deployments. It simply isn't a fair drawback. Arguably, the interface is the most important aspect of certain if not all software that the end user is going to be using.

For all intents and purposes, the security issues regarding Pterodactyl are most definitely concerning. From someone who has used this Panel since 0.6 and perhaps earlier version, back in 2017 - I can promise you that there was (and still are) some serious security vulnerabilities surrounding this panel. The way that some things were handled in prior versions are questionable at best, and despite my concerns being brought to light directly, these were mostly ignored until later revisions of the software which resulted in the SFTP daemon being completely rewritten. (For a good reason. I said years ago that the initial implementation was garbage) ...

I highly advise users to stay away from this panel for large deployments. I just don't see it being viable. Additionally, version 1.x has your end-user directly communicate with the daemons rather than the panel acting as reverse proxy. This introduces a whole host of issues, including the inability to use the panel on a NAT'd network without further more advanced configurations beyond Pterodactyl.

This should be an option in such a "high caliber" panel such as Pterodactyl. Those who do defend this panel have substantially modified the panel, or simply don't understand software development and it's interactions well enough to see where this panel fails.




It's very clear who you are calling out with this, and even if it's not directed towards anyone in specific, I want to clarify something so that this isn't misunderstood. I don't know if it's an arbitrary amount you chose, but regardless, I felt it's necessary to prompt some form of response since there's a few users regardless who seem to misunderstand this.

This is the very top of my thread:

I won't link the threads because that's disrespectful and a form of advertising on your thread. However, I specifically direct users that are viewing my thread to view a free script that I am creating. This is to imply to do not pay my hourly rate for simple installations.

Otherwise, the pay rate is most definitely fair considering my credentials and experiences. It's specifically said in the thread to use my services if nobody else can figure out your problem and I offer a refund policy of at least 50% if the problem isn't resolved.​

I wasn't trying to point you out in specific at all. You seem like a great system admin and seem to know what you're talking about. I'm sure your time and services is well worth $50/hour. I don't think anyone would hire you to do what I'm offering to do. I've seem much less experienced system admins than you post threads here selling simple setups (like I'm offering) for ridiculous prices when it should really be free.

I haven't looked much into multicraft panels but I think panels in general aren't scalable and are unnecessary. I think that server-owners just get deterred from looking at putty and winscp because of the perception that its difficult/hard to use when in reality controlling your minecraft server using SSH isn't difficult at all.

Also, I'm not trying to sell anything, just tyna gain some rep

 

[I_Luv_Cowz]

Yep. Nothing wrong with that man. Wish you the best of luck. Not trying to get in the way of that or anything.



Yep. No problem. It's only because I have seen a few people mention that specific price point, and some people seem to call me out directly. It wasn't really a major focus of my post, but still felt it should've been said.



Multicraft is extremely scalable. Pterodactyl is not. While for smaller deployments are unnecessary, for the purposes of hosting companies - they are an absolute must.

Oh yeah, for hosting companies it’s definitely a must. I’m talking about when server owners get them installed on their VPS/Dedi for 1 server.

 

[Drinkers]

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[Poseidon88]

Vouch - A great person to work with. He will answer any questions you might have with detail. I knew nothing going into it and knew a good bit coming out of it.