Why a relaunch?

We were offering Poland dedicated server from 2016 which were housed in Atman datacenter. But now, we shifted to ArtNet datacenter which is located in Gdańsk.

What does it mean?

We improved on a lot of traits and also restructured the pricing of dedicated servers (yes, the will cost you less now ;))
Also, the network has drastically been improved over the years. New exchanges, backup uplinks, fiber, etc. have been added.

Some facts & figures about the datacenter:

1. Network

• 5 optical fibers entering the building from different sides
• - Carrier-neutral data center, diversified providers connect to the datacenter (several exits to the global network and traffic exchange points)
• Dynamic BGP routing
• Participant in the EPIX project — the largest non-commercial, neutral and independent IP traffic exchange node in Poland

2. Power Security

• Redundancy of power supply
• Two transformers supplying the server room
• Two Fogo generator sets (Volvo, Iveco engines)
• UPS N + 1 system (Benning)

3. Security

• The VESDA early-detection smoke detection system
• Automatic Gas extinguishing system
• 24-hour physical protection of the datacenter
• Camera system
• Server room access control system
• No flood risk

Want to know more? You can check our Poland Datacenter page.

To order any of the Poland Dedicated Server you can visit our website or drop us an email on contact[‘a’t’]2sync.co

For any queries, feel free to contact us.

2Sync relaunches Poland Dedicated Servers in Gdańsk was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

We have updated the OS templates available for our KVM based VPS/VM product line.

The list includes the following updates/additions:

• CentOS 7.5 64bit (centos-7.5-x86_64)
• Ubuntu 18.04 64bit (ubuntu-18.04-x86_64)
• Debian 9.4 64bit (debian-9.4-x86_64)
• Fedora 27 64bit (fedora-27-x86_64)
• Scientific Linux 7.4 64bit (scientific-7.4-x86_64)

The updated OS templates are applicable to Taiwan VPS, Poland VPS, South Korea VPS, Japan VPS, Serbia VPS & Turkey VPS. For other VPS locations please contact us for information.

You can also upload your own ISO and install your own choice of OS on our KVM VPS.

KVM OS Template Updates was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

By gaining recognition from the Government, 2Sync is gaining better trust and confidence amongst the existing and potential clients. This recognition will help us serve better and reach out to more businesses and individuals in the long run. With this boost, 2Sync accelerates ahead on its vision & mission.

We also aim to help out individuals/entrepreneurs who need assistance in getting their business/idea online. If you or someone you know requires our help, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Learn more about the Startup India Initiative here: https://www.startupindia.gov.in

About Startup India Initiative

Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, intended to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and Startups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. The Indian Government through this initiative aims to empower Startups to grow through innovation and design.
You can learn more about the Action Plan of the Startup India initiative here: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/pdffile.php?title=Startup%20India%20Action%20Plan&type=Action&q=Action%20Plan.pdf&content_type=Action&submenupoint=action

References:

• https://www.startupindia.gov.in
• http://dipp.nic.in

2Sync is conferred the Startup India recognition was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

What Is GDPR & why does it concern you?

The European Union (EU) has introduced a landmark regulation called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR in short) which will come into effect from 25th May 2018 onwards.

The main goal of GDPR is to give EU residents some drastic improvements to their privacy rights & better control over their personal data, and to protect them from privacy breaches and leaks. So in simple terms, GDPR has been introduced to give control back to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international businesses. When GDPR takes effect, it will replace the 1995 Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC).

Every organisation that handles, markets or tracks the personal data of EU residents is concerned, even if they are not based in Europe. In the case of software companies which typically sell their products globally, this means that this new regulation will apply to everyone, no matter where they are based.

There are strong penalties in place for non-compliance: up to €20m or 4% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher. (yikes!)

So, making sure we were compliant, and in turn that the personal data of the customers buying your products was treated correctly & fairly, whilst continuing to provide a great customer experience is an important trait for us at 2Sync.

Individual Rights (Learn more)

The right to be informed
Customers are required to agree to our Terms of Service in order to register an account and complete checkout. A user account cannot be created, and an order cannot be placed, without the user checking a box to confirm their agreement to our Terms of Service. (Learn more)

The right of access/right to rectification
We provide a self-service client portal that gives our customers access to login and view their personal information (profile data). This same client portal also provides our customers with access to update their personal information including name, email address, postal address and phone number as well as any custom fields we have defined. (Learn more)

The right to erasure (also known as the ‘right to be forgotten’)
If we receive a request for erasure, we can perform a deletion of the customer record from the client area using the Delete Client functionality. Using this feature removes all data relating to a given customer including, but not limited to, personal information in the user’s profile, service and invoice history, activity log entries, support ticket and email history. (Learn more)

The right to data portability
Data portability means the right to receive personal data in a machine-readable format and to request for such data to be transferred directly from one controller to another. This right only applies where the processing is based on consent or for the performance of contract; and; when processing is carried out by automated means. There is no right to charge fees for this service. (Learn more)

Lawful basis for processing (Learn more)

Contract
In most cases, users register an account in our client area instance as part of the process of submitting an order for services. In doing so, often end users (that means you) are entering a contract with us to provide services. (Learn more)

Consent
The obligation to obtain the Data Subject’s consent to collecting and processing their data under the GDPR is very onerous and will be strictly enforced. Consent cannot now be a pre-ticked box, deemed automatic on registering for an online shop (for example) or inferred from silence or inactivity. (Learn more)

Consent must be given freely, be informed, be specific and be made by a clear affirmative action.

We have introduced more flexibility and control over how our users opt into marketing emails such as those sent by the mass mail system which can be used for newsletters and similar products (although we rarely send any ;))

We are collecting consent for the purpose of marketing, a positive opt-in is separate from other terms and conditions. Our customers can also withdraw their consent via their profile settings page or by opening a ticket and letting us know that they no longer wish to have any emails/marketing activities to reach them.

A new consent log that records each time the consent setting is changed. For each change, we will record the date/time of that change, who it was initiated by and the IP address of the user. This new log can be accessed via the Profile tab with the admin clients profile summary. (the below image is just an example)

If incase, you feel we missed out on something, feel free to contact us.

References:
- https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/
- https://blog.whmcs.com/133437/how-whmcs-can-help-with-gdpr-compliance

2Sync is GDPR ready was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

The only method we could find to delete the metadata is to zero out the last 512KB of data on the disk using the following command:

dd if=/dev/zero of=$YOUR_DEV bs=512 seek=$(( $(blockdev --getsz $YOUR_DEV) - 1024 )) count =1024

Replace $YOUR_DEV with the physical device, such as /dev/sda

You could just zero the whole disk, but that could take hours. This command executes in less than a second and works.

How to remove RAID metadata was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Glossary:
md: multiple devices

cat /proc/mdstat : show status of all raids

mdadm --detail /dev/md0 : detailed status of raid md0

mdadm --create /dev/md0 -n2 -l1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1: new raid /dev/md0 with 2 disks, raid level 1 on /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2

mdadm --fail /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 ; mdadm --remove /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 : remove /dev/sda1 from /dev/md0

mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 : add /dev/sda1 to /dev/md0

mdadm --grow /dev/md0 -n3 : use 3 disks in raid /dev/md0 (e.g. add an additional disk, so a damaged drive can be removed later-on)
mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 : Assemble /dev/md0 (e.g. when running live system)

mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf : Update list of arrays in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf ; you should remove old list by hand first!

mdadm --examine /dev/sda1 : What is this disk / partition?

sysctl -w dev.raid.speed_liit_min=10000 : Set minimum raid rebuilding speed to 10000 kiB/s (default 1000)

sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb: Copy partition table from sda to sdb

To boot a machine even with a degraded array, modify /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/mdadm and run update-initramfs -c -kall (Use with caution!)

mdadm Cheat Sheet was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Add the following code to nginx.conf located at /home/user/conf/web/

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

The above code is to be added to the location section of each website you host.

[FIX] WordPress Permalinks on Nginx+PHP-fpm VestaCP was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

If you have root/SSH access then carryout the following commands
Initially, you’ll need to figure out that PureFTPd and ProFTP what ports to use for Passive FTP.

For PureFTPd make an edit to /etc/pure-ftpd.conf, uncomment the following line, and set the port range you’ll be using.
# PassivePortRange 30000 35000

For ProFTP, do the same for /etc/proftpd.conf.
# PassivePorts 30000 35000

Then, you’ll need to configure CSF to allow that port range through your firewall.

Edit /etc/csf/csf.conf and add the range as StartingPort:EndingPort, like the following.
# Allow incoming TCP ports
TCP_IN = "20,21,22,25,53,80,110,30000:35000"

Or you can even do it via logging in to the WHM -> Plugins -> ConfigServer Firewall

Finally, you’ll need to restart the services.

service csf restart
service pureftpd restart
or
service proftpd restart
That’s about it

If you do not have root/ssh access then you need to switch the FTP Transfer mode from Passive to Active.

Are you still facing problems ? comment here and we’ll help you out.

[FIX] FTP Connection Error : Error loading directory was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

The problem? Windows Server Firewall. You’ll have to disable it.

But how will you login to your server if you cannot connect to it? We do provide VNC connectivity. So follow the below simple steps to connect via VNC:

• Goto your My Services
• Click on you VPS
• Now click on VNC
• Launch HTML5 VNC Client

Now enter your administrator password and enter your Windows VPS.

Disable the Public Firewall from the Server Manager.

Try connecting to the Windows VPS via mstsc now.
If you still face any issue then let us know via ticket.

[FIX] Windows Server 2008/2012 VM not logging in was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Step 1: Installing dependencies

AMD APP SDK 3.0 (only needed to use AMD GPUs): https://developer.amd.com/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/

Cuda 8.0+ (only needed to use NVIDIA GPUs)

Download: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
Select Custom Installation and install the following 3 components:

• CUDA/Develpment
• CUDA/Runtime
• Driver components

Step 2: Installing GNU Compiler & Development Tools in CentOS 7.x

yum update -y
yum -y install epel-release
yum -y install centos-release-scl cmake3 hwloc-devel libmicrohttpd-devel openssl-devel git screen nano
yum -y install libmpc-devel mpfr-devel gmp-devel
yum --enablerepo=centos-sclo-rh-testing install devtoolset-7-gcc devtoolset-7-gcc-c++
scl enable devtoolset-7 bash

Step 3: Compiling XMR-Stak from source

git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu.git
cd xmr-stak-cpu
cmake3 .
make install

Step 4: Running XMR-Stak

cd bin
./xmr*

You’ll get a first time run message on the terminal window related to the CPU config. You need to copy it and then edit the config.txt file located in bin folder.

Also, do not forget to fill the following details in the config.txt file

pool_address
wallet_address
pool_password

Final screen running the miner

Happy mining! :)

Note: Please do not run miners on VPS/VDS/VMs as you’ll be kicked out by the provider due to 100% CPU usage. Also, do not run any miner on dedicated servers if your provider does not allow it.

References:
- XMR-Stak: https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak
- Tutorial executed on India VPS by 2Sync.co (mining is strictly prohibited on VPS)

Install XMR-STAK on CentOS 7.x was originally published in 2Sync on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.