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First of all, sorry for the long downtime on our main website. Over the past few years our main database has just been getting slower and slower. It was last rebuilt in 2017 so it was well overdue for an upgrade. A few days ago the main database was so slow that we decided to take it offline, and rebuild it with a modern operating system and up-to-date software. We expected the downtime to last a few hours, but then during the upgrade everything fell apart. While Cody was down, his twin brother Brody got so sad he died too. This happens sometimes with twins because they can't live without each other, which is cute but also very tragic. So then, with both a dead Cody and a dead Brody, we had no nameservers, no main database, no website, no forum, no wiki, etc etc etc. But here at HelioHost we never give up. No matter how many servers explode, or how many evil for-profit corporations try to destroy us we will never give up. It took a few days, but our main website is back online, both of our nameservers are back online, our forum is working again, and a lot of the stuff going on behind the scenes are working again too. That said, there is still plenty of stuff that isn't working yet. The main issue seems to be that during the upgrade of the nameservers a lot of DNS zones got lost, so some websites are offline. If your domain gives a DNS error when you try to visit it in a browser let us know and we can take a look. It usually only takes a few seconds to recreate the DNS for you. We're still working on getting everything functional again, but we're making progress. Thanks for everyone's patience during this crazy rebuild.

You've probably heard of Apache and Nginx, but have you heard about Caddy? In this video we show you how to install the Caddy webserver software on your VPS. Caddy is known for issuing SSL certificates automatically, and being easier to configure than his more famous relatives. It's worth checking out! https://youtu.be/Vq-cKnQGevU It's been a bit since we released a new video, but hopefully you enjoy this one. Some users find it much easier to follow a video guide rather than reading the text guides we have at https://wiki.helionet.org/ Please let us know if there is a specific topic that you think would be good for our next video. Also if you don't mind subscribing to our YouTube channel that would be a great way to get some free advertising. We are a small non-profit funded by donations so we don't have a huge budget to afford paid advertising, so the more word of mouth recommendations, the more social media likes, and the more subscribes we can get goes a long ways towards finding more users and continuing to grow. Even if you can't donate, this is a great way to help us for free. Thanks!

The free plan is now back, and better than ever! The Johnny rebuild has been completed and free signups will be opening in about 30 minutes. If you don't already have an account you can signup at https://heliohost.org/signup/ We expect signups to fill pretty quickly, so be ready to click as fast as you can. On May 9th we emailed all of the active Johnny users, and offered them a free trial on Morty to get their websites back online during the rebuild. If you are one of those free users currently on Morty we will be emailing you to ask if you want to stay on Morty or go back to Johnny. If you want to stay on Morty you can use this link https://buy.stripe.com/7sI8wOe4p40y9q0147 to pay $5 which will last about 6 months without overages. If you make a payment let us know so we can make sure it gets applied to your account. If we don't hear back from your we will move you to Johnny automatically in a few days. If you decided not to accept a free trial, you can recreate your Johnny account by going to https://heliohost.org/status/ and entering your email or username. The website will recreate your account for you on the new Johnny server. The new account will be empty so if you want to restore your previous website you'll need to download your backup from https://heliohost.org/backup/ or use a backup that you made yourself. Keep in mind that if your backup is missing anything we may still be able to recover it for you. Just let us know what you're missing, and we can take a look. The new Johnny also has a number of upgrades such as Python 3.14, MariaDB 12.2, PostgreSQL 18.4, etc. If your script isn't working, make sure you're using the correct shebang version. Let us know if you have any questions.

Here is the pyinfo page for both 3.9 & 3.14 https://morty2-info.heliohost.org/pyinfo/

Domain added. it can take up to 2 hours to start working.

HelioHost is happy to announce that we now support PHP 8.5 on the Morty plan. The Tommy plan will be upgraded to have PHP 8.5 soon, and after that Johnny will have it installed too.

Should be fixed. /tmp was full again...

Here is the second video in our Minecraft series. This video documents how to set up a modded Minecraft server on a HelioHost VPS. https://youtu.be/Fgmzvrtu7sA We are going to try to continue releasing new videos every 2 weeks, because some users find it much easier to follow a video guide rather than reading the text guides we have at https://wiki.helionet.org/ Please let us know if there is a specific topic that you think would be good for our next video. Also if you don't mind subscribing to our YouTube channel that would be a great way to get some free advertising. We are a small non-profit funded by donations so we don't have a huge budget to afford paid advertising, so the more word of mouth recommendations, the more social media likes, and the more subscribes we can get goes a long ways towards finding more users and continuing to grow. Even if you can't donate, this is a great way to help us for free. Thanks!

One of the most common questions we get is "Can I run a Minecraft server on HelioHost?" The answer is yes, and we've made a video tutorial on how to get started. https://youtu.be/JAXDD7VYHUk We are going to try to continue releasing new videos every 2 weeks, because some users find it much easier to follow a video guide rather than reading the text guides we have at https://wiki.helionet.org/ Please let us know if there is a specific topic that you think would be good for our next video. Also if you don't mind subscribing to our YouTube channel that would be a great way to get some free advertising. We are a small non-profit funded by donations so we don't have a huge budget to afford paid advertising, so the more word of mouth recommendations, the more social media likes, and the more subscribes we can get goes a long ways towards finding more users and continuing to grow. Even if you can't donate, this is a great way to help us for free. Thanks!

HelioHost is happy to announce that we're disabling ads across all of our websites and hosting plans, including the free Johnny plan, starting now. Back in 2008 through 2016 or so HelioHost was 100% funded by ads, and we made so much ad revenue that we even managed to save up quite a bit of money in our bank account too. It might come as a shock to some of you, but it isn't free for us to provide free hosting, so we still have to pay for stuff like electricity and internet access. As the years went by Adsense kept paying less less and less each year, and our bills kept adding up to be higher than the ad revenue. So our bank accounts kept dwindling lower and lower. There were a few scary years in there where we had to make some hard decisions whether or not to just give up and shut down entirely. We didn't think anyone would be willing to donate to us, but we didn't really have a lot of other options, so starting in 2016 we began asking for donations. We were then, and still are, completely shocked by how generous people can be. After finishing a record setting fundraiser to purchase a new server earlier this year, we discussed it and decided that we don't need ads at all anymore. As long as people keep donating towards our non-profit mission to provide free or low cost hosting, we don't need to bombard you with annoying advertisements. Thank you to all of our donors for making this possible.

One of the biggest problems on forums these days is lack of good forum etiquette. What some of the newer users of message boards don't understand is that forums have a very different environment from a chatroom, an instant message conversation, or even an email correspondence. Users of respectable message boards are expected to act maturely. And therefore, to help some of our newer users, I have created this guide to maintaining good forum etiquette. Use spelling and grammar correctly. Always capitalize the first letter in a sentence, even if you only have one to post. Always use periods. Capitalize only when necessary. Remember, all caps means you're yelling. Use commas and punctuation marks. The only excuse you can have for bad spelling or grammar is that you are not a native of an English-speaking country, and even then, you should do your best to learn English.Don't post just to up your post count. In fact, don't even pay attention to your post count. The senior members of a forum aren't respected because they have lots of posts, but because they are good contributors. You should strive to do the same.When you post, make it in-depth. Never just say "I agree" or "Good idea." Describe your idea. Say "I agree because..." or "Good idea. I think..." We want to hear a developed opinion, not just a short statement. Two or three word posts aren't really contributing anything to the forum.Know what you're talking about. Most forums are a community of experts and enthusiasts, and they love to discuss their passions. However, if you go into a topic you don't know much about and say something ignorant, it'll really tick them off. Especially if you stated it with authority.Never ask someone a question you can could easily get answered through a search engine or an encyclopedia. People expect you to find things out on your own instead of getting other members to do it for you. Laziness is frowned upon.Make sure never to turn a topic into back-and-forth conversations on random things. Topics are made for a reason - to discuss something. If you go into a topic and turn it into something completely irrelevant from what it was intended to discuss, you're only ruining it for the users who seriously want to discuss that topic.Don't just go through every topic in a forum posting in each one. Most people will find it hard to believe that you actually have something important to contribute to a topic if you post all over the place.Don't overdramatize unimportant things. There is no need to post a sorry thread if you broke a rule, or make a big deal when something doesn't apply to you. If you made a mistake, no big deal. If you follow these rules, people will forget all about it in a month or so.Don't freak out if no one responds. People have things they need to deal with outside of HelioNet. If you have a question and it has gone several days without being answered, kindly bump the thread up so others may see it.These are just the basics of forum etiquette. You'll learn much more as you post and interact with the community. We won't chastise you for a mistake, but we expect you to do your best to follow this guide. Good luck, and happy foruming © Copyright Helio Networks 2006-2009

Plesk generates the private key for the DKIM and stores it securely along with the private keys for SSL. When you send an email from Plesk with DKIM enabled it Plesk uses the private key to generate a DKIM signature that remote mail servers can use the public key provided via DNS to verify that the email is legitimate.

Also, please note that once you change it in Plesk it can take several hours before the dashboard reflects the change.

Your account was suspended because you exceeded your storage limit. You have 3 options to regain access to your account: You are able to regain access to your account immediately without waiting for an admin by increasing your account's storage space. This storage space upgrade is good for the life of the account, and has no monthly cost. Tell us which files you would like deleted and an admin can delete them for you to get you back under your current storage limit. If you're not sure which files are taking up all of your space an admin can provide a detailed storage space usage report for you. We can also reset your account for you which deletes all files, deletes all settings, and restores your account back to the default state with 0 MB of storage usage.

Your account has been reset, and you'll receive an email shortly with a link to complete the process and create a new account. If you need any data from your old account, a backup of your old account may be available at https://heliohost.org/backup/ once the process is complete. Note that if your account was reset due to malware or a Terms of Service violation, a backup of your account will not be created.

Domain changed, it'll take effect in about 70 minutes. If you're not using HelioHost's nameservers, you'll need to create a new A/AAAA record to Johnny's IP address for it to work.

Oh...legacy account. Yeah old cPanel accounts used to do that (put addon docroots inside the main domain docroot). We typically recommend just resetting the account if its old enough to be set up that way because of all the weird bugs these accounts usually have, but the fact you both would lose your legacy .org domain (the new account would be keibeeit.heliohost.us since the .org ones are now limited to staff), have third party email DNS set up manually by us, and have an (also really old) Lily account attached to it that would need to be manually fixed after resetting make resetting kind of impractical if the account otherwise works. The document root for domain keibee-it.com has been moved to ~/keibee-it.com for you and will take effect within the next 2 hours. It may show a 404 error or other strange behavior until then.

Earth VPS is $15 per month and you paid $10 for the Morty account, so that will last you about 20 days. This link will allow you to set up a $15 per month subscription with a 20 day free trial period at the beginning since you already paid $10. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FAPWJ54ESVHXQ I have already deleted your Morty account, and started your Earth VPS building using the same username and password as you picked when you signed up for Morty. Building the VPS and running all the latest updates takes 10-30 minutes, and you'll receive an email when it is done. If you're having trouble logging in after receiving the email you should be able to reset the password at https://heliohost.org/reset/

Hello! I've added that domain to your account for you. Please note that it may take up to 2 hours for the domain change to take effect, and it will not work until you set up your DNS with your domain registrar. To configure your DNS, please see the steps provided on our Wiki to either set NS records pointed at the HelioHost nameservers, or create A/AAAA records and point them to your server's IPv4/IPv6 address: https://wiki.helionet.org/Addon_Domains#Custom_Addon_Domains If after a full 2 hours it doesn't work on your side, please make sure you clear your web browser cache: https://wiki.helionet.org/Clear_Your_Cache

Glad it's working for you now, marking as solved.

Hi, thanks, yes, I did set it up a while ago and manually ran I yesterday at that time . OK, nothing to worry about then , I just didn't notice it before somehow. Thanks

Subdomain added. It can take up to 2 hours to start working.

Since you didn't specify the TLD, I guessed that since you already have the spmcoolnits domain ending with "heliohost.us" that you wanted the other to end the same as well. So I've now added shoonyacapital.heliohost.us to your account. To avoid staff having to guess and risk getting requests wrong, when asking to add domains in the future, please note that we need to know the full addon domain name you want, including the top-level domain (TLD): - If you're using HelioHost's domains, specify either helioho.st or heliohost.us - If you've purchased a custom domain, specify the TLD (such as .com, .net, etc.) You can read more about the information needed to add domains in our Wiki here: https://wiki.helionet.org/Addon_Domains#How_can_I_create_an_Addon_Domain? Please note that it may take up to 2 hours for the domain addition to take effect. If after a full 2 hours the new domain doesn't work on your side, please make sure you clear your web browser cache: https://wiki.helionet.org/Clear_Your_Cache

I've reset your account as requested. You should receive an email shortly so you can take the next steps to recreate it.

Thank you!!

Subdomain added. root@control [~]# dig +short A @ns1.heliohost.org cloud.luan.eng.br 64.62.199.199 root@control [~]# dig +short AAAA @ns1.heliohost.org cloud.luan.eng.br 2001:470:1:1ee::131

You're very welcome! Please let us know if we can help with anything else!

I've added that domain to your account for you. Please note that it may take up to 2 hours for the domain change to take effect, and it will not work until you set up your DNS with your domain registrar. To configure your DNS, please see the steps provided on our Wiki to either set NS records pointed at the HelioHost nameservers, or create A/AAAA records and point them to your server's IPv4/IPv6 address: https://wiki.helionet.org/Addon_Domains#Custom_Addon_Domains If after a full 2 hours it doesn't work on your side, please make sure you clear your web browser cache: https://wiki.helionet.org/Clear_Your_Cache

Domain added, it'll take effect in about 95 minutes. You'll need to create an A/AAAA record to Morty's IP if you're not using HelioHost's nameservers.

MoneyBroz tried to do a backup for you last night, and was having trouble with it so I told him to give up and I'd take a look at it today. I took a look at it myself just now, and I'm unable to access the filesystem either. It looks like it locked up too many times, and was forcibly rebooted too many times and it destroyed the filesystem. I went ahead and started the rebuild for you. You'll get an email in a few minutes when it's done.

Backups deleted. I also disabled the scheduled job so it doesn't just immediately fill up again tonight when it runs. The account might take up to 2 hours to start working again.

Thanks for your quick response!

No problem. Let us know if you need help with anything else.

This is something Wolstech can set up for you. I've escalated this thread for their attention. ?

Added. You'll need to create an A record for it pointed to the IP address is shown in Plesk in order for it to work. It can take up to 2 hours to function. For SMTP and IMAP, use tommy.heliohost.org.

The domain programasherrera.helioho.st has been added to your account. It can take up to 2 hours to start working.

Nope. If one domain is just redirecting all requests to the other domain, it will use basically zero memory.

Account juris has been unsuspended. It may take a little while to work again. The other account you matched with says it originated in Poland. Were you on a VPN? VPNs will trigger this because many users share a limited number of exit IPs.

Understood, very grateful for the quick and useful response. Thank you very much!

Unsuspended. It may take a few minutes to work again.

Subdomain added. it can take up to 2 hours to start working There is only one subdomain in this post, if you would like another one to be added then let us know.

Changes to the state of a domain take up to 2 hours to take effect. It's not instant. The domain is already working for me though, so if you're still seeing a 404 error, please clear your cache.

Please read: https://wiki.helionet.org/502_Bad_Gateway & https://wiki.helionet.org/504_Gateway_Timeout

Account has been reset and a new invite was sent to your email address.

Domain added. it can take up to 2 hours to start working.

I'm guessing Krydos is a person, not a protocol ? Sorry I'm new to all this. I wouldn't mind upgrading to VPS but this project is such small scale that i was not looking for any recurring expenses, I liked the one time fee solution ! Thank you for your time.

Free signups on the Johnny server will be reopening in about 10 hours since the maintenance for the last week has been completed. The performance of PHP should be much faster than before, and the number of 503 errors should be much less. Let us know if you notice any difference. Webmail is now disabled by default on the Johnny accounts, but you can enable it yourself if you will be using it.

A bit later. I tested access via VPN/proxy. It turned out that I can access through the USA, Canada and, for example, the Republic of South Africa, but at the same time I cannot access it if I use any VPN/proxy from Europe, Asia, etc. Maybe this will help.

Thanks a lot for this information. I will wait patiently for updates about server status. ?

The Temporary Banning SystemWe will temporarily ban you in the following situations: Violation of the Official Spam Guide will result in a Temporary Ban for each consecutive five violations. This means you will recieve a ban on your 5th, 10th, 15th and so forth violations. The length of the ban depends on the number of times you have already been banned. If this is your first ban, it will last 5 days. Your second will last 10 days, your third 15 days, and so forth. Violation of the Official Rules Guide will result in a Temporary Ban for each consecutive two violations. This means you will recieve a ban on your 2nd and 4th violations. The length of the ban depends on the number of times you have already been banned. Your first ban will last 10 days. Your second will last 20 days. Where a moderator deems it necessary. The Permanent Banning SystemWe will permanently ban you in the following situations: Violation of the Official Rules Guide will result in a Permanent Ban on your 5th violation. Doing something the owner (djbob) or any software of the Helio Networks (that includes HelioHost) did not intend for you to have permission to do. Where an admin deems it necessary. The Official Spam Guide is available here. The Official Rules Guide is available here. The Official Etiquette Guide is available here.Use of this website and its forums indicates that you have agreed to the above terms. If you have NOT agreed, please discontinue use of the website and/or Helio Networks and its services.Thank you.