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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

No, the backup from May will not contain databases. We were only able to recover the contents of the Home folder as of the day of the crash. The database server was damaged by the crash and associated disk issues, and the majority of the data was lost. If anything at all is recoverable, it's going to be raw server files that represent the table, and you'll need to spend some time trying to extract the data from them. The data will not be something that you can just import into a new account. Escalating to Krydos.

Domains re-added. They should work within 2 hours. And yeah, I agree that messaging can be confusing especially for users with external DNS who may not realize the domain needs to be added. The page was written with the expectation that users would be using our DNS (which back in our cPanel days was actually a requirement to add the domain). For users who do use our DNS, an unconfigured domain simply doesn't resolve and returns NXDOMAIN instead of that page, so its obvious its not set up. When external DNS is used, it's possible to force an unconfigured domain to resolve, and the server just shows that page because it has no idea what to do with requests for the domain.

DNS recreated.

Thanks for testing it. Max email size has been increased to 25 MB on Morty as requested. Once you're moved back to Johnny you'll probably have to remind us again.

Thank your very much for the kindest advice🙏 I am sorry for replying to the thread marked as solved. Won't happen again. 🙏

I split your request to make a new thread since it's easier to troubleshoot different issues separately. I checked your site and it loaded for me (amazing car! 🤩). Looks like you resolved the issue yourself so I'll mark this as [Solved]. Next time, if you run into an issue on your account, unless it seems like something that could be hosting-related or server-wide (which I can see in this case why you thought it could be a Tommy server issue!), please go ahead and make a new thread so your posts don't get accidentally missed in a request created by another user. If it does turn out to be a common issue, admins can always merge threads later and tell everyone they're affected by the same issue.

Remote access enabled. host=65.19.154.90 port=5432 user=mirmil_birdz_admin dbname=mirmil_birdz password=<set in Plesk>

Not only have you bumped your own post in this thread (which can delay responses to you since we tend to look for the oldest timestamp first), but you've also posted the same question in another thread here: https://helionet.org/index/topic/67733-when-it-rains-it-pours/#findComment-301442 Since all staff are unpaid volunteers who donate their free time outside of real-life commitments (paid job, school, family, etc.) we prefer to eliminate unnecessary duplication of time and work. For guidance on where and how to ask for help, see: https://wiki.helionet.org/FAQ#Where_do_I_ask_for_help? To understand how Community-Powered Technical Support works, visit: https://wiki.helionet.org/FAQ#How_does_community-powered_support_work? For support response timelines (SLAs and ETAs), check: https://wiki.helionet.org/ETA Asking the same question in multiple places can lead to wasted staff time and effort, resulting in slower support timescales for you and other users.

DNS recreated.

Your current balance was $-0.0174 plus $5.00 plus $1.00 bonus brings your new total to $5.9826. Based on your load from the last 30 days your new estimated expiration date is 2026-10-25, but if your load increases it could run out sooner. We will email you occasionally to let you know how your balance is being used. Thanks for increasing your Morty balance.

Account has been reset, and a new invite has been sent to your email address. You can also download a backup of your account before the reset at https://heliohost.org/backup

This support request is being escalated to our root admins.

Sure.

The backup of the atlas folder and process.php have been uploaded and are in your home folder. I've also re-added the boomarenio.site domain for you that was on your old account. The domain may take up to 2 hours to function.

You're welcome! ? Please let us know (in a new request thread) if we can help with anything else!

So you're trying to consolidate existing properties on Google...got it. Record added.

Set. root@control [~]# dig +noall +answer -x 65.19.154.91 91.154.19.65.in-addr.arpa. 21600 IN CNAME 91.subnet64.154.19.65.in-addr.arpa. 91.subnet64.154.19.65.in-addr.arpa. 14400 IN PTR mail.bochard.net. root@control [~]# dig +noall +answer -x 2001:470:1:1ee::124 4.2.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.e.e.1.0.1.0.0.0.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. 14400 IN PTR mail.bochard.net.

WSGI control access has been enabled on the domain casamarcial.com.br. To restart your Flask app and load new code changes in simply edit /home/talesaz.heliohost.us/casamarcial.com.br/michi/flask.wsgi. Adding a blank line, removing a blank line, adding a space, or removing a space are examples of editing the file. As long as the last modified timestamp changes it will clear the server cache. Let us know if you run into any issues.

Please have a look at the ETA guidelines for support requests in our Wiki: https://wiki.helionet.org/ETA

Thank you so much for updating my main domain and creating a backup beforehand—I really appreciate your help and care. I’ll follow the DNS instructions and wait for the changes to take effect. Your free hosting service makes a huge difference for students and developers like me.

I just reviewed your DNS and Plesk settings. Your mailboxes are set up correctly and Roundcube works on the email subdomain. For DNS, I don't see the TXT records for SPF and DKIM, but it's possible I can't see them due to Cloudflare. Those would only affect sending email anyway, not receiving it. Silly question, but with the delivery issue, are you talking about the Plesk mailbox that's forwarded to gmail? Gmail will not accept forwarded mail that originally came from itself, so if you send a message from Gmail to a Plesk mailbox that has been forwarded back to gmail, the message will simply disappear. This is a limitation imposed by Google. Also, for forwarded mailboxes, messages aren't kept in Plesk (and so won't show in Roundcube) unless you clear the "Don't deliver copies to the plesk mailbox" option... Finally, keep in mind that forwarded emails count towards your 50/day limit, so getting a sudden wave of unwanted incoming mail could result in your email service being removed.

You can start by answering simple questions that users ask, such as how to add a domain or why is my website showing 504 errors for example. Most of these answers are found on the wiki. Eventually if you continue to be helpful you can get promoted to helper and even a Moderator, that's how all of us started out.

Thank you, and I will keep this in mind. Have a great weekend, Mike

The login issue should be fixed now. let us know if you need anything else.

Try the new invite I just sent you.

Yep, it worked. Your account is moving to Tommy. Thanks for the donation. I also noticed that you randomly received a review email. We would be really happy if you could click the link in the email to give us a 5 star review. It will only take you a couple minutes to write a sentence or two about your support request today, and it goes a long way to help us out. We recommend using the link that was emailed to you because 5 star reviews that don’t click the email link pretty much all get deleted. Our volunteers don't get paid in money because we are a non-profit, but our volunteers do get paid in smiles whenever someone lets us know they appreciate our work by giving a 5 star review. Thanks again!

thank you!

thank you.

Over the past week or so both Johnny and Tommy have been experiencing occasional slow loading and 503 errors on PHP pages from time to time. This is definitely not normal because we've been using Plesk since 2021 and none of us can even remember the last time we saw a 503 error, and then suddenly they are happening quite frequently on these two servers. We are investigating the issue, and are hoping to resolve it soon. In the meantime, here are some ideas you can do to improve the uptime of your PHP based website. 1. Morty hasn't been affected at all by the 503 errors on PHP pages at all so far, so this is a great time to upgrade to our fastest flagship server starting at only $1 per month. You can check out the discounted Morty packages at https://heliohost.org/dashboard/move/ and move yourself over without talking to an admin by using our fully automated upgrade process with zero downtime for your website if you're interested in trying it out. 2. VPS also have not been affected by the 503 errors either. They start at $4 per month, and aren't affected by other users on the same server as you, because on a VPS you're the only user. Being able to have root SSH access is also a great perk of being a VPS customer. You can check out the plans at https://heliohost.org/vps/ 3. If you don't want to upgrade it is possible for some PHP websites to be converted to static websites. Since it is only PHP being affected by these 503 errors converting your site to use only static html, Javascript, and CSS will allow your website to load faster, have less errors, cause less server load, and greatly reduce the chance of your site getting hacked. It's not possible for all websites to be converted though so this isn't an option for everyone. 4. You could also switch to a language other than PHP. For instance, Python websites using CGI, Django, or Flask haven't been affected by the 503 errors at all. Node.js hasn't been affected by the 503 errors either, but if you decide to try Node.js we recommend keeping a close eye on your load graph at https://heliohost.org/dashboard/load/ because it's easy to go over your 200 GB memory limit. In order to diagnose these 503 errors, the first step we're going to take is implementing additional logging and performance monitoring so we can see exactly when and why the errors are occurring. Let us know if you have any questions, or have any additional information to assist in our investigation.

Morty is finally ready, and we will begin moving the first beta testers over starting in a few minutes. If you're on the list of beta testers from our previous fundraiser you will receive an email when your account move starts. We will make a second announcement when Morty is available for existing users to move their Johnny or Tommy account to Morty which should be in a week or two. Then we'll make a third announcement when new users can signup for Morty accounts which will be a week or two after the second announcement. We hope that Morty will be worth the wait, and we look forward to hearing feedback on how the fastest server we've ever built is running.

During the recent upgrade of the Tommy server we identified a bug partway through the move that caused SFTP to not work correctly after the account was on the new server. We fixed the bug in the move process, but several hundred accounts were moved prior to the fix. If your account was moved early in the migration, SFTP probably hasn't been working for you for the last week or so. We're happy to announce that all of the accounts on Tommy should now have functional SFTP again. If you're still having issues please let us know so we can take a closer look at your particular account.

Hello, file is still in the same path, I didn't delete it. Plus the other pre-existing py files give the same error too. I login with "pyknite" user on this url https://tommy2.heliohost.org:8443/smb/file-manager/list

Hello, my python scripts don't worky anymore, I always got http 404 not found error. I put down a sample script as suggested in the tutorial and it doesn't work too https://pyknite.helioho.st/cgi-bin/test.py Permissions are 755 for ,py files, i changed the shebang go 3.9 (I tried 3.12 too), cgi-bin has 750 permissions. I waited 9 hours before trying.

to 3: Yes, I have read the news. My attempt to use php version 5.6.40 on tommy2 in the last week seemed successful. The error is only visible after the move. to 2: I have executed the instructions again, it leads to the same result, /arcor and the following subdirectories are password protected. On tommy2 only the directory itself was protected, the protection was not inherited to further subdirectories. I remember that Krydos had also checked or changed something in the server configuration for this in the past.

Kudos! I will like to test the new version of tommy and kindly help me to reset my account.. I want to start afresh.. Username: ojplanet

The first thing that i notice is i can't login with my usual password, but i can fix it easily with reset password and it's done. The plesk panel is soooo much snappier, i don't to wait like 10 second just to move around in plesk I need more time to test, but that is my first impression after migrate to the new server.

Since Johnny has been rebuilt and seems to be working fairly well, we will be opening free signups once again beginning at midnight UTC tonight, which is roughly 8 hours from now. Sorry again for the long downtime, and be assured we have taken steps to prevent something like this from happening again. Thanks for your patience during this unexpected rebuild.

Johnny's Apache is broken due to the disk issues as mentioned in a previous News post. Plesk is sort of working on Johnny, but any accounts on Johnny that do still exist will not work properly. Any changes you make on a Johnny account at this point will be deleted as part of the Johnny server rebuild in a few days. For the time being, your only option for a working account is to move to Tommy or buy a VPS.

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