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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.

Your current balance is $6.6407 plus $15 plus $3 bonus brings your new total to $24.6407. Based on your load for the last 30 days your new estimated expiration date is 2026-08-24. If your load increases this could run out sooner or if your load decreases it could last longer though. We'll email you occasionally to let you know how your balance is being used. Thanks for increasing your Morty balance.

This support request is being escalated to our root admins.

Krydos can install this for you.

thank you !!!!

I'll go ahead and mark this as [Solved] since there are no outstanding queries for support. If you run into any issues, please open a new ticket. Thanks!

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.

Please do not post multiple topics for the same issue. Requests can take up to 24 hours to receive a response.

Please do not create multiple topics for one request. Posting more than one topic on the same request/issue can result in a delay in service to you. You already posted here:

DKIM, SPF, and DMARC have been set up for all your domains.

That's good to know. Those files can vary quite widely by server version and database content, so the fact an off the shelf AI can convert the binary InnoDB database files back into .sql format without issue is quite impressive. Thank you for the info.

.htaccess file is going to be your best friend here as moneybroz said above. We've had to block these scanners on our own sites as well as help other users with the same (usually on our other plans after they got suspended over it).

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.

Sorry for the delay. I've been travelling the last few weeks, and somehow managed to miss this one. The requested DNS record has been added. In the future, if you don't receive a reply within 24 hours we encourage users to bump their support requests to make sure we don't miss it.

Invoice sent.

Installed. You can see the current list of modules and their versions for Morty's Python 3.14 at https://morty2-info.heliohost.org/pyinfo/info3.14.py

Thanks for upgrading. I have set your balance to $24 after the $19 payment and $5 bonus. This should last you about two years without overages. We're going to move you to the upgraded Morty2. Morty2 is actually even faster and has newer software than the old Morty that you were on before, so it's even more of an upgrade.

DKIM, SPF, and DMARC have been set up for the domain dark.helioho.st. We recommend sending a real email (not just the word "test" or a blank email) to https://www.mail-tester.com/ to make sure that everything is set up correctly. If you get less than a 10/10 score please post a link to the full report so we can help you fix any other issues that there may be. You suspect correctly. It supports Johnny domains now.

Correct. SQLite3 is actually built into every Python 3.14 by default too, but we recommend using MariaDB or PostgreSQL because they're easier to get working, and better performance. This module is really ancient and doesn't even work with Python 3.0. For Python 3.14 I installed Beautifulsoup4 instead. You can see the current list of installed modules for Johnny's Python 3.14 at https://johnny-info.heliohost.org/pyinfo/info3.14.py

The configuration we recommend is to use the server hostname (tommy.heliohost.org in your case) as the mail server. Plesk loves to suggest using user domains for the mail server, but our experience is that it tends to cause issues. SSL connections for mail not working is a common problem with doing so, and another is that mail clients may refuse to send mail through it for security reasons (the server identifies itself as Tommy regardless of what domain you use to connect, some clients do not like the fact the domain in its settings and the domain the server identifies as don't match).

Weird. The system is unable to set up SPF/DMARC/DKIM on that domain. Keeps saying it can't find it despite the domain obviously existing. Based on the output, I suspect the DKIM setup tool on our side may not be capable of setting this up on Johnny domains (probably due to the rebuild). Flagging for Krydos...

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

You can do this yourself in Plesk > Click your username > Edit Profile and change the external email listed to the new one.

Johnny no longer has Python 3.12, which is part of the issue. It has 3.14 now. You'll need to update relevant shebang lines. https://johnny-info.heliohost.org/pyinfo/info3.14.py I'll assume you want these installed for 3.14. Datetime, json, and OS are built-in I believe. Requests is already present. Escalating to have the others installed: sqlite3, Beautifulsoup

DKIM, SPF, and DMARC have been set up for the domain kittforhire.com. We recommend sending a real email (not just the word "test" or a blank email) to https://www.mail-tester.com/ to make sure that everything is set up correctly. If you get less than a 10/10 score please post a link to the full report so we can help you fix any other issues that there may be.

Domain changed. It may take several hours to start working.

thank you~!

2026-07-24

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.

Oh yeah, that domain could be an issue if changing it means having to update/replace the firmware on old embedded devices. I'll put it back for now for you as an alias so you have both. It could take up to 2 hours to work, and will show the same content as the .us domain. In the meantime, please update your service/documentation so that new users and updates going forward will access your service through the .us domain instead. There will eventually be a point where we eliminate the remaining .org domains from user accounts.

Thanks for quick reply and Morty2 information. What a difference between free and paid in performance and uptime! I am loving Morty and I am sure I will love Morty2 even more.

24 hours... 😓 Well, now we know if someone else has trouble with git, I guess! Glad it's all sorted out! 🙂

Krydos can put these back for you.

I've changed the main domain on 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/Changing_Your_Main_Domain#Custom_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 Since there is a risk of data loss when main domains are changed, I made a full account backup for you before I made the changes, in case you need any files from the old domain. You can download the backup here: https://heliohost.org/backup If you're not sure how to extract the backup files, please follow our how-to guide here: https://wiki.helionet.org/Account_Backups

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

Sure. That domain has been added back.

Domain changed. It can take up to 2 hours to function.

That domain has already been added.

Fixed. If you delete the document root folder, you'll break the domain. There are special permissions on those folders that you can't set yourself, so even if you recreate the folder, you still have to contact support to have the permissions fixed.

DNS recreated.

An administrator can check conclusively what is consuming your storage quota, but it's worth noting that any emails or databases you may have also contribute to that same quota. To resolve this issue, you can upgrade your storage at https://heliohost.org/dashboard/, reset your account, or request an administrator delete any excess files.

thank you. Working now. Have a great day, you made mine

Installed. You can see the current list of installed modules for Morty's Python 3.14 at https://morty2-info.heliohost.org/pyinfo/info3.14.py

There is a new Johnny running on the IP which is why you see a login page and johnny certs, but it's still being rebuilt. All the backend stuff has to be configured. When it is finished, we'll likely send invites for users to create new accounts since we can't recover the old ones. Users who took the free Morty trial will eventually be moved back to Johnny too if they decide not to purchase Morty plans.

Please post the full, uncensored URL that's experiencing this problem so we can review the issue.

There is no ETA for when adding/removing domains can be handled by users. Please see this page in the technical documenation Wiki which explains more: https://wiki.helionet.org/Addon_Domains#Addon_Domains Users cannot yet manage domains on their account themselves. We plan to add this feature in the future, but there is no ETA for when it may be implemented.You can read more about ETAs here: https://wiki.helionet.org/ETA In the meantime, HelioHost staff will be happy to help you manage your addon domains. Since there are very few unpaid volunteer staff spending their time keeping HelioHost running, requests for features and fixes have to be triaged and handled in a priority order. I think right now, the focus is on getting the servers fixed. There's also Java language support in the works, and the ability for users to add/remove their own domains is on our to-do list as well. In the meantime, to free up staff time to implement the necessary repairs and new features even quicker, you're welcome to help lessen the load by answering other users' questions if you can. Most of the information about HelioHost can be found in the Wiki, which can be found here and has a great keyword search function: https://wiki.helionet.org/ If there's something you searched for in the Wiki and can't find an answer to, we welcome user-created contributions to the technical documentation as well, so just let us know you'd like a new account to start adding information to the Wiki, and we'll definitely be happy to set that up for you, too.

thanks much!

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.

DNS recreated.

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.