So this is what I've been able to sort out; PrivateLink allows a VPC to privately access a specific service (like an API, NLB, or AWS-managed service such as S3 or Secrets Manager) via a VPC interface endpoint. It operates at Layer 7 (Application) of the OSI model, so there’s no need to worry about CIDR overlap between the consumer and provider VPCs. Traffic is routed entirely over AWS’s internal network infrastructure and never traverses the public Internet. The consumer only interacts with the service endpoint (DNS → ENI) and does not have visibility into the provider’s backend network. PrivateLink is suitable only when both the service and the consumer are within AWS and is not intended for on-premise connectivity.

It's not a VPN in the traditional sense, but it is a VPN between VPCs (essentially), which only works within AWS.

@EddieJennings said in OVH Cloud, review after ~3 weeks use.:

Thank you for taking a chance for the rest of us 🙂

Of course.

It's working great for me because my TactialRMM instance has way more memory than it needs.

Some assumptions here. First, only configured for port 80, make sure you address TLS somehow (another proxy in front of this or add config here.)

You have a single folder /var/www/myapp in which you have myfrontend containing your ReactJS application and myapi that contains your Laravel application.

Tested with Nginx on Linux.

Like others have mentioned

www.xbyte.com is one choice.

The other one is:

www.savemyserver.com

@travisdh1 said in OVH Cloud, anyone use their VPS?:

@scottalanmiller said in OVH Cloud, anyone use their VPS?:

We use Vultr and are very happy. We've moved away from TacticalRMM to FoxRMM, our in house product (aka SodiumSuite.)

Vultr is one I've used in the past, but the pricing is on-par with Linode.

One major difference now that Linode has been bought by Akamai is the storage IOPS. I've run a couple tests, and they are using some sort of SAN instead of VSAN now. IOPS always max out at what you'd expect from a 200Gb network connection.

I might have to try out OVH Cloud. The price for 4vcorse and 8GB RAM starts at ~$5.00/month instead of the $25.00/month I'm currently paying at Linode.

Vultr is using NVMe locally for nodes as it should be. Blazing fast.

I will stick to black and white printing to save costs. If a color printer is absolutely necessary, we can make it available for limited use..

@xavierdelaraunt
I’d definitely say that USMTGUI and User Profile Central (UPC) from Ehlertech is currently the most comprehensive User profile handling tools out there.

Ehlertech is maintaining USMT and updating on a regular basis.
Something Microsoft has not done for years.

UPCs advantage over USMTGUI is that UPC handles domain profiles remotely over LAN.
USMTGUI on the other hand is capable of migrating to AAD accounts.

If you have any custom xml files in your SCCM setup you can also integrate those with UPC

I use it for Jellyfin

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@Obsolesce said in OpenAI ChatGPT 4.1 vs 4.5 Models:

@travisdh1 o3 is for the best advanced reasoning.

Right o series are reasoning models. GPT are intelligence models. o for strategy, GPT for tactics.

@EddieJennings said in Ubuntu Server "Search Domains":

@scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Server "Search Domains":

It's not a LInux thing, it's a general networking thing so the same on desktops, Windows, wherever.

This is correct. If I recall right, within the Windows network config GUI, it's called a "domain suffix.".

Sounds right.

@scottalanmiller said in HPE Acquires Junipeer:

Just got this press release..

On July 2, 2025, Juniper Networks was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). As this integration moves forward, we will continue to steward your data with HPE's help. The personal data we hold about you is being transferred to HPE and will be processed by them in accordance with their privacy statement.

If you currently receive marketing emails from us, you will continue to do so, and your preferences will follow your data to HPE. You can manage your preferences using the Juniper preference center.

Yours sincerely,
Juniper Networks, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

I wish I thought that means that firmware updates will no longer be held behind a paywall.

@gjacobse said in Recommendation for home WiFi router:

@JaredBusch
the UniFi Express 7 looks pretty decent in capacity and features - and likely a contendor replacement for the UniFi Lite Router I have since my NTG days. Has that really been ten years ago now?

I will say I sort of feel that they seriously missed the mark in the design. Seems that USB-C has to be shoved into everything - but seriously - why!!??
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They could have easily put the PSU into the unit and only had the AC power cable. True, the unit shouldn't need to be moved once in place. But,.. really? Get real - Just because USB--C can do so much, doesn't mean that you need to use it everywhere - especially when all you are suppling is 5v. Incorporate the whole thing and it'll be a better format.

That said,.. I'm still likely to move to something like it or this in the future.

I had a location with a UniFi Lite router that died around a year ago. Upgrading to the UniFi Express doubled their throughput with QOS enabled. Went from 300MB download to 600MB. Upload is limited because of the cable connection.

@EddieJennings yeah, that would be nice for sure.

@scottalanmiller said in Proxmox backup to remote PBS over Zerotier:

If you haven't played with it for tiny scale stuff, TailScale makes this SO easy to do.

I do have a TailScale account, but didn't think of it because I already had some other stuff at the location already on Zerotier.