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title: About
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subtitle: 'A little bit about NixNet and the guys who run it'
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description: A little bit about NixNet and the guys who run it
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permalink: /about/
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**NixNet** is a network of websites and services hosted by the pseudonymous **Amolith** (me). The main reason I run these sites is because I like to be in control of my own data where feasible. The easiest way to accomplish that is to host the services I use. U make them public and maintain them simply because I want to; the Linux and FLOSS community has completely changed my life and I feel like this is a small way I can do my part and give back.
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My [bus factor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor) is currently 3. Should something happen to me, there are two additional individuals that can step up to maintain these services.
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Amolith's *personal* corner of the internet is [Secluded.Site](https://secluded.site).
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For my financial information, check [the Finance](/finance) page.
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## Some technical details
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My main server is the [AX51-NVME](https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ax51-nvme) provided by [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/) and located in Finland. The BigBlueButton server and its accompanying TURN server are Hetzner's CX22 and CX21 VPSes respectively; check their [cloud pricing page](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud) for more information. My authoritative nameservers are each [Slice 1024](https://buyvm.net/kvm-dedicated-server-slices/) from [BuyVM](https://buyvm.net) and hosted in Las Vegas, New York, and Luxembourg. Daily backups are automated with [Tarsnap](https://tarsnap.com/) and [ACTS](https://github.com/alexjurkiewicz/acts/); I keep ~30 daily backups, 12 monthly backups, and manually delete yearly backups when I feel they're no longer necessary.
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My process for setting Debian-based VPSes up is described in [my wiki](https://docs.nixnet.services/Debian), as is my process for [bare metal servers](https://docs.nixnet.services/Debian/Hetzner) and [Tarsnap](https://docs.nixnet.services/Tarsnap). Other resources pertaining to my setup can be found by exploring the wiki.
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