Operator guide

Host Kusama Shield UI instances

Best pratice:

  • Own your own hardware
  • Always respond to abuse requests with a link to the terms of service, ideally within 24hours
  • Keep your systems up to date and happy.
  • use ssh public key authentication
  • Put Kusama Shield react app behind a proxy
  • Always keep a good social relationship with your ISP.

Use your own hardware:

Buying a used server on ebay and asking your local data center or a datacenter nearby for a one unit rack slot, is a great and cost effective way to actually own your own hardware and have more control. Colocation costs are different depending on where(you can also ship your server somewhere cheaper) but for a single unit server your looking at 30-80Euro's a month for the European market. The most price effective way to is often to ask local datacenters or maybe you nknow someone working for a company that has server racks?.

Host using a VPS:

Select a VPS provider, ideally one from Tor's recommended providers | Good Bad ISPs.