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3 | 3 | icon: checklist |
4 | 4 | title: Frequently Asked Questions |
5 | 5 | --- |
6 | 6 |
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7 | 7 | # DBH FAQ & Guides |
8 | 8 |
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| 9 | +List of common FAQ questions that have come up over the years. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +--- |
| 12 | + |
9 | 13 | ## Donations & Premium Servers |
10 | | -- **How do I get donator servers? How do I donate? How do I get better servers?** |
| 14 | +### How do I get donator servers? How do I donate? How do I get better servers? |
11 | 15 | - Donate at https://paypal.me/DanBotHosting (minimum $1, priced at `$0.50` per premium server). |
12 | 16 | - Include your Discord ID in the notes. Open a ticket and provide a screenshot plus the transaction ID so staff can process it. |
13 | | -- **What is the price of DBH VPN?** |
| 17 | +### What is the price of DBH VPN? |
14 | 18 | - Free, with paid add-ons such as static IPs and premium locations (currently in development). |
15 | 19 |
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16 | | -## Common Issues |
17 | | -- **"No Space" error even with free disk** |
| 20 | +--- |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +## Common Issues: |
| 23 | +### "No Space" error even with free disk. How do I fix it? |
18 | 24 | - Known issue from RAID setup on the new SSDs; being worked on. |
19 | | -- **Out-of-space errors when installing packages** |
20 | | - - Installs use a temp directory limited to 100MB on the host. Packages larger than that limit fail with out-of-space messages. |
| 25 | +### Out-of-space errors when installing packages. How do I fix it? |
| 26 | + - Installs use a tempporary (temp) directory limited to 100MB on the host. Packages larger than that limit fail with out-of-space messages. |
21 | 27 | - For the container TMPDIR workaround, see: [Fixing `EnvironmentError - No space left on device`](/advanced-guides/fixing-no-space-temp). |
22 | 28 |
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| 29 | +--- |
| 30 | + |
23 | 31 | ## Hosting Support |
24 | | -- **Do you support Lavalink servers?** |
25 | | - - Yes. Limit RAM to 2GB, or use the public instance: IP `63.141.232.244`, Port `1221`, Password `DBH`. |
26 | | -- **Node IPs?** |
27 | | - - Provided on request; check the panel or ask staff if you need specifics. |
28 | | -- **What hosts do we use?** |
| 32 | +### Do you support Lavalink servers? |
| 33 | + - Yes. Limit RAM to 2GB. |
| 34 | +### Node IPs? |
| 35 | + - Provided on request; check the panel or ask staff if you need specifics. We recommend running simple ping command in terminal: |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + ``` |
| 38 | + ping dono-01.danbot.host |
| 39 | + ``` |
| 40 | +### What hosts do we use? |
29 | 41 | - Primarily CrunchBits and BerryByte, followed by OVHCloud and a few colocated VPS hosts. |
30 | | -- **Having issues with the DBH Pterodactyl API?** |
| 42 | +### Having issues with the DBH Pterodactyl API? |
31 | 43 | - Set the user agent to `DBH` when calling the API. |
32 | | -- **Proxied domains not using HTTPS:** |
| 44 | +### Proxied domains not using HTTPS: |
33 | 45 | - Enable Force HTTPS by unproxying/reproxying or switching Cloudflare from DNS-only to Proxied (orange cloud), then in SSL enable "Always HTTPS." |
34 | 46 |
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35 | 47 |
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| 48 | +--- |
| 49 | + |
36 | 50 | ## Policies |
37 | | -- **What are you not allowed to host?** |
| 51 | +### What are you not allowed to host? |
38 | 52 | - See the full list [here](/policies/policy-list). |
39 | | -- **What is the difference between Free Nodes and Donator Nodes?** |
| 53 | +### What is the difference between Free Nodes and Donator Nodes? |
40 | 54 | - Donator servers are paid and limited to donors or code claimers. |
41 | | -- **What's the catch? Why is it free?** |
| 55 | +### What's the catch? Why is it free? |
42 | 56 | - Started in 2016 to help friends test projects; it grew into a business and a learning platform for system administration. Using DBH helps it grow and supports ongoing learning. |
43 | | -- **Why don't we change startup commands for users?** |
| 57 | +### Why don't we change startup commands for users? |
44 | 58 | - Avoids false anti-abuse flags and prevents unstable startup flags from harming servers or nodes. |
45 | | -- **Why no additional allocations for servers?** |
| 59 | +### Why no additional allocations for servers? |
46 | 60 | - Allocations control server counts; extra allocations would skew usage data. |
47 | | -- **Why no RAM upgrades for Dono-02/Dono-04 servers?** |
| 61 | +### Why no RAM upgrades for Dono-02/Dono-04 servers? |
48 | 62 | - Max RAM was raised from 4GB to 6GB; further increases are not available due to limited resources. |
49 | | -- **What happens if you charge back via PayPal or your bank?** |
50 | | - - See Chargeback Policy (/policies/chargeback). |
| 63 | +### What happens if you charge back via PayPal or your bank? |
| 64 | + - See [Chargeback Policy Here](/policies/chargeback). |
| 65 | +### How do I appeal a ban or suspension? |
| 66 | + - See [Appeals Guide Here](/appealing-a-ban). |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +--- |
51 | 69 |
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52 | 70 | ## Databases |
53 | | -- **Postgres** |
| 71 | +### Postgres |
54 | 72 | - Use `container` as the username. Connection string format: |
55 | 73 | - `postgres://container:<PASSWORD>@<node>.danbot.host:<port>/postgres` |
56 | | -- **MongoDB** |
| 74 | +### MongoDB |
57 | 75 | - Connection string format: |
58 | 76 | - `mongodb://admin:[email protected]:port/?authSource=admin` |
59 | 77 | - Replace `X` with your node number (use `dono-0X` for donator nodes). The password is in the Startup tab; use your server's port. |
60 | 78 |
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| 79 | +--- |
| 80 | + |
61 | 81 | ## Node Status Meanings |
62 | | -- Wings offline: Panel access unavailable for your server. |
63 | | -- System offline: Node is offline; panel access and workloads are down. |
64 | | -- Maintenance: Node in maintenance; bot offline and panel access unavailable until it returns. |
65 | | -- Online: Node healthy and ready to use. |
| 82 | +### Wings offline |
| 83 | +Panel access unavailable for your server. |
| 84 | +### System offline |
| 85 | +Node is offline; panel access and workloads are down. |
| 86 | +### Maintenance |
| 87 | +Node in maintenance; bot offline and panel access unavailable until it returns. |
| 88 | +### Online |
| 89 | +Node healthy and ready to use. |
66 | 90 |
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| 91 | +--- |
67 | 92 |
|
68 | 93 | !!!info Last Updated: |
69 | | -January 16, 2026. |
| 94 | +January 17, 2026. |
70 | 95 | !!! |
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