Reliable options include Asia Virtual Solutions (which offers pre-configured setups) or general providers like Contabo or Vultr if you prefer to install it yourself. 3. The "Power Setup" for RankerX
| Issue | Mitigation | |-------|------------| | | Run RankerX under an unprivileged user ( ranker ). | | Wine isolation | Wine runs inside the user’s home directory; it cannot affect system files unless you explicitly give it permission. | | Open ports | Keep only the SSH port (22) open to the Internet; block inbound 80/443 unless you serve something yourself. | | Proxy leakage | Verify that all outbound traffic for RankerX goes through the configured proxy (use tcpdump or wireshark to confirm). | | Credential storage | License keys and proxy credentials are stored in plain text inside the Wine profile. Secure the home folder ( chmod 700 ~ranker ). |
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This runs every 10 minutes, checks if the process is alive, and relaunches it if not.
Follow the Windows‑style wizard (it runs inside Wine). Typical choices: | | Wine isolation | Wine runs inside
# Add the repository (replace `focal` with `jammy` if you’re on Ubuntu 22.04) sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ $(lsb_release -sc) main"
If you see the RankerX UI, the installation succeeded. You can now close the GUI (or keep it running if you plan to use the graphical interface via X forwarding). | | Credential storage | License keys and
| Symptom | Likely cause | Fix | |---------|--------------|-----| | | Missing Visual C++ runtime. | Install via winetricks vcrun2015 (see below). | | RankerX freezes on start | Incompatible Wine version or missing fonts. | Run winetricks corefonts and restart. | | Submissions get blocked (captcha, IP ban) | No proxy or bad proxy. | Verify proxies work ( curl -x http://proxy:port https://httpbin.org/ip ). | | Scheduler does not start | Process not running after logout. | Use screen / tmux or the cron‑watchdog from section 8. | | Wine crashes with “segmentation fault” | Out‑of‑memory or 32‑bit vs 64‑bit mismatch. | Ensure wine32 is installed ( sudo apt install wine32 ). Increase VPS RAM if needed. |