After some initial setup trouble, my witness seed-node is finally up and running! I started out trying to get a "bare minimum" (cheap) server up and running, but I ran into some issues with it running out of resources. I decided to spring for the extra SBD and go with a nice server. This should provide the community with a reliable server and fast response times :)
It is located in a data-center in France, so the largest benefit will be to European users.
The address of the server is: 176.31.126.187:2001
Here are the specs for the server:
- OS: Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS
- Processor: Intel Xeon E3 1225v2
- Frequency : 3.2 GHz+
- Cores: 4
- Threads: 4
- RAM: 16 GB DDR3
- HD: 3 x 120 GB SSD
- RAID: Soft
- Network card: 1 Gbps
- Bandwidth: 250 Mbps
- Traffic: Unlimited
I am looking into getting the node added to 
I am using Supervisor to monitor the steemd instance and automatically restart if the application or server crashes for any reason.
If anyone runs into any issues or have any questions, let me know.
If you like the work that I am doing as witness, you can vote for me here :)
https://steemit.com/~witnesses