...If people knew that anyone running VSphere could open up a console session and watch you setup your VPS live, you would all use your own servers for masternodes behind your own public IP address (preferably static), especially with the threats of meltdown and spectre,
I don't want to use a VPS because I don't trust any server I can't get my hands on myself due to the threats of meltdown and spectre.
You don't need to trust the VPS because you don't store anything important on it, it just runs the masternode. Your 1000 XLR collateral is in your own local wallet, or in cold storage.
I want to use a server at my public IP address on the same node as my solarisd -daemon.
I think you can only run one masternode per public IP address. I got it to work on mine for awhile and I ran it on Windows 10.