How do I use a CDN for a Lemmy instance hosted on a VPS? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hi, I wanted to host a personal Lemmy instance online (for just myself, I don't think I can take the upkeep for other users - please let me know if this is not possible) and wanted to understand how to "attach" a CDN service to it.

The idea behind doing this is that I'm in the US but I'm looking to host a server in Europe. I am looking into Cloudflare's free CDN service, but it would be great if someone could point me towards how I can configure this setup to speed up the loading time for my Lemmy instance (which is going to be far away from me, geographically).

I would also like to know about your setups and how you have hosted Lemmy.

Thanks!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Hi, can I purchase my domain elsewhere? The other commenter mentioned something about changing nameservers, how would the process you describe be different from just changing nameservers (if I have a domain name from a different provider)?

[-] jjakc@lemthony.com 1 points 1 year ago

It's basically the same. Like they said, you just follow the intructions on cloudflare to change the name servers on your registrar and then you're good

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023

1 points (100.0% liked)

Selfhosted

39447 readers

483 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.
No spam posting.
Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.
Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).
No trolling.

Resources:

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.hybridsarcasm.xyz