Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services.

11599 readers

167 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

No harassment
crossposts from c/Open Source & c/docker & related may be allowed, depending on context
Video Promoting is allowed if is within the topic.
No spamming.
Stay friendly.
Follow the lemmy.ml instance rules.
Tag your post. (Read under)

Important

Beginning of January 1st 2024 this rule WILL be enforced. Posts that are not tagged will be warned and if not fixed within 24h then removed!

Lemmy doesn't have tags yet, so mark it with [Question], [Help], [Project], [Other], [Promoting] or other you may think is appropriate.

Cross-posting

!everything_git@lemmy.ml is allowed!
!docker@lemmy.ml is allowed!
!portainer@lemmy.ml is allowed!
!fediverse@lemmy.ml is allowed if topic has to do with selfhosting.
!selfhosted@lemmy.ml is allowed!

If you see a rule-breaker please DM the mods!

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

Zoe8338@lemmy.ml

dogmuffins@lemmy.ml

testman@lemmy.ml

[Other] Not sure if I'm up to the task (selfhosting Lemmy & Mastodon) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Solvena@lemmy.world to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Out of curiosity I'm currently considering to self-host a Lemmy and a Mastodon instance. Just for me (and maybe 2-3 close friends) privately. The proposition of having full control over my social media sounds appealing to me.

However, I'm not a software developer and I have next to no experience in self-hosting anything. Also, I don't plan to make self-hosting a hobby of mine.

Given these circumstances - how much time investment do you think is needed to keep everything running smoothly. I wouldn't mind spending 1-2 hours a week, but if it's more like 1-2 hours a day, I would stay clear.

Also, are there resources for troubleshooting available? I found the installations guides and some seem to be quite good for a layperson, giving step-by-step advice, however where to go if it doesn't work?

I'm trying to make up my mind if it would be worthwhile to try or if I set myself up with wasting a lot of time :) So, any advise is welcome.

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] thomas@lemmy.zell-mbc.com 1 points 2 years ago

I have been looking into Mastodon a while back but found it way too complex for my single user use case. I ended up with Akkoma running on Docker which seems to be a much better fit for this requirement. I also set up Lemmy on Docker a week ago or so which seems to run fine as well. I noticed the comment here that the Lemmy documentation for Docker is incomplete, which I noticed as well. But I figured it out, so if you hit a road block I may be able to help.

[–] eursec@lemmy.anymore.nl 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Honestly, if you don't feel like self-hosting could be a hobby, just don't do it.

If done correctly, it can take up quite some time, but that can definitely be worth it (privacy, freedom, hobby/fun, etc). But if not done correctly, that can cause problems in security, performance, compatibility and perhaps even financials.

Just find an instance you like (read the rules about privacy, allowed languages, allowed content, etc) and create an account there.