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Does "Selfhosted" mean you actually have a server at home? (lemmy.world)

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

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I'm trying to better understand hosting a Lemmy Instance. Lurking discussions it seems like some people are hosting from the Cloud or VPS. My understanding is that it's better to futureproof by running your own home server so that you have the data and the top most control of hardware, software etc. My understanding is that by hosting an instance via Cloud or VPS you are offloading the data / information to a 3rd party.

Are people actually running their own actual self-hosted servers from home? Do you have any recommended guides on running a Lemmy Instance?

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[-] ProtecyaTec@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was just reading through Lemmy-Ansible Github docs and wasn't sure if a 3rd party server or a home server was going to be better to run. The documentation doesn't feel super user-friendly or maybe I'm just not as tech-savvy as I thought.

[-] alvaro@social.graves.cl 1 points 1 year ago

@ProtecyaTec@lemmy.world idk about ansible but if you are starting I would recommend starting small, in your personal computer. Docker is a good way to start

[-] ProtecyaTec@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This may be way of scope for this thread but I'm not sure a better place yet to ask and learn more about how all this works. Say I run my Docker Container from a home PC, how do I make my Lemmy Instance accessible to the public? I'm familiar with web hosting but only from hosting on a simple 3rd party, where you buy a domain.

[-] alvaro@social.graves.cl 2 points 1 year ago

@ProtecyaTec@lemmy.world yeah if you want to host something like Lenny you may be able to do it on a home server but in terms of ports blocked, security, etc I guess it is easier to run it in a VPS

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