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submitted 3 years ago by XenoBen@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Hey. I really like the idea of the fediverse and Lemmy and would want to know as a beginner/not so experienced regarding selfhosting what would be the best way to get started? I saw there are vps options, but don't know of I'm looking in the right direction.

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[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago

You don't have to allow sign-ups, therefor no modding to do if it's only you.

That's what I'm doing. Totally closed sign-ups except for a few close irl friends.

[-] nude@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

This is what im going to do when I get a spare few hours to set it up.

Im looking at it in the same way as my searx instance. Just a private portal that will have as much uptime as I can maintain, federated with who I want and no one I dont.

[-] techgearwhips@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Same. I'm glad I found this thread because I was wondering if it was ok to do this.

[-] ionhowto@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago

Like this it does make sense for learning and it can be done locally on a regular PC. No need to even have it running more than 5h/ week.
Only start it when trying something.

There are other more interesting things to learn and setup. Something like a honeypot.

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Counterpoint, someone will learn about Debian, ansible, docker, and troubleshooting all of the above.

Personally I've run into many bumps along the way, some really dumb and not documented at all. But it was a fun learning experience.

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