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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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[-] niisyth@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

I have a salvaged HP 3500 Pro with an HTPC case and 8.5 TB storage. Started mainly for Jellyfin and now have half a dozen docker containers on it. Great test bed for getting used to linux before I slowly creep towards having it as my main OS on my PC.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I'm starting to realize that jellyfin is a gateway drug to self-hosting. And I'm here for it.

[-] funkmunki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's how it started with me. Now I have the arr stack and a bunch of other stuff running. It's definitely been a fun learning experience. It's a lot nicer just giving the wife a jellyseerr icon on her phone instead of her giving me a long list of stuff she wants and I have to find them.

[-] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Me: I got a small plex server going to save money compared to steaming....

Narrator: He did not.

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