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Interested in setting up an instance with a spare laptop
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Small instances don't seem to require anything major, I'm running mine on a VM with 4c/6gb ram/256gb disk with no issues- it's just a few Docker pods. Just make sure you use a dynamic DNS provider if you're hosting from home, as valid SSL is required to connect to the federation.
Any concerns you that you may attract attention to your network? I'm interested in doing the same thing you are.
I've got all my home services routed through ZeroTier to Nginx Proxy Manager on a cloud VM, so my home IP is pretty well hidden. As long as nobody is uploading illegal content to your instance you should be fine though.
You could also get a second static IP address from your ISP to keep it separate from your home network.
Is it possible to run an instance without a static IP address?
Yes, you can use the Cloudflare proxy and update your dynamic IP with ddclient: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/managing-dynamic-ip-addresses
Thanks for sharing this!
From a local device in your home, no, not that I know of. It might be possible with some wild proxy and port forward setup, but that's a little above my head tbh.