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submitted 2 years ago by Lemmyin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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[-] CaptainApathetic@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago

I'm attempting to set up a self hosted instance so that I can control who I'm Federated with or not. Probably will just keep it open though, and I'd have to be a real asshole to get my instance defederated anywhere lmao.

[-] riskable@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago

Can you do us all a favor and blog about your experience setting this up and running it somewhere? I'll follow you 👍

I was thinking about making my own Federated kbin-like server (writing the code from scratch) as an academic exercise. I'm a full stack developer and it's the perfect thing to hone my non-embedded (full std) Rust skills and freshen my JavaScript skills.

I have several side projects going on at the moment (that I've been working on constantly for almost three years straight) and I need a mental break from that. I'd love to learn what's a pain in the ass VS what's good from a semi-layman's perspective so I can make something better.

[-] Zetaphor@zemmy.cc 4 points 2 years ago

I'm currently running my own instance for this exact purpose, and have helped another user setup their public instance. It's really quite simple! Just follow the instructions in the lemmy-ansible repo and the script should do most everything for you.

I'm running my instance from a Linode dedicated 2CPU 4GB RAM instance, where the friend I helped is running on a $5/mo 1CPU/2GB RAM Linode instance. Both are running Ubuntu 24.04LTS as I found that the newer non-LTS version has some issues out of the box.

I setup the credentials per the Ansible instructions and the script did the rest for me.

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

Do you think you could do this using Oracle's "forever-free" tier?

[-] Zetaphor@zemmy.cc 3 points 2 years ago

I've never used anything Oracle out of principle, but there is an ARM build of Lemmy. If you get it working then document your findings and share them

[-] death916@lemmy.death916.xyz 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just posted my compose for an arm oracle box. The other day. It works pretty well and if u switch to pay as you go but stay under ur limits I think they won't take you down as easily.

Edit https://lemmy.death916.xyz/post/3068

[-] riskable@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I've never used anything Oracle out of principle

As someone who's been forced to use Oracle products many times in the past I nod to your standards and tip my hat for your sound judgement 👍

[-] obosob@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Hall-effect fediverse client when?

[-] riskable@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Ahaha, someone who knows

Adding over-engineered hardware into the mix isn't out of the question 😁

[-] knoland@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago

This is the solution. With enough small instances, not only do we provide a wide range of options to users, but we also distribute the hosting costs across the community.

[-] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Blacklisting is not the only problem. Some instances will white list and you won't be able to see them.

[-] Micromot@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah or you have to have a different opinion with some instances, but most of those you don't really want to be a part of

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

Hopefully we don’t end up with a few large instances that will only federate with each other, I’m seeing how things go for now but I might end up doing what you’re doing as well (especially if we get the option to migrate accounts)