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I am planning to Self Host on a QnapNAS I was gifted but truthfully I am at a loss to how one does that. I know how to install and run but not on a NAS. Could anyone help and explain?

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[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TS-453 Pro and I guess the OS that is standard to it

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So, good news, your nas supports virtualisation, so if you run out of apps, you can install a general Linux on it and use that.

If it doesnt have a built in owncast app, install a general purpose linux, and install it on that via the owncast instructions:

https://owncast.online/quickstart/installation/

[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well I plan to start with Owncast obviously. Once I know that is working I’ll expand with other sites so the end result is a full self host Vtube streaming website.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, sorry, i was lost. If you have a built in app, you can use that, but if not, install a linux, and follow the instructions on owncasts site: https://owncast.online/quickstart/installation/

[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Ok all installed. Just need to get a URL going and boom.

Personally hope to do something like subdomain.domain.TLD/Owncast