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I mostly lurk here, and I know we've had this discussion come up a number of times since Discord's age verification changes were announced, but I figured this video offers value for the walkthrough and comparative analysis. Like me, the video authors aren't seasoned self-hosters, and I've still got a lot to learn. Stoat and Fluxer both look appealing to me for my needs, but Stoat seemingly needs self-hosted servers to route through their master server (unless I'm missing something stupid) and I replicated the 404 for Fluxer's self-hosting documentation seen in the video, so it's looking like I'm leaning toward a Matrix server of some kind. Hopefully everyone looking for the Discord exit ramp is closer to finding it after this video.

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[–] Anon518@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

In order for people to connect to it you have to give them your home IP right? The mumble server's IP is your home IP?

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

I use Tailscale and share out that server machine's tailscale IP with just my gaming buddies.

But if you wanna live dangerously, you can port forward from your router to your internal mumble server.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 hours ago

Yes, like with everything else you self host.

You could also use some paid service like Cloudflare if you want to hide it for some reason.

But generally people are overly protective of their home IP. What's the danger? DDoS?

People know my physical address but my house hasn't been burned down yet..

[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Afaik you'd have to open a port and port forward for that to work, and you'd have to update every time your ip changes, unless you have a domain linked to it. There's lots of other configurations, too: VPN/tailscale or equivalent onto your home network, a vps, reverse proxy, etc. I've yet to decide how to access from outside my home. Still tinkering locally, but mumble would be fun to try one day.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

I just use my (static) IP directly with port forwards on my router.

Sure, I get hundreds of login attempts every day, but that's just life on the internet. Just secure your stuff and you're fine.