Hey. I really like the idea of the fediverse and Lemmy and would want to know as a beginner/not so experienced regarding selfhosting what would be the best way to get started? I saw there are vps options, but don’t know of I’m looking in the right direction.

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    1 year ago

    What I’m curious about is running a server only for myself. Am I gonna have problems with being defederated? I’m wanting to run Matrix right next to it on the same domain but they seem much more open to the concept of personal servers.

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    1 year ago

    Get a cheap linux VPS. My host provides 4 CPU sd and 8G for 8 eur per month which should be enough for something like 500 users.

    Then just run the ansible playbook. It will do everything for you

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      1 year ago

      thanks, in VPS, any red flag I should care for? Privacy, monitoring, etc?

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        1 year ago

        Very low bandwidth caps will be a problem with fediverse.

        Other than that, check your steal % once you have the VM. If it’s over 20% consistently, you’re being ripped off.