If I were to create a new instance of lemmy do I set up my own server in my house, or am I just creating an instance on one of the lemmy servers?
There are no “the Lemmy servers”, since there is no central “Lemmy” organization to host and run such servers.
So yeah, you can run it on whatever you can find that has available disk space, CPU cycles, and an Internet connection. Hosted VPS, colocated hardware server, raspberry pi, your gaming rig, AWS containers, whatever.
Brb, taping some PS3’s together.
Can’t wait for someone to run an instance on a homebrewed DS and see people asking why “lemmy.ds is down all the time??”
Or, to put it in a simple one-liner: Instances are servers.
However you would set up any other server, you set up a Lemmy instance. There is no central datacenter as there would be with a corporate-owned site like Reddit.
Think of it like a bunch of little messages board sites and they automatically import posts from other message board sites - because that’s exactly what it is.
While that’s a bit different to navigate than what we are used to, an instance (aka a server) going down or becoming hostile and being defederated only removes that one server from the network.
It’s similar to how IRC networks function; except with those, the server owners decide what servers they link up with. With Lemmy (and other ActivityPub based services), the users decide (by subscribing). Instance admins can block (“defederate”) other instances though.
In your heart ❤️
This is the only thing that makes sense, considering everyone is a bot except me.
That sounds like something a bot would say.
normally you’d rent out a server (vps) and run it on there but hosting from your house would also work. the whole idea about Lemmy is that each instance is ran on different servers by different people
Usually high up in the clouds.
Very high indeed, you need “grass” to get up there.
Did you have a look at this guide? https://lemm.ee/post/37715
In most cases, you’d rent a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from one of numerous providers who have data centres all over the world.
It’s possible to host an instance at your home or whatever but residential internet connections are usually noticeably slower for people accessing them remotely.
One of the main benefits of decentralised platforms like lemmy is that everyone has the option to host their stuff on hardware they control. Even if you’re using a VPS in a data centre somewhere, you have some level of control.
“lemmy” itself is just a type of website we call instances, so people and organization host it themselves in the place of their choice
I’m running a Pixelfed instance off of an old PC in my house. Eventually I 'd like to set up a personal Lemmy instance as well.
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