Hi all!

I have decided to setup and selfhost my own private Lemmy instance.

I will be doing with docker (podman, actually).

Should I host at home or use a dedicated VPS?

Anybody selfhosting its own Lemmy?

Do you guys have any hints for me?

  • paequ2English
    27·
    1 day ago

    Shortcut: use Tailscale to create your own private network and avoid hosting on the big, bad Internet. Otherwise, you really have to be careful on how you protect your services.

    Minor downside (or upside) is that you’ll have to install the Tailscale app on each device you want to make part of the network.

    This made hosting at home a lot easier for me.

    Update: Ah! I misread the post. Tailscale doesn’t make sense for this use case. My bad! 😅

      • paequ2English
        71·
        1 day ago

        Yeah, you’re right. Bad advice actually. Oops.

    • Shimitar@feddit.itOPEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      Thank you, I am allergic to tailscale (joking).

      I already selfhost lots of stuff for family and friends using reverse proxy+https a public domain(s) and a VPS tunneled back (wireguard) home since I am behind CGNAT. And authelia on top of it all.

      My setup should be safe enough also for a Lemmy instance.

      • johntash@eviltoast.orgEnglish
        21·
        23 hours ago

        If you haven’t seen it, headscale is an open source controller for tailscale clients. Assuming your allergies are related to using their public offering.

        • Shimitar@feddit.itOPEnglish
          4·
          22 hours ago

          I have heard of headscale, and agree that would fix my allergies.

          But I don’t have a use case for that either, so…

          Maybe in the future, who knows.