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How to self host my own lemmy server? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to self host my own lemmy instance for personal use. I have seen there Github page and it is really easy to set up but I have some questions?

How will I be able to federate with other instances?
Will I be able to interact with communities from other instances?
What type of hardware will be required to self host?
And finally is it worth to run our own instance?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I found the ansible playbook route described at join-lemmy.org to be very easy to install on a VPS. The benefit of a VPS is much simpler setup than running a home server, networking-wise. Plus it’s special purpose, so no need to worry about interfering with other things as you would on a multi purpose server.

I use mine as basically a personal blog that I have a bit more control over. I’ve subscribed to just a few communities on other instances to keep resource use modest.