selfhosting

A VPS provider where you get one (1) IPv6 address. What madness is this? I'd expect a /64 at a minimum.

#SelfHosting #VPS #IPv6

1/n OK about to start dipping my toes into the world of #selfhosting.

Reasons.
My disappointment with the new #Mastodon web UI just reminds me of the many issues of using the "cloud", that is having your stuff on someone else's server.

My disappointment with those working on the new UI sound just like any other UX developer in a big oligarch owned company who are not going to go back or not make any significant improvements to their beloved concept.

Time to jump ship?

There has never been a better time to introduce young French people to the wonderful world of decentralized social networks and - optional - #selfhosting.

An accidental ad for the #Fediverse, exhibit A: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-mulled-blocking-social-network-amid-protests/

My domain provider just sent me a newsletter detailing all the ways they use AI, so it's time to dump them.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

No USA, no fascists please.

#SelfHosting

If you're trying to find an alternative to Google Drive, Proton Drive etc, have you considered setting up your own cloud? It's not as difficult or expensive as you think!

You can use a managed hosting company and they will do all the technical stuff for you. Once the cloud is set up, you can log in and use it exactly like you might use any cloud storage service.

Nextcloud is probably the most popular option, here's a beginner's guide to using it:

🏡 https://growyourown.services/beginners-guide-to-nextcloud

#SelfHosting

Snac is a lightweight Fediverse-compatible social network server which is entirely human-written, and doesn't require a database. You can find out more at:

🏡 https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

You can follow Snac's lead developer at:

🏡 @grunfink

It can be installed via @yunohost (at https://apps.yunohost.org/app/snac) or manually using the installation instructions (at https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2/src/branch/master/README.md).

#SelfHosting #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Snac

Anyone using actalis instead of letsencrypt ?

Would be nice to substitute a fundamental american piece with an european one.

https://www.actalis.com/

#selfhosting #ssl #europe #fediverse #mastoadmin

There's a new very lightweight Fediverse platform that's just been released called littleFedi. You can follow its new official account at:

🌱 @littlefedi_official

Its official website including download and source code is at:

🌱 https://littlefedi.org

LittleFedi is for techy people who want to create their own Fediverse server using as few resources as possible.

It's written by a group called "Little Computer People", its maintainer is @stefano

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #FOSS #SelfHosting

#XSF Announcement

Call for Papers for the Decentralised Messaging devroom at #FOSDEM2027!
https://xmpp.org/2026/10/fosdem-2027-decentralised-messaging-devroom/

Deadline: Nov 20, 2026

#xmpp #jabber #matrix #deltachat #chat #interoperability #SelfHosting #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #devroom #xep

Since my laboratory power supply unable to provide enough Amperes to spin up more than 2 HDDs, I, mostly because of financial reasons, bought a cheap (8$) OEM-like Chinese power supply for LED stripes.

The Intel Atom box eats at near 3 W, the spinning HDD needs at near 20 W at startup and 6-12 W to operate - so for NAS + 4 HDDs I need at near 3 + 20 * 4 = 83 W. So, with 450 W PSU inside the box and an external 400 W power supply (beforementioned) I'll have enough power to power on the system and spin all four disks 🙂

The fun started when I disassembled the bought power supply - I'm a bit paranoid and since I had one Chinese extension cord with a lot of protruding copper strands inside and an extremely bad soldering - I'm always disassembling such cheap things before plugging them to the power outlet.

The power supply works well and provides 12.02 V, which is enough for PSU inside the computer. And the disks start without problems. But it was loud, as loud as the ITX case with two fans inside plus one big fan for HDDs.

Inside the power supply I found the fan cooling nothing - there is just a metal case on the bottom and on the top of the fan. And only two elements (MOSFETs?) "connected" to the metal case for passive cooling - are on the opposite side of the fan 😀

The most funny part - the fan just glued to the PCB from the one side 😀

P.S. Worth to mention, that the "rain protected" label on the case looks like just a nonsense - there are no sealing gaskets in the construction. So the good north rain probably will cause a good short circuit 🙂

#electronics #PSU #selfhosting #HDD

„Ein bewusstes HomeLab voller Katzen“: Der Vortrag von @YoSiJo vom #FediDay. Es geht um die Infrastruktur von Anoxinon und unsere Stage-Umgebung, auf der neben Mastodon auch Pixelfed, Lemmy, Loops und BizzFed laufen.

Wir suchen Admins und Moderierende! Für Stage reichen Lust und eine Ehrenamtsvereinbarung, dann bekommst Du eine VM für deinen föderierten Dienst.

Video: https://fair.tube/w/enaZAKuCP3eBnDAiDsNRxB

Meldet euch bei uns per Mail: postfach@anoxinon.de

#BerlinFediDay #Homelab #SelfHosting

I’m at the very beginning of an idea I call Kunstagenda.

The goal: promote and urge artists and cultural organisations to move into the open, federated internet, and make more space for art free from Big Tech algorithms.

Europe needs stronger digital independence in culture too. That means FOSS, the Fediverse, self-hosting, and platforms where artists and institutions own their presence and data.

Just starting. Follow along if this resonates.

#Kunstagenda #Fediverse #FOSS #SelfHosting