It’s happening!!! I signed up for a #VPS and I’m about to install #YunoHost. Exciteeeeeeed (and slightly scared).
I’m so early in my #Linux journey but I was emboldened after watching a video walkthrough of YunoHost, with the narrator repeating time and time again « it’s so easy a child could do it ».
Let’s see if « it’s so easy a Linux newbie could do it».
Wish me luck! 😅
Update: yes, it was SO EASY a child (or a #Linux newbie) could do it.
I now have #YunoHost installed on my #VPS! 🥳
I wish I had timed how long it took - it was less than 5 minutes! This update comes 2 hours later because I've been dealing with other work stuff in the meantime.
All this to say: a HUGE thank you to the @yunohost team for creating such a phenomenal resource. Donation-as-thank-you coming soon 😊
Good morning Fedi Friends! It’s 6:53am in Paris and I am taking advantage of my child being asleep to continue my #YunoHost setup and tweak DNS records.
A bit risky since I’ve only had one coffee but here we go.
Wishing you all a lovely day!
To add an extra layer of difficulty to my #selfhosting journey, there is the issue of scarce free time.
Now I have 20 minutes before I need to cook for my child and then go pick her up from nursery school. Editing DNS records with the clock ticking is not for the faint of heart 😅
If struggling with DNS is a #selfhost rite of passage, I am ready to jump over this hurdle and get to the next!
Jokes aside, I'm super grateful for #YunoHost's crystal clear instructions.
My NEW idea of living dangerously: adding (or tweaking?) a PTR record for my VPS setup – because the last warnings I have on #YunoHost have to deal with reverse DNS.
✨ Just yesterday I had no idea what this all meant, LOL ✨
BTW if you find all these messages annoying, I recommend you mute my hashtag #mySoCalledSudoLife 🤗
And HUGE thanks to all the people who have provided brilliant tips so far!
Now REALLY wish me luck 😅
Good morning from Italy!
Taking advantage of the fact my parents are giving breakfast to my 3-year-old to do more #YunoHost tweaking.
I just ran the diagnostics and my jaw is ON THE FLOOR. I see GREEN ALL OVER - including "Email" (my nemesis) !!! 🥳
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
Good morning Fedi friends!
Now that my VPS is set up correctly with #YunoHost, all I have to do is select the first app to install.
I was certain I would go with #Sharkey (as I'm totally smitten with it) but I'm now having a case of cold feet and wondering if I should pick #Friendica instead.
Do I select something beautiful and fun to use... or the most advanced software (with an old UX/UI)?
I'm currently the embodiment of the hard choice meme 😅
Update: we now have a new candidate in the running: #GoToSocial. Thank you to everyone who suggested it to me.
I've been looking at its documentation and I find it really impressive. Its "reply controls" are an amazing feature: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/#reply-controls (amongst many others)
Will read up about it and seriously consider it 😅
@_elena @CyborgHT If you are looking for a personal/single-user Fediverse server, definitely go with GtS. I’ve been using it for almost a month, and I’m in love with it. So easy to set up and use!
I’m currently self-hosting it on a Raspberry Pi in my basement. Feel free to reach out if you want to know more about my experience.
📣 Major update: I'm now hosting my own #Fediverse instance 🥳
It's hard to believe that when I wrote this post just 17 DAYS ago, I would reach one of my goals so soon: https://elenarossini.com/2024/12/introducing-my-so-called-sudo-life/
On 12/5 I wrote that I wished to become so proficient I could host my own Fediverse instance.
Well, thanks to the magic of #YunoHost I reached that goal today. I will share more details as soon as I beef up security and finish setting up.
P.S.: special thanks to my Fedi mentors ❤️
#Selfhosting day 12 - progress update 📰
I'm now running the amazing #Phanpy on my server. I plan to use it as the web client for my #GoToSocial instance.
It was a super easy, 1-click install with #YunoHost. It took maybe 2 minutes to set up (create a subdomain, add app).
ℹ️ Typical resource usage: 10M RAM, 15M disk (so light!)
🙏 thank you @cheeaun for your incredible work on this!
In the interest of full transparency - for those also curious about #YunoHost and #GoToSocial :
I have nothing but the BEST things to say about these two services. They are truly brilliant, easy and intuitive even for total newbies like me. 0 coding skills necessary.
Now a *little* setback I've had / unpleasant surprise is that the superb iOS app #Ivory doesn't support self-hosted instances. At least, that's my experience (see screenshot).
@_elena Ha! I was about to start writing a recommendation for Mona when I decided to look at the thread.
I also miss Ivory 😔. Mona works pretty well for me for both iOS and macOS. I tried Phanpy and Elk but neither of them make me feel at home. I am really a fan of native apps and consistency between my devices 🤷♂️.
On a side note, since GtS doesn't have push notifications yet, I wrote a small python script to send myself mention notifications via Pushover. Happy to share if you are interested.
