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I'm trying to better understand hosting a Lemmy Instance. Lurking discussions it seems like some people are hosting from the Cloud or VPS. My understanding is that it's better to futureproof by running your own home server so that you have the data and the top most control of hardware, software etc. My understanding is that by hosting an instance via Cloud or VPS you are offloading the data / information to a 3rd party.

Are people actually running their own actual self-hosted servers from home? Do you have any recommended guides on running a Lemmy Instance?

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[–] LostInSight@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Hey, I love this thread, and I am intrigued by the term "futureproof"ing. can someone direct me to a thread where local networks are self-hosted and the human element of organizing the network is discussed? Thank you. If I don't come back, it's because I'm new to Lemmyworld and got lost.

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
DNS Domain Name Service/System
Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP Internet Protocol
LXC Linux Containers
NAS Network-Attached Storage
NAT Network Address Translation
Plex Brand of media server package
SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage
SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
nginx Popular HTTP server

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

actually have a server at home

I haven't got any piece of hardware that was sold with the firstname "Server".

But there's this self-built PC in my room that's running 24/7 without having to reboot in several years...

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well technically a "server" is a machine dedicated to "serving" something, like a service or website or whatever. A regular desktop can be a server, it's just not built as well as a "real" server.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 1 points 1 year ago

There is though reasons to stray from certain consumer products for server equipment.