rlyehfhtagn

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Building a lemmy instance, can anyone recommend a web host? in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
Building a lemmy instance, can anyone recommend a web host? in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We like the reddit-adjacent function in lemmy compared to a standard bbs.

Building a lemmy instance, can anyone recommend a web host? in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry I thought I had that included. We're primarily in the US. Very rarely we see users from the UK though.

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Building a lemmy instance, can anyone recommend a web host? (lemmy.ml)
 

I'm looking to wind up a lemmy instance for a subreddit that I mod that gets something like 1000 daily visitors. We mainly share photos, though daily visitors greatly outweighs active users. It would additionally not be federated. For personal security reasons, and home networking limitations, I want to find a web host. Could anyone suggest one of the many hosts out there would work best for someone in the US, won't drive me to the poor house, and can support these needs? I can afford like $40/month, or can buy years in advance if it's a good deal.

[Question] Is this level of activity too much for my network? Should I use a web host instead running a lemmy instance locally? in c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My bad, corrected

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[Question] Is this level of activity too much for my network? Should I use a web host instead running a lemmy instance locally? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
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I'm looking to host a lemmy instance for a small subreddit. I I am unsure if the load would be too much for my home network. In the last 30 days we got 1.7k comments, 96 posts, 95k views, with an average unique of 809.

My home internet connection is 100mb/s down, 20mb/s up. I use the network to work from home as well as general internet degeneracy when I'm off the clock. I have two roommates also using the network for personal stuff, but not working from home. Would this put too much load on my home network?

If it does, could anyone recommend a good web host service that is compatible with lemmy?

[Question] VPN use to keep my instance from pinpointing my house? in c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

If I’m not mistaken to make your instance available to other people you’d have to set up a reverse proxy. And a correctly set up reverse proxy shouldn’t reveal your IP, only the local IP (127.0.0.1).

Thank you for this information, if this is correct it sounds like this isn't something I need to worry about then.

[Question] VPN use to keep my instance from pinpointing my house? in c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Is there any documentation you could link me to that would go into greater detail about how I can do that?

[Question] VPN use to keep my instance from pinpointing my house? in c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Alright, thank you for your help!

[Question] VPN use to keep my instance from pinpointing my house? in c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you're definitely right about that. I would still like to prevent that from happening. I'd rather it shows the general area of a place nowhere near where I'm at.

[Question] VPN use to keep my instance from pinpointing my house? in c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
[–] rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Alternatively you can run your own VPN with a VPS (and use it like a reverse proxy), then you can easily control the port forwarding.

This latter part, please forgive me as this is the first time I'm looking into hosting a web service. My plan was to purchase a domain with Google, which would include WHOIS privacy. Is this what you're referring to here?

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[Question] VPN use to keep my instance from pinpointing my house? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.ml to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml
12 comments fedilink
 

I want to set up a lemmy instance as a subreddit alternative for a community I moderate. I would be running the instance on a local machine in my home so I really want to make sure that it can't be traced to my physical location.

I already subscribe to ExpressVPN for general use, can I just install it on the local machine, press connect, and boom be anonymous? What impact would this have on users?