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?

  • Alvaro @social.graves.cl
    14·
    11 months ago

    There are definitely benefits on running a server at home but you could say the same of a VPS. As long as you control it, it is self hosted in my book.

      • PeachMan@lemmy.oneEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        Not really, you’re ideally paying for a server that you have complete control of. The differences are mostly just fundamental limitations.

        Example: if you’re hosting off site, you will always be connecting remotely, so your access depends on a network connection. If you’re hosting at home then your stuff is still accessible when your internet goes down

      • seshat@lemmy.963.pmEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        It is, if you can host at home and use a cheap vps as proxy is better in my opinion. Like it or not when you host something you will put sensitive info in your vps and ofc you should trust them. Exactly like the vpn providers, they will fight for your rights paying 5 dolars/months? For sure no.

          • seshat@lemmy.963.pmEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            My services are not accessible from my wan, i forward all my services to a cheap vps,using a proxy and trafic is encrypted. So i am not worried about my isp also my real ip is hiden. I use something like cloudflare zero trust… but is open source.

        • ProtecyaTec@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I’m less worried aobut sensitive info and more worried about owning the data. I’m looking to avoid a sitaution where I offload all the data to a 3rd party and lose access or pricing get expensive (like a Reddit situation). I’m more worried by offloading the data to a 3rd party I can’t verify that they’re not reselling it. etc.

      • Alvaro @social.graves.cl
        2·
        11 months ago

        @[email protected] not sure what that means but I guess you can do certain thing in your home server not allowed on a VPS. OTOH, an email server at home for example is much more difficult to achieve because your ISP most likely won’t allow you to open port 25