Edit: Thanks for all the great feedback and suggestions. I decided to create a new #VM in #Proxmox and install #Yunohost so I can try a few different options and see which ones I like and end up using to migrate my current accounts.

Edit 2:
Having #Yunohost behind #Pfsense #Haproxy is giving me trouble, not sure how to proxy_pass on it to avoid issues with double reverse proxy. I will try to run my instances directly from Docker and see if that goes better.

-– Original post —
I am fairly new to the Fediverse, but have been in IT and homelab for over a decade, I am thinking or migrating from my current instances and just creating my own instances of Kbin and Mastodon for my personal use only.

Any suggestions or ideas?
Any reasons you would not recommend it?
Security concerns?

Besides Mastodon and Kbin, any other fediverses I should self-host (I thought of Lemmy but it seems I’d be able to subscribe and interact with it just fine through kbin. Also thought of peertube, but unsure or pros/cons since I have not yet even signed up on one of their instances).

Also, 1 shared VM for all of the instances, or 1 for each? I am considering if full VM or LXC, the LXC would be faster and consume less resources but I’m concerned with the security of the host.

Anyway, those are my thoughts, would like some feedback.

#fediverse

  • ernest@kbin.social
    2·
    2 years ago

    @techviator Hey, I’ve been using kbin on a single instance for a long time. It has been a refreshing experience, and I think is really well suited for it. Currently, it may even work better than on large instances.

    Of course, it is an early version, and there are many concerns, including those related to security, we are actively working on addressing them.

    However if you have a bit of paitence, create a sandbox environment, and make frequent backups, it should be fine ;)

    • techviator@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      @ernest Thanks for the feedback! I’ve been reading and learning a lot. I am starting to get a better grasp of the Fediverse. Will definitely be playing soon with selfhosting an instance or two for myself and family.

        • techviator@kbin.socialOP
          1·
          2 years ago

          @ernest Yunohost was a great suggestion, installing it right now in a brand new VM. I’ll play with a lot of the applications and see which ones I like best. Thanks for that I wasn’t even aware of it.

          I hope Kbin makes it there soon too. I like this interface better than Lemmy as a reddit replacement.