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Late ass reply, sorry! I just now have finished tweaking my config to my liking.
I purchased a VPS and a domain name - I run it 24/7 on that server. The VPS is about $10 a month. If Lemmy optimized its db queries a little bit I bet I could get away with hosting it on a $5 a month server, though.
On that server, I'm running the Lemmy Docker container. There are some docs here: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/install_docker.html The docs are a little light on the env variable configuration though... there were some settings I had to hunt to find.
I am using Caddy as a reverse proxy: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/caddy.html
Caddy takes care of https automagically with Let's Encrypt.
All in all, it is a pretty simple setup. I don't know the security profile of Lemmy so I don't host anything worthwhile on this server in case it gets compromised, just Lemmy.
if you ever take a stab at it, I'd be happy to help answer questions. I am not sure if there is a dedicated community somewhere in the Fediverse for Lemmy selfhosting discussion.