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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It's not strictly defined like that. Some people do, others don't.

[–] ProtecyaTec 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Do you think that the majority host from a 3rd party services or hosts from a home server?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I started at home and then moved into a vps for my lemmy instance. I decided I don't want all that public traffic hitting my home ip.

[–] ProtecyaTec 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm using Racknerd. They came highly recommended and I've been happy so far.

Check out lowendbox.com for vps reviews and deals.

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