Post AsW4W4vPLdEim80Q8e by zerkman@pouet.chapril.org
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 (DIR) Post #AsW29TCohs2jVoEyGW by _elena@mastodon.social
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       This newbie who just celebrated 100 days of #selfhosting was able to install #Apache and #Varnish on her #Ubuntu VPS (to prevent the "Mastodon Hug of Death" for link preview cards on her self-hosted Ghost blog). She's very proud of herself for all the sudo commands she successfully ran today. And she's weirded out talking about herself in the third person, so: I did it YAY.LOVE LOVE LOVE this Linux / self-hosting journey I'm on. Thank you for all your support & encouragement ❤️
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW2JU5WHUC390bPbk by theresmiling@ibe.social
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       @_elena@mastodon.social Very cool! You absolutely can be proud of yourself!
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW2VgH0nmaWPZnGTo by liaizon@wake.st
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       @_elena love that you are taking us on this journey with you. I would like to enter the realm of self-hosting too and its very inspiring to see you doccument so much of the process.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW2i2VLyLCgpsOXBI by stefan@stefanbohacek.online
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       @_elena Nice, congratulations!!
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW2mVumZH8JCxQFm4 by crazyeddie@mastodon.social
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       @_elena I don't know if you've looked into it, but I like using nginx with docker.  If you run nginx-proxy, in combination with acme-companion, you can spin up any number of domains on it.  This includes stuff like "git.mydomain.net" and "social.mydomain.net" and...in addition to otherdomain.dev.  Each time you do this, acme-companion goes and registers for and sets up https from letsencrypt.  AND you have set yourself up behind a reverse proxy, which adds a bit of security.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW2uToqFBuJ1aRU6C by stefan@stefanbohacek.online
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       @_elena Ha, that's the important part!
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW3Ndbuuzqnn4Igy0 by shollyethan@fosstodon.org
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       @_elena Nice! Glad I can occasionally chime in and then ghost you for a few weeks before chiming in again on another subject 🙃
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW3YGQLSxA140xFvE by zerkman@pouet.chapril.org
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       @_elena I had to set up some #Varnish config for another reason: I needed a reverse proxy to redirect the traffic to different containers. Performance gain appeared as a side effect 😁 Did you come to use #Hitch as TLS proxy too?
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW3oeHyVK9diGquvo by thecoffemaker@rebel.ar
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       @_elena next step your own #xmpp server 🤗
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW4W4vPLdEim80Q8e by zerkman@pouet.chapril.org
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       @_elena Basically, Hitch manages all the encrypted TLS traffic (the security layer that is being used by HTTPS), then you don't need to manage encryption on the apache/nginx side.Being able to handle all your private keys in a single place is very comfortable.It might be possible your hosting service is already managing encryption for you, that being the reason you don't actually have to bother about that.https://www.varnish-software.com/developers/tutorials/terminate-tls-varnish-hitch/
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW58xemIxVZWjlgRs by elliek@zeroes.ca
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       @_elena Honestly, I am in awe! Great job.(Hows the haircut? I did mine the other day and made a mess of it.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW6Q25t9zsQAM9YH2 by alandvalonline@mastodon.social
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       @_elena I remember those early days with fondness (and a bit of exasperation as well).  After decades of self-hosting almost everything I needed over time, I'm relaxing in retirement watching everyone else doing it now.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW74Ab6xnB67ftcMS by bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471@mastodon.social
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       @_elena the world wide web, as intended: for everyone 🎉
       
 (DIR) Post #AsW8BYErZ3YRQSZawy by BillyEvmur@mastodon.social
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       @_elena I don't know what the heck you are talking about but well done 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWAx10Edbbk9eUWbQ by ojs@c.im
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       @_elena very nice, keep learning 😁
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWCxgqFHWeDp9GhE0 by elliek@zeroes.ca
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       @_elena For me it's the fringe only (bangs) as I also have long hair. But Steven says it looks great. He would, of course! I made a better job of his. Have a great weekend Elena!
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWDUgdZ3yCYkJ4SW0 by calvin@fedi.sphericalcow.space
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       @_elena I love how you went from "hey this is a neat social media site" to running linux servers and stuff!Are you mostly driven by the value of the Fediverse or do you just have plenty of energy fully dive into anything you get interested in?
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWEfFwEljMh53POjo by gabe_saltar@bsd.cafe
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       @_elena auguri!
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWFB71VRy5ehK3zeK by hakona@im.alstadheim.no
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       @_elena 👍
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWFeUk8L6nIf3wqWm by bitzero@corteximplant.net
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       @stefano @_elena That’s another world
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWFowadf0EHvGUPh2 by jimsalter@fosstodon.org
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       @_elena hey, congratulations! I used to be a big Varnish guy, in the pre-HTTPS-everywhere days. I know that magical feeling when you get the rules working just right and see performance take off like a cheetah. 🤠🍺👍
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWH8qDVAIyru0iddI by ilja@ilja.space
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       @_elena oh wow, nice! congratz! 🎉
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWKCRbMvPgga5IBKy by GuillaumeRossolini@infosec.exchange
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       @_elena hi! That is great! I don’t think I’d have leveled up so fast by myselfIf you ever find yourself in need of performance optimization, I put up some tips over here, and some of them might be useful:https://github.com/GuillaumeRossolini/il
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWkttVrcozIPG63U0 by thecoffemaker@rebel.ar
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       @_elena @isadora and then five years later you recommend them to use an amazing tech which will let them not only use their mobiles but also all their devices to talk with you 🤗 plus they will have access to the amazing federated community of #xmpp
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWlowmU9AuH344lwu by thecoffemaker@rebel.ar
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       @_elena @isadora LoL yeah... I tell them to not use Mark's #xmpp but mine. Or do they know or have direct access to that guy? or trust more in him than me ? 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWpniBHLO8ZIIL680 by BillyEvmur@mastodon.social
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       @_elena 👍
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWq82DIZaQHDQyVCy by dzm@mstdn.dk
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       @_elena @theresmiling Elena, this didn't feel like a weird third person self-thank? :)
       
 (DIR) Post #Asa4f2QyksZOHxsvmS by jarulf@mstdn.social
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       @_elena I love reading about your progress.Going from dipping a cautious toe on the Mastodon beach to plunging head first into the Marinara Trench of Linux and Fediverse self-hosting. And evangelising about it in such a great accessible way.You have a lot of stuff to be proud of.