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(DIR) Post #AxYnSH8tsm6Xf01pjs by ObsidianUrbex@photog.social
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Reaching out to all you #SelfHost gurus out there in the fediverse!I am considering self-hosting my own instance with masto.host on the starter Moon plan.Any thoughts, or advice as I am a total novice with this <31 - As an established account with a sizeable number of followers, who posts maybe 1-8 photos a day, will this create a huge cache? I am unclear on this2 - Will new accounts be able to discover me via hashtags etc? Do I need relays?#SelfHosting #SelfHosted
(DIR) Post #AxYpcE3kOrfUu0UUEK by ObsidianUrbex@photog.social
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@mkj Oh I had no idea about that, I thought it was all media! Thanks so much for taking the time to share, this is really interesting and very useful.I want to discover more accounts so I can try relays, see if the extra load doesn't make the server fall over. Something to try 💙
(DIR) Post #AxYphG2ST81QUMHrXM by troed@swecyb.com
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@mkj @ObsidianUrbex Just phrasing "well-federated" differently: If you have followers (even if just one each) from most of the different instances in the fediverse your account will be well discoverable through hashtags. You might want to use relays yourself though for you to be able to find content by others :) And definitely enable fetch-all-replies on your server.
(DIR) Post #AxYphGfo6pUuSOhHs0 by ObsidianUrbex@photog.social
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@troed @mkj Thanks for adding more info, really appreciate it. Fetch all replies....will check that out 💙
(DIR) Post #AxYqjNLiMKIhhArrv6 by 0mega@sk.zehnvorne.social
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@ObsidianUrbex@photog.social Cool! Can't wait to see your shiny new instance 🤩
(DIR) Post #AxYqjO8zP7iS9zvDiy by ObsidianUrbex@photog.social
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@0mega Aww yay thanks! Super positivity, really need that as I'm a little anxious and overthinking the planning stages. Thanks so much for your support 💙
(DIR) Post #AxYztQ5TvspUff8hk0 by gme@bofh.social
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@ObsidianUrbex@photog.social For the love of God, don't self-host Mastodon there are other options. Better options. Cheaper options shit.
(DIR) Post #AxYztQx0ireDLgBSAy by ObsidianUrbex@photog.social
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@gme Very passionate reply, can I get some of these options please? It is indeed looking like I won't be able to self host, due to the number of followers I have and that I post several photos each day.Curious to hear your suggestions 😅
(DIR) Post #AxZQRKWnhqd65CkQrI by yvan@toot.ale.gd
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@ObsidianUrbex @gme butting in on the general vibe of this reply... 😅As a Mastodon self-hoster since circa 2.5 years... IMO: don't self-host Mastodon if you're not already pretty familiar with hosting grotty modern framework based server type software. It is a nightmare, and better suited to folk setting up to be dedicated to spending much of their time hosting at scale rather than host just for themselves.Most smart folks I know seem to be running GoToSocial for small Fedi instances I reckon. I don't personally have experience running it, but would suggest it seems the obvious first port of call.There are also questions you'd probably want to resolve wrt whether you want to be able to import your full account history. (It is the main thing blocking me now from shifting to something else, though I have not recently researched where the options are at on that, and my situation is a tad different wrt already being a self-hoster.)
(DIR) Post #AxZUDkdOFLkUoRbuxE by yvan@toot.ale.gd
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@ObsidianUrbex ah, I see masto.host mentioned in the OP… they do all of the actual hosting for you… upgrades, backups(?*), etc. In which case my problems are not relevant as you're not doing the painful stuff yourself :)* I assume they do backups… but even if they do, also make you own archives/backups regularly. (This goes for any masto/fedi host really.)
(DIR) Post #AxZUDlbIebffoFdlKq by ObsidianUrbex@photog.social
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@yvan Thanks for your input! Just catching up with messages 💚I emailed masto.host, they confirm that my 6k followers would indeed result in a massive cache! So much so I would need a plan that is far above what I can afford.I was so set on self hosting, but given my limited knowledge I don't think I would be able at this time 🖤
(DIR) Post #AxZVYfNB6UTOWuZ3w0 by yvan@toot.ale.gd
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@ObsidianUrbex ah, yeah, data volume is a problem with Mastodon hosting... :(I'm surprised your follower count matters so much, usually I'd have thought the number you're following matters more... but that may be something to do with how federated timelines/etc work I guess. This is part of why, IMO, a Fediverse software solution other than Mastodon makes more sense for small/single-user self-host instances. Mastodon's design parameters are for the sort of scale where worrying about 100GB of disc space isn't how the world works (using "cloud" storage, auto-scaling, etc.)Even the masto instance for my small account uses 48GB of disc space, that's with tuning to reduce cache size, but most of that usage is under "cache". (My server does have 3 other semi-active users but they do very little, just family.)
(DIR) Post #AxaH9eoCrLJlLBLauu by kaiser_franz@infosec.exchange
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@ObsidianUrbex I run an instance on masto.host (not the one I’m posting from) and have been for roughly a year. It’s super cheap and super easy - all I had to supply was a domain name pointing to the IP of the instance on masto.host. It’s not a particularly large instance, but I haven’t come anywhere remotely close to needing to upgrade to the next tier, I’m still on the bottom tier. Setting up things like post deletion and media culling after a certain time would probably help, but I’m not anywhere close to needing to look into that.
(DIR) Post #AxaZLt5rNCVMIHaOvY by ObsidianUrbex@photog.social
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@kaiser_franz Oh that's really cool info, sounds like it's rework working well for you.Unfortunately I don't think self hosting will be a solution for me. The number of followers I have, along with that I post photos, will likely require one of the top packages. Just a quirk of how Mastodon works I guess 💙
(DIR) Post #AyP43MmnZ4eTMeJavw by Jaypee@mastodon.drjpdns.com
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@ObsidianUrbex Sorry to be late answering. I've been hosting a small node for a while now.Here are some things to consider.Docker is probably the simplest way to go about it. However be aware that sometimes migrating from one version to the next requires to go into console mode on the main node and run commands for data "migration". It is usually not handled automatically.Having a reverse proxy seem like an obvious choice too, and various documentation(s) exist, but in the end I had to tweak it for it to work properly. Lastly, consider mounting your storage outside docker. Yeah I know it's silly to mention that, but considering one day you might need to move your data/storage, it's great if it's just accessible on the docker's host or on you NAS.My node is running on a RPI4 with 8 gigs of RAM and seems quite happy so far.