Post 2134973 by PalmerAnimates@socel.net
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(DIR) Post #2134663 by valerauko@pawoo.net
2018-12-20T15:11:22Z
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it takes a dedicated server to run mastodon?
(DIR) Post #2134973 by PalmerAnimates@socel.net
2018-12-20T15:25:38Z
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@valerauko I think the guy running the instance I'm on is using a Docker container.
(DIR) Post #2135021 by valerauko@pawoo.net
2018-12-20T15:27:38Z
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@PalmerAnimates i think mastodon recommends doing that, it's rather that a post earlier on my timeline implied the server backing that has to be a $40/mo dedi
(DIR) Post #2135304 by galaxis@mastodon.infra.de
2018-12-20T15:45:26Z
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@valerauko Needs postgres, redis, a web server with proxy functionality, potentially Elasticsearch as system services. When following the install docs, the web server is nginx, and everything Mastodon is contained in a single user directory. There's no reason why it should require a dedicated server, but you should have 2 GB of free RAM (+2GB when running Elasticsearch) and some disk space for media and database. Media can optionally be stored on any service that supports the S3 api.
(DIR) Post #2135682 by valerauko@pawoo.net
2018-12-20T16:03:14Z
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@galaxis i see. that's definitely not insanely much, but lucky if it fits in $20 a month
(DIR) Post #2136468 by algernon@trunk.mad-scientist.club
2018-12-20T16:39:34Z
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@valerauko @galaxis I'm running my instance on a $20 host, along with a bunch of other stuff. Biggest issue so far is disk space. But this is a tiny instance, me & a few friends & bots. Mind you, most space is occupied by remote media, so I'm aggressively deleting media older than 3 days.
(DIR) Post #2139525 by galaxis@mastodon.infra.de
2018-12-20T18:59:23Z
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@valerauko In Germany, I can get a VPS with the required specs for around EUR 5 / month. I see no reason why it shouldn't be able to support a few dozen users (as long as they don't upload too much media). Ever increasing database (can't expire remote toots) and media storage are the major problems. The media strategy is probably ok for big instances that doen't want to overload everyone else, by caching all the media and delivering it to the instance users. For a small instance, it's insane.
(DIR) Post #2139538 by galaxis@mastodon.infra.de
2018-12-20T18:59:50Z
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@valerauko In Germany, I can get a VPS with the required specs for around EUR 5 / month. I see no reason why it shouldn't be able to support a few dozen users (as long as they don't upload too much media). Ever increasing database (can't expire remote toots) and media storage are the major problems. The media strategy is probably ok for big instances that don't want to overload everyone else, by caching all the media and delivering it to the instance users. For a small instance, it's insane.
(DIR) Post #3001258 by orangesec_0@freespeech.firedragonstudios.com
2019-01-15T15:13:41Z
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@valerauko no, but it is recommended.