Post AO4DXJftGHYZIsLlfU by fuxoft@kompost.cz
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(DIR) Post #AO3LkhaQH4KNhjj6bg by fuxoft@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T10:00:57Z
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My #Mastodon hosting (masto.host) has increased its prices, which made me think about running my own instance. I've got a fairly powerful VPS with at least 200 GB disk storage available but I am not sure how hard it is to install Mastodon and keep it updated. The official docs seem intimidating. Is it an option to switch to other #fedi server (e.g. Pleroma, others?) and keep at least my 10 users and their subscriptions, if not their content?
(DIR) Post #AO3Muqowtcj3C5vMky by michal@toot.kottman.xyz
2022-09-29T10:13:55Z
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@fuxoft Self-hosting is definitely an option. I run a single-user Mastodon in Docker, so it's all nicely configured in a single docker-compose config file. Here is the output of "docker stats": https://pastebin.com/raw/uF4Xm9fdNote this does not include the database + Redis - I already used those outside Docker so you have to factor them in (for memory). The CPU is very lightly used.The biggest hoarder is Java-based ElasticSearch, which you can skip if you don't care about full-text search.
(DIR) Post #AO3Tr6xTedxZlT4qbg by jackc@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T11:31:43Z
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@fuxoft 👀
(DIR) Post #AO3nXy5oOH5Bqk7nv6 by fuxoft@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T15:12:24Z
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@jackc Well, if everyone at kompost.cz would be willing to pay some small amount of money each month, this wouldn't be an issue at all. :trump_laugh:
(DIR) Post #AO3pUF9BEzb1Uc3Hxg by fuxoft@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T15:34:02Z
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@michal But I still consider docker an inherently evil thing... I guess I'm going to pay for now, until there is some easier foolproof solution...
(DIR) Post #AO3q9m8rTIMRhIhtSq by michal@toot.kottman.xyz
2022-09-29T15:41:23Z
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@fuxoft if you don't trust Docker there's always this implementation in ~100 lines of Bash: https://github.com/p8952/bocker 😛
(DIR) Post #AO43Ok2kr3Miw9JjdY by jackc@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T18:09:52Z
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@fuxoft My data are pretty important to me, so if i were in danger of losing it, I'd probably consider some payment. At least until the migration (inc. data) is sorted out.
(DIR) Post #AO47EZyhp1wSdmpiaG by zatrsakr@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T18:52:53Z
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@fuxoft @jackc How much small amount of money?
(DIR) Post #AO4DXJftGHYZIsLlfU by fuxoft@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T20:03:33Z
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@zatrsakrIt will now cost me 11-12 USD monthly to run Kompost.cz. There are about 10 active users on kompost.cz. It's not a big problem, I will not shut it down, but if anyone wants to pay something, he/she certainly can, most easily here: www.fffilm.name/p/ffffriends.html - of you can't or won't, don't worry about it.@jackc
(DIR) Post #AO4DbAmCHrbwre8gBE by fuxoft@kompost.cz
2022-09-29T20:04:21Z
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@zatrsakrIt will now cost me 11-12 USD monthly to run Kompost.cz. There are about 10 active users on kompost.cz. It's not a big problem, I will not shut it down, but if anyone wants to pay something, he/she certainly can, most easily here: www.fffilm.name/p/ffffriends.html - if you can't or won't, don't worry about it.@jackc
(DIR) Post #AO57VShKKzTc8siMZk by Rado1@qoto.org
2022-09-30T06:30:39Z
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@fuxoft I consider to run my own server in the future (one my project will probably violate rules of all current existing mastodon servers).Based on my quick review, mastodon is resource demanding server even I need it just for a few members.But - as I understand - you don't need exactly mastodon. You need any sw compatible with ActivityPub protocol.Check https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous/ and select just ActivityPub in filter.There are some pretty lightweight implementations (unfortunately for you - nothing in Lua :) ).Pleroma looks promising for me (besides PgSQL installation, why!?!?! sqlite should be enough).
(DIR) Post #AO5KtaPUc6b0PqCrKK by albi@fedi.skladka.net
2022-09-30T06:56:48.980579Z
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@fuxoft I can vouch for Pleroma. Been hosting it for quite a while for a couple of users on the same machine with a handful of other services and it’s been surprisingly light on the resources. The Elastic Search part of Mastodon is a bitch.
(DIR) Post #AO5KtbKvAaX7Hx4iq8 by mig@mastodon.1984.cz
2022-09-30T09:00:50Z
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@albi @fuxoft it is necesaary to tune it, otherwise it tries to consume all RAM.. it is indeed an overkill for just indexing a couple of blogposts.. though it has sense on servers with hundreds of users..
(DIR) Post #AO5g29Xny4Xmji1Knw by fuxoft@kompost.cz
2022-09-30T12:57:42Z
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@mig @albi Kompost.cz currently does not use elastic search. I'd have to pay 5 USD extra monthly for that.
(DIR) Post #AO6FsTfHtxN4arCqgK by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-09-30T19:39:00Z
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@fuxoft I just installed Mastodon on our Gwei.cz VPS and installing and running it through Docker is easy and without issue. But i agree that documentation is a bit confusing.