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Over the next week or so I'm sure a lot of people are going to try spinning up Lemmy instances - I've certainly been looking at it.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a VPS provider / resource allocation?

From what I have read, it sounds like you're going to want a host that focuses on storage / bandwidth (at least if you are allowing image upload), but maybe those of you already operating an instance have a different opinion?

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[–] casey@lemmy.wiuf.net 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] devrand@lemmy.projectsegfau.lt 12 points 1 year ago

Home servers are the best, but I have very slow upload and there are security risks with this if you don't isolate the server properly.

[–] JeremyT@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I feel attacked xD

[–] aceospos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Are you able to host without a domain name? Looking to spin up one to see what the install process feels like before I spin up a production instance

Well in theory yes but no federation.

[–] casey@lemmy.wiuf.net 3 points 1 year ago

I haven’t tried, but I imagine federating will be a hassle without a clear way for the other services to exchange responses.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You can get a numerical xyz domain for less than a dollar each year.