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I'm dreaming of (remotely) self-hosting Mastodon and kbin, what are me best options? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by gauffke@kbin.social to c/random@kbin.social

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Hey All,
I'd like to self-host a Mastodon and kbin instance, but without the hassle of the actual hardware management nor the uptime. I've heard of #yunohost but wonder if there are other alternatives?
Can I buy my own domain name and use it for 2 services (like Mastodon and kbin?
Many thanks!

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[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well definitely make sure it's a computer of some kind

[–] gauffke@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

😐😉

[–] bilb@lem.monster 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Seriously, I'm not sure I have a great answer for this. I'm using a digitalocean droplet (a VPS) with 4 CPUs and 8 GB of RAM and it's... fine? If I get more than about 1000 active users I'll switch to some kind of dedicated server. Doesn't seem likely to happen soon.

[–] gauffke@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, thanks :-)
Do you host several services (for example kbin+mastodon)? Am I correct that it's via different ports that you an then target different services?

[–] bilb@lem.monster 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not on this VPS, no, but there's headroom for that I think. I host mastodon elsewhere and the biggest problem with that is disk space really.

But you can host both on a single server, yes, but you'll need some kind of reverse proxy.

[–] gauffke@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It’s a pity. I believe there is a lot of potential in selling hosting of such solutions. But thx!