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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com to c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com

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Since EH is getting DDOSed it is finally time to tell you that you should enrich the fediverse by making your own instance.

Requirements:

Spare computer or an old android phone
Domain

Things that might be useful:

Static IP
Ability to port forward
Ability to use navigate trough the terminal on Linux

If you can use linux just follow the instructions here. If you can't use it I can help you set it up or directly set it up for you.

Edit: yes, I do have my own instance, but since there was a XSS vulnerability recently and I cannot update it, I am not running it

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[–] masterofballs@exploding-heads.com 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Has anyone hosted one on a phone? I have a old pinephone collecting dust it would be funny to just make it into a lemmy instance.

[–] Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. You can run straight up linux on some phones or you can run something like UserLAnd and run some linux distros. Since docker also has emulation layer to run x86 stuff on arm and the other way around I don't see any issues running it.

When I have the time I will try to do it on one old samsung galaxy s7 edge that I have.

[–] markeuzu@exploding-heads.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbh that would be straight gold if its possible. Definitely willing to try it if there is a short guide out. I have zero clue where to start but googling some stuff shouldnt be an issue. Domains are cheap and we all have a spare phone. Also a fun first project.

[–] Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com 2 points 2 years ago

I am 99% sure it can work. You even have built in UPS if it works

[–] auckify@exploding-heads.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think you can do it using termux.

[–] squashkin@exploding-heads.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

termux may not be necessary with the pinephone, which can run linuxy distros like postmarketos for instance

[–] Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com 1 points 2 years ago

The PP isn't very capable device. A good phone with termux would be better if you are gonna host other stuff.

[–] zamorano@exploding-heads.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is so you always have access to your own instance and it updates EH whenever it can reach it?

[–] Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com 3 points 2 years ago

Yes

[+] ihatetroons@exploding-heads.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com 4 points 2 years ago

Njal.la is probably your best bet for domains. After that comes everything that accepts crypto and offers whois privacy.

As far as server rental go there was a list on dread in the "dark web" for anonymous and tor friendly vps providers.

[–] SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If we all self-host, then that's going to do something very interesting -- the idiot activist will have to do the same amount of effort to hack one instance as they did before, but instead of having hundreds or thousands of users affected, it will affect a handful. Take a look at a DDOS attack where many different computers are hijacked in order to attack one target. This is sort of a reverse of that, where there are many targets, and the value of each one goes way down. If our enemies had to attack 100 websites in order to be effective, or even better a thousand websites, they are going to need an attack 100 or 1000 times more intense to get the same effect.

[–] Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com 2 points 2 years ago

The beauty of self hosting and decentralization

[–] Marduk@hammerdown.0fucks.nl 3 points 2 years ago

I concur :D

[–] dartanjinn@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What are the hardware requirements? I've got machines lying around.

[–] Owner_of_donky@exploding-heads.com 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think it is that much. Probably 1-2 cores, 2-4gb ram and 20gb of storage will do

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