Yeah when I got into Lemmy I set up an instance on a Digital Ocean droplet. It was as easy as could be even over two years ago.
I never intended to run it for long and it is long gone now. It was really just so I could play with the database and see how federation really worked.
It only lived two weeks but the storage needs were already skyrocketing so it would have become a non-trivial expense to maintain. Once I got to the limits of the lower cost tier, i wiped it.
I would be curious, can you name one of these hosting services? I would like to see what they are offering.
Yes, the concept of the fediverse is very appealing. Lemmy for instance definitely lowers the barrier to entry, but it is still an undertaking to manage an instance. Not everyone who wants to have an instance will have what they need to really do it, be it skills, money, time, dedication.
Their offering seems handy based on the dashboards and tools they provide that gather and automate many features that would otherwise be time consuming.
Looking at how fast the resource demands scaled on my dinky test instance, a successful instance with a decent user base would quickly start costing a few hundred dollars a month. But their costs aren’t super high compared to unmanaged hosting.
I am actually happy this service exists because it means they see a market here.
If you are gung ho about running an instance, the automation and dashboards alone might save enough hassle to make it worth looking into further. Thanks for sharing that info.
Yeah when I got into Lemmy I set up an instance on a Digital Ocean droplet. It was as easy as could be even over two years ago.
I never intended to run it for long and it is long gone now. It was really just so I could play with the database and see how federation really worked.
It only lived two weeks but the storage needs were already skyrocketing so it would have become a non-trivial expense to maintain. Once I got to the limits of the lower cost tier, i wiped it.
Now I am solarpunk 4 life
Oh i didn’t catch the caveat that the host sets it up for you.
I have not done that, but given the ease of setup, I don’t think it would be worth it. Unless they do the administration too which I doubt.
The hard truth is, if you don’t have the skills to set up an instance, you probably don’t have the skills needed to adminstrate it.
I have a couple. One of them will lose https about once a month, tgen a day or two later it will work again, sometimes after a apt update/upgrade.
I think there’s a lot of people who want an instance but feel a little intimidated by the process.
You mean a couple of instances?
I would be curious, can you name one of these hosting services? I would like to see what they are offering.
Yes, the concept of the fediverse is very appealing. Lemmy for instance definitely lowers the barrier to entry, but it is still an undertaking to manage an instance. Not everyone who wants to have an instance will have what they need to really do it, be it skills, money, time, dedication.
https://elest.io/open-source/lemmy/resources/managed-service-features
Thanks!
Their offering seems handy based on the dashboards and tools they provide that gather and automate many features that would otherwise be time consuming.
Looking at how fast the resource demands scaled on my dinky test instance, a successful instance with a decent user base would quickly start costing a few hundred dollars a month. But their costs aren’t super high compared to unmanaged hosting.
I am actually happy this service exists because it means they see a market here.
If you are gung ho about running an instance, the automation and dashboards alone might save enough hassle to make it worth looking into further. Thanks for sharing that info.