I am immensely grateful to the Fediverse for all the encouragement I got here to embark on a #selfhosting journey.

[peachmcd@union.place]

@_elena

Hoping @ThomHartmann will get off the oligabro sites and do this soon

[dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk]

@_elena Self Hosting is so liberating. You set your own rules.

For me, it's about posting what I like without fear of some silly sausage moaning to an Admin about me.

Obviously, I have to behave on mastodon.org.uk
(Well, a bit, at any rate. )

[dusk@todon.eu]

@_elena Thank you for sharing your journey and learnings--you rock!!!

It's one I embarked on a few years ago, and was daunting, humbling, and also fun and empowering.

My biggest win: I can now access my old phone photos easily, without needing to pay Forever Rent️ to #apple for #iCloud thanks to the brilliant software #immich

[sarah@phpc.social]

@_elena this is great! Thank you!

[michaelrobbins@mastodon.social]

@_elena Thank you for this article. I'm not young(!), and I'm making my way, cautiously, into the world outside Google, Facebook, etc, etc. I'm discovering a new language that I'm finding confusing at my age, but I'm determined to press on and loosen the grip of the giants, with the help of people like you. Thank you!

[thisisdys@mastodon.ie]

@_elena your guide was so helpful when I was setting up my VPS. Thank you for such a great guide!

[deckers@krefeld.life]

@_elena
Thanx, that was new to me.
I' ll give it a try.

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@_elena Have you actually suffered any attacks yet?

Could be you wouldn't know unless you're looking into this sort of thing. Have you looked at the logs and stuff to see what it's default defense mechanisms have stopped? I believe it has built in fail2ban and such, no?

[iarfhlaitho@mastodon.ie]

@_elena thanks for introducing me to Yuno Host. I've set up linux servers and docker containers, but I don't want to do it again. I see other novices having good experiences with Yuno Host https://lemmy.world/post/37132643

I haven't finished your guide yet, but I must start keeping my services LAN-only until until I learn enough about the security side of things. That's another area that I hope becomes unified too (if it isn't already).

[bluishgreen@mastodon.social]

@_elena I got inspiration from your posts to try yunohost, but for hosting nextcloud at home. It's all up and running now

The only issue with that was the lack of documentation for absolute beginners for installing on a home server.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@_elena

DEAR FEDIVERSE / MASTODON

i have identified the real life identity of John Mastodon

her name is Elena Rossini

Elena you fucking rock

[macacator@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @_elena oh?

[mister_shade02x2@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @_elena No, NO! Leave her be!

I AM John Mastodon!!!

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@benroyce thank you Ben! ️

But hey WE ARE ALL JOHN MASTODON here 🤭

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@benroyce excellent