Behind search for masto is a resource-hungry #java application called #elasticSearch. Sure you might be able to get Masto to run on a #raspberrypi4, but you won't be running elastic search with it.
Having recently moved my instance to a much more powerful system, I now run ES, and WOW what a difference being able to search post makes! Soooo many times I wanted to reference a toot that had scrolled by but had no way of finding it. Now I do!
Even though I've put some serious resource limits on ES, it's bar none the most resource intensive service running (out of around 25).
Please consider sending a few bucks to the #MastodonAdmin of your instance. Better yet, if you can afford it, sign up for a monthly donation. They need it.
I'm launching a new sister project to the self-hosted apps directory I launched a few weeks ago and am giving the #fediverse a sneak peek because I need your help!
What are your favorite companion apps for the self-hosted services you deploy?
They must support software that can be self-hosted, be relatively up-to-date, and can be closed source.
Comment below or send me a DM with your suggestions. Thanks!
I've been overwhelmed with the positive feedback from the community since last week's launch and have been trying to add projects as fast as the requests come in.
Two new features since launch: License details added to the project tiles and a "Recently Added" sort option for users to easily view projects added since their last visit.
Next feature on the list: RSS feed for newly added project notifications
@bradfrank had to lug a monitor into my network cupboard (the cramped space under the stairs) and was able to disable the firewall by editing the appropriate /etc/pve files.
#MastoAdmin#SelfHost#Help
True or False Mastodon Hosting Question that I'm looking for a definitive answer on?
If you already have a personal website at say:
johndoe.com
Then it is not possible to create a Mastodon server where your address would be:
@ john @ johndoe.com
Correct?
Mastodon is often compared to email, but if the above is correct, as I suspect it is because Mastodon is effectively a website, then this is important.
(Spaces added so it doesn't go somewhere unintentional :))
I have decided, as a #selfhost with just two other people on my instance, that I'm going to limit threads.net following the example of @Jerry quoted below. I didn't know that you can “unlimit” specific accounts! This is an interesting option.
For other admins who might not be familiar, I am discovering this too for the first time:
When you ‘Limit' a domain (under Federation—>Add new domain block) and then click on that domain in the list it brings you to the screen in the first picture.
You can then see which accounts have been organically “stored" (i think of it more like being "noticed”) by the server. I’m excited that @stonekettle is there! I miss him!
The latest news, updates, launches, events, a spotlight on #FitbitHealthDashboard - a script for fetching and visualizing #Fitbit data, and more in this week's self-hosted recap!
I don't like to force people to take on more complexity in their lives. We're all maxed out. But that said, if you want to take real control of your social media experience when it comes to Threads, defederation, or not, and you consider yourself the least bit comfortable with technology then there are some excellent, easy, and very affordable (like Netflix in the before days :)) ways to #selfhost your own Mastodon server. https://masto.host is the one I recommend.
After the initial setup there is very little else you will need to do. #Threads#Fediverse#Mastodon#Federation
My #Proxmox journey started a month ago. I moved all my all my #docker containers and #HomeAssistant VM from my #Synology NAS to a testing MiniPC with Proxmox.
This test was very positive, so I decided to move to a new server. I'm using a cluster to move my LXCs and VMs. I'm very impressed by how simple the process is for a newbie like me. I just need to remove my snapshots before.
Big tech has spent the past quarter-century centralizing us, which means that once every couple of years, everything goes offline except the stuff not dependent on those central networks.
A few months ago, I persuaded a client to abandon an external cloud system and use Nextcloud on their own server instead. Powered by FreeBSD and ZFS, it has already demonstrated its strengths on a couple of occasions (such as in the case of a snapshot rollback). This morning, they expressed the desire to abandon the various WhatsApp groups they use for coordination and to use a solution "all on their servers." I was inspired and quickly installed both an ejabberd and a Matrix server (Synapse) - which they will probably prefer, according to the latest news they sent me - on two FreeBSD jails.
Today, we have the awareness and experience of what it means to give our data to large companies, completely losing control over it. We have the tools, so why not use them?
And I'm really happy when someone like them, thanks to their willingness to try "new" solutions, realizes the alternatives to the colorful, advertised, warmly recommended (by salespeople) "proprietary" solutions.