I am not a computer engineer or a software developer. I have never set up a server in my life. I want to set up a server on my old computer by watching videos and doing the same things that were done. Is there a video that will tell me how to set up our own server as if I were 5 years old? We will be very happy if someone who knows can prepare this video and share it with us. Edit:To host my own “lemmy” account
For those interested, while it’s not a video as OP requests, there are a number of self-hosting communities across the fediverse that are likely down for teaching folks, and may have some resources to help learn about the practice.
A few that come up as I type !selfh- are:
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[email protected]And for Lemmy specifically, there appears to be:
[email protected]However that last one only one has one post (not visible from lemmy.world atm because networking is fun), and seems to be on an instance someone may be just experimenting with. Not sure.
Have you ever installed Linux and played around with it? If not, that is where you should start. For learning I would choose something like Archlinux, which will require you to get your hands dirty (as a matter of speaking) and look up things so that you learn step by step. It has to most extensive wiki of any distribution. Search youtube for “arch linux install” for some videos that will give you an idea of what is involved.
Only once you find your way comfortably on Linux, can you think running your own Lemmy.
Thanks for answer. I didn’t know I needed to learn Linux.
I’m not sure a 5 year old would be quite far enough along to grasp some things but you could check out Lawrence Systems, Techno Tim, and Network Chuck out over on YouTube.
What do you want to host on this server? it’s kinda hard to suggest resources without knowing that information
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There are various web hosting companies that you can pay like $15/mo to do all of the work for you and maintain it. Would definitely recommend that if you’re not experienced with this kind of stuff, especially if you’re planning on having other users in your instance.
I too would like this.
Would like to ditch OneDrive as build a mini-PC to host all my files
Unless you actually want to start getting into this as a hobby, you’re better off buying something to do this for you.
I have a Synology NAS and it’s easy to set up OneDrive type functionality where you can keep files synchronised between your laptop and your home storage. You can also do the same for your phone so that photos automatically sync too.
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To be honest, it can be a bad idea to setup your own stuff, particularly when you don’t have much knowledge in the field. So, suppose you get the server setup. You’re gonna have to maintain it. If some major security vulnerability gets discovered, you’ll have to figure out how to update quickly. You’ll potentially have to figure out how to setup stuff like backups. There likely will be times when things mysteriously break and when you’re self hosting, it’s entirely up to you to fix it.
I’ll hop in and second this comment. Setting up a server could be a fun learning experience but I don’t recommend you do this with the intention of using this as your ‘production’ lemmy or leaving it open to the internet.
