selfhosting week2, phase 2.
Let's start from the end: now I have 3 apps installed on my YunoHost, connected to subdomains with "plusbrothers.net" extension. But? YunoHost diagnosis still says DNS are missing in basic area. As the plusbrothers.net root domain is my production site and must stay like there yet for very long time, I have pointed YunoHost recommended dns records in my real domain's registrar. But YunoHost still warns they're missing. Despite cache removed, etc.
Last 2 days have been with me chasing Google's "safety reports" considering my site as dangerous. Documentation, customer care and llm's gave me instructions, I did something wrong, I re-installed my VPS from scratch. Then I just had to report the site as safe, to google. Fuck it.
And this morning I had the idea. I can point it to my real domain, needless to keep 2 domains. But now I'm chasing YunoHost whining for dns's.
Hopefully I soon evolve to week3 phase1 (building PlusBrothers project's structure, decide if WriteFreely plus Lemmy, or WordPress or whatever. #selfhosting #vps

#selfhosting week 1, phase 3B bis: Disappointment.
Subscribed to a Ionos vps in alternative to Hostinger, but the interface is much, much more complex (I'm referring to the vps and domains management) - thought Hostinger was the worst.
But, if accessibility declaration on Hostinger says "partially accessible" giving an e-mail address (not dedicated, it's the generic support), Ionos makes me point to an Italian paragraph where they claim barrier-free then says "for support, contact us through contact form", redirecting to a German accessibility page where NO FORM is displayed. Is it this way to treat customers?
Does @fsfe and @EUCommission have something to say? These are fake accessibility declarations.
You can't say you respect all customers, when you make your showcase site mostly accessible but most important feature (the vps/firewall management panels) impossible to use. To give an example, the "edit" button for a single firewall rule is labeled as "y", the delete is "]", the add rule is "@" ... Not to say that @yunohost on Ionos creates ipv6 issues, the port TCP 25 is closed and I need to call them with EXACTLY my phone number to have them open the port for me...
I must definitely try to talk to them and start the refund procedure.
Unfortunately though, Ionos would give me 240 gb hard disk for storage while hostinger, even upgrading, would give me 100.
WTF. #accessibility #blind #frustration #selfhost #vps

#selfhosting week 1, phase 3B bis: Disappointment.
Subscribed to a Ionos vps in alternative to Hostinger, but the interface is much, much more complex (I'm referring to the vps and domains management) - thought Hostinger was the worst.
But, if accessibility declaration on Hostinger says "partially accessible" giving an e-mail address (not dedicated, it's the generic support), Ionos makes me point to an Italian paragraph where they claim barrier-free then says "for support, contact us through contact form", redirecting to a German accessibility page where NO FORM is displayed. Is it this way to treat customers?
Does @fsfe and @EUCommission have something to say? These are fake accessibility declarations.
You can't say you respect all customers, when you make your showcase site mostly accessible but most important feature (the vps/firewall management panels) impossible to use. To give an example, the "edit" button for a single firewall rule is labeled as "y", the delete is "]", the add rule is "@" ... Not to say that @yunohost on Ionos creates ipv6 issues, the port TCP 25 is closed and I need to call them with EXACTLY my phone number to have them open the port for me...
I must definitely try to talk to them and start the refund procedure.
Unfortunately though, Ionos would give me 240 gb hard disk for storage while hostinger, even upgrading, would give me 100.
WTF. #accessibility #blind #frustration #selfhost #vps

#SelfHosting week 1, phase 2. Exploring the world.
Yesterday it's been the day of wild experiments. Install Lemmy (and it's up and running with some basic communities), install Ghost, try the editor.
I assumed Ghost's text writing was worse, completely inaccessible, that's what I heard. Nothing comparable to WordPress's efforts, but you can use it especially in markdown mode. Version 6.10. But it does not federate contents around my instances.
Concerning federation, I've struggled long with Lemmy just to discover that VPS had wrong date and Mastodon instances blocked the process.
It is not coherent with the USA-independent ambition but Google Gemini helped a lot, providing terminal commands needed to fix some issues, including the deprecated gpg keyring stuff which returned errors while updating system.
And today I did mostly nothing. It's been a recognition trip, between me and Alex "Gifter" (my sighted co-worker). Our plan was, and is, to keep plusbrothers.online as experiment then dismantle it, transferring our original domain here. So, getting used to the new environment with plusbrothers.online and later, if it's possible, to transfer all our platforms to plusbrothers.net making it point here on our YunoHost.
We have just finished to explore the other provider than Hostinger, Hetzner. And guess what? To create server, choose parameters, every step of configuration aren't accessible with screen readers. Gifter who knows literally nothing about servers, should configure everything for me.
And what does it means? You're inaccessible, you won't get my money.
So we're going to consider to upgrade Hostinger KVM1 to KMV2. Unless we find some cheaper and more accessible VPS service.
#blind #accessibility #vps #selfhost

FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

#HackerNews #FediMeteo #FreeBSD #VPS #WeatherService #GlobalWeather #TechInnovation

Finally replaced my DynDNS setup that exposed my home server to the Internet with a combination of:

• Tiny VPS* with public IP
• HAProxy with send-proxy-v2 (proxy protocol)
• Wireguard tunnel to home server

So you guys stop tracking my home IP.

Thanks to @cR0w for the original idea.

*The cheapest IPv4 that I've found so far: ionos VPS XS (2$/1€).

#vps #wireguard #homelab

This morning, as the zfs-send/receive had finished its job during the night, I performed the last sync and moved FediMeteo from the previous 4 euros/month VPS - netcup - to a 4 euros/month VPS - OVH, Milano, Italy.

Thanks to #BastilleBSD and the jail setup, it was easy peasy.

So, the weather forecasts are now broadcasted from Italy and the performance has skyrocketed - while still being served by a 4 euro/month VPS.

I suspect the netcup VM had been capped by the provider - but I'll investigate.

So...Ciao, FediMeteo!

https://fedimeteo.com

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #VPS #FediMeteo

How to Host Your Own #Mastodon Server on a #VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)

This article provides a guide for how to host your own Mastodon server on a VPS.

Running your own Mastodon server on a VPS is an excellent way to enjoy an efficient and secure Mastodon experience.
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is a #decentralized social media platform that enables users to post ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/how-to-host-your-own-mastodon-server-on-a-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #rubyonrails #selfhosting #rubygems #selfhosted #activitypub #installguide

How to Host Your Own #Mastodon Server on a #VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)

This article provides a guide for how to host your own Mastodon server on a VPS.

Running your own Mastodon server on a VPS is an excellent way to enjoy an efficient and secure Mastodon experience.
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is a #decentralized social media platform that enables users to post ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/how-to-host-your-own-mastodon-server-on-a-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #rubyonrails #selfhosting #rubygems #selfhosted #activitypub #installguide

Ok so...

I have a vps ovh with arch installed on it. Problem is : systemd freeze at startup and so the boot sequence fails. I can however still boot in rescue mode and try and fix things up.

I already installed linux-lts and I'm currently booting on it.

I can't find recent logs. Does anybody have a few pointer to help me fix this?

My best guess is the problem is somehow linked to systemd or a missing firmware package, but since I can't find the startup logs I don't know what to try.

#arch #archlinux #ovh #vps

Ok so...

I have a vps ovh with arch installed on it. Problem is : systemd freeze at startup and so the boot sequence fails. I can however still boot in rescue mode and try and fix things up.

I already installed linux-lts and I'm currently booting on it.

I can't find recent logs. Does anybody have a few pointer to help me fix this?

My best guess is the problem is somehow linked to systemd or a missing firmware package, but since I can't find the startup logs I don't know what to try.

#arch #archlinux #ovh #vps

We're coming even closer to you again with our new locations which will be available soon for deployments:

* UK, London
* Norway, Sandefjord
* Sweden, Stockholm
* Canada, Toronto
* US, Kansas

#BSD #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #VM #VPS #FreeVPS #FreeVM #education #opensource #homelab #learning #ipv6 @gyptazy

Il web che amo.
Quello dei piccoli blog indipendenti, magari ospitati su qualche VPS dove si offrono anche servizi open source e privacy oriented, istanze del #fediverso, e tanto altro.

Si può parlare di #indieweb?
In ogni caso, impegniamoci per alimentare un WWW più sano.

Per non creare un'accozzaglia di url, mi limiterò a taggare alcuni profili (in ordine sparso), da cui poi ricavare i link:

@stefano
@lorenzo
@dado
@denial403

@internet

#linux #web #blog #vps #selfhosting #homelab

This morning, as the zfs-send/receive had finished its job during the night, I performed the last sync and moved FediMeteo from the previous 4 euros/month VPS - netcup - to a 4 euros/month VPS - OVH, Milano, Italy.

Thanks to #BastilleBSD and the jail setup, it was easy peasy.

So, the weather forecasts are now broadcasted from Italy and the performance has skyrocketed - while still being served by a 4 euro/month VPS.

I suspect the netcup VM had been capped by the provider - but I'll investigate.

So...Ciao, FediMeteo!

https://fedimeteo.com

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #VPS #FediMeteo

#BoxyBSD chat is now also available in #irc!

People asked for old school possibilities to take part on the BoxyBSD chat and here we go! Finally, you can also simply join #BoxyBSD on Libera (next to your #FreeBSD channels)! This bridge was written by @gyptazy to support additional chat communications.

Important: This IRC channel is bridged between #Discord and #Matrix to have a unified communications flow without splitting the community. If you don't like Discord, please don't join this channel!

Infos about how to connect by IRC to Libera IRC:
- https://libera.chat/guides/connect

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #OpenSolaris #Debian #FreeVPS #VPS #FreeVM #VirtualMachines #OpenSource #BSD #RUNBSD

@njoseph Thanks. Are the certificate issuance and renewals automated?

What about hiding your home connection IP address - is there an easy-to-use integration with Wireguard or some other solution?

Sorry for the questions. I've been trying to decide between #Yunohost, #Freedombox and #HomeServerHQ for a while now. Unfortunately, the #VPS provider I wanted to setup #Wireguard on demanded #KYC self-doxxing so that stopped me in my tracks!

We're coming even closer to you again with our new locations which will be available soon for deployments:

* UK, London
* Norway, Sandefjord
* Sweden, Stockholm
* Canada, Toronto
* US, Kansas

#BSD #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #VM #VPS #FreeVPS #FreeVM #education #opensource #homelab #learning #ipv6 @gyptazy

I've been really enjoying working with a VPS I set up through Hetzner.

My self-hosting journey so far has been:
* Pikapods
* VPS through Hetzner, so far for personal website and a few lighter services (FreshRSS)

Immich (for photos) is still on Pikapods.

I'm thinking about using an old Mac Mini I have lying around unused as a home server, and moving Immich and most other services there, keeping the website via VPS.

Has anyone repurposed a Mac Mini as a home server? This is new territory for me. I'd happily hear any advice/considerations.

#SelfHosting #VPS #Immich #Pikapods