@_elena This is really nice! I've been toying with the idea of setting up our own nextcloud server for a while (i'm currently using my brother's server, so it's still sort of self-hosted), your article is encouraging!

@_elena Thank you for this! I'm in the process of setting up a cloud for my family with @yunohost!

@_elena @yunohost Hello 👋 and thank you for yet again another guide <3 <3 <3

Could I request in the Backup/Restore part, a step-by-step practical guide to actually verifying the backup can restore? This has always been the most difficult part for me to wrap my mind around it, and most people/guides just kind of handwave over how to do it.

Also one fear I have: if I am on a VPS, what if my bill is $5/month, except one month it jumps to $250+ because of traffic? Can that happen? Ty Ty <3

@_elena @yunohost Congratulation for your article and the journey into self-hosting !
I have started the same journey with the help of @neutrinet in Brussels and am very happy I did. I learned a lot and keep on learning.
As a self-employed musician, I find it very empowering to not rely on paid or centralised services for my digital life, since our fields can be quite precarious at times. It keeps the costs low, and the level of freedom high.
Thanks for spreading the good word 🙏

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I’ve been resisting the urge to switch to self hosting, but you’re making it *very* hard to resist 😄. Can’t wait for episode 2!

@_elena @yunohost I was really close to setting up a Yunohost server some months ago, but being a noob in this, got lost when it came to port forwarding. Think they could improve their docs on that part. Given that the Friendica instance I'm on is going to close in January, the Diaspora pod I'm on is currently down, & I want to go beyond the 500 character limit mastodon.social has, seems I need to try again to fix those things.

@_elena this is such a great approach, thank you for sharing! I don't really have the need right now, but it kind of make we want to do it anyway :D

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Definitely bookmarking this!

@_elena @yunohost this is so timely! My bestie just asked me for advice on how she should proceed in moving her writing off substack and my own goal for the new year is to self host all my files so they are no longer on the cloud. Bless you Elena. This is exactly the accessibility we need to expand digital sovereignty to everyone!

@_elena @yunohost thanks bookmarked !

Another interesting point to explore with VPS is their T.O.S. Despite self-hosting we don't own fully the data and its existence rely on the will of the VPS provider. If the provider decide you break their T.O.S it's game-over again.
For example V.PS, netcup and Hetzner forbide storing pornographic content which may be seen as a red-flag (also see https://tenforward.blog/hetzner-considered-hostile-a-psa/).

@_elena @yunohost is it possible to change how long a login session lasts before it forces you to reenter your credentials? I asked on the forum but got no response.

@_elena @yunohost As long as your guide does not try to paper over the painful fact that self-hosting is not an once-and-done affair, but rather a continuous commitment, since the hosted services absolutely *need* to be maintained, you're OK in my book. 😊 👍

@_elena@mastodon.social Here Take this duck with you. It will protect you!