Matthew McVickarHello, I need Mastodon server setup help! It’s time I got off the mastodon.social instance. If I want to set up just a Mastodon server for my own dang self at, like, mastodon.matthewmcvickar.com, what’s the easiest way to do that? A DigitalOcean droplet?
Roberto Calamaria digital ocean droplet, with their whole one click install, is potentially the easiest way to do this. it is not however without snags.
if you elect to go this route feel free to poke me as I and some other folks have recently done just that and some of the eccentricities are still fresh in my noggin, and can share some stuff with you to obviate spending time figuring out quirks.