CyclohexaneJun 10, 2023

If you want to host and manage your own Lemmy instance but are intimidated by the technical requirements, I can help!

https://lemmy.ml/post/1188427

If you want to host and manage your own Lemmy instance but are intimidated by the technical requirements, I can help! - Lemmy

I am a software developer by craft and a linux system admin by hobby. I cannot commit to moderating and managing my own instance, but I would be glad to help someone with the technical aspects. The most common complaint I saw in Reddit and here about switching to Lemmy is the difficulty of setting it up, so I thought I would help bridge this gap.

Show threadMyopicTopicJun 10, 2023
Anyone know if setting up an instance via a shared Hostgator server is possible? I already pay for a plan for my personal site so wondered if I could add on a new domain plus a partition to it and take advantage to make my own instance for posting and browsing myself.
Show threadCyclohexaneJun 10, 2023
Not familiar with Hostgator. Can you provide more details?
Show threadMyopicTopicJun 10, 2023

It's a web hosting service. The plan I have is the baby plan shared hosting on this link.

But from looking more myself, not sure if this would work. I think I'd need a VPS to actually install and build Lemmy on.

Show threadkiwi
You'll need to be able to ssh into the server.
Jun 10, 2023 at 6:51pmWeb