throwing this one online!
No Ansible, No LDAP: How to use single sign-on for app/server access across multiple servers: https://d1.hackers.moe/notes/no-ansible-no-ldap/
i've been looking into how small-scale community hosters might benefit from using single sign-on systems not only for web logins but also for server access management
please pipe all your unconstructive opsec rants to /dev/null 🙏
> the core of the problem for community hosters is that you need people with specialist skills to do this work and you don’t have a lot of those.
Yep. I have minimal sysadmin skills. I would love to run some services off a PC under a desk for a community space I'm part of, but I just dont have the skills. Do you know of any groups that support would-be community-infra creator-maintainers?
@semitones great! and yes, extremely valid question. i'm not sure.
did you manage to find any local groups doing self-hosting?
we are like a pretty diverse crowd running @coopcloud and people who never touched a terminal are getting stuff deployed: https://coopcloud.tech/blog/march-2026-equinox/
we (@varia) wrote some guides which might help: https://homebrewserver.club
there's a lot of stuff online but i know it's way nicer to meet people locally and do stuff together...
i can only wish you good luck with the search!
@semitones my 2c would be: prioritise your own learning trajectory. setting up a vpn is harder to do and you're just getting started
set up your yunohost and put "simple" stuff on it like an etherpad for typing stuff together or a file sharing thing. you can also put all services behind the yunohost login
let people know you're learning and that they can read this https://homebrewserver.club/#embrace-the-feminist-server-manifesto 😛
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