Since using Proxmox seemed totally overkill for just using a virtualized Windows10, I reached out to Quemu & VirtManager. It has not been the easiest task in the world, almost two hours to understand the cryptic error messages and solve them. A novice at all this would have given up after the first few minutes.
Obviously, a novice would not try to virtualize an OS on a server to remotely access it, but there is still room for improvement.
Folks who run their own #selfhosted #git services: tell me about how your #backups work. #selfhosting #git #gitolite #forgejo #gitea #gogs
Domain registrar #Porkbun now offers #ProtonMail for custom domain emails
I thought my old home server was not the cause of some of my problems because its resource consumption rarely reached 50% CPU and RAM. However, the new one, a much more powerful server displays streaming video and runs all other services for the local network at lightning speed.
I still have a lot to learn about home server hardware.
my adventures in #selfhosting - day 84 
After spending 24 hours doing Olympic-level mental gymnastics, trying to find a way to self-host my videos NOT on PeerTube (I considered Wordpress's VideoPress, embedding videos from NextCloud, uploading straight to Ghost...) I have capitulated.
Yes I will go with #PeerTube.
Deciding factor: the need to have subtitles (not so easy if you host your own videos).
So yes I will set up my own instance (it would cost as much as donating to an admin... because video hosting/streaming is resource intensive).
Oh dear I will have ANOTHER Fediverse account in addition to Mastodon, GoToSocial, Pixelfed, Friendica, Sharkey, Misskey, Lemmy, MBin and PieFed. I need to sit with this thought for a bit 
Folks, video is HARD (making videos and distributing them, that is)
Edit: SPECIAL THANKS to @stereo @Bro666 @erick who offered incredible advice (while I was doing my mental gymnastics). I really appreciate your help! 
my adventures in #selfhosting - day 83
Dear Fedi friends, do you have any experience with #Wordpress and their paid add-on #VideoPress – that allows you to basically turn your Wordpress site into a streaming hub for your videos?
https://videopress.com
This week I'm exploring self-hosting videos on PeerTube and also via other options (Wordpress, Ghost, etc.).
I just heard about VideoPress and I haven't come across anyone using it, so I'm curious 
#AskFedi
Welcome to All Europeans!
We will post and boost content to encourage people to replace their non-EU products and services with European, #selfhosted or open source alternatives.
Tag us if you want to recommend something!
If you're a EU company, follow us and we'll follow you back and share your product with the community.
Start buying European products to boycott bully countries and foreign monopolies.
Or maybe you just want to boost the local economy?
Buying European products has many benefits, including supporting local entrepreneurs, creating jobs, and increasing money circulation within your country or neighbour country.
It's also more environmentally friendly!
When the local economy is strong, everyone benefits.
Immich
High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution
Would you help a poor single-user Friendica server admin out and boost this post?
Boosting will increase the number of servers my server federates with.
Thanks!
tiens un #askfedi :
quel solution pour héberger fichier et agenda sur un petit serveur ?
j'hésite mais je suis assez contraint en ressources hardware (genre 2go de ram et un disque à bout de souffle) #cloud #selfhosting
@atomicpoet is a fediverse enthusiast who makes smart observations and has a 10,000-foot view of all the innovation happening across the open social web (not to mention a few ideas of his own). Listen to his conversation with @mike on the latest episode of Dot Social.
my adventures in #selfhosting - day 77
This morning I'm attempting a manual install of #Fail2Ban (that is, with commands, no YunoHost) on my #Ubuntu VPS.
I've been greatly enjoying Fail2Ban on my #Debian VPS and I'd like to extend the same protections to the VPS with my self-hosted #Ghost blog.
I hope nothing goes wrong because I have a video call with Stanford students at the study abroad program in Florence at 11am (for a women in cinema class, I'm invited every year)... so I don't wanna feel distracted by tech issues, ha!
#MySoCalledSudoLife
New instance, new #introduction post!
Hi, my name is Ed! I go by he/him, and as stated on my profile am a huge heckin' nerd. Came over to this neck of the woods after discovering its existence, as it seemed a bit more descriptive of my general vibes than my previous residence.
General interests (ie stuff you'll find me posting about or retooting) include but are not limited to: #FanArt , #miniatures , #paintingMiniatures , #warhammer , #classicGaming , #indieGaming , #linuxGaming , #fightingGames , #fgc , #programming , #selfHosting , #comics , #sciFi
my adventures in #selfhosting - day 76
Monday morning, which means: backing up my #YunoHost setup.
I see that #GoToSocial has an update available but I'm too scared to upgrade it. Having my 4th cup of espresso and working up the courage to do it (I hear it takes a looong time). Hoping I don't break anything 
In other news, I am LOVING my #LinkStack and having a glimpse into the links that are the most popular (LinkStack offers you a ranking in reverse order of the most clicked links when you log into their dashboard). Is anyone interested in me writing about it? For reference, here is what the front end looks like: https://elena.social
Off I go update my #GoToSocial, wish me luck!
#MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS
Alright already...... it's time to set up an RSS feed aggregator. What do you all recommend? #miniflux and #freshrss seem like the leading projects here. I intend to host via docker. I think my wishlist is dark mode and some kind of push mechanism when new items arrive. Atm looks like only miniflux hits both.
#fedihelp , please: I'm #selfhosting #dovecot and #postfix and running out of disk space with my mails reaching back into last century. I'd like to remove the oldest ones and keep an archive of any kind on a different host. What would be the easiest way to achieve that?
Maybe just imap-sync to some special maildir?
Edit:typo
Which brings to the final point and closing the loop: the feedback effects of software and economic models and organization. E.g., If #selfhosting was dead easy (via NAS etc) it could expand to be as common as an AC plug or water faucet.
Or maybe decentralization could be resolved at municipal level ("city clouds")
Only then can you really look at web protocols and rank them according to fitness.
In the meantime we will have a cacophony of wildly different ideas competing for mindshare
4/4
Forget about Excel — You can self-host open source Grist to manage your spreadsheets
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