οΈ my adventures in #selfhosting: day 244 (Everest edition)
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Hello my name is Elena and I'm now the owner of 3 VPSs.
I just got a new cheap plan for 6-months to learn #Docker (on a brand new server that I can wipe if things go awry).
Fediverse what did you do to me? From 0 to 3 VPSs in 9 months.
On the bright side, this new passion is far cheaper thanβ
Yes I sort of feel like aβ right now.
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#MySoCalledSudoLife@elena Itβs also something you donβt step on accidentally in the middle of the night and yell at like a damn slaughter house. π€ͺ
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@elena whoops, meant to do a Reply, but apparently just did a raw post without replying π€ͺ
@gumnos
οΈ I donβt see myself going up to 5β¦ but at this point I canβt rule anything out
Iβm just incredibly grateful for how supportive people have been on here, cheering me on. The best community π₯°
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@gumnos
οΈ I donβt see myself going up to 5β¦ but at this point I canβt rule anything out
Iβm just incredibly grateful for how supportive people have been on here, cheering me on. The best community π₯°
"I didn't see myself going up to 3 VPS instances"
But here were are, @elena β¦
That said, I'm thankful you keep us apprised of your adventures because they're sure fun to follow!
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"I didn't see myself going up to 3 VPS instances"
But here were are, @elena β¦
That said, I'm thankful you keep us apprised of your adventures because they're sure fun to follow!
@gumnos haha thanks Tim
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οΈ my adventures in #selfhosting: day 244 (Everest edition)
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a blog post that details some of the highs and lows I have been experiencing lately in my self-hosting adventures. I have a major challenge ahead - learning #Docker - in order to take advantage of #Ghost x #ActivityPub federation. It's my new Everest π₯²β:
https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-244-everest-edition/
#MySoCalledSudoLife@elena I run my Mastodon instance inside Docker. It was a handful to setup for this former SysAdmin with 13 years of experience (including 0 with Docker).
But maintenance on the other side of the hill is so much simpler.
Donβt give up
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@elena I run my Mastodon instance inside Docker. It was a handful to setup for this former SysAdmin with 13 years of experience (including 0 with Docker).
But maintenance on the other side of the hill is so much simpler.
Donβt give up
@EdwinG thank you for the encouragement!
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@elena Itβs also something you donβt step on accidentally in the middle of the night and yell at like a damn slaughter house. π€ͺ
@everydayisextra sounds like you're speaking from experience - ouch
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as always, thank you for the words of encouragement. I sure need all the cheering I can get (I'd been feeling down for 2 weeks, thinking I'm back at square one) -
Docker is a convenient, efficient and versatile virtualization platform used to run containerized applications. I don't like it mostly for safety reasons. However, for applications such as forums, social media, blogs, it's more than fine.
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Hello my name is Elena and I'm now the owner of 3 VPSs.
I just got a new cheap plan for 6-months to learn #Docker (on a brand new server that I can wipe if things go awry).
Fediverse what did you do to me? From 0 to 3 VPSs in 9 months.
On the bright side, this new passion is far cheaper thanβ
Yes I sort of feel like aβ right now.
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#MySoCalledSudoLife@elena
Hello, my name is Franz
I own one VPS and was inspired by Elena to try it out.
In my home I run another mini pc and various raspberry pis for self hosting. -
οΈ my adventures in #selfhosting: day 244 (Everest edition)
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a blog post that details some of the highs and lows I have been experiencing lately in my self-hosting adventures. I have a major challenge ahead - learning #Docker - in order to take advantage of #Ghost x #ActivityPub federation. It's my new Everest π₯²β:
https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-244-everest-edition/
#MySoCalledSudoLife@elena inspiring! I'm very far from where you are, but I'm teaching myself CSS and HTML so I can personalize my website (running on write.as) as much as possible. Since I started diving into the Fediverse and GAFAM alternatives a few years ago, I got really interested in coding and how things work. I'm really on the surface of things still, but I find it quite empowering. So it's inspiring to read about your journey
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@elena
Hello, my name is Franz
I own one VPS and was inspired by Elena to try it out.
In my home I run another mini pc and various raspberry pis for self hosting.@hikingdude π₯°
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οΈ my adventures in #selfhosting: day 244 (Everest edition)
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a blog post that details some of the highs and lows I have been experiencing lately in my self-hosting adventures. I have a major challenge ahead - learning #Docker - in order to take advantage of #Ghost x #ActivityPub federation. It's my new Everest π₯²β:
https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-244-everest-edition/
#MySoCalledSudoLife@elena Looking forward to reading your Docker journey! I hit this same plateau but coming at it from a different direction. Was teaching myself Linux to get away from Microsoft and Apple, and virtualization/containers seemed handy and I was like "I taught myself how to replace windows on PC and how to install a custom ROM on my phone, how hard can docker or this other stuff be?" Welp, as you say, new mountain summit identified. Maybe more of a Mount Doom even.But if hobbits can climb it so can we lol. "There's good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting Docker for."
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@elena inspiring! I'm very far from where you are, but I'm teaching myself CSS and HTML so I can personalize my website (running on write.as) as much as possible. Since I started diving into the Fediverse and GAFAM alternatives a few years ago, I got really interested in coding and how things work. I'm really on the surface of things still, but I find it quite empowering. So it's inspiring to read about your journey
@echoingfrog thank you for sharing that!
οΈ if you ever need any help with web design, reach out. Iβm self-taught and have been running my own sites (Wordpress) for 15+ years. Before that I made them in HTML. So even though itβs true I have 0 dev skills, I was at least familiar with CSS and HTML when I got started.
I hear wonderful things about write.as (one of the few things I havenβt tried yet). Wishing you all the best with the design / personalization of your site.
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@elena Looking forward to reading your Docker journey! I hit this same plateau but coming at it from a different direction. Was teaching myself Linux to get away from Microsoft and Apple, and virtualization/containers seemed handy and I was like "I taught myself how to replace windows on PC and how to install a custom ROM on my phone, how hard can docker or this other stuff be?" Welp, as you say, new mountain summit identified. Maybe more of a Mount Doom even.
But if hobbits can climb it so can we lol. "There's good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting Docker for."
@growfediverse haha thank you!
οΈ Iβm planning to install Docker on my VPS this morning. Iβm really excitedβ¦ will definitely chronicle the whole journey, all the ups and downsβ¦
Iβm even tempted to take online courses for more formal sysadmin training π€