Are there tutorials? What minimum equipment would I need to host a small community?
For lemmy? Yes there are tutorials and the requirements are pretty low, but depends on how many people you want to host. I think a raspberry pi could easily do a lemmy instance with a few hundred users. (But that is a guess)
Yes, for Lemmy. Where are the tutorials? I am a novice.
You really shouldn’t host anything that other people will use if you’re only a novice. You’ll be responsible for other people’s data, so you’ll want to know enough about being a sysadmin so you don’t put that data at risk.
If you’re gonna stand up a Lemmy server just for yourself and to learn a bit about self-hosting, then take a look at the Lemmy docs.
Wow. There is so much to learn before I can do this. Thank you
Yeah for sure, but all it takes is some curiosity and commitment. The best way to learn self-hosting is getting a Raspberry Pi and self-hosting some stuff at home as practice. Pi-Hole, a VPN, Nextcloud, etc. There’s no shortage of things to host on a Pi and tutorials on how to do it.
Btw a lot of people will take about using a raspberry Pi, but you don’t have to. They are just a relatively cheap, small unit of computing. You can use any kind of computer for self hosting though. If you have an old laptop, desktop etc, use that, rather than buying a Pi. And if you do want to buy a small computer like a Pi, they are not the only option. There are loads of Small Board Computers (SBC) out there. Check out AliExpress too. Good luck with your journey :)
For what? A “server” is just a computer connected to the internet with some software setup to accept connections.
I am a hobbyist sysadmin and selfhost things myself. If you need help with selfhosting/Linux just send me a message!
