Slowly exploring the lemmy ecosystem, since I don’t want to use reddit, and was wondering if selfhosting would be a good idea?

  • Spzi@lemmy.clickEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Is it technically possible to host the instance on the same machine you use for browsing lemmy?

    Are there any guides on the topic?

    • RedirectedPotato@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      So based on my understanding, you’d need a public endpoint, and probably a domain name as well. So if the system you are using has a public ip, a domain, and is always online, then yes.

      So technically yes, realistically no