How to self host my own lemmy server?

I want to self host my own lemmy instance for personal use. I have seen there Github page and it is really easy to set up but I have some questions?

  1. How will I be able to federate with other instances?
  2. Will I be able to interact with communities from other instances?
  3. What type of hardware will be required to self host?
  4. And finally is it worth to run our own instance?
svarrogh1337,
  • There is option in the admin panel with whom to federate and whom to block.
  • Yes, just like I do now.
  • Depends on the size, it can very well run on 1CPU 1Mem
  • Single instance of the above size does not go over 5$, so for me it’s worth.
jonas,
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  1. You can subscribe to any community or add the instance to the Allowed Instances
  2. Yes you can search the communities through your search e.g. !fediverse an subscribe to it
  3. My Instance is running on HetznerI am using the CX21 (2 Cores, 4GB RAM, 40GB Disk Space) and its running really good (Its just me on this instance for now)
  4. definitely yes 😁
SmashingSquid,

It should federate automatically as long as you have it enabled. You won’t see anything in all until at least one person on your instance subscribes to communities.

I used this script: github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy

I have mine running on a $6 vps from vultr, it doesn’t really need much power if you’re not hosting a lot of users and communities.

puddlexplorer,
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