Guide to Yunhost Install - VPS or local selfhosted ?
!Selfhosted - I would encourage @Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ to cover both options - VPS and locally / selfhosted in a guide to setting up Yunohost - and include plenty of references to doc.yunohost.org/en/admin/get_… - I'd also encourage you to include some suggestions on areas/things that its worth learng a little more about (e.g. DHCP, some basic routing, Firewalls/Portforwarding )
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You can host yourself at home (on a small computer), or on a remote server. Each solution has their pros and cons:doc.yunohost.org
Hello Fedi friends,I'm currently planning my written tutorial for #YunoHost - from the POV of a newbie.
The guide will have a simple but ambitious goal: to encourage non-technical people to try self-host their own #NextCloud instance... and show them that it's something accessible to all, thanks to the wonderful YunoHost.org
I have tried other similar tools and YunoHost IMHO is simply the best and most secure solution. I've been using it for 11 months now and I have ZERO complaints. It just works... and it's effortless.
I'm thinking of splitting my written tutorial in a 3-part series... because doing everything in one go for a non-technical person could be overwhelming.
Part 1: registering a domain name and signing up for a VPS*
* yes I know technically you could forgo a domain name but I think having one is more empowering long term... and I'd go the VPS route because it's the most headache-free for a newbie. I can do the whole thing in 12 minutes with a VPS... and experienced headaches with a Raspi. I think for a total newbie the VPS is the way to go... especially if we factor in security issues. The stakes are lower
Part 2: installing YunoHost and tweaking DNS settings (assigning domain for NextCloud and creating a subdomain for YunoHost admin stuff, etc.)
Part 3: installing NextCloud (which people voted for when I asked which app I should install in my tutorial) and seeing what it can do.
Thoughts?
Is a 3-part series overkill or ok? I'd like to encourage people to set aside 30 minutes a day for this, so that the whole thing is not too overwhelming.
Eager to hear what you think about this!
P.S.: tangentially related but ICYMI: my Ghost blog is now federating thanks to MagicPages.co. You can follow it here: @ele
#MySoCalledSudoLife #TheFutureIsFederated
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