I am not a computer engineer or a software developer. I have never set up a server in my life. I want to set up a server on my old computer by watching videos and doing the same things that were done. Is there a video that will tell me how to set up our own server as if I were 5 years old? We will be very happy if someone who knows can prepare this video and share it with us. Edit:To host my own “lemmy” account

  • CoderKat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    To be honest, it can be a bad idea to setup your own stuff, particularly when you don’t have much knowledge in the field. So, suppose you get the server setup. You’re gonna have to maintain it. If some major security vulnerability gets discovered, you’ll have to figure out how to update quickly. You’ll potentially have to figure out how to setup stuff like backups. There likely will be times when things mysteriously break and when you’re self hosting, it’s entirely up to you to fix it.

    • zipdog@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’ll hop in and second this comment. Setting up a server could be a fun learning experience but I don’t recommend you do this with the intention of using this as your ‘production’ lemmy or leaving it open to the internet.

  • b1g_bake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m not sure a 5 year old would be quite far enough along to grasp some things but you could check out Lawrence Systems, Techno Tim, and Network Chuck out over on YouTube.

  • ProfessorFlaw@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    There are videos on how to make a pleroma server, its compatible with the fediverse (lemmy) also kbin has a site how to contibute to the fediverse

  • IMongoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There’s not going to be one for lemmy. The closest you will get is by searching “Lemmy easy deploy” on github. There is not going to be a one size fits all for deploying a publicly available server, and honestly if you don’t know the risks I wouldn’t do it. But if you want to, searching up how to install Ubuntu Server will give you a start.

  • tinselpar@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Have you ever installed Linux and played around with it? If not, that is where you should start. For learning I would choose something like Archlinux, which will require you to get your hands dirty (as a matter of speaking) and look up things so that you learn step by step. It has to most extensive wiki of any distribution. Search youtube for “arch linux install” for some videos that will give you an idea of what is involved.

    Only once you find your way comfortably on Linux, can you think running your own Lemmy.