How to self host my own lemmy server? - eviltoast

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?
  • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeoEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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: https://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.