What Happened to lemmy.fmhy.ml? What Happens if an Instance Disappears?

I was originally signed up on lemmy.fmhy.ml, but about a day ago the site went out or something. Now I can’t log in to my original account.

Is there a way for me to at least retrieve my subscribed community list?

    • @deafboy
      4•1 year ago

      Both lemmy.fmhy.ml and lemmy.ml are still up. It’s just the DNS record that’s gone.

      You can point those domains to the correct IP by editing your hosts file.

      • On windows it’s located in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
      • On mac, in /private/etc/hosts
      • On linux, in /etc/hosts

      Add the following to the bottom:

      188.114.96.12 lemmy.fmhy.ml
54.36.178.108 lemmy.ml

      This is a temporary workaround. The federation is probably screwed anyway, so there’s no point in posting any new content there, but it’s good enough to back up your subscriptions or posts.