In time,

I hope to set up a tiny self hosted instance running on a Raspberry Pi. Containing my personal bubble of interests. In other words it will be my virtual cyber essence.

My cyber-sole/soul if you like, the best bits. Calling my Lemmy/Fediverse instance, Operation Horcrux.

IT is a dream. Expecto Patronum …

  • lobsterOP
    3•1 year ago

    Thanks for the feedback guys. ❣️🫵🙏 I am calling my soul server OPERATION HORCRUX. Really in honour of the presently unfashionable Black Hat Death Eaters …

    Obviously I hope in time to have several instances. Possibly on a quantum or organic neurone chip if available. Maybe in another dimension/dream world.🤩

    But for now before I am overtaken by my dank side:😇

    • Have a raspberry pi 3 available, could not find the right cable for the pi 4
    • Trying to use my existing hardware for my first piece/peace/instance
    • Am plugged into home ethernet and a relatively fast fibre optic cable service

    My next tasks: To prepare/format a micro SD card and find a one piece raspberry pi solution. Not sure if I want a Virtual Box/Machine solution. Probably a dedicated Pi Server would be best? I could then white list a savvy friend and MAYBE family … in which case would maybe start with a HTML page and passwords to be given out personally. Wot fun! (I iz such a computer nerd)🤗

    Sadly only Herpo the Foul and Tom Riddle know how to make HorCrux. Fortunately I am not daunted by fantasy … 🤓😁🦞

  • [email protected]English
    3•1 year ago

    I finally did this today. Well, my instance accepts applications, but right now it’s only me, and I want to keep it small. It wasn’t too hard to deploy, took maybe an hour if you have some Linux knowledge. As for costs, I launched it on a VM with Vultr.com, one of the cheapest ones at $8/month. So far it’s running very well and the CPU usage is below 30% all the time. The benefit of being tiny, I guess. Anyway, what I’m saying is… go for it! It’s relatively easy and cheap.

  • @MigratingtoLemmy
    2•1 year ago

    I too hope to host one some day. Can’t right now, but that would very nice. My own personal island. Well, having an account is like your personal island too, but there’s something about hosting your own instance that feels nice. I hope to host my own DNS, reverse-proxy, web server (for the little websites, if I ever write some code), and other services too, someday.

    Cheers

    • @MinFapper
      1•1 year ago

      host my own DNS, reverse proxy, web server, little websites, write some code

      I’ve done all of those and let me tell you: never host your DNS. All the others you listed are worth doing. Self hosting DNS is a lot of pain for little/no gain.

      • @MigratingtoLemmy
        1•1 year ago

        What do you mean? Pi-Hole + Unbound is a relatively painless setup. Even if you’re running BIND, it’s not hard once you get your configs done the first time.

        I think you might be talking about email (and I do plan to host my email): but I won’t be sending mail through my personal email server. It’s just to receive email in a more private manner instead of some company knowing about what I use/have subscribed to.

  • 名探偵
    2•1 year ago

    It’s like having my own special place. I also wanna have my own web stuff, like a website and other cool things. It would be super fun! Yay!

  • lobsterOP
    2•1 year ago

    OK … How is it going?

    Well after reading this https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-mastodon/

    Was prompted to search again for RaspberryPi 4 to HDMI cable. No luck.

    More searching for info required. She who dares, wines … or in my case whines …

    Engage claws. Hold on tight …