Why do people host Lemmy instances and how do they pay for them?
Why do people host Lemmy instances and how do they pay for them?
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I host my own because it's cheap, less than 10 dollars per month, and I wanted to contribute to the growth of the Lemmy community.
Also turns out that it's another benefit to this: I don't have to get involved in the entire political debate of who federated with who. I just subscribe to communities I want anywhere.
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I’m thinking about it. Do you need a domain name as well?
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Yes you need a domain but that is usually quite cheap
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Or use the raw IP :-D ?
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You do need valid TLS and a cert can’t be directly issued on an IP.
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Yep you need a domain name pointing to your instance when you run the installation of Lemmy and it will create a let's encrypt https cert for your site automatically.
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