I host my own email, DNS, website, and many other services, so I figure I should probably host my own mastodon instance as well. Plus as @aral always says, it's good for the Fediverse to have more smaller instances.
So I'm going to attempt the Mastodon server migration now, which means if you follow me, it *should* automatically move you. If not, you can follow me @kyle.
@kyle@librem.one @aral @kyle@kylerank.in It did automatically migrate!
And congrats. I even had a few server-configuration-related crashes, and recovery wasn't too bad at all. Mastodon is pretty solid and hands-off to manage a small instance.
@shawnp0wers @kyle@librem.one @aral It was pretty straightforward really, just followed the docs. The only complication on my side was due to wanting a different webhost, but that was a one-line change, as was switching from single-user mode to multi-user.
@kyle@librem.one @aral @kyle@kylerank.in Super cool. I love seeing the single user instances. Would be interesting to see a front end theme that dropped the miscellaneous server info to better highlight the author. Maybe the more “publisher” style site would encourage more single use instances. Thoughts?
@kyle@librem.one @kyle@kylerank.in Worked well for me!
@kyle@librem.one @aral @kyle@kylerank.in
Small servers that have exclusively unpopular on them like mine are cheaper and easier to run than email by miles.
Welcome to the club :)
@kyle@librem.one @aral @kyle@kylerank.in Aral is cool. Welcome Kyle! I miss your articles in LinuxJournal.
@kyle@librem.one @kyle@kylerank.in 💕