Learning more about Mastodon and individuals setting up their own hosting. Just out of curiosity, how much does it typically cost? Are there set it and forget it solutions (for the most part)?

#hosting #mastodonservers #selfHostingProblems #selfhost

Apparently my #yunohost server's SSL certificates have expired, had to download Chromium to access the admin web portal. Renewing said certificates causes some kind of error ... #selfHostingProblems

I'm planning on creating a mastodon account for Catholic lessons and stuff.

I originally signed up here so I can get the hang of this platform before I spin up my own instance in my dedi server. Turns out building an instance is beyond my current skill level lol.

I will figure out a way on how to manage my future mastodon activities.

#catholic #catholicism #mastodon #selfhosting #selfhostingproblems

How to use #letsencrypt if my #piwigo photo gallery is inside a docker container? I'm tired of browsers complaining about no https ...
#selfHosting #selfHostingProblems

Finally after months of tying to figure out what was wrong.... turns out a very simple thing was needed to do port forwarding and use my router's openVPN settings... I had to change the APN to internet.public instead of my ISP's ...😂 #ISP #selfHosting #selfHostingProblems #HostingOver4G

Is anyone here using a #VPN service to do #remotePortForwarding ? I'm still very angry because that may be my only option #selfHostingProblems