I’m trying to see if I can host my own Fediverse instance for friends and family and I want to know what kind of device would be required. I’m an absolute beginner to self-hosting so I was wondering if I can start cheap (Raspberry Pi 2GB RAM is something I can definitely consider).

Also, can one device host multiple software? Like if I wanted both a WordPress instance and a Hubzilla instance or a Matrix/XMPP instance

  • absurdity_of_it_all@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Thank you so much for the detailed response! I might be able to stretch out to 4GB RAM on the Pi

    I’ve been finding it a bit difficult to understand the hardware part of things. For example, the hubzilla FAQ you shared says 512M and not MB. Does that not refer to RAM?

    And I’ve also not been able to find any guides about the “levels” in hardware. If not the Pi, then what? How do I decide? How do I explore?

    • dnzm@feddit.nl
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      4 days ago

      Yep, the M is for mb, that’s for RAM in this case.

      As for levels… That’s not really that black and white, IMO, there’s no “best” platform, it’s always “it depends”. I think you’re fine with a pi, certainly for a while, and especially at the price point. Plenty of folks running fedi instances and Matrix off of 'em.

      The only thing that comes close and has good software support would be a second hand small form factor office PCs, like HP mini PCs or the Lenovo ThinkCentre. Might buy you some expandability down the road, but it’s slightly bigger, uses a bit more energy, choices. It depends.