Hello Fedi friends,
I'm currently planning my written tutorial for #YunoHost - from the POV of a newbie.
The guide will have a simple but ambitious goal: to encourage non-technical people to try self-host their own #NextCloud instance... and show them that it's something accessible to all, thanks to the wonderful YunoHost.org
I have tried other similar tools and YunoHost IMHO is simply the best and most secure solution. I've been using it for 11 months now and I have ZERO complaints. It just works... and it's effortless.
I'm thinking of splitting my written tutorial in a 3-part series... because doing everything in one go for a non-technical person could be overwhelming.
Part 1: registering a domain name and signing up for a VPS*
* yes I know technically you could forgo a domain name but I think having one is more empowering long term... and I'd go the VP
... Show more...Hello Fedi friends,
I'm currently planning my written tutorial for #YunoHost - from the POV of a newbie.
The guide will have a simple but ambitious goal: to encourage non-technical people to try self-host their own #NextCloud instance... and show them that it's something accessible to all, thanks to the wonderful YunoHost.org
I have tried other similar tools and YunoHost IMHO is simply the best and most secure solution. I've been using it for 11 months now and I have ZERO complaints. It just works... and it's effortless.
I'm thinking of splitting my written tutorial in a 3-part series... because doing everything in one go for a non-technical person could be overwhelming.
Part 1: registering a domain name and signing up for a VPS*
* yes I know technically you could forgo a domain name but I think having one is more empowering long term... and I'd go the VPS route because it's the most headache-free for a newbie. I can do the whole thing in 12 minutes with a VPS... and experienced headaches with a Raspi. I think for a total newbie the VPS is the way to go... especially if we factor in security issues. The stakes are lower
Part 2: installing YunoHost and tweaking DNS settings (assigning domain for NextCloud and creating a subdomain for YunoHost admin stuff, etc.)
Part 3: installing NextCloud (which people voted for when I asked which app I should install in my tutorial) and seeing what it can do.
Thoughts?
Is a 3-part series overkill or ok? I'd like to encourage people to set aside 30 minutes a day for this, so that the whole thing is not too overwhelming.
Eager to hear what you think about this!
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in reply to Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ • • •nitsuaa
in reply to Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ • • •Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂
in reply to nitsuaa • • •Stefan Bohacek
in reply to Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ • • •Moonshine Brigade
in reply to Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ • • •multiple articles sound like the way to go 👍 That way you can incorporate any new insights in the articles to come, besides not info dumping all at once 😅
Nextcloud is on my todo list, want to pair it with a Matrix instance so i can remove WhatsApp from my phone, but still be in contact.
Looking forward to the articles 😃
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in reply to Moonshine Brigade • • •Clément Moignard
in reply to Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ • • •Hello, this program seems to be good, even if i spend more time to do it (but i have "excuses", i choose to install at home on a hypervisor with a NAS). Your articles will be of great value for someone who decide to selhost without knowing.
I would love you add a 4th part : how to do and program backups. I'm stucked here and i think this is very important for personal data.
Thank you for what your are doing.
Klas Waltersen*
in reply to Clément Moignard • • •Very good & important suggestion! Backup strategy is probably a thing that would be of great interest - and even if not at first - still ultimately important for the common target group, I agree, @clement_moignard! 👍
@elena, I'm on Yunohost with (primarily) my WordPress instance, Nextcloud and Email (on a VPS) since 3,5 years now. All in all, a happy user. If you need a reference, I'd be happy to help out! @ele
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in reply to Klas Waltersen* • • •awesome to hear, thank you!
and I may at some point move my Wordpress sites to my VPS (thank you for the reminder) because I signed up for a cheap 4-year plan with a web hosting company in 2023… and I see that he renewal fee coming up in 2027 is 450 Euros 😱