I am not a computer engineer or a software developer. I have never set up a server in my life. I want to set up a server on my old computer by watching videos and doing the same things that were done. Is there a video that will tell me how to set up our own server as if I were 5 years old? We will be very happy if someone who knows can prepare this video and share it with us. Edit:To host my own “lemmy” account

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To be honest, it can be a bad idea to setup your own stuff, particularly when you don’t have much knowledge in the field. So, suppose you get the server setup. You’re gonna have to maintain it. If some major security vulnerability gets discovered, you’ll have to figure out how to update quickly. You’ll potentially have to figure out how to setup stuff like backups. There likely will be times when things mysteriously break and when you’re self hosting, it’s entirely up to you to fix it.

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I’ll hop in and second this comment. Setting up a server could be a fun learning experience but I don’t recommend you do this with the intention of using this as your ‘production’ lemmy or leaving it open to the internet.

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