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chris@im.allmendenetz.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• harald@hub.volse.no@hub.volse.no ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  @𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼 There's an intro to crontabs and scheduling tasks here: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guide_to_Unix/Explanations/Scheduling_Jobs
  
  The FreeBSD Handbook also has a decent section on scheduling and cron here: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/#cron-periodic
  
  (The periodic system I believe is particular to FreeBSD.)
  
  While there's no need to be an expert to host a Hubzilla server, a bit of basic unix knowledge is very useful :)

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  • chris@im.allmendenetz.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    @Harald Eilertsen my question regarding shared hosting was to evaluate if this is still a way we can recommand... personally i found a VPS more convenient but there may be a lot of others who more like to host with a shared host... also because a can be less expensive and not that complicated ( if one is used to install thinks like WP and so on... )
    
    we should provide some guidelines for that... so a list with hoster and some hints for installation and daily practice ... automated backups would be part of that.

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    • harald@hub.volse.no@hub.volse.no ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      @𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼 I agree!
      
      Most likely a shared hosting provider will have something like cpanel or similar management tools installed. Which will make things like scheduling tasks and stuff easier.
      
      Perhaps making some sort of cpanel-integration would be a good investment.

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      • abu@hub.alfredbuehler.ch ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        @Harald Eilertsen
        

        Perhaps making some sort of cpanel-integration would be a good investment.

        
        Installing Hubzilla is so simple that I doubt that it's worth the effort.

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      • chris@im.allmendenetz.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        @Harald Eilertsen sounds like a great project :-)

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    • pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu@hub.hubzilla.hu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m planning to add a chapter on this to the admin handbook. However, a page recommending suitable hosting providers would then have to go elsewhere.
      The topic of backups is something that’s relevant to every type of hosting and could also be given its own chapter.

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