Comment on Self hosting Signal server

• hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Signal is not a federated protocol, though. I guess you can run that server code. But it won't connect you to your friends on the regular Signal network.

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  • KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I actually don’t want to run it on regular signal network. Just want to self-host it on my home server, and allow home devices to use it to communicate via tailscale.

    Basically my own private signal network that my devices connected to.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds like a job for XMPP

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    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Seems like SimpleX might already do what you’re looking for.

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I self host NTFY instead. It’s not a chatbot but a hell of a lot easier to integrate devices into.

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    • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You will also have to recompile the official apps with the new domain/IP. And then keeping both updated. That’s too much work. I’d rather self-host Matrix without federation. Or XMPP.

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    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I had a quick look and seems there have been some projects packaging the Signal server for Docker... But the projects Google returns as results on the first page all seem to be abandoned. Seems this is a bit niche. Unfortunaltely I don't have any good advice here. I run a Matrix server, so I don't have experience with this.

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  • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    shrug or they want to use it as a private server, couldn’t tell you.

    Just pointing to the server source as you can run the server self hosted.

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