Comment on Installing **self-hostable** services on a cloud server isn't self-hosting ???
fizzle@quokk.au 1 week ago
IDK what’s happened to you or why your post got removed.
Obviously “self-hosting” as a term is broad and subjective.
IMO this community discusses hosting services in an environment where you’re responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining your own stuff.
A purist might argue that self-hosting doesn’t include services residing on a VPS, but what’s the point of excluding those discussions from this community? In practical terms the nature of the activity is the same.
Auli@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I mean by definition it isn’t self hosting as someone else is hosting the service for you.
fizzle@quokk.au 1 week ago
You’re welcome to your own definition.
Whether you’re configuring a docker container running on a server in your basement or on a VPS the issues you encounter are going to be much the same. The definition of self-hosted isn’t really relevant.
If you want to exclude people running services on rented hardware that just seems dumb.