How can I create a Lemmy instance without coding or the use of Ethernet/router wiring?

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨CraigCabbage@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

My Abuelo says:

he will not rewire things with the router
he wants me to find a way to create a Lemmy instance without Ethernet, just the regular Wi Fi connection without a router or anything.

This rules out what I was going to use, Yunohost. While I have the USB, I don’t have the router, switch, or Ethernet Cable and Abuelo doesn’t want to buy one nor does he want me to buy one.

He thinks it’d be less time consuming if I found a way to self-host without that stuff, just through Wi-Fi, and I don’t know how to program.

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untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
why cant you rent a server from linode or Amazon and work there? I’ve never done this before but it sounds like that should work

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Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
See here wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=services%3Alemmy for specific lemmy instructions and here wiki.gardiol.org/doku.php?id=networking%3Aexterna… for how to remote access stuff.

While Ethernet is recommended, WiFi will work as well.

The above links are my personal experience only and indeed YEMV.

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solrize@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Cheap VPS. Look on lowendspirit.com for products and culture about them.

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xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Get a Raspberry Pi. Newer models have wi-fi. Then you can host all kind of stuff. As long as it is for your own use, you don’t need that much computing power. As far as software is concerned, the type of connection physical doesn’t matter. Wi-fi stability can be excellent or it can be super frustrating. Depending on your circumstance.

Get one and try it. Learn by doing.

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SolOrion@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You don’t need to be wired in order to self host things? It’s better, ofc, but far from required. You can just do it via wifi.

My experience with self hosting begins and ends with video game servers and jellyfin, though, so maybe I’m wrong here.

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- CraigCabbage@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  But how so? With what apps??
  
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  - Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The same ones you’d use with a wire.
    
    WiFi is just Wireless Fidelity… A play on HiFi. It’s just a wireless equivalent of wired ethernet. You still have an IP address, you still have a router (without a router only one device in your house could connect to the internet, typically your wireless access point is a combination router with a wireless access point in it).
    
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themachine@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Just use the wifi then

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- AuroraGlamour@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  He wants to know how though
  
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towerful@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Uh, don’t?
You want a Lemmy instance - that I presume you would want to be somewhat reliable - without doing anything? WiFi prioritises convenience over speed and reliability. So, things will randomly fail.

I guess pay for a Lemmy instance provider. Probably the easiest. But this is self hosting, and it sounds like you want a place to start and have chosen “hosting a Lemmy instance” as your learning ground.

Something like cloudflare tunnel will let you punch through a firewall without having to mess with network stuff.
A docker compose stack makes things as easy as they can be in such scenarios.
These are terms you can google “Lemmy docker compose cloudflare tunnel”

Here is 1 result: lemmy.world/post/299429

Here is a GitHub for Lemmy in docker compose github.com/Drakeyves/lemmy-docker-setup

This looks like it covers cloud flare in a compose stack: joelparkinson.me/self-hosting-with-cloudflare-tun…

Read through, learn docker compose, understand cloudflare & cloudflare tunnels

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- jonne@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If OP just wants it for personal use, running it on WiFi should be fine.
  
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