Comment by ☀️ TooDuskForDawn
Re: "The host I was using (yesterweb cities) for my gemlog &…"
@JimmyLee I've never even heard of a "tarball" before...
Feb 27 · 2 months ago
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fair enough, i havent either . when i was looking originally for a capsule host my goal was something quick and simplistic--it was late at night and i wasnt wrapping my head around anything new . yestercities was my first option (once i messed around with webdav, after the titan editor refused to work ?) with srht as a far second . wish i had anything easier to offer, but its the second simplest i could find so far ! i hope that somebody else can point you in a more straightforward direction €:
☀️ TooDuskForDawn [OP] · Feb 27 at 03:29:
wait! it's back up? i'm so confused. also i did the same thing with titan LOL
doesnt look like i can update my capsule but i can visit it again!
we r in this 2gether right neow, had the same realization a few minutes ago, and also cant edit mine . but 2 be fair last time i tried it didnt exactly work right . my sad empty arts-and-crafts page became its Own hosted capsule lmao
☀️ TooDuskForDawn [OP] · Feb 27 at 03:35:
oh no, they've become sentient!! how will this impact the local trout population??
also, it looks like the yesterweb contact email doesnt work anymore, i just recieved a "host not reachable" error...
I went with a $4/mo VPS from dinu.com, with free no-hassle ddns. You do have to be able to install one of Gemini servers.
I gave up on tildes after moving SpellBinding a few times. $4 a month is well worth not having ti do that.
🚀 SavaRocks · Feb 27 at 05:01:
host it hourself with an old computer/laptop/raspberry pi ... that's how I do it
🚀 lars_the_bear · Feb 27 at 08:12:
I've been with ctrl-c.club for several years, and never had a reason to complain. Of course, if loads of people started using it, I guess it would fall over.
Low-cost commercial VPS would be my next choice. It's pretty affordable with the kinds of resources you'd need to host a Gemini server.
While I'm drawn to the idea of self-hosting at home, I'm not sure Gemini servers are battle-hardened enough to risk exposing to the public Internet in my house. I'd be happy to be wrong about that.
I always think about self-hosting from home. But opening a machine to outside, poor service, and traveling a lot stop me. Also. can't remember router password.
+1 for ctrl-c.club. No CGI though, I think
🚀 lars_the_bear · Feb 27 at 16:00:
As it happens, reading this discussion has prompted me to look at VPS again. I hadn't realized how cheap these things were. £1 a month? Wow. So I'm moving.
Original Post
The host I was using (yesterweb cities) for my gemlog & such seems to have vanished... Luckily, I have a backup of my files in case such a thing happened, though I'm not sure what to do now. I'm about to email their contact that I found on the https site, but I'm still going to have to find somewhere else to host if I can't really trust that one... any recommendations? (Preferrably less technical, as per my limited knowledge in ssh and such... [and also tilde communities scare me])