For those self-hosting a lemmy instance, what hardware are you using? I am currently using a small Hetzner VPS. It has 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM and 40GB SSD storage. My instance is currently just in testing with me as the only user, but I plan to use it for close friends or family that may want to try this out, but might not want to sign up for a different instance. My CPU and RAM usage is great so far. My only concern is how large the storage will balloon to over time. I’ve been up for ~20 hours and it’s grown to 1.5G total volume since.

  • greg@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If I can eventually get it to work, I’ll be hosting my personal Lemmy instance on a Hetzner CX21 VPS (2 CPU, 4GB RAM). Unfortunately after about a dozen attempts, with many variables tweaked to try to narrow down the issue, I still get nothing but a spinning button when I try to login after installation. I find it so odd that some people have no problem getting it up-and-running, and it simply won’t work for others.

    • Zach @bigfoot.ninjaEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I had this issue and the cause was the email server. If you’re using smtp you’ll have to make sure your vps opens port 25.

      However you can also just register without an email and it should work

    • eric@techy.newsEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I experienced this too. If you’re logging in as an admin with email verification turned on, there is a bug that prevents you from logging in (since technically your email isn’t verified yet). I was able to get logged in by following the steps here (https://lemmy.click/comment/973) which included modifying the database table to mark your account as verified.