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Elena Rossini ⁂

Introducing: "my so-called sudo life"

a new #blog series tracking my journey towards greater digital sovereignty.

"Instead of wallowing in this grief and anger, I have resolved to make this time – these 4 years – matter. It makes me feel better and more empowered to set some high goals, so that by January 2029 I could look back and think to myself: I have grown and helped others during these tumultuous 4 years. I made good use of that time."

elenarossini.com/2024/12/intro

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5 December at 14:21 | Open on mastodon.social
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Elena Rossini ⁂

It’s happening!!! I signed up for a #VPS and I’m about to install #YunoHost. Exciteeeeeeed (and slightly scared).

I’m so early in my #Linux journey but I was emboldened after watching a video walkthrough of YunoHost, with the narrator repeating time and time again « it’s so easy a child could do it ».

Let’s see if « it’s so easy a Linux newbie could do it».

Wish me luck! 😅

#mysocalledsudolife

17 December at 10:14 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

Update: yes, it was SO EASY a child (or a #Linux newbie) could do it.

I now have #YunoHost installed on my #VPS! 🥳

I wish I had timed how long it took - it was less than 5 minutes! This update comes 2 hours later because I've been dealing with other work stuff in the meantime.

All this to say: a HUGE thank you to the @yunohost team for creating such a phenomenal resource. Donation-as-thank-you coming soon 😊

🔗: yunohost.org

#selfhosting #empowerment #MySoCalledSudoLife

A screenshot from my terminal that says "YunoHost installation completed"
17 December at 12:26 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

Good morning Fedi Friends! It’s 6:53am in Paris and I am taking advantage of my child being asleep to continue my #YunoHost setup and tweak DNS records.

A bit risky since I’ve only had one coffee but here we go.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

18 December at 5:55 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

To add an extra layer of difficulty to my #selfhosting journey, there is the issue of scarce free time.

Now I have 20 minutes before I need to cook for my child and then go pick her up from nursery school. Editing DNS records with the clock ticking is not for the faint of heart 😅

If struggling with DNS is a #selfhost rite of passage, I am ready to jump over this hurdle and get to the next!

Jokes aside, I'm super grateful for #YunoHost's crystal clear instructions.

a screenshot of my YunoHost analytics screen, with some DNS records flagged as incorrect or missing
18 December at 10:00 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

Good morning Fedi Friends!

Self-hosting journey day 3 – I'm about to check my #VPS setup to see if the #DNS records have finally propagated.

Massive massive respect for sysadmins and selfhosts who have to deal with this stuff all the time (and for critical jobs!)

Wish me luck 😅

#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting #YunoHost

19 December at 8:24 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

My NEW idea of living dangerously: adding (or tweaking?) a PTR record for my VPS setup – because the last warnings I have on #YunoHost have to deal with reverse DNS.

✨ Just yesterday I had no idea what this all meant, LOL ✨

BTW if you find all these messages annoying, I recommend you mute my hashtag #mySoCalledSudoLife 🤗

And HUGE thanks to all the people who have provided brilliant tips so far!

Now REALLY wish me luck 😅

#selfhosting #newbie

19 December at 9:29 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

Good morning from Italy!

Taking advantage of the fact my parents are giving breakfast to my 3-year-old to do more #YunoHost tweaking.

I just ran the diagnostics and my jaw is ON THE FLOOR. I see GREEN ALL OVER - including "Email" (my nemesis) !!! 🥳

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

#selfhosting #VPS #mySoCalledSudoLife

a screenshot from my YunoHost diagnostics page that gives the green label "Everything okay" to EVERY SINGLE item: base system, internet connectivity, DNS records, ports exposure, web, email, service status check, system resources, system configurations and applications
21 December at 7:24 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

Good morning Fedi friends!

Now that my VPS is set up correctly with #YunoHost, all I have to do is select the first app to install.

I was certain I would go with #Sharkey (as I'm totally smitten with it) but I'm now having a case of cold feet and wondering if I should pick #Friendica instead.

Do I select something beautiful and fun to use... or the most advanced software (with an old UX/UI)?

I'm currently the embodiment of the hard choice meme 😅

#selfhosting #Fediverse #MySoCalledSudoLife

an illustration showing the "hard choice" meme, with a man sweating profusely as he has to choose between two buttons - on the left "Sharkey" and on the right "Friendica"
22 December at 7:45 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

Update: we now have a new candidate in the running: #GoToSocial. Thank you to everyone who suggested it to me.

I've been looking at its documentation and I find it really impressive. Its "reply controls" are an amazing feature: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/ (amongst many others)

Will read up about it and seriously consider it 😅

22 December at 8:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Elena Rossini ⁂

📣 Major update: I'm now hosting my own #Fediverse instance 🥳

It's hard to believe that when I wrote this post just 17 DAYS ago, I would reach one of my goals so soon: elenarossini.com/2024/12/intro

On 12/5 I wrote that I wished to become so proficient I could host my own Fediverse instance.

Well, thanks to the magic of #YunoHost I reached that goal today. I will share more details as soon as I beef up security and finish setting up.

P.S.: special thanks to my Fedi mentors ❤️

#MySoCalledSudoLife

📣 Major update: I'm now hosting my own #Fediverse instance 🥳

It's hard to believe that when I wrote this post just 17 DAYS ago, I would reach one of my goals so soon: elenarossini.com/2024/12/intro

On 12/5 I wrote that I wished to become so proficient I could host my own Fediverse instance.

22 December at 11:59 | Open on mastodon.social
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