 Hey, folks who are customers of a traditional web host (Dreamhost, Namecheap, etc.): If you get a minute, consider asking them nicely if they’re working on adding support for #fediverse apps, #Mastodon probably being the most visible right now. Hopefully with one-click install options like WordPress. It would be a great way to bring more options to the decentralized web and people who want to use it. Hat tip to @feditips for helping with this idea. 19 comments
@crossdavidl @feditips I’m the type of person who knows just a little enough to be dangerous setting up my own WordPress and troubleshooting low hanging fruit. But I’d rather go with a managed host with one-clicks and customer service. I already have a host for this, so a one-click Mastodon option is *super* appealing to me.  @feditips @chartier Love this idea. Do you happen to know if there’s any published info on what the resource usage (network, CPU, RAM, storage) looks like for a small (50 users), healthy (80% active users) Mastodon instance? That’s the kind of info those folks would need to consider for pricing purposes… @chartier @harrison @feditips there’s some interesting work, and graphs from @beasts work on hosting service on/for @Raspberry_Pi Scroll down a bit for graphs and cats and stats, for extra win. @feditips To be verbose: This is *not* a spam campaign. Stuff like “I’d totally host with you if you did this!” would probably cause more harm than good. These need to be organic requests from existing customers. And yes I get the irony of me asking for organic requests. So maybe semi-organic? 😄 Just real requests from customers who have a high chance of actually using the feature if it rolls out, otherwise hosts will think it wasn’t worth the effort and abandon the movement. @chartier @feditips previously when I asked about installing mastodon I sent dreamhost a link on installing. They saw CLI access and immediately replied with me needing to pay for an account that was $175/month. Heck no. Hopefully others will nudge them too. But I am ready to switch after 22 years if they don’t. @chartier @feditips As someone who has worked for a larger/started a smaller hosting company, I can that especially for the larger hosts, it isn't advantageous for them to devote the time building it out for their environments. The reason WordPress and other PHP based applications work is it can share the same core services (LAMP for example) as hundreds of other sites without additional overhead. Then there is the support cost of training and staffing. 1/ @chartier @feditips It will take time. I am working on a few ideas of how it could work, but if you are looking for visibility with the bigger companies, it would be better to write a article about how to set it up with them on VPS or dedicated servers. 2/2 |
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Oh, yeah, that'd be an incredible way to set up your own Mastodon. I kinda forgot some hosts have that quick setup option.