Hi friends, I’m continuing to dive into the world of the Small Web and alternatives to big tech. I’ve slowly come up with a goal, or at least intention, of setting up an XMPP server for my neighborhood friends to use as an alternative to Discord. After chasing a few rabbit holes, I’ve found myself here: https://apps.yunohost.org/app/prosody

I like the words “easy to set up” but frankly I’m baffled from there. I assume I need some kind of dedicated PC for this? And phrases like “BOSH” “LDAP” and “coturn” are all (so far) meaningless to me. (Don’t worry, I’m googling like crazy.)

So my question is, do I need to go to college for developers to be able to understand all this, or is there somewhere else I can start? 'Cause I’m pretty sure this isn’t the beginner level XD Should I just focus on setting up my own personal website before I start thinking about a big project like this one, or is this not as complex as it looks, or like I said, do I need specialized training?

  • signaleleven@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    You seem to be interested in selfhosting so I encourage you to learn and follow the other comments but… … I’m here to remind who needs to hear this that there should exist small communities where the average member doesn’t give a flying TCP packet of what “coturn” is. Using smolweb technologies doesn’t need to imply operating the infrastructure.