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Well, I'd like to think I'm not a stupid person but trying to host a #Fediverse instance the 'easy' way via using Yunohost was beyond me this afternoon.
The steps make it sound easy until the magic DNS diagnostics don't work for your registrar (Njalla), and your VPS company (Hetzner) doesn't open SMTP ports.
Meanwhile, Hostman wasn't accepting new sign-ups, and the only other Pixelfed hosting service I can find doesn't allow configuration of some basic admin settings.
@dajb Given the hours I have spent trying to get 'turn key' solutions stood up there is one thing of which I am VERY clear. They are not turn key and better setup solutions are needed.
@robert Definitely. I'm reading this book at the moment which puts problems like this into stark contrast: https://literal.club/book/working-in-public-d4nqv