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Is it possible to host a private, defederated, and completely isolated instance for use as your own social media platform? (lemmy.world)
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I want to set up a collaborative writing/socializing platform for my friend group using something like Calckey/Misskey, and just want to know if this is possible.

The non Fediverse options all look very lacking, and are meant for corporate/business environments anyway. It really feels like there's not many good and modern options for this sort of thing, but maybe there's better alternatives. Who knows, I'm really new to this scene.

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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I've been mucking about with the new claude.ai from anthropic, and thought I would ask it - here's what it said:

Y

Yes, it is possible to set up a private Lemmy instance for use within a group of friends. Here are some steps to do this:

  1. Install Lemmy on a server you control. Lemmy is open source software written in Rust. You'll need a Linux server with Rust installed to run it.

  2. Configure the Lemmy config file. Set the following options:

  • federated_timeline_enabled - false
  • registration_open - false
  • external_federation_enabled - false
    This will disable public federated timelines and open registration.

  1. Create user accounts manually. As an admin, you can create accounts for each of your friends on the Lemmy admin interface.

  2. Consider enabling SSL. It's recommended to enable HTTPS encryption on your Lemmy instance. You can get a free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt.

  3. Share the URL only with friends. Don't publish the URL publicly, only share with your intended friend group.

  4. Lock down the server access. Use firewall rules, VPN, or IP whitelisting to restrict access to the server.

  5. Keep Lemmy updated. Watch for security updates and upgrade Lemmy regularly to stay safe.

  6. Consider private federation. You could federate multiple private Lemmy instances to allow a broader reach while still keeping everything private.

That covers the basics! With those steps, you can have a private Lemmy server for your friend group to use.