Currently writing a self-hosting guide for newbies, showing off the beauty and ease of #YunoHost.

Part 1 was really popular - beyond my expectations - with 1500+ unique visitors. Thank you!

For reference:

🔗​: blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbie…

Part 2 (step-by-step installation and post-installation) will be super visual. I tried to keep things simple but I still have 27 - yes TWENTY-SEVEN - screenshots. I'll keep #AltText relevant to each step on a need to know basis or else it will turn into a novel... and will be too overwhelming for people using screen readers.

Aiming to get it published by Wednesday AKA the one year anniversary of the start of my own self-hosting adventures with YunoHost.

This is the guide I wish I had had back in the day... I would have started A LOT sooner. I'm basically writing it to my old self, hoping it will be useful for others 🥹

PSA: if you're using YunoHost please consider donating to them, to keep the project healthy and long-lasting (it's run by a team of volunteers, maintaining hundreds of apps): donate.yunohost.org

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RE: social.tchncs.de/@teleclimber/…

#Yunohost is just great.

Olivier Forget

2025-12-12 00:24:50

RE: mastodon.social/@_elena/115701…

"It took me a long time to get started because I thought that self-hosting was complicated and unattainable for someone like me. Most guides out there are written by highly skilled people with a background in programming."

A self-hosting how-to written by someone who isn't a tech person first, is a rare thing. We need a lot more of this, and a more approachable stacks too.

♲ @_elena@mastodon.social:

New post: "A newbie's guide to self-hosting with #YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements"
🔗 : blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbie…

I can't believe my #selfhosting one year anniversary is coming up next week. @yunohost truly changed my digital life - for the better.

This is a 1st post in a 4 part miniseries intended for real newbies.

And now excuse me while I go hide in a cave expecting irate replies from sysadmins about certain things I wrote 😅

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Hello Fedi friends,

I'm currently planning my written tutorial for #YunoHost - from the POV of a newbie.

The guide will have a simple but ambitious goal: to encourage non-technical people to try self-host their own #NextCloud instance... and show them that it's something accessible to all, thanks to the wonderful YunoHost.org

I have tried other similar tools and YunoHost IMHO is simply the best and most secure solution. I've been using it for 11 months now and I have ZERO complaints. It just works... and it's effortless.

I'm thinking of splitting my written tutorial in a 3-part series... because doing everything in one go for a non-technical person could be overwhelming.

Part 1: registering a domain name and signing up for a VPS*

* yes I know technically you could forgo a domain name but I think having one is more empowering long term... and I'd go the VPS route because it's the most headache-free for a newbie. I can do the whole thing in 12 minutes with a VPS... and experienced headaches with a Raspi. I think for a total newbie the VPS is the way to go... especially if we factor in security issues. The stakes are lower

Part 2: installing YunoHost and tweaking DNS settings (assigning domain for NextCloud and creating a subdomain for YunoHost admin stuff, etc.)

Part 3: installing NextCloud (which people voted for when I asked which app I should install in my tutorial) and seeing what it can do.

Thoughts?

Is a 3-part series overkill or ok? I'd like to encourage people to set aside 30 minutes a day for this, so that the whole thing is not too overwhelming.

Eager to hear what you think about this!

P.S.: tangentially related but ICYMI: my Ghost blog is now federating thanks to MagicPages.co. You can follow it here: @ele

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