Updated to Lemmy 0.18.4, see release notes here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/RELEASES.md

Updated to Lemmy 0.18.3, see release notes here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/RELEASES.md

Updated to 0.18.2, which includes fixes for the recently found vulnerabilities. Also updated with Ansible this time to get the Nginx config updates, which I think fixes some federation issues with kbin and Mastadon.

For those that are aware, some Lemmy.world admin accounts were hacked using a known Lemmy vulnerability based on custom emojis. There are NO custom emojis configured for this instance, so no concerns regarding this vulnerability for this instance.

Lemmy.world (and some others) were hacked

I’m seeing a lot less communities on this instance when I look at “All”. Are we blocked from several instances, limiting what we can see?

Back end and front end have been updated to Lemmy v18.1!

At the moment I do not plan on updating to v18.0, since it removes captcha. Captcha should be back in v18.1 though, at which point I will update!

I noticed posts from other instances saying there has been massive account creation activity. Checking the stats here, it seems to be reporting almost 6k users. Not sure what can be done, but it’s likely not for legitimate purposes.

Is there an issue with different instances having the same community name? I read that it may be an issue, but it was not clear.

This is a neat site for tracking the fediverse and this instance.

Server

This instance is currently being hosted using Vultr on a server located in Dallas. Specifically, it's using a cloud compute server with the following specs:

• AMD High Performance
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS x64
• 1 vCPU
• 1 GB of memory
• 2 TB of bandwidth
• 25 GB of NVMe storage
• Attached storage: None

Auto backups are enabled and configured for every other day at 2AM Mountain Time. Total monthly for hosting is currently $7.20 a month. I chose Vultr for its combination of price, ease of use, and ease of upgrading. With a couple of clicks I can upgrade the server up to 12 vCPUs and 24 GB memory.

Domain

I currently have the domain centennialstate.social registered with Google Domains at a cost of $30 a year. Unfortunately, the same day I purchased this domain Google announced they were selling off their Domains service to Square Space. I have to wait 60 days from purchasing before I can transfer it, at which point I will be transferring it to CloudFlare at an unknown cost. If it's like my other domain I transferred then it might actually end up being cheaper.

Email

I did not have any luck getting email working with postfix so I set up email with Zoho, which costs $12 a year. Currently email is just used for new account email verification and password resets. I don't plan on really monitoring the inbox.

Please let me know if you have any other questions about this server/instance!