There is no much to say about why i created my own instance, but i was BORED AF searching for a good matrix + homeserver without politics shit, corrupted admins deleting accounts, no transparency, not being blacklisted + (ACL Ban) + on matrix.org or other well-known homeservers, no illegal shit, good overall latency, etc.
++ You can't ever know how the instance admin actually manages the server, if it updates it or is snitching + media files, how is the security, The admin updates the server?, The admin will some day get a subpoena + because of bad actors on the server?, The admin does snapshots? NO DB BACKUPS (like vern.cc HUGE DATA + LOSS; Btw not being mean with vern.cc sysadmins, they hosted a lot of good services and i was using them, i + appreciate that, but for some reason they lose everything on their DBs HOW???? and they are down most of the time now... Pretty sad). + +
At the start i was like: "I should create my own instance?, it will be worth it?" + who tf in this world + would want a @zzls.xyz after his username, what a shitty domain name that i registered in ~2022 Q1, but now + i don't give a fuck
+I prefer to have control over my data and is far more easy to troubleshoot the server since it's on my home + and not in a remote server. I can migrate it easily to other drive, if something fails i just fix it and i + don't need to wait for tech support and shit, etc.
+ +So yeah, after some weeks i decided to create my own homeserver for private use for now and probably
+ forever, but you can request an account if you want, is hosted on Chile, you can do ping selfhost.zzls.xyz
in a terminal to measure the latency
See the Matrix server technical specs bellow
+ +Matrix server specs
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+
- + Matrix Server Implementation: Dendrite 0.12.1 + +
- + DB?: PostgreSQL 15.2 + +
- + Web server: Nginx 1.23.3 with BoringSSL + +
- + HTTP Revisions: HTTP/1.1 HTTP/2 HTTP/3 (QUIC) + +
- + SSL: TLS1.2 to TLS1.3 with HSTS and a ECDSA key. See this sslabs report + +
- + Security Headers: I added all needed security headers for this to have a proper security and usability. + +
- + Cloudflare?: Absolutely not + +
Idk what more to add here lol, anyways, please see the NIGNX configuration if you are literate enough and thanks for reading this shit
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