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0 pointssnozolli1y ago0 comments

You can one-click deploy on DigitalOcean for $10/month

Am I the only person left who simply has a web server? Untar Mediawiki, edit a few config variables, run an established database script, and off you go. Maybe I'm wildly out of touch, but I don't see why everything has to be a container or a monthly paid service around here.

I get it for something like an email server, where misconfiguration could lead to your server being a zombie, but I don't get it for something like a wiki.

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Arrowmaster1y ago

Container makes it easy to update. I don't need to go read the instructions about which files I need to replace or what to do about modified files. If it's built properly to run from a container and uses sane version numbering, all I need to do is pull the new image and restart the container.

There are still plenty of not sane container builds that don't make it easy. If I need to checkout a git repo and mount a path into the container it's not sane. Pulling an image and starting a docker-compose should be all that's needed.

movedx1y ago

Actually I’m on your side there. I have three servers in the garage on a 250mbit private fibre link… that I never use. I want to get my backside in gear and get the ProxMox cluster running a bit of web infrastructure and then forward to it on the Mikrotik that terminates the fibre.

The only reason I recommended DO is it’s just simple and not too expensive. But your point is fair.

1oooqooq1y ago

and subscribe to yet another security announce email, i hope

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