Bluesky Personal Data Server

[gerard]

@shanelord01 Maybe the title of the app request could be updated to "Bluesky Personal Data Server" ? As this is the docker container that would be self-hosted through Cloudron.
I've watched this recent how-to video of someone installing Bluseky PDS on a raspberry pi and it seems that the docker installation and setup has become pretty straight forward.

[timconsidine]

The provided Dockerfile does not seem complex, especially if the multi-stage build can be used (seems this is now a permissible approach for Cloudron).

[scooke]

Seeing how many help requests on here because ppl don't understand what "fresh server" means, and how many are using under-powered 2GB RAM servers, as well as trying to explain what the PDS is, I can't really blame the CLoduron team for seeming to be disinterested in making this available.

[rmdes]

What about this approach : https://github.com/itaru2622/bluesky-selfhost-env

[nebulon]

I don't have a clear view yet on what a bluesky setup all includes, but at least that Personal Data Server, which can apparently federate, does not have outlandish requirements on the system https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds?tab=readme-ov-file#preparation-for-self-hosting-pds

However it does not appear to have stable releases yet.

[jdaviescoates]

@jdaviescoates said in Bluesky Personal Data Server:

For starters self hosting a Relay needs at least 4.5TB space.

As per https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lbvbtqrg5t2t this has already increased to 16TB!

So, yeah, hosting a Bluesky Relay not really a viable thing to individually self host.

But I guess the PDS more viable.

BTW this thread and the linked blog exchanges well worth a read

https://social.coop/@cwebber/113647109852249805

In short: Bluesky / ATproto is not (and will not be) really very decentralized. Still better than X though.

[scooke]

@jdaviescoates said in Bluesky Personal Data Server:

Still better than X though

Anything is better than X, on principle!

[rmdes]

Most people would be more interested to run their own PDS than a Relay I think, it's probably going to be bit by bit, i'm not expecting Bluesky to be born in a desired state of perfection because nothing on the internet is ever born that way but I do hope that over time more and more parts of Bluesky will able to be run by users if they choose so

[nichu42]

What advantages does it have to self-host a PDS?

[jdaviescoates]

@rmdes said in Bluesky Personal Data Server:

I do hope that over time more and more parts of Bluesky will able to be run by users if they choose so

If you read that thread and linked posts it's pretty clear that it'll never be very decentralised.