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System requirements for a Matrix server? (piefed.ca)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by iamthetot@piefed.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Unless I am blind or my search-fu is hugely failing me, I cannot for the life of me find any information on the recommended/minimum specs to self-host the matrix backend services. I'm trying to spin up a VM just to play around with it and see if I like it. Specifically, I'm looking at Synapse or Continuwuity. Any advice?

Looking for vCPUs, memory, storage.

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[–] HumbleBragger@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd like to set up a matrix server on my home server (or a xmpp server) but I haven't been able to figure how to do that. All the docs talk about setting up a vps with a domain name.I don't have a vps or a domain name and don't wanna have to pay monthly to a hobby. (I'm poor in a poor country)

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

any internet connected server should do but you will need a domain name as they're how your matrix server identifies itself to the network

[–] HumbleBragger@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool! Can I use a ddns like duckdns? I only use my server through a VPN so I haven't looked into hardening and security stuff to open it to the internet yet. Maybe I'll just try setting a matrix server soon. Thanks!

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

theoretically yeah but you might have some issues with blocklists on other servers. there are cheap domain names available if even $1/yr is an option for you https://gen.xyz/1111b

edit to add- if you buy a domain from cloudflare or any other domain registrar with an API, you can create your own dynamic DNS by running a script on your server to update the domain's DNS automatically in a similar way to duckdns. more reading available at https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient