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Continuwuity - a self-hostable Matrix Homeserver - just got a new release.

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[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

I've been trying to get this running for days, but I've had no luck. I follow the install instructions and when I get to the last step of actually starting the service, it fails, seemingly because there's some issue with the config file that I can't figure out. I was hoping this would be a good alternative for ESS Community, which I had no luck with either.

[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 1 point 44 minutes ago

What's your use case justifying the pain and suffering of self-hosting Matrix?

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

You aren't UwUing hard enough during the install.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 hours ago

That tracks. I've never actually uwu-ed before, so I didn't know how hard to go. 😂

[–] JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 1 point 6 hours ago (1 child)
[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

I guess I'll have to make a Matrix account elsewhere to join the support room so I can make a Matrix server of my own. 😅 Thanks for the link! Hopefully they'll be able to help me figure out the issue.

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 1 point 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I tried to set it up the other day and failed as well. Looking at their docker-compose examples for reverse proxy, there are a lot of environment variables not included in their original example. After adding all those variables, the container started with a message about first registration.

I haven't tested more than that yet.

EDIT: Added it to my reverse proxy and was able to create the first account via Element.