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Updated How to: Hosting a Friendica site at home (markdown)

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You can host a fully federated Friendica site at home using Dyndns or a similar dynamic DNS service service - either on a physical computer of its own or in a Virtual Box.
We will be providing a ready-made and very easily configured Virtual Box image for this purpose shortly - we just need to run a few more tests. This will make 'home Friendica' a viable option for a great many people - not just 'geeks'.
We have a ready-made and very easily configured Virtual Box image for this purpose. It makes 'home Friendica' a viable option for a great many people - not just 'geeks'.
In the meantime, the steps are as follows:
The basic steps are as follows (we will be providing a more detailed guided very shortly):
1) Get yourself a Dyndns or similar account and install the respective IP updater on your machine (that is the host computer if you plan to use a Virtual Box). This ensures that other sites can find your server, even though it is probably running on a dynamic IP.
1) Get yourself a Dyndns or similar account and install the respective IP updater on your machine (that is the host computer). This ensures that other sites can find your server, even though it is probably running on a dynamic IP.
2) Download this image: [[http://downloads.friendica.eu/Friendica.zip]]
2) Install a Linux operating system like Debian on the computer or in the Virtual Box. Then configure your router to send incoming http/https traffic to the respective real or virtual computer.