@mario

Thanks, added it to the list!

@MaidenCatladyCrone

Really good point, I've added a bit to the guide to mention that you can install multiple servers as web apps.

@felixilef

Have you tried clicking on the image attachment icon at the bottom when you're creating a new post?

@felixilef

I think the phone's sharing app only works with app store apps?

@joe we turned off open registrations around the 50k mark because we saw things getting out of control fast, and it took us a few months to even understand what was happening under the hood. I’m about to move the instance over to my own hardware which will lower my bill significantly.

I’m assuming a lot of instance admins rely on other for the technical help or just throw money at the problem when things slow down, both of which are valid options if you can afford it.

It took me some time to figure out how the inner workings of Mastodon fit together and now I should use that knowledge to help save others money if I can.

However this does include:

3 Mastodon isntance, 1 PeerTube, 2 Pixelfed and some smaller services

But still, it's a lot of money.. without donations i would not be able to do this forever

@stux I'm guessing a lot of that cost is because of the location? I can't even comprehend what a deployment like that would look like. I'm trying to imagine what a $500/month deployment would look like. Do you happen to have an infrastructure diagram or anything so I can see what your deployment looks like? I really need to rewrite mine, this one is from 2023 where I had a 12 server deployment and it was costing me roughly $90/month.

docs.mindly.social/infrastruct…

@sortius this is why a managed service is more appealing for most. It’s not a bad choice, it’s just an expensive one if your resource usage grows faster than your income.

Maybe that’s what I need to focus on to clear up a lot of the confusion people have.

@saxnot No idea, if that was the case though and they were using up enough bandwidth to make any noticeable difference then a solution for that would be something like a WAF or CDN to block them or caching to reduce their impact on the cost or performance.

Something like Cloudflare would be a good solution for most small instances since it's free and their anti-AI tools are getting better all of the time.

@heinragas finding a good managed hosting option that's within your budget is like the holy grail for most people. I guess the problem people are having with managed hosts is as they grow the costs can balloon out of control.

Somebody mentioned earlier that they disabled sign-ups once they reached a capacity they were comfortable with in terms of performance, budget, and overall management which is the real key to running a Mastodon instance.