First, I want to say that I am a huge fan of Holo and have been doing what I can to save money for a Holoport. However, after a serious situation with a family member, I’ve been given no choice but to give up my hope for ever being able to afford one.
I’m not a super programmer and don’t know a lot of the terminology, but I have mined Monero, Electroneum, and even created a Monero mining pool. These accomplishments occurred after hours and hours of studying, following detailed instructions, etc. Although it wasn’t profitable, it taught me a LOT about the crypto space. Then I discovered Holochain.
I’ve been able to accumulate some HOT and want to actually participate in the network. That said, can someone please direct me to the source for the diy hosting software? It’s not looking like I’ll be able to purchase a Holoport for at least another year, but I do want/need the experience involved in joining the network.
Also, is there a source with detailed instructions on how to actually diy host?
I apologize if this has been asked by someone else, but I’ve spent the last two hours trying to find concrete answers and don’t want to waste any more time if this isnt actually possible.
The short answer to your question: there is currently no DIY hosting software you can use. That is on the roadmap, but later than a healthy beta network with functioning HoloPorts.
However, Holochain and Holochain apps are usable right now. So if you want to get your feet wet, hands dirty, and mind engaged, you can play with those right now!
If you share a bit more about what your primary interests here are, we can direct you to the appropriate conversations and apps.
Hi, is it still the case that there is not actually any DiY hosting software even though the first step on the Become a Host page of the website says ‘or install the Holo software on your existing device’?
No, web users don’t pay anything to access hosted apps (unless the app provider makes it a paid service). It is the app providers who pay for hosting with Holofuel.
Yeah, this isn’t the first time I’ve heard this kind of feedback. It really isn’t clear from the language this is referring to the future when DIY hosting software will be available. It causes frequent misunderstanding.
They are asking about the ability to host Holoports on non-Holoport proprietary hardware. Once this ability is released, hosting node counts should shoot through the roof as many people have available compute infrastructure that they would like to use for the cause. The dev team seems to want to get through a period of clean testing on Holoports before releasing otherwise. Likely the 2 reasons for that are:
They don’t want to burn cycles answering troubleshooting issues regarding running on some obscure server, pc or Mac.
It’s not quite working outside of the Holoports yet.
If it’s working just in a poor state, it would be interesting to allow individuals to alpha test it after signing some agreement that says “You’re on your own on your own hardware until a later stage.” but that may be unrealistic at this time.
When I last asked this question @guillemcordoba said all the code was on github, but I’m not sure how often it’s pushed out or whether it’s possible to create your own from it. I have enough trouble understanding DNS redirects let alone figuring out stuff like that
As I understand it the hosting service will be able to offer a level of service based on the fact it has known hardware, a little like Apple. I am not sure how they will approach the hosting on non-holo hardware in terms of selling as presumably there’s issues more than just the physical hosting itself, so I imagine YMMV & that many alternative services will pop up offering specific configurations/options/offers for different markets.
If they’re using nix then I don’t see why it shouldn’t work outside Holoports, I have a few issues running stuff on my 2012 Macbook Pro but it’s usually a quick package include and it’s fixed. Well, I don’t fix it, I just submit the bugs and the issue fairy flies in and fixes them. So I’ve heard…
