🔥 Bonfire Install Party #1 – Get your fediverse instance running!
Inizia:Venerdì Giugno 27, 2025 @ 5:30 PM GMT+02:00 (Europe/Rome)
Finisce:Venerdì Giugno 27, 2025 @ 7:00 PM GMT+02:00 (Europe/Rome)
Join us this Friday at 15:30 UTC for our first Bonfire Install Party!
A casual peer-led session where we’ll set up Bonfire instances together, ask questions, and tackle challenges in real time.
This session will focus on deploying Bonfire using Co-op Cloud — our recommended method, especially for fresh servers. Whether you’re ready to install or just want to follow along and learn, you’re welcome.
What to expect
• Hands-on walkthrough of live deployment using Co-op Cloud
• Real-world troubleshooting and debugging — we’ll learn together
• Shared note-taking to improve our documentation and install guides
• Help shape better tools and recipes by trying them out in the wild
• A no-pressure, collaborative learning environment
What to bring
Ideally:
• A domain or subdomain
• A publicly-accessible server (VPS, dedicated, or local) with SSH access
• DNS configured for your domain
• Your curiosity and questions!
Not ready? That’s fine too — join to watch, learn, and prep for next time. No experience required.
that sounds all good but after reading the Bonfire homepage, I'm confused: what capability does Bonfire offer? It's a fediverse component but does it do blogging, microblogging, images, videos, or something else?
@hamiller_friendica ah right, there are variants! I didn't see that on the mobile home page hence my confusion. @bonfire would it be worth clarifying this on the home page to help newbies understand what you're all about?
Could bonfire.cafe have open registration? I think it would help to be able to see what it is and how it works. For example I'm curious how interoperable it is with the rest of the fediverse.
@vagnretur We're not planning to have a flagship instance, but we're confident several community-run instances will emerge soon! To get a feel for what's included in Bonfire Social, you can sign up on our Campground (campground.bonfire.cafe), it's a testing instance (federation disabled) where you can explore features, discuss UX, and optionally report bugs or suggest improvements... @coopcloud
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