Small Update: When uploading images from the tor mirror, they are stored in the DB with the onion address. One workaround I'm currently applying is running a script periodically that updates image links. It looks like this:
UPDATE post SET url = REPLACE(url, 'http://your-hidden-address.onion', 'https://your-clear-domain.tld')
And btw all this is for version 0.18.3 (to avoid confusion in the future)
Don't worry, nothing is easy in the beginning and yes, some docs are not up to date because Lemmy has such a steep development curve and therefore frequent changes.
[...] i think i might try to do it again tomorrow after the frustration of failure of today is gone and i have some more motivation.
Do have any other self hosting experience? Maybe a software that is a bit more easy to handle would be a good starter. With that, you can experiment and learn a bit, before starting a (long term) project that requires proxy, database, frontend, backend and configs to make them work together. Not to speak from the maintenance.
Is it okay if i just ask my questions to you directly in this thread?
Sure thing. I can recommend the Lemmy admin matrix chat as well (if you're a matrix user).
Do you mean DynDNS with the automatic updates?
What I mean is: best case is your provider offers an api which allows you to update the DNS records by running a simple script. What I would not recommend is using something like mylemmy.dyndns.org (or similar services) for a Lemmy instance.
Hab dein Post eben erst entdeckt. Für den Fall das es hier noch jemanden interessiert: Ich persönlich kann Ionos empfehlen. Domain und Mail haben über Jahre nie Probleme gemacht. Auch vServer haben mir die beste Erfahrung geboten. Hatte viele Anbieter über die Jahre ausprobiert (darunter Contabo, Strato, ...), aber keiner kam an die Performance und Uptime von Ionos ran.
Thank you