: What requirements are necessary for a webhoster to host Diaspora*? What do I need to get from a webhoster if I want to host my own Diaspora* seed? Do I just need some webspace with ruby

@Goswami781

The installation requirements from the Github page:


In order to run Diaspora, you will
need to download the following
dependencies (specific instructions
follow):


Build Tools - Packages needed to compile the components that follow.
Ruby - The Ruby programming language. (We're using 1.8.7. It comes preinstalled on Mac OS X.)
MongoDB - A snappy noSQL database.
OpenSSL - An encryption library. (It comes preinstalled on Mac OS X and Ubuntu.)
ImageMagick - An Image processing library used to resize uploaded photos.
Git - The fast version control system.


After you have Ruby installed on your
system, you will need to get RubyGems,
then install Bundler:


RubyGems - Source for Ruby gems.
Bundler - Gem management tool for Ruby projects.



That is realistically beyond what your typical webhost will offer. (Git and even Ruby are non-standard for many webhosts. MongoDB? Get outta here...)

You might be better off with a VPS.

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@Bryan171

I am sorry I cannot answer your question directly, but one thing you need to consider is the security flaws this pre-alpha release of Diaspora* has:
www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/16/diaspora_pre_alpha_landmines/

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