Post #2307661

2026-03-06 06:50 UTC

#GlobalTalk Admins! I’m considering setting up a DokuWiki “Farm” (see below) at globaltalk.network to host my GlobalTalk resources, info about my zones, and, if anyone else is interested, info on their zones under a subdomain relevant to their zone (and likely matched, if they’ve taken the offer of DNS hosting, to their zone subdomain at globaltalk.zone). I’m interested in people’s thoughts – this will be easier than giving each user their own subdomain/subdirectory to host whatever hosting platform they might desire, make updates and management easier, etc. I will create a user per interested GlobalTalk admin (and/or zone, perhaps, for people like me) and they can populate as they see fit - I’m then not a publisher, just a hoster, blah, blah, blah, lawyer speak. I’ll consider adding relevant DokuWiki plugins as suggested to me, too. I’ve set up a DokuWiki recently for my apartment block, and it’s straightforward enough and supports this sort of functionality with the Farmer Plugin (probably the only way I’ll ever be able to become a farmer!). I’m probably going to start setting it up this weekend – let me know if you’re interested, and please boost. It’s important to note that these “services” and sites are *not* #MARCHintosh-official GlobalTalk services and sites. I am running these independently of the running of #MARCHintosh, firstly for my own use and zones, but also, as it’s easy to leverage, for others. https://www.dokuwiki.org/farms

Replies (4)

@mroach@ublog.mroach.com 2026-03-06 06:58

@europlus@social.europlus.zone We're thinking about the same problem! I've been getting a small web app setup where users can sign up and create one or more zones and then manage their own data. Admins can approve a zone before it's published. There's an endpoint that speaks DynDNS so that users with dynamic public IPs can have an easier path to getting a stable hostname e.g. `{zone name}.ddns.globaltalk.zone`. I imagine this will alleviate pain points for users w/o static IPs. Hopefully? Next on my agenda is also doing aliveness checks from the server to their router so we can automatically check that their router is accessible and if it's not for a period of time, exclude it from the list of endpoints. I'd love to collaborate on the features and design if you're keen!

Open ##2443247
@clay@socialbc.ca 2026-03-06 15:39

@europlus@social.europlus.zone I think having somewhere to document zones is a great idea, I’m definitely interested

Open ##2443249
@smallsco@oldbytes.space 2026-03-06 23:29

@europlus@social.europlus.zone There's also @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net 's GlobalTalk wiki, perhaps the two of you could work together and combine them? I'd hate to see a duplication of effort here.

Open ##2443256
@eric@bitbang.social 2026-03-07 19:47

@europlus@social.europlus.zone I am interested as I know my public IP has changed and I am in the process of trying to get netatalk up so I don’t have to keep my LCIII up and running to be on GT. I’m also trying to configure my IIGS to get on AT using the Asanti bridge!

Open ##2443260