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Self hosting Signal server (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Does anyone have any experience in successfully self-hosting Signal server using docker?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Thanks all for your response. I gave up on Signal and installing Matrix server instead.

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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Does signal allow self hosting? Unless we are thinking of different things called Signal.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (8 children)
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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    Signal is not a federated protocol, though. I guess you can run that server code. But it won't connect you to your friends and people on the regular Signal network. (Plus you'd also need to build a custom version of the client/app.) I'm a bit unsure whether OP is aware of that.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I actually don’t want to run it on regular signal network. Just want to self-host it on my home server, and allow home devices to use it to communicate via tailscale.

    Basically my own private signal network that my devices connected to.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I had a quick look and seems there have been some projects packaging the Signal server for Docker... But the projects Google returns as results on the first page all seem to be abandoned. Seems this is a bit niche. Unfortunaltely I don't have any good advice here. I run a Matrix server, so I don't have experience with this.

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