Really positive reaction to my post about adding European web servers for Micro.blog. Thanks everyone! This is the first step, excited to explore more.

Marco Janssen

it great you make this possible

Alexandra πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@manton I think that might help attract people to m.b.

Mark Stoneman

When you say Europe, are you able to say which country or countries? I know you might want to stay flexible, but there are some jurisdictions led by authoritarians, most notably Hungary.…

Manton Reece

@markstoneman Germany. We'll likely stay there indefinitely. Seems a good base to grow from, good infrastructure, in the EU, hopefully fast access from most countries in Europe.

Mark Stoneman

Good to know. Thanks. I should prolly move my blog there too.

John Kostiuk

More of this please. πŸ‘

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David Johnson

I missed this yesterday, but have just read your post. Thank you for making this option available. Sadly I think an important consideration in our current climate.

I don't quite understand what happens if I tick the Europe hosting box? Does my website get moved to servers in Germany? If so, is there a down time while that move takes place - thinking 3600+ posts?

Manton Reece

@crossingthethreshold There’s no downtime. It can copy the posts quickly (it doesn’t include photos yet) and you still have to update your DNS settings to finish the switch. Click the checkbox first and as soon as the publishing step is finished, everything will be ready.

Jan Luca Siewert

took me 5 minutes until I found the load more entries in my registrars DNS settings. But that was it. Thank you!

The Micro Blog

I hope Canada is on your list to explore.

Manton Reece

@the I’ll consider it, thanks.

David Johnson

Thank you. I'll give it a go right now.

David Johnson

Well about 10 minutes after changing the settings and everything still seems good. I wouldn't recognize that anything had happened. Thank you.

ian

Just moved my blog hosting to the European servers and all seems to have gone smoothly. Thank you for the option πŸ™

Manton Reece @manton
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