Running a Gemini capsule in Fly.io free tier

Inspired by [this post], I've recently been trying to run a proper Gemini server on [Fly.io], but staying within the limits of their free tier.

I managed to build something I'm relatively happy with for now, I figured I'd share the story (I've been meaning to write more so here I am)! Anyway, I wrote a [blog post on the capsule itself], check it out if you're interested!

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blog post on the capsule itself

EDIT: I should add that the capsule can only be reached via IPv6 due to limitations of the Fly.io free tier

😺 blurrycat

2023-07-23 · 10 months ago · 👍 Addison, liebach, sugar, Tabedout

3 Comments ↓

🐝 Addison · 2023-07-23 at 20:20:

Thanks for posting this, I'll check this service out; it'd be nice to containerize my services and not have to deal with load balancer stuff. I'm getting empty TLS handshake responses from the capsule, though just FYI

😺 blurrycat [OP] · 2023-07-23 at 21:24:

Thank you for your comment @Addison! That's weird, I had issues from my laptop due to my IPv6 being spotty but I had good results from my phone (with Lagrange on both), are you able to load the capsule at all or it simply not loading for you?

🐝 Addison · 2023-07-23 at 22:03:

Oh, you know what... Since you mentioned it, I enabled ipv6 in Rosy Crow and it loaded perfectly. Oops!