I want to set up a lemmy instance as a subreddit alternative for a community I moderate. I would be running the instance on a local machine in my home so I really want to make sure that it can’t be traced to my physical location.
I already subscribe to ExpressVPN for general use, can I just install it on the local machine, press connect, and boom be anonymous? What impact would this have on users?
Only if your vpn supports port forwarding. Only a few do, so you’d need something like (I think PIA still works, but it’s kinds hacky) AirVPN, or IVPN. You could also go the easier route of just using a reverse proxy that you host or cloudflare proxy, running your own vpn/ssh tunnel or using something like ngrok tunneling or cloudflared (cloudflare tunnels).