What Happened to lemmy.fmhy.ml? What Happens if an Instance Disappears?

I was originally signed up on lemmy.fmhy.ml, but about a day ago the site went out or something. Now I can’t log in to my original account.

Is there a way for me to at least retrieve my subscribed community list?

    • deafboy@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Both lemmy.fmhy.ml and lemmy.ml are still up. It’s just the DNS record that’s gone.

      You can point those domains to the correct IP by editing your hosts file.

      • On windows it’s located in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
      • On mac, in /private/etc/hosts
      • On linux, in /etc/hosts

      Add the following to the bottom:

      188.114.96.12 lemmy.fmhy.ml
54.36.178.108 lemmy.ml

      This is a temporary workaround. The federation is probably screwed anyway, so there’s no point in posting any new content there, but it’s good enough to back up your subscriptions or posts.