Manuel Ernesto Garcia

Astropod | Free Serverless Podcast

Technology EN ↓ 6 episodes

Astropod is a free and open-source self-hosting serverless podcast solution. It supports diverse deployment services and audio hosting options and includes a customizable website deployable in a few clicks, with a personalized domain and a user-friendly CMS for effortless podcast management.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: getastropod.netlify.app

Author

Manuel Ernesto Garcia

Episodes

Introducing Astropod, the free and open source serverless podcast 17.08.2023 0:32

Deploying your serverless podcast in 2 minutes 16.08.2023 1:36

You can deploy Astropod in the deployment platform that you prefer, but for this example we are going to use Netlify and GitHub to store our instance code. Once we have our accounts created we only have to connect Netlify with github and press the deploy button in netlify. Mentioned links: Netlify GitHub Astropod Repository Deploy Astropod on Netlify

Setting user authentication and accessing to the dashboard 15.08.2023 1:31

Once you’ve got the project set up, you do need to activate Netlify Identity in the Netlify UI identity , the Git Gateway to allow e-mail/password authentication, and you just eed to add the users that are going to be allowed to access to our podcast admin panel. To open the dashboard on your website go to https://yourwebsite.netlify.app/admin/

Publishing your first episode 14.08.2023 1:51

To publish your first episode the process is very simple. First of all, we have to upload the audio of our episode to the internet. Astropod is designed to work with any file storage solution so you can use the platform you prefer, you can use for example DropBox, Google Drive, Cloudinary or on your own server. For free unlimited cloud file storage we recommend use Internet Archive Once the file i...

Configuring your Astropod Podcast 14.08.2023 1:41

Astropod configuration is very simple, you just have to go to the Configuration tab in the side menu and there you will see the General menu. In General configuration, you can set up all the fundamental elements of both the podcast and the website.

Conclusion 13.08.2023 0:26

If you got this far, you already have your Astropod instance up and running. If this solution is useful to you and it adds value, you can support us by sharing the project with your friends, leaving us some feedback, making a donation or if you are a developer you can get involved in the development of new features. Kind regards. Manuel.