I am fairly technically savvy so I tried using it today and followed their installation guide.
1) I had to change their code to accept a release that is older than 30 days old.
2) It had me pick my domain, say it started, and gave me a sandcats URL to go to that doesn't work. Feel like something is missing from the installation instructions.
I wouldn't say its too hard for your dad to use, it's just poorly documented
2) This is kinda the hard part because it depends on where you are hosting it. If you ping your Sandcats address, does it return the IP of your server/location? Is there a firewall, router, etc. you may need to open a port or forward a port?
Agreed that the parent posts suggest this should be easier. It really probably should, but it's hard to do that securely without depending on some outside service. Sandcats and Let's Encrypt removes a lot of difficulty but CGNAT and port forwarding and stuff might be best defeated by autoconfiguring something like Tailscale or Cloudflare Tunnel.
I would have expected the installation page to at least maybe mention that port forwarding was required. I assumed you were using something like ngrok.
"The installer will offer you free dynamic DNS and valid HTTPS via sandcats.io, a service maintained by the Sandstorm development team. "
1) I had to change their code to accept a release that is older than 30 days old. 2) It had me pick my domain, say it started, and gave me a sandcats URL to go to that doesn't work. Feel like something is missing from the installation instructions.
I wouldn't say its too hard for your dad to use, it's just poorly documented