--- title: Here's how I host my own AIM server | daily.dev description: A hands-on guide to self-hosting an AIM/ICQ server using Open OSCAR Server on Debian Trixie. Covers downloading and extracting the binary, configuring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-how-i-host-my-own-aim-server-yppx5o9yy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Here's how I host my own AIM server | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on guide to self-hosting an AIM/ICQ server using Open OSCAR Server on Debian Trixie. Covers downloading and extracting the binary, configuring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-how-i-host-my-own-aim-server-yppx5o9yy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yPPX5o9yY.png og:image:alt: Here's how I host my own AIM server og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Here's how I host my own AIM server **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on guide to self-hosting an AIM/ICQ server using Open OSCAR Server on Debian Trixie. Covers downloading and extracting the binary, configuring LOCAL/LAN/WAN listener modes via settings.env, connecting legacy AIM clients, running the server as a systemd service, enabling authentication by toggling the DISABLE_AUTH environment variable, and managing users via a curl-based REST API. Also touches on firewall setup, dynamic DNS for home hosting, and backup strategies using rsync and Borgmatic. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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