I am used to simple things running on Docker (Jellyfin, Nextcloud, etc.) I am looking at running my own personal Mastodon instance (maybe share it with a few friends and family), but I like using Docker. Looking at install guides, the steps required seem to be much harder than just editing docker-compose.yml and running the container. Is it actually that difficult to set up Mastodon, or is there a better guide? I can’t just use Yunohost/CasaOS because I am using a VPS to host this.

  • sfunk1x@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’m running the mastodon stack in docker via a compose file. It was straight forward. Follow the instructions to the letter and it will work.

    I will say that it is in your best interest to have an automated update process happen, either manually (via cron) multiple times a day or have some kind of orchestration layer that manages updating the component images once they are released. Mastodon has had some nasty 0 day bugs that involved account and server takeover that had to be fixed immediately, and you don’t want to lag very far behind in those cases.

    Edit:

    Docker compose from their repo:

    https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/docker-compose.yml

    • FischEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      There’s a project called Watchtower that is specifically for auto-updating docker-compose containers