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Mastodon
From dankwiki
Setting up a Masotdon server on Debian is somewhat annoying, due to the node and (to a lesser extent) ruby-based implementation. Most guides involve downloading and installing a large number of sources outside of APT. I hoped to avoid that.
My running install uses the 3.2 branch of Mastodon atop Debian Unstable.
System work
- Via APT, install nodejs, rake, rbenv, ruby-bundler, postgresql-contrib, and cmdtest ("yarn").
- Prep the database:
- echo "CREATE USER mastodon CREATEDB;" | sudo -u postgres psql
- Create mastodon user (salt to taste):
- sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos "Mastodon service account" mastodon
User work
Remaining work will be done as the mastodon user, in its home directory.
