From ecf89fc0d0c99af5c92409f36b61ec56c71e1bf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taeer Bar-Yam <taeer.bar-yam@tweag.io>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:49:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tweaks

---
 README.md         | 3 ++-
 configuration.nix | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60a31ecc..35a396e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake .#mastodon
 
 Now you can access mastodon at <https://social.local.gd:44443>
 
-You will have to "accept the security risk".
+- You will have to "accept the security risk".
+- It may take a minute for the webpage to come online. Until then you will see 502 Bad Gateway
 
 # TODOs
 
diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 33ee5ff5..4fb4d41f 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     configureNginx = true;
 
     # TODO: configure a mailserver so this works
-    smtp.fromAddress = "mastodon_vm";
+    # smtp.fromAddress = "mastodon@social.local.gd";
 
     # TODO: this is hardware-dependent. let's figure it out when we have hardware
     # streamingProcesses = 1;
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@
       # SEE: local.gd
       localDomain = "social.local.gd";
 
+      smtp = {
+        fromAddress = "mastodon@social.local.gd";
+        createLocally = false;
+      };
       # from the documentation: recommended is the amount of your CPU cores minus one.
       # but it also must be a positive integer
       streamingProcesses = let
-        ncores = config.virtualistation.cores;
+        ncores = config.virtualisation.cores;
         max = x: y: if x > y then x else y;
       in
         max 1 (ncores - 1);
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@
       };
     };
 
+    virtualisation.memorySize = 2048;
     virtualisation.forwardPorts = [
       {
         from = "host";