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# How to start up a mastodon VM
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```bash
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nixos-rebuild build-vm --flake .#mastodon
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./result/bin/run-nixos-vm
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```
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Now you can access mastodon at <https://social.local.gd:44443>
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2024-02-28 22:49:16 +01:00
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- You will have to "accept the security risk".
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- It may take a minute for the webpage to come online. Until then you will see 502 Bad Gateway
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# TODOs
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- [ ] set up a domain name and a DNS service so we can do deploy this to an actual machine
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- [ ] set up an email service
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- [ ] add logging
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- [ ] errors / logs
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- [ ] performance
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- [ ] switch to garage / s3 storage
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- SEE: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/optional/object-storage/
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- [ ] decouple the postgres database from this machine
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- [ ] test with high use / throughput
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- [ ] configure scaling behaviour
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- SEE: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/scaling/
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- [ ] remove the need for "accept security risk" dialogue if possible
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# resources
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- Tutorial for setting up better logging: https://krisztianfekete.org/self-hosting-mastodon-on-nixos-a-proof-of-concept/
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