fix mastodon (why was it broken??)

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ and then run it with
 
 You can then access the apps on your local machine (using the magic of port forwarding) at the following addresses
 
-- Mastodon: <https://mastodon.localhost:55001>
+- Mastodon: <http://mastodon.localhost:55001>
   - 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"
   - (NOTE: currently broken) email sent from the mastodon instance (e.g. for setting up an account) will be accessible at <https://mastodon.localhost:55001/letter_opener>
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ You can then access the apps on your local machine (using the magic of port forw
   - mastodon-web.service
   - peertube.service
   - unclear yet which pixelfed services are useful
+- you can ssh to the machine using `ssh -p 2222 root@localhost`
 
 # TODOs
 

common.nix

@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
         "-mon chardev=char0,mode=readline"
         "-device virtconsole,chardev=char0,nr=0"
       ];
-      # forwardPorts = [
-      #   {
-      #     from = "host";
-      #     host.port = 2222;
-      #     guest.port = 22;
-      #   }
-      # ];
+      forwardPorts = [
+        {
+          from = "host";
+          host.port = 2222;
+          guest.port = 22;
+        }
+      ];
     };
   };
 }

mastodon.nix

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
         enableUnixSocket = false;
         extraConfig = {
           RAILS_ENV = "development";
+          # to be accessible from outside the VM
+          BIND = "0.0.0.0";
           # for letter_opener (still doesn't work though)
           REMOTE_DEV = "true";
         };