thomas-maurice / soapbox-docker

Docker image for the Soapbox/Rebased server, an alternative to Mastodon

soapbox-docker

Deploys an instance of Soapbox with the rebased backend. Docker image available on Docker Hub. A new version of the image is rebuilt automatically

Build the image

docker build -t mauricethomas/soapbox-docker .

Get the image from dockerhub

docker pull mauricethomas/soapbox-docker

Generate a config file

Run the image docker run -it mauricethomas/soapbox-docker bash, and create a new config file mix pleroma.instance gen. Then copy the /opt/pleroma/config/generated_config.exs and save it outside the image as prod.secret.exs, you will need this to start yout instance.

Prepare the database

Create the db and user like so

CREATE USER pleroma WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'pleroma';
CREATE DATABASE pleroma OWNER pleroma;
\c pleroma;
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS citext;
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_trgm;
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";

Run a production instance

You need to run the container with the prod.secret.exs file mounted at /opt/pleroma/config/prod.secret.exs, db migrations should be run automatically.

You need to mount a directory to /opt/pleroma/uploads to persist the uploads from the users, this group should be owned by 998:998

Run locally for testing

Run docker-compose up, then ./pleroma.sh

Your container will be acessible at https://social.localhost

⚠️ DO NOT USE THE INCLUDED prod.secret.exs FILE IN PRODUCTION DEPLOYMENT, GENERATE A NEW ONE!

Create the admin user

I refer you to the soapbox docs, but basically MIX_ENV=prod mix pleroma.user new <username> <your@emailaddress> --admin

Administrating your instance

When logged as the admin you can access to the soapbox admin interface: https://social.localhost/soapbox/admin You an access the pleroma interface at https://<yourdomain.com>/pleroma/admin