fedi.cress.space

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Setup and update gotosocial.org on fly.io for fedi.cress.space.

This setup has no email support, so administration has to happen via shell (see below).

Some context in my blog: https://madflex.de/setup-fedi-cress-space/

bootstrap / update

To update to a newer version edit bootstrap.sh.

run script:

sh bootstrap.sh

and edit config.yaml if new. For updated version look into added settings!

setup for fly.io

create volume to store sqlite database and attachments

flyctl volumes create gotosocial_data --app fedi-cress-space --region fra --size 1

deploy

flyctl deploy --local-only --region fra

DNS / SSL

Add CNAME records from your.domain to xxx.fly.dev to your DNS provider. And a CNAME for the letsencrypt of fly.io, see https://fly.io/apps/fedi-cress-space/certificates

add user(s) to instance

Login to the instance via ssh

flyctl ssh console

Create a superuser

# create account
/app/gotosocial --config-path /app/config.yaml admin account create --username some_username --email some_email@whatever.org --password 'SOME_PASSWORD'
# activate account
/app/gotosocial --config-path /app/config.yaml admin account confirm --username some_username
# give super user rights to account
/app/gotosocial --config-path /app/config.yaml admin account promote --username some_username

First two steps to add "normal" users.