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Is it that difficult to run Mastodon over Docker? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 4 months ago by tester1121 to c/selfhosted

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I am used to simple things running on Docker (Jellyfin, Nextcloud, etc.) I am looking at running my own personal Mastodon instance (maybe share it with a few friends and family), but I like using Docker. Looking at install guides, the steps required seem to be much harder than just editing docker-compose.yml and running the container. Is it actually that difficult to set up Mastodon, or is there a better guide? I can't just use Yunohost/CasaOS because I am using a VPS to host this.

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[–] tester1121 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it a run and just works docker compose file?

[–] breadsmasher 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You will need to review all the required variables and configure as you require. But basically, yeah

EDIT - NO

its not just grab and run. From the docs,

This container requires separate postgres and redis instances to run.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I haven’t looked, are those requirements not included in the compose?

[–] breadsmasher 1 points 4 months ago

Unfortunately not in this example. It has the compose to spin up masto, and the variables to set to tell it where redis etc is