I am working on writing up some quality help/instructions for Lemmy instance admins. This is targeted toward those that are newer to Lemmy and Docker, but even those that know a thing or two might learn something from me. I have been a sysadmin for over 20 years, so I know some things.

I thought I’d share the first complete page I have written. I’d love some feedback if you have any to share.

Be seeing you.

P.S. I frequent the Lemmy Admin matrix chat and I moderate the Install Support channel. Stop by if you have questions! https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy-support-new-instance:discuss.online

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    1 year ago

    now i have to install matrix :) Will these changes work well with the ansible deploy setup?

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      1 year ago

      I do not recommend using Ansible. It adds additional requirements and complexities that are unnecessary. Ansible is a great tool for managing multiple servers and software installs, in my opinion it is not the right tool to install Lemmy on a single instance. My install instructions require only that you have docker and docker compose installed.

      That said, you could easily replace the docker-compose.yml that Ansible set up for you with the one I am providing. Just don’t run Ansible against your server again or it will wipe out your changes.

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        1 year ago

        Yea im well versed in docker (years of homelab) not saying its perfect but the ansible playbook had my droplet up in 15 min. I see where your coming from though and will likely just manage the compose myself now