pleroma-docker/README.md

# Pleroma-Docker (Unofficial)

[Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/) is a selfhosted social network that uses OStatus/ActivityPub.

This repository dockerizes it for easier deployment.

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```cpp
#include <LICENSE>

/*
 * This repository comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
 *
 * I am not responsible for burning servers, angry users, fedi drama,
 * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because your boss saw your NSFW posts.
 * Please do some research if you have any concerns about included
 * features or the software used by this script ***before*** using it.
 *
 */
```

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## In the Wild

My own instance is managed by this script.<br>
Take a look at [hosted/pleroma](https://glitch.sh/hosted/pleroma) if you get stuck or need some inspiration.

Does your instance use pleroma-docker?<br>
Let me know and I'll add you to this list.

## Docs

These docs assume that you have at least a basic understanding
of the pleroma installation process and common docker commands.

If you have questions about Pleroma head over to https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/.<br>
For help with docker check out https://docs.docker.com/.

For other problems related to this script, contact me or open an issue :)

### Prerequisites

- ~500mb of free HDD space
- `git` if you want smart build caches
- `curl`, `jq`, and `dialog` if you want to use `./pleroma.sh mod`
- Bash 4+
- Docker 18.06+ and docker-compose 1.22+

### Installation

- Clone this repository
- Create a `config.exs` and `.env` file
- Run `./pleroma.sh build` and `./pleroma.sh up`
- [Configure a reverse-proxy](#my-instance-is-up-how-do-i-reach-it)
- Profit!

Hint:<br>
You can also use normal `docker-compose` commands to maintain your setup.<br>
The only command that you cannot use is `docker-compose build` due to build caching.

### Updates

Run `./pleroma.sh build` again and start the updated image with `./pleroma.sh up`.

You don't need to stop your pleroma server for either of those commands.

### Maintenance

Pleroma maintenance is usually done with mix tasks.
You can run these tasks in your running pleroma server using `./pleroma.sh mix [task] [arguments...]`.
If you need to fix some bigger issues you can also spawn a shell with `./pleroma.sh enter`.

For example: `/pleroma.sh mix pleroma.user new sn0w ...`

### My instance is up, how do I reach it?

Older versions of this script contained a huge amount of scripting to support all kinds of reverse-proxy setups.<br>
This newer version tries to focus only on providing good setup tooling.

You will have to configure your own reverse-proxy.<br>
You can use Caddy, Traefik, Apache, nginx, or whatever else you could come up with.<br>
Just modify your `docker-compose.yml` accordingly.

One example would be to add an [nginx server](https://hub.docker.com/_/nginx) to your `docker-compose.yml`:
```yml
  # ...

  proxy:
    image: nginx
    init: true
    restart: unless-stopped
    links:
      - server
    volumes:
      - ./my-nginx-config.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
```

Then take a look at [the pleroma nginx example](https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/blob/develop/installation/pleroma.nginx) for hints about what to put into `my-nginx-config.conf`.

Using apache would work in a very similar way (see [Apache Docker Docs](https://hub.docker.com/_/httpd) and [the pleroma apache example](https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/blob/develop/installation/pleroma-apache.conf)).

The target that you proxy to is called `http://server:4000/`.<br>
This will work automagically when the proxy also lives inside of docker.

Something that cofe.rocks uses is simple port-forwarding of the `server` container to the host's `127.0.0.1`.
From there on, the natively installed nginx server acts as a proxy to the open internet.
You can take a look at [this file](https://glitch.sh/hosted/pleroma/src/commit/4e88d93276f0bb2ef62d7f18477b156318924325/docker-compose.m4#L93) if that setup sounds interesting.

If you need help with this, or if you think that this needs more documentation, please let me know.

### Customization

Add your customizations (and their folder structure) to `custom.d/`.<br>
They will be copied into the right place when the container starts.<br>
You can even replace/patch pleroma’s code with this,
because the project is recompiled at startup if needed.

In general: Prepending `custom.d/` to pleroma’s customization guides should work all the time.<br>
Check them out in the official pleroma wiki.

For example: A custom thumbnail now goes into `custom.d/` + `priv/static/instance/thumbnail.jpeg`.

### Patches

Works exactly like customization, but we have a neat little helper here.

Use `./pleroma.sh mod [regex]` to mod any file that ships with pleroma, without having to type the complete path.

### Configuration

All the pleroma options that you usually put into your `*.secret.exs` now go into `config.exs`.

`.env` stores config values that need to be known at orchestration/build time.<br>
Documentation for the possible values is inside of that file.

### Attribution

Thanks to [Angristan](https://github.com/Angristan/dockerfiles/tree/master/pleroma) and [RX14](https://github.com/RX14/kurisu.rx14.co.uk/blob/master/services/iscute.moe/pleroma/Dockerfile) for their dockerfiles, which served as an inspiration for the early versions of this script.

The current version is based on the [official wiki guides](https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/tree/develop/docs/installation).<br>
Thanks to all people who contributed to those.