Mastodon for YunoHost

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This package allow you to install Mastodon quickly and simply on a YunoHost server.
If you don't have YunoHost, please see here to know how to install and enjoy it.

Overview

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network. A decentralized alternative to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Pick a server that you trust — whichever you choose, you can interact with everyone else. Anyone can run their own Mastodon instance and participate in the social network seamlessly.

Shipped version: 3.0.1

Important points to read before installing

1. Mastodon require a dedicated root domain, eg. mastodon.domain.tld
2. The user choosen during the installation is automatically created in Mastodon with admin rights
3. At the end of the installation a mail is sent to the user with the automatically generated password
4. It seems important to close the inscriptions for your Mastodon, so that it remains a private body. We invite you to block remote malicious instances from the administration interface. You can also add text on your home page.

Screenshots

Source code

Configuration

Install

Using screen in case of disconnect

$ sudo apt-get install screen
$ screen
$ sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/mastodon_ynh.git

Recover after disconnect:

$ screen -d
$ screen -r

Update

Using screen highly recommended

$ sudo yunohost app upgrade mastodon -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/mastodon_ynh --debug

Documentation

• Official documentation: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/

YunoHost specific features

Supported architectures

• x86-64b -
• ARMv8-A -
• Jessie x86-64b -

Links

• Report a bug: https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/mastodon_ynh/issues
• App website: https://joinmastodon.org/
• Upstream app repository: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon
• YunoHost website: https://yunohost.org/

Developers info

Please do your pull request to the testing branch.

To try the testing branch, please proceed like that.

sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/mastodon_ynh/tree/testing --debug
or
sudo yunohost app upgrade mastodon -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/mastodon_ynh/tree/testing --debug