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Howto Install Mastodon:

Debian:

This will be a rapid and dirty Tutorial to gain the maximum afford.
I assume you use a fresh, not used System.

Installing Pre-Requirements

apt -qy update
apt install -qy curl gnupg2 ca-certificates lsb-release debian-archive-keyring sudo git build-essentials

Adding Sources

sudo curl https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/nginx-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
sudo curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done 
sudo apt -qy update && apt -qy dist-upgrade

Adding Debian Backports (optional)

sudo nano /etc/apt/source.list.d/backports

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

Setup Mastodon: User and Repository Cloning

```
 sudo adduser mastodon 
```
```
 sudo adduser mastodon docker 
```
```
 sudo usermod -g mastodon www-data 
```
```
 sudo usermod -g www-data mastodon 
```
```
 sudo chmod 755 /home/mastodon 
```
```
 su - mastodon 
```

 git clone https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon.git /home/mastodon/live

 cp .env.production.sample .env.production

 sed -i 's/\bBuild: \./#Build: ./gi' /home/mastodon/live/docker-compose.yml

Setup Mastodon: .env.production

Short Info: don't edit the file, it will be overwritten by the next command.
Follow up the configuration Guide. You don't need to compile your own Stuff. REALLY NOT. Save the Time

Trust me its a pain in the Backside and waste your time… ;-D

 docker-compose run --rm web bundle exec rake mastodon:setup

Pre-Compile all Assets.

 docker-compose run --rm web rake assets:precompile

Setup Mastodon: NGINX

We need to create and add some informations for NGINX to use it

Hint: If you need to use a other Reverse-Proxy in front of it, its untested and my not work

```
 sudo mkdir /var/www/letsencrypt 
```

 sudo cp /home/mastodon/live/dist/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/mastodon

 sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mastodon /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/mastodon

Setup Mastodon: systemd

We Link the service-files to auto-update them

 sudo ln -s /home/mastodon/live/dist/mastodon-sidekiq.service /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-sidekiq.service

 sudo ln -s /home/mastodon/live/dist/mastodon-streaming.service /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-streaming.service

 sudo ln -s /home/mastodon/live/dist/mastodon-web.service /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-web.service

We reload the systemd daemon

```
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload 
```

 sudo systemctl enable --now mastodon.service

We Check if it was successfull:

 watch docker compose -f /opt/mastodon/docker-compose.yml ps

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