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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md index af78f6235..dd69eb303 100644 --- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md +++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ So, you have a working Mastodon instance... now what? The following rake task: - rails mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=alice + rake mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=alice Would turn the local user "alice" into an admin. diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md index 799b8a64c..0de26230c 100644 --- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md +++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Mastodon can theoretically run indefinitely on a free [Heroku](https://heroku.co 1. Click the above button. 2. Fill in the options requested. * You can use a .herokuapp.com domain, which will be simple to set up, or you can use a custom domain. If you want a custom domain and HTTPS, you will need to upgrade to a paid plan (to use Heroku's SSL features), or set up [CloudFlare](https://cloudflare.com) who offer free "Flexible SSL" (note: CloudFlare have some undefined limits on WebSockets. So far, no one has reported hitting concurrent connection limits). - * You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development purposes, where you may not care if files are not saaved. Follow a guide online for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details. + * You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development purposes, where you may not care if files are not saved. Follow a guide online for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details. * If you want your Mastodon to be able to send emails, configure SMTP settings here (or later). Consider using [Mailgun](https://mailgun.com) or similar, who offer free plans that should suit your interests. 3. Deploy! The app should be set up, with a working web interface and database. You can change settings and manage versions from the Heroku dashboard. + +You may need to use the `heroku` CLI application to run `USERNAME=yourUsername rails mastodon:make_admin` to make yourself an admin. diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md index 469fefa94..9cfdfc607 100644 --- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md +++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ It is recommended to create a special user for mastodon on the server (you could ## General dependencies curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo bash - - sudo apt-get install imagemagick ffmpeg libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev nodejs + sudo apt-get install imagemagick ffmpeg libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev nodejs file sudo npm install -g yarn ## Redis @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Fill in the important data, like host/port of the redis database, host/port/user rake secret -To get a random string. If you are setting up on one single server (most likely), then REDIS_HOST is localhost and `DB_HOST` is `/var/run/postgresql`, `DB_USER` is `mastodon` and `DB_NAME` is `mastodon_production` while `DB_PASS` is empty because this setup will use the ident authentication method (system user "mastodon" maps to postgres user "mastodon"). +To get a random string. If you are setting up on one single server (most likely), then `REDIS_HOST` is localhost and `DB_HOST` is `/var/run/postgresql`, `DB_USER` is `mastodon` and `DB_NAME` is `mastodon_production` while `DB_PASS` is empty because this setup will use the ident authentication method (system user "mastodon" maps to postgres user "mastodon"). ## Setup @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ I recommend creating a couple cronjobs for the following tasks: You may want to run `which bundle` first and copypaste that full path instead of simply `bundle` in the above commands because cronjobs usually don't have all the paths set. The time and intervals of when to run these jobs are up to you, but once every day should be enough for all. -You can edit the cronjob file for the `mastodon` user by running `sudo crontab -e mastodon` (outside of the mastodon user). +You can edit the cronjob file for the `mastodon` user by running `sudo crontab -e -u mastodon` (outside of the mastodon user). ## Things to look out for when upgrading Mastodon |