From 92a98f73aa8e6e7aff6cf31f8c8f237e4bd22475 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Effy Elden Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:50:40 +1100 Subject: Add separate sections for Heroku and Vagrant deployments. Add guide for instance administration. Move 'Contribution guide' to 'Development guide'. --- docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md (limited to 'docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md') diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1b9dc8630 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Administration guide +================= + +So, you have a working Mastodon instance... now what? + +## Administration web interface + +A user that is designated as `admin = TRUE` in the database is able to access a suite of administration tools: + +* View, edit, silence, or suspend users - https://yourmastodon.instance/admin/accounts +* View PubSubHubbub subscriptions - https://yourmastodon.instance/admin/pubsubhubbub +* View domain blocks - https://yourmastodon.instance/admin/domain_blocks +* Sidekiq dashboard - https://yourmastodon.instance/sidekiq +* PGHero dashboard for PostgreSQL - https://yourmastodon.instance/pghero +* Edit site settings - https://yourmastodon.instance/admin/settings + +## Site settings + +Your site settings are stored in the `settings` database table, and editable through the admin interface at https://yourmastodon.instance/admin/settings. + +You are able to set the following settings: + +- Contact username +- Contact email +- Site description +- Site extended description + +You may wish to use the extended description (shown at https://yourmastodon.instance/about/more ) to display content guidelines or a user agreement (see https://mastodon.social/about/more for an example). \ No newline at end of file -- cgit