I am used to simple things running on Docker (Jellyfin, Nextcloud, etc.) I am looking at running my own personal Mastodon instance (maybe share it with a few friends and family), but I like using Docker. Looking at install guides, the steps required seem to be much harder than just editing docker-compose.yml and running the container. Is it actually that difficult to set up Mastodon, or is there a better guide? I can’t just use Yunohost/CasaOS because I am using a VPS to host this.
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If youre looking for a sample docker-compose,
Is it a run and just works docker compose file?
You will need to review all the required variables and configure as you require. But basically, yeah
EDIT - NO
its not just grab and run. From the docs,
This container requires separate postgres and redis instances to run.
I haven’t looked, are those requirements not included in the compose?
Unfortunately not in this example. It has the compose to spin up masto, and the variables to set to tell it where redis etc is
I’m running the mastodon stack in docker via a compose file. It was straight forward. Follow the instructions to the letter and it will work.
I will say that it is in your best interest to have an automated update process happen, either manually (via cron) multiple times a day or have some kind of orchestration layer that manages updating the component images once they are released. Mastodon has had some nasty 0 day bugs that involved account and server takeover that had to be fixed immediately, and you don’t want to lag very far behind in those cases.
Instead of the full-blown Mastodon, you should also look at #GoToSocial which is compatible and pretty light-weight. (Doesn’t come with a web UI, so you need to use client apps.)
