diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5b1c9bddd..d736354a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -27,27 +27,29 @@ While we don't provide docker files, other people have written very good ones. T ### Dependencies * Postgresql version 9.6 or newer -* Elixir version 1.5 or newer +* Elixir version 1.5 or newer. If your distribution only has an old version available, check [Elixir's install page](https://elixir-lang.org/install.html) or use a tool like [asdf](https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf). * Build-essential tools ### Configuration * Run `mix deps.get` to install elixir dependencies. - * Run `mix generate_config`. This will ask you a few questions about your instance and generate a configuration file in `config/generated_config.exs`. Check that and copy it to either `config/dev.secret.exs` or `config/prod.secret.exs`. It will also create a `config/setup_db.psql`, which you need to run as PostgreSQL superuser (i.e. `sudo su postgres -c "psql -f config/setup_db.psql"`). It will setup a pleroma db user, database and will setup needed extensions that need to be set up once as superuser. + * Run `mix generate_config`. This will ask you a few questions about your instance and generate a configuration file in `config/generated_config.exs`. Check that and copy it to either `config/dev.secret.exs` or `config/prod.secret.exs`. It will also create a `config/setup_db.psql`; you may want to double-check this file in case you wanted a different username, or database name than the default. Then you need to run the script as PostgreSQL superuser (i.e. `sudo su postgres -c "psql -f config/setup_db.psql"`). It will create a pleroma db user, database and will setup needed extensions that need to be set up. Postgresql super-user privileges are only needed for this step. + + * For these next steps, the default will be to run pleroma using the dev configuration file, `config/dev.secret.exs`. To run them using the prod config file, prefix each command at the shell with `MIX_ENV=prod`. For example: `MIX_ENV=prod mix phx.server`. * Run `mix ecto.migrate` to run the database migrations. You will have to do this again after certain updates. * You can check if your instance is configured correctly by running it with `mix phx.server` and checking the instance info endpoint at `/api/v1/instance`. If it shows your uri, name and email correctly, you are configured correctly. If it shows something like `localhost:4000`, your configuration is probably wrong, unless you are running a local development setup. * The common and convenient way for adding HTTPS is by using Nginx as a reverse proxy. You can look at example Nginx configuration in `installation/pleroma.nginx`. If you need TLS/SSL certificates for HTTPS, you can look get some for free with letsencrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/ - On Debian you can use `certbot` package and command to manage letsencrypt certificates. + The simplest way to obtain and install a certificate is to use [Certbot.](https://certbot.eff.org) Depending on your specific setup, certbot may be able to get a certificate and configure your web server automatically. * [Not tested with system reboot yet!] You'll also want to set up Pleroma to be run as a systemd service. Example .service file can be found in `installation/pleroma.service` you can put it in `/etc/systemd/system/`. ## Running -By default, it listens on port 4000 (TCP), so you can access it on http://localhost:4000/ (if you are on the same machine). In case of an error it will restart automatically. +* By default, it listens on port 4000 (TCP), so you can access it on http://localhost:4000/ (if you are on the same machine). In case of an error it will restart automatically. ### Frontends Pleroma comes with two frontends. The first one, Pleroma FE, can be reached by normally visiting the site. The other one, based on the Mastodon project, can be found by visiting the /web path of your site. @@ -70,6 +72,10 @@ This is useful for running pleroma inside Tor or i2p. ## Admin Tasks +### Register a User + +Run `mix register_user `. The `name` appears on statuses, while the nickname corresponds to the user, e.g. `@nickname@instance.tld` + ### Password reset Run `mix generate_password_reset username` to generate a password reset link that you can then send to the user. diff --git a/installation/pleroma.nginx b/installation/pleroma.nginx index 61e40c508..895799a8e 100644 --- a/installation/pleroma.nginx +++ b/installation/pleroma.nginx @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # 1. Install your TLS certificate, possibly using Let's Encrypt. # 2. Replace 'example.tld' with your instance's domain wherever it appears. # 3. Copy this file to /etc/nginx/sites-available/ and then add a symlink to it -# in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ and restart nginx. +# in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ and run 'nginx -s reload' or restart nginx. proxy_cache_path /tmp/pleroma-media-cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=pleroma_media_cache:10m max_size=10g inactive=720m use_temp_path=off; @@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ server { listen 80; server_name example.tld; return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri; + + # Uncomment this if you need to use the 'webroot' method with certbot. Make sure + # that you also create the .well-known/acme-challenge directory structure in pleroma/priv/static and + # that is is accessible by the webserver. You may need to load this file with the ssl + # server block commented out, run certbot to get the certificate, and then uncomment it. + # + # location ~ /\.well-known/acme-challenge { + # root /pleroma/priv/static/; + # } } server { diff --git a/priv/static/instance/panel.html b/priv/static/instance/panel.html index ae9647837..7e73e4824 100644 --- a/priv/static/instance/panel.html +++ b/priv/static/instance/panel.html @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-

This is a Pleroma instance.

+

Welcome to Pleroma!

+

Pleroma FE | Mastodon FE

diff --git a/priv/static/static/config.json b/priv/static/static/config.json index 9863ec024..797f03377 100644 --- a/priv/static/static/config.json +++ b/priv/static/static/config.json @@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ "logo": "/static/logo.png", "defaultPath": "/main/all", "chatDisabled": false, - "showInstanceSpecificPanel": false + "showInstanceSpecificPanel": true }