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[akkoma] / docs / administration / CLI_tasks / frontend.md
1 # Managing frontends
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3 `mix pleroma.frontend install <frontend> [--ref <ref>] [--file <file>] [--build-url <build-url>] [--path <path>] [--build-dir <build-dir>]`
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5 Frontend can be installed either from local zip file, or automatically downloaded from the web.
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7 You can give all the options directly on the command like, but missing information will be filled out by looking at the data configured under `frontends.available` in the config files.
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9 Currently known `<frontend>` values are:
10 - [admin-fe](https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/admin-fe)
11 - [kenoma](http://git.pleroma.social/lambadalambda/kenoma)
12 - [pleroma-fe](http://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma-fe)
13 - [fedi-fe](https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/fedi-fe)
14 - [soapbox-fe](https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox-fe)
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16 You can still install frontends that are not configured, see below.
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18 ## Example installations for a known frontend
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20 For a frontend configured under the `available` key, it's enough to install it by name.
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22 ```bash
23 mix pleroma.frontend install pleroma
24 ```
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26 This will download the latest build for the the pre-configured `ref` and install it. It can then be configured as the one of the served frontends in the config file (see `primary` or `admin`).
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28 You can override any of the details. To install a pleroma build from a different url, you could do this:
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30 ```bash
31 mix pleroma.frontend install pleroma --ref 2huedition --build-url https://example.org/raymoo.zip
32 ```
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34 Similarly, you can also install from a local zip file.
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36 ```bash
37 mix pleroma.frontend install pleroma --ref mybuild --file ~/Downloads/doomfe.zip
38 ```
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40 The resulting frontend will always be installed into a folder of this template: `${instance_static}/frontends/${name}/${ref}`
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42 Careful: This folder will be completely replaced on installation
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44 ## Example installation for an unknown frontend
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46 The installation process is the same, but you will have to give all the needed options on the commond line. For example:
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48 ```bash
49 mix pleroma.frontend install gensokyo --ref master --build-url https://gensokyo.2hu/builds/marisa.zip
50 ```
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52 If you don't have a zip file but just want to install a frontend from a local path, you can simply copy the files over a folder of this template: `${instance_static}/frontends/${name}/${ref}`
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