## About Pleroma
-Pleroma is an OStatus-compatible social networking server written in Elixir, compatible with GNU Social and Mastodon. It is high-performance and can run on small devices like a Raspberry Pi.
+Pleroma is a microblogging server software that can federate (= exchange messages with) other servers that support the same federation standards (OStatus and ActivityPub). What that means is that you can host a server for yourself or your friends and stay in control of your online identity, but still exchange messages with people on larger servers. Pleroma will federate with all servers that implement either OStatus or ActivityPub, like Friendica, GNU Social, Hubzilla, Mastodon, Misskey, Peertube, and Pixelfed.
-For clients it supports both the GNU Social API with Qvitter extensions and the Mastodon client API.
+Pleroma is written in Elixir, high-performance and can run on small devices like a Raspberry Pi.
-Mobile clients that are known to work well:
+For clients it supports both the [GNU Social API with Qvitter extensions](https://twitter-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) and the [Mastodon client API](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/API.md).
-* Twidere
-* Tusky
-* Pawoo (Android)
-* Subway Tooter
-* Amaroq (iOS)
+- [Client Applications for Pleroma](docs/Clients.md)
-No release has been made yet, but several servers have been online for months already. If you want to run your own server, feel free to contact us at @lain@pleroma.soykaf.com or in our dev chat at https://matrix.heldscal.la/#/room/#pleromafe:matrix.heldscal.la.
+No release has been made yet, but several servers have been online for months already. If you want to run your own server, feel free to contact us at @lain@pleroma.soykaf.com or in our dev chat at #pleroma on freenode or via matrix at <https://matrix.heldscal.la/#/room/#freenode_#pleroma:matrix.org>.
## Installation
+### Docker
+
+While we don’t provide docker files, other people have written very good ones. Take a look at <https://github.com/angristan/docker-pleroma> or <https://github.com/sn0w/pleroma-docker>.
+
### Dependencies
* Postgresql version 9.6 or newer
-* Elixir version 1.4 or newer
+* Elixir version 1.7 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
-#### Installing dependencies on Debian system
-PostgreSQL 9.6 should be available on Debian stable (Jessie) from "main" area. Install it using apt: `apt install postgresql-9.6`. Make sure that older versions are not installed since Debian allows multiple versions to coexist but still runs only one version.
-
-You must install elixir 1.4+ from elixir-lang.org, because Debian repos only have 1.3.x version. You will need to add apt repo to sources.list(.d) and import GPG key. Follow instructions here: https://elixir-lang.org/install.html#unix-and-unix-like (See "Ubuntu or Debian 7"). This should be valid until Debian updates elixir in their repositories. Package you want is named `elixir`, so install it using `apt install elixir`
+### Configuration
-Elixir will also require `make` and probably other related software for building dependencies - in case you don't have them, get them via `apt install build-essential`
+* Run `mix deps.get` to install elixir dependencies.
+* Run `mix pleroma.instance gen`. This will ask you 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 should run as the PostgreSQL superuser (i.e., `sudo -u postgres psql -f config/setup_db.psql`). It will create the database, user, and password you gave `mix pleroma.gen.instance` earlier, as well as set up the necessary extensions in the database. PostgreSQL superuser 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`. Documentation for the config can be found at [`docs/config.md`](docs/config.md)
+* 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/>. 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.
-### Preparation
+## Running
- * You probably want application to run as separte user - so create a new one: `adduser pleroma`, you can login as it via `su pleroma`
- * Clone the git repository into new user's dir (clone as the pleroma user to avoid permissions errors)
- * Again, as new user, install dependencies with `mix deps.get` if it asks you to install "hex" - agree to that.
+* 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.
-### Database setup
+### Frontends
- * Create a database user and database for pleroma
- * Open psql shell as postgres user: (as root) `su postgres -c psql`
- * Create a new PostgreSQL user:
+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.
- ```sql
- \c pleroma_dev
- CREATE user pleroma;
- ALTER user pleroma with encrypted password '<your password>';
- GRANT ALL ON ALL tables IN SCHEMA public TO pleroma;
- GRANT ALL ON ALL sequences IN SCHEMA public TO pleroma;
- ```
+### As systemd service (with provided .service file)
- * Create `config/dev.secret.exs` and copy the database settings from `dev.exs` there.
- * Change password in `config/dev.secret.exs`, and change user to `"pleroma"` (line like `username: "postgres"`)
- * Create and update your database with `mix ecto.create && mix ecto.migrate`.
+Example .service file can be found in `installation/pleroma.service`. Copy this to `/etc/systemd/system/`. Running `systemctl enable --now pleroma.service` will run Pleroma and enable startup on boot. Logs can be watched by using `journalctl -fu pleroma.service`.
-### Some additional configuration
+### As OpenRC service (with provided RC file)
- * You will need to let pleroma instance to know what hostname/url it's running on. _THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP. GET THIS WRONG AND YOU'LL HAVE TO RESET YOUR DATABASE_.
+Copy `installation/init.d/pleroma` to `/etc/init.d/pleroma`. You can add it to the services ran by default with: `rc-update add pleroma`
- Create the file `config/dev.secret.exs`, add these lines at the end of the file:
+### Standalone/run by other means
- ```elixir
- config :pleroma, Pleroma.Web.Endpoint,
- url: [host: "example.tld", scheme: "https", port: 443]
- ```
+Run `mix phx.server` in repository’s root, it will output log into stdout/stderr.
- replacing `example.tld` with your (sub)domain
+### Using an upstream proxy for federation
- * You should also setup your site name and admin email address. Look at config.exs for more available options.
+Add the following to your `dev.secret.exs` or `prod.secret.exs` if you want to proxify all http requests that Pleroma makes to an upstream proxy server:
- ```elixir
- config :pleroma, :instance,
- name: "My great instance",
- email: "someone@example.com"
- ```
+```elixir
+config :pleroma, :http,
+ proxy_url: "127.0.0.1:8123"
+```
- * 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.
+This is useful for running Pleroma inside Tor or I2P.
- * [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/`.
+## Customization and contribution
-## Running
+The [Pleroma Wiki](https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma/wikis/home) offers manuals and guides on how to further customize your instance to your liking and how you can contribute to the project.
-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.
+## Troubleshooting
-### As systemd service (with provided .service file)
-Running `service pleroma start`
-Logs can be watched by using `journalctl -fu pleroma.service`
+### No incoming federation
-### Standalone/run by other means
-Run `mix phx.server` in repository's root, it will output log into stdout/stderr
+Check that you correctly forward the `host` header to the backend. It is needed to validate signatures.
projects / akkoma / blobdiff