Paste the following into the shell:
```sh
-arch="$(arch)";if [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ];then arch="amd64";elif [ "$arch" = "armv7l" ];then arch="arm";elif [ "$arch" = "aarch64" ];then arch="arm64";else echo "Unsupported arch: $arch">&2;exit 1;fi;if getconf GNU_LIBC_VERSION>/dev/null;then libc_postfix="";elif [ "$(ldd 2>&1|head -c 9)" = "musl libc" ];then libc_postfix="-musl";elif [ "$(find /lib/libc.musl*|wc -l)" ];then libc_postfix="-musl";else echo "Unsupported libc">&2;exit 1;fi;echo "$arch$libc_postfix"
+arch="$(uname -m)";if [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ];then arch="amd64";elif [ "$arch" = "armv7l" ];then arch="arm";elif [ "$arch" = "aarch64" ];then arch="arm64";else echo "Unsupported arch: $arch">&2;fi;if getconf GNU_LIBC_VERSION>/dev/null;then libc_postfix="";elif [ "$(ldd 2>&1|head -c 9)" = "musl libc" ];then libc_postfix="-musl";elif [ "$(find /lib/libc.musl*|wc -l)" ];then libc_postfix="-musl";else echo "Unsupported libc">&2;fi;echo "$arch$libc_postfix"
```
If your platform is supported the output will contain the flavour string, you will need it later. If not, this just means that we don't build releases for your platform, you can still try installing from source.
```
Alpine:
```sh
-apk add curl unzip ncurses postgresql posqtgresql-contrib nginx certbot
+echo "http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/community" >> /etc/apk/repositories
+apk update
+apk add curl unzip ncurses postgresql postgresql-contrib nginx certbot
```
## Setup
```
Alpine:
```sh
-apk install gcc make
+apk add gcc make git postgresql-dev musl-dev
git clone https://github.com/postgrespro/rum /tmp/rum
cd /tmp/rum
make USE_PGXS=1
make USE_PGXS=1 install
-make USE_PGXS=1 installcheck
cd
rm -r /tmp/rum
```
su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma_ctl instance gen --output /etc/pleroma/config.exs --output-psql /tmp/setup_db.psql"
# Create the postgres database
-psql -U postgres -d postgres -f /tmp/setup_db.psql
+su postgres -s $SHELL -lc "psql -f /tmp/setup_db.psql"
# If you have installed RUM indexes add
# `config :pleroma, :database, rum_enabled: true`
# to the end of /etc/pleroma/config.exs before proceeding
# Create the database schema
-./bin/pleroma_ctl create
-./bin/pleroma_ctl migrate
+su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma_ctl migrate"
-# If you have installed RUM indexes also run
-# ./bin/pleroma_ctl migrate --migrations-path priv/repo/optional_migrations/rum_indexing/
+# If you have installed RUM indexes uncommend and run
+# su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma_ctl migrate --migrations-path priv/repo/optional_migrations/rum_indexing/"
# Start the instance to verify that everything is working as expected
-./bin/pleroma daemon
+su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma daemon"
# Wait for about 20 seconds and query the instance endpoint, if it shows your uri, name and email correctly, you are configured correctly
sleep 20 && curl http://localhost:4000/api/v1/instance
# Stop the instance
-./bin/pleroma stop
+su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma stop"
```
### Setting up nginx and getting Let's Encrypt SSL certificaties