* `www-servers/nginx` (preferred, example configs for other reverse proxies can be found in the repo)
* `app-crypt/certbot` (or any other ACME client for Let’s Encrypt certificates)
* `app-crypt/certbot-nginx` (nginx certbot plugin that allows use of the all-powerful `--nginx` flag on certbot)
+* `media-gfx/imagemagick`
+* `media-video/ffmpeg`
+* `media-libs/exiftool`
### Prepare the system
Not only does this make it much easier to deploy changes you make, as you can commit and pull from upstream and all that good stuff from the comfort of your local machine then simply `git pull` on your instance server when you're ready to deploy, it also ensures you are compliant with the Affero General Public Licence that Pleroma is licenced under, which stipulates that all network services provided with modified AGPL code must publish their changes on a publicly available internet service and for free. It also makes it much easier to ask for help from and provide help to your fellow Pleroma admins if your public repo always reflects what you are running because it is part of your deployment procedure.
+### Install media / graphics packages (optional, see [`docs/installation/optional/media_graphics_packages.md`](docs/installation/optional/media_graphics_packages.md))
+
+```shell
+# emerge --ask media-video/ffmpeg media-gfx/imagemagick media-libs/exiftool
+```
+
### Install PleromaBE
* Add a new system user for the Pleroma service and set up default directories:
projects / akkoma / blobdiff