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I'd like an easy install for a lemmy instance (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How would we go about asking say, Cpanel / Softaculous to have a one click install for lemmy? It's currently possible with many server applications and it would be awesome to have lemmy on that list

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy, although in a very well working state, isnt really deploy ready. The update procedure is a mess, the documentation is less than stellar and accessibility/onboarding for wannabe admins is rough to say the least.

You can find a compose file on github and you will need to make a config file for the instance with your domain and all on it.

A one click install sure is doable but most people who are able to do this quickly are very busy or wont do it for free.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I ended up going down the Ansible route after spending about 6 hours trying the easy-deploy and "manual docker install", failing miserably with both.

I expected the other methods to be easier but nothing ended up working. Tried the official ansible method with a caddy proxy and it took maybe 30 mins.

I would definitely have given up if I wasn't so stubborn.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Great! Glad it worked out for you. The second time I deployed lemmy on a production machine it was markedly easier because I have a known working compose and lemmy.hjson file so thats one part. I think the first install/config took me days of tinkering.

At the moment, I cant see if I‘ll havre the time to ever make a cone click install script but I‘ll think about it.

Good luck with your instance.