Host Your Own Reddit Alternative with Lemmy in Docker
11#Lemmy #Self-Hosted #Docker
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0401.html
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What is Lemmy?
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Lemmy is an open-source, federated link aggregator similar to Reddit and built with Rust.
01. Log into the host device
02. Run the following commands in terminal
# install docker and docker-compose
sudo apt install docker docker-compose docker.io
# create a working directory
sudo mkdir lemmy && cd lemmy/
# download the container files
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/main/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/main/docker/lemmy.hjson
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/main/docker/iframely.config.local.js
# create pictrs directory
sudo mkdir -p volumes/pictrs
sudo chown -R 991:991 volumes/pictrs
# edit docker-compose.yml
sudo nano docker-compose.yml
03. Scroll down to the POSTGRES_PASSWORD line and enter a secure password
04. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to docker-compose.yml
05. Continue with the following command
sudo nano lemmy.hjson
06. Press CTRL + W and search for database
07. Scroll down to the database password and update the value to match the value set in docker-compose.yml earlier
08. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to lemmy.hjson
09. Run the following command to start the Lemmy Docker container
sudo docker-compose up -d
10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:1235
11. Log into Lemmy with the username and password lemmy
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