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

  • walden@sub.wetshaving.social
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    5 months ago

    Lemmy is little too complex for a one click install.

    Lemmy consists of:

    1. Lemmy
    2. Lemmy-ui
    3. Postgresql
    4. Pict-rs
    5. Probably something else I’m forgetting.

    Each one of those has a number of environmental config options that need to be set before running it all. You need a domain name so that other instances can reach your instance. Your database needs a password, Pict-rs needs to know where to store things, etc.

    • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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      5 months ago

      With docker-compose it’s almost there. Putting everything into a script with sensible defaults asking just for what is absolutely necessary should be relatively easy. It’s just that nobody bothered to do that.

      Of course, if you want to have a performant instance with more than one user you will have to tweak everything according to your needs. But to simply get up and running isn’t that hard.

    • perishthethought@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      I put you back to +1.

      What if I want to run lemmy entirely within my lean only?

      So I don’t have a domain name. Does that make the setup any easier?