I have Mastodon running on a VPS running Debian 11. Now I would like to add a Lemmy instance on the same server. I tried using the from scratch method from Lemmy documentation, but ran into errors that likely stemmed from minor version incompatibilities of the dependencies. I tried using the Lemmy easy deploy script but it wants to bind all traffic on port 443 for Lemmy which would break my Mastodon install. Has anyone managed to get Lemmy and Mastodon running on the same box, and if so, can you share any details of your setup?

  • @TrinityTekOPEnglish
    1•11 months ago

    Thanks for talking through it with me, everyone. I got it working with a Docker compose install of Lemmy and a non-Docker Mastodon install. Reverse proxy was configured manually in nginx. Mastodon.fdr8.us and Lemmy.fdr8.us are now live! I have some fine tuning to do still and a lot of setup, but I’m happy that they are working. Cheers!

      • @TrinityTekOPEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        I didn’t plan it that way. I installed Mastodon first and didn’t use a Docker install. I configured Nginx and reverse proxy and then tried a non-Docker Lemmy install from scratch. That failed, and I believe the reason was some minor version differences in the dependencies. That’s when I asked for advice and got a few recommendations to try the Lemmy Easy Deployment script. I would prefer to have done the from scratch install if there was current documentation and dependencies were available, but if there is I wasn’t finding it. The Docker compose Lemmy install method worked well enough though so I’m happy with that.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•11 months ago

          Ah, I know what you mean. I managed to get them both setup in docker containers on the same server, but I’ll admit getting Lemmy up was a pain. The documentation is vague on some steps, but it’s FOSS so I can’t complain.

          • Here is my pastebin with notes for my Lemmy docker compose which is modified from their example. You’ll notice it has an nginx web service. You can technically forego that and put it in your final reverse proxy. I chose not to so that it stays similar to their example.
          • For Mastodon, I am using the Linuxserver container. Their documentation is straightforward IMO, but then again I’m used to their setup.
          • With the two ports exposed for both services, you can then put it behind a reverse proxy.

          Hope this helps!