I am used to simple things running on Docker (Jellyfin, Nextcloud, etc.) I am looking at running my own personal Mastodon instance (maybe share it with a few friends and family), but I like using Docker. Looking at install guides, the steps required seem to be much harder than just editing docker-compose.yml and running the container. Is it actually that difficult to set up Mastodon, or is there a better guide? I can’t just use Yunohost/CasaOS because I am using a VPS to host this.

    • @tester1121OPEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      Is it a run and just works docker compose file?

      • @breadsmasherEnglish
        2•1 month ago

        You will need to review all the required variables and configure as you require. But basically, yeah

        EDIT - NO

        its not just grab and run. From the docs,

        This container requires separate postgres and redis instances to run.

          • @breadsmasherEnglish
            1•1 month ago

            Unfortunately not in this example. It has the compose to spin up masto, and the variables to set to tell it where redis etc is