Has anyone managed to get the docker-compose file working for ARM64/v8 architechture. I am trying to use an Oracle free tier server for self-hosting lemmy
You’ll want to use the ARM images instead of the default AMD64 images.
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image: dessalines/lemmy:0.17-linux-arm64 - For Lemmy-UI:
image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:0.17-linux-arm64
Those should get you pass any architecture related issues.
I’ve finally just got my instance up and running along with using my traefik gateway (instead of the nginx they have). It is 5AM on a Monday for me, so I better go take a quick nap before work. I’ll make a separate post later on the steps I’ve taken to make that work “relatively cleanly”.
Good luck!
Only bad thing though is that there’s no build for 0.17.4 for ARM64v8 right now, despite this version including some “security fixes”, as stated in the changelog.
That’s why I made this post.
Someone else mentioned a github issue, looks like their build script for multiarch is failing. I trust that they will resolve this shortly :)
That sounds good, thanks for the heads up. :)
Hey, chiming in again to ask if you might have a link to the mentioned GitHub issue? 0.18.0 is said to release soon and I’d like to know what’s up.
This is the GitHub issue: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3102
Seems like the PR that WAs broken and locking was merged. So I guess we shall see.
Ahh yes, thank you. I overlooked that one.
sigh Seems like I’m gonna have to build it myself then.
Took a stab at it for about an hour, and I’m reminded how bad the docker stuff they’ve got going on is… I’ll be sitting this one out. If you’re able to make it work, please do share your notes. Thank you!
Will do, thank you!
So I tried to make a post, but it is not showing up. I’m also not seeing other comments on my own instance. I think there might still be some kinks I need to figure out with Cloudflare piece. In all cases, you can see the write up I’ve posted (supposedly in this [email protected] community) that’s not showing up here: https://lemmy.chiisana.net/post/264
Edit:
It would appear to be up now: https://lemmy.world/post/299429
However, comments seems to be desync, I don’t see comments on my own instance but see them on lemmy world; and also the post is some how only viewable in new, despite apparently having gained some upvotes (who’d thunk that people cared about my ranty adventure :) ). This goes to show there’s still a lot of things to hash out. I’ll try to update more as I figure more things out.
Unfortunately arm images for 0.17.4 are not yet available, see https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3102
Yes, the 0.17-linux-arm64 tag currently mirrors 0.17.3-linux-arm64 tag as confirmed by the sha256 hash, and layers. If the developers follow best practice, when they do push 0.17.4 for ARM, it will automatically update to that.
Having said that, the github issue suggests they’re trying to cross build to one standard image tag, so who knows, maybe we can migrate to
0.17by itself in the future :)
Do you what is the otel reference in the docker compose e.g. “http://otel:4137” and config files? I do not see any containers using this host name.
I did some quick google’ing when I saw it… otel is probably opentelemetry, but the Lemmy developers didn’t include that in the released docker-compose. Perhaps it is something they’re using internally. I haven’t notice any telemetry related issues, yet, so I’m just keeping my fingers crossed for now…
OK. That makes sense. Thanks
Thanks for the reply. I was looking at the latest tags and could not find the right version. Can you share your traefik configs.
I have shared them in a separate post; though, it would appear that there are still some federation issues as the post appears to be some what de-sync on my own instance and lemmy.world. I’m also for some strange reason unable to see your reply on my own instance, hence why I’m replying with my lemmy world account instead… If you do make some more progress, please do share it with the community at large so more of us can have the setup we’d like!
Thanks. I am still figuring out lemmy. When I click on the link for your instance, I cant upvote anymore. Is it possible to load that post from as part of lemmy.world instance, so that I can interact with account in this instance.somthing like this https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]/post/264
Make that the two of us! I’m still very much still trying to figure things out, too!
The two links I’ve shared, in theory, should present the same content, and interaction on either (depending where you have your account) should be reflected on the other fairly quickly. Since your account currently is on Lemmy World, you’d want to use this link to interact with it on Lemmy World. Again, in theory, once you interact with it, be it upvoting, adding a comment, or whatever, it should propagate to my instance and be reflected there… but that’s not what I’m seeing right now.
Hopefully someone can point out where I am going wrong, and help me correct the error, so we’d all be able to interact with the various instances as expected :)
- For Lemmy:
Can’t you build the image using Dockerfile in the target vm?
Yes, But I would rather use the prebuilt images. The docker compose file lemmy devs provide makes it easy to switch between local build and specifying a pre-built image.
Wouldn’t that simply be the question of: is docker running on ARM64 cpu’s?
As far as I know lemmy and postgres both use alpine base images. Which should be compatible with whatever underlying host system you have, as long as docker is running.
