Host Your Own Reddit Alternative with Lemmy in Docker

#Lemmy #Self-Hosted #Docker

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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
         # create a working directory
         sudo mkdir lemmy && cd lemmy/
         # download the container files
         # create pictrs directory
         sudo mkdir -p volumes/pictrs
         sudo chown -R 991:991 volumes/pictrs
   03. Scroll down to the POSTGRES_PASSWORD line and enter a secure password
   05. Continue with the following command
   06. Press CTRL + W and search for database
   09. Run the following command to start the Lemmy Docker container
         sudo docker-compose up -d
   11. Log into Lemmy with the username and password lemmy
 

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[Psythik]

Please do a tutorial for those of us using web hosts instead of running our own server. I can't figure out where to upload the files via FTP nor how to install once all the files are on the server, and the official instructions make no sense. Can't I just do this all though CPanel? There's *gotta* be an easier way for those of us older guys who haven't been in web development in over a decade and a half.

[mshallop]

the docker install consistently fails in new instances:

ERROR: while constructing a mapping
in "./docker-compose.yml", line 26, column 12
found unhashable key
in "./docker-compose.yml", line 26, column 13


Which is referring to the line: - "{{ lemmy_port }}:8536"

[quikseekr]

I need guide to install full. Version of lemmy, related with my domain name

[vvinterwulf]

how should I change the docker compose file to use it with caddy instead?