Build Your Own Mastodon Server on Debian (Step-by-Step Server Build Guide)

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Build Your Own Mastodon Server on Debian (Step-by-Step Server Build Guide)
Build Your Own Mastodon Server on Debian (Step-by-Step Server Build Guide)
There's way too much drama with Twitter these days, so alternatives seem more appealing than ever. Setting up your own Mastodon server is a fun project, but also a potential alternative to Twitter. In this video, Jay walks you through the process of setting up your own Mastodon server on a Debian-based VPS.

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*Time codes*
00:00 – Introduction
01:40 – What do you need for this tutorial?
06:13 – Creating the cloud instance for Mastodon
08:58 – Added /"A record/" in DNS to point to our Mastodon domain
10:52 – Connecting to server instance via ssh
11:47 – General instance configuration adjustments and recommended practices
12:11 – Adding a non-root local user account
12:51 p.m. – Enabling sudo access for our user account
2:02 p.m. – Installing updates
3:04 p.m. – Adding the domain name to the instance
5:17 p.m. – Installing the required development packages for Mastodon
20:08 – Creation of the PostgreSQL database that we will use for Mastodon
23:27 – Creating a system user under which Mastodon can run
24:02 – Downloading Mastodon from the git repository
26:10 – Setting mastodon directory ownership
27:49 – Added mastodon directory to git safelist
29:48 – Installing the bundler gem and adding additional settings
31:09 – Running the Mastodon configuration script to adjust its settings
36:06 – Installing Mastodon service files
38:28 – Setting up an NGINX reverse proxy for Mastodon
42:10 – Added a Let's Encrypt certificate to protect our Mastodon server
46:39 – Setting up unattended upgrades
48:53 – Install CrowdSec to help protect our Mastodon instance

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– Official blog post for this video https://www.learnlinux.tv/?p2278

The following articles were helpful in determining some of the missing commands I needed:
– How to install Mastodon on Ubuntu server 22.04/20.04 https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/how-to-install-mastodon-on-ubuntu
– How to install Mastodon social network on Ubuntu 22.04 https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-mastodon-social-network-on-ubuntu-22-04/

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