Mastodon Ops

This repository hold the code to deploy the Mastodon server of EPFL.

How to Use

• Run the configuration-as-code
• [Work-in-progress] Add the following line to the /etc/hosts of both your workstation and the VM you install to:

  127.0.0.1	mastodon-test.fsd.team
  

• ssh to the VM with dynamic SOCKS forwarding on, e.g.

  ssh -D 3333 [email protected]
  

• Run the following commands (which obviously should be moved into the configuration-as-code at some point):

  cd /srv/mastodon
  docker compose run --rm web bundle exec rake db:migrate db:seed
  

• Install the FoxyProxy browser extension
• Create a FoxyProxy profile configured thusly:
  • name: SOCKS (or whatever you prefer, really)
  • Type: SOCKS5
  • Hostname: localhost
  • Port: 3333
  • DNS proxy: yes
• Activate the FoxyProxy profile you just set up
• Visit https://whatismyipaddress.com/ to validate that your browser is now browsing from 86.119.28.138
• Browse https://mastodon-test.fsd.team/explore