From 3cfc6c3e9c2d6de752bb81ce8fb54cd6a4f3e1e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Maurice Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:11:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Instruction about installing postgres with docker --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1fd29d7..fe94b6b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ To deploy Synapse and Mastodon, you need to deploy a database server. We are goi For more details to do this, I refer you to [this link](https://stribny.name/blog/ansible-postgresql/) which will walk you through how to deal with this. +If you are feeling adventurous you can install postgresql using [docker](https://github.com/levonet/ansible-docker-postgres). + +Either way, you need to install this on youd DB machine, which should be the one with the least amount of RAM. + ## Create a certificate for our deployments We need to use a certificate to secure HTTPS communication, both the Mastodon and Matrix protocols require it. This can be done manually for the moment and automated later, as it is not super straightforward. I refer you to the [documentation on certbot + nginx](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04) I would recommend that you create a `mastodon.` and a `matrix.` certificate, then back them up somewhere safe as Letsencrypt has pretty aggressive rate limiting with regard to certificate creations.