nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/lemmy.xml
Bill Ewanick cc3b147ed1 nixos/lemmy: init
Co-authored-by: Raphael Megzari <raphael@megzari.com>
2021-10-06 21:02:51 +09:00

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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="module-services-lemmy">
<title>Lemmy</title>
<para>
Lemmy is a federated alternative to reddit in rust.
</para>
<section xml:id="module-services-lemmy-quickstart">
<title>Quickstart</title>
<para>
the minimum to start lemmy is
</para>
<programlisting language="bash">
services.lemmy = {
enable = true;
settings = {
hostname = &quot;lemmy.union.rocks&quot;;
database.createLocally = true;
};
jwtSecretPath = &quot;/run/secrets/lemmyJwt&quot;;
caddy.enable = true;
}
</programlisting>
<para>
(note that you can use something like agenix to get your secret
jwt to the specified path)
</para>
<para>
this will start the backend on port 8536 and the frontend on port
1234. It will expose your instance with a caddy reverse proxy to
the hostname youve provided. Postgres will be initialized on that
same instance automatically.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="module-services-lemmy-usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<para>
On first connection you will be asked to define an admin user.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="module-services-lemmy-missing">
<title>Missing</title>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Exposing with nginx is not implemented yet.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
This has been tested using a local database with a unix socket
connection. Using different database settings will likely
require modifications
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</chapter>