Lemmy-Ansible

This provides an easy way to install Lemmy on any server.

Requirements

To run this ansible playbook, you need to:

• Have a server / VPS where lemmy will run.
• Configure a DNS A Record to point at your server's IP address.
• Make sure you can ssh to it: ssh <your-user>@<your-domain>
• Install Ansible on your local machine.

Install

Clone lemmy-docker-ansible-deploy:

git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible.git
cd lemmy-ansible

Make a directory to hold your config:

mkdir inventory/host_vars/<your-domain>

Copy the sample configuration file:

cp examples/config.hjson inventory/host_vars/<your-domain>/config.hjson

Edit that file and change the config to your liking.

Copy the sample inventory hosts file:

cp examples/hosts inventory/hosts

Edit the inventory hosts file (inventory/hosts) to your liking.

Run the playbook:

ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts lemmy.yml --become

If the command above fails, you may need to comment out this line In the ansible.cfg file:

interpreter_python=/usr/bin/python3

Migrating your existing install to use this deploy

• Back up your existing docker folder.
• Run docker-compose stop to stop lemmy.
• Move your docker folders on the server to <lemmy_base_dir>/<your-domain>.
• Copy your postgres password to inventory/host_vars/<your-domain>/passwords/postgres.
• Follow the install guide above, making sure your config.hjson is the same as your backup.

Uninstall

ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts uninstall.yml --become