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At this point, I'm still skimming useful tidbits as I learn the system. -- {{woozle}}
==Pages==
* {{l/same|API}}
==About==
Mastodon consists of multiple components, including:
* the Mastodon application software (mainly [[Ruby]] and [[JavaScript]])
* ...which runs under [[Ruby on Rails]]
* [[redis]], an "in-memory database server" aka "dictionary" (see {{l/wp/ref|Redis}})
* {{l/sw/Yarn}}, an [[application package manager]] for [[Node.js]]
* [[PostgreSQL]] - SQL database<ref name=masto-prod-guide />
* a web server - typically [[nginx]], but {{l/sw/Apache}} also works
* [[Node.js]]
* [[Ruby]] - language used for most server-side operations
** [[Bundler]] - [[application package manager]] for Ruby, packaged as a [[Ruby Gem]]
** [[Ruby on Rails]] - [[application framework]]
* utilities:
** [[ffmpeg]] - for conversion of GIFs to MP4s<ref name=masto-prod-guide />
** [[imagemagick]] - for the usual purposes
==Files==
* application: typically /home/{{arg|mastodon_user}}/{{arg|mastodon}} - but really, anywhere under the Mastodon user's home folder should work
* PostgreSQL logs (usually in /var/log/postgresql)
==Local Notes==
* [[User:Woozle/Mastodon/setup|Woozle]] attempts to install Mastodon, several times
==Footnotes==
<references>
<ref name=masto-prod-guide>[https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md Mastodon Production Guide] (official)</ref>
</references>