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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Take 1==<br />
===Environment===<br />
* Created a virtual server for Mastodon (icmstdn.com) using [[Virtualmin]].<br />
* Used [[Git]] to clone Mastodon ([https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon repository] [https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon.git clone URL]) into a subfolder of public_html<br />
** Mastodon's files are now in /home/icmstdn/public_html/mastodon<br />
* Created file .env.production (it didn't already exist) and then took a look at .env.production.sample to see what needs to be set.<br />
===DB Engine===<br />
There doesn't seem to be any way to tell it which db engine to use -- but this looks like it ''could'' be a standard Ruby or [[Ruby on Rails]] config file -- so let's check my [[Redmine]] installation (which uses MySQL) to see if there are any clues...<br />
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Nope, no joy there.<br />
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Tentatively, Mastodon appears to be too tightly intertwined with Postgres to even attempt to use another dbe without a substantial rewrite (see [https://toot.cat/@browneyedgirl/332331 this] and the accompanying thread).<br />
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So I've set up a completely fresh virtual server with 2GB of RAM, and am following the instructions almost to the letter ("almost" because I prefer to do everything as root rather than having to type "sudo" over and over again... and also using "apt" instead of "apt-get" because the former is slightly more friendly).</div>Woozle