The wiki of this repo and the /etc folder are simply my way of not forgetting how I did something, which I do quite a bit. Refer there for random notes on PgBouncer, Grafana, etc. but DO NOT BLINDLY COPY & PASTE anything there without doing your own research!

Usage

AGAIN, DEFINITELY DO NOT JUST RUN THIS IF YOU'RE NOT ME!!! 😊

mkdir -p /home/mastodon
git clone https://github.com/jakejarvis/mastodon-utils.git /home/mastodon/utils
cd /home/mastodon/utils

# install Mastodon on fresh Ubuntu box:
./scripts/install.sh

# back up Postgres, Redis, and secrets:
./scripts/backup.sh

# pull latest Mastodon (vanilla or glitch-soc) and apply patches from this repo:
./scripts/upgrade.sh

Scripts

init.sh: A small helper that runs at the very beginning of each script below to initialize nvm/rbenv and set consistent environment variables.
- Optional: To make your life easier, you can also source this script from the .bashrc of the mastodon user and/or whichever user you regularly SSH in as:

[ -s /home/mastodon/utils/init.sh ] && \. /home/mastodon/utils/init.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

version.sh: Tests init.sh by printing the versions of Mastodon, rbenv, nvm, Ruby, Node, and Yarn.

Periodic tasks

backup.sh: Backs up Postgres, Redis, and .env.production secrets to a .tar.gz file in /home/mastodon/backups — useful for a periodic cronjob.
weekly_cleanup.sh: Runs Mastodon's built-in cleanup commands, designed for a weekly cronjob.
- Keeps 14 days of media
- Keeps 90 days of profile avatars, headers, and link preview cards

Dangerous

The following scripts are highly opinionated, catastrophically destructive, and very specific to me. Check them out line-by-line instead of running them.

install.sh: Assumes an absolutely clean install of Ubuntu and installs Mastodon with all of the quirks from this repo. Configure MASTODON_USER and other paths in init.sh first if necessary. Get the far less dangerous version of install.sh here instead.
upgrade.sh: Upgrades Mastodon server (latest version if vanilla Mastodon, latest commit if glitch-soc) and re-applies all customizations. Get the far less dangerous version of upgrade.sh here instead.
customize.sh: Applies every Git patch below, sets defaults (mostly for logged-out visitors) and removes unused files.

Patches

Vanilla only:

increase-sidekiq-timeout.patch: Small bump in Sidekiq's timeout before it decides a remote instance isn't available. Use this one very carefully!

Vanilla and `glitch-soc`:

system-font.patch: Use the system's default sans-serif font stack instead of Roboto
- glitch/system-font.patch
hide-contact-email.patch: Hides the mailto: link on the About page
- glitch/hide-contact-email.patch
hide-rules.patch: Hides the list of rules on the About page (meant only for single-user instances)
- glitch/hide-rules.patch
hide-signup.patch: Hide the "create account" button (for aesthetics, not security!)
- glitch/hide-signup.patch

`glitch-soc` only:

mastodon-logo.patch: Restore the Mastodon logo in the non-advanced sidebar
settings-sidebar-cleanup.patch: Why is the most frequently used admin page listed under a link that takes you to another page to open a submenu in the sidebar to finally be able to click on it to go to the page?!?

License

MIT

README.md

🦣 Mastodon utilities

Notes