Reminder to all #mastodonadmins that Hetzner provides bare metal heavy duty machines for the fraction of the cost of similarly sized in CPU/RAM of Digital Ocean droplets.

Any other #MastoAdmin notice that the Storj e-mail they got tonight didn't put the recipients in the BCC field so all 265 e-mails are visible? 🤣

#MastoAdmins #MastodonAdmin #MastodonAdmins

I need #mastodonadmin help.
I am trying to set up email on my #mastodon instance but no luck.

Some questions:
1. Is gmail allowed ?
2. These are my settings :

SMTP_SERVER=smtp.example.com
SMTP_PORT=465
SMTP_LOGIN=mastodon@example.com
SMTP_PASSWORD=long_password
SMTP_AUTH_METHOD=plain
SMTP_SSL=true
SMTP_ENABLE_STARTTLS_AUTO=true
SMTP_OPENSSL_VERIFY_MODE=none
SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=mastodon@example.com
SMTP_DELIVERY_METHOD=smtp
SMTP_DOMAIN=localhost

What am I doing wrong?

#MastodonAdmins

Do I need to install my own uptime script to monitor my mastodon instance or is there something there already by default?

What is the the recommended RAM and CPU for a server running a small mastodon instance?

#Mastodon #MastodonAdmins #uptime #server

Any #MastoAdmin running a PostgreSQL cluster with failover/HA? I've got the replication setup correctly so all of the data is synced up, but I'm unsure if I should just do a simple HAProxy setup or something else?

Any suggestions?

#MastoAdmins #MastodonAdmin #MastodonAdmins

If you're a #MastodonAdmin of a multiuser instance struggling to pay the bills after the past few months of massive waves of migrations to the platform don't be afraid to talk about it.

Be vocal and transparent about your costs and finances.

Provide multiple methods for your users to support you.

Ask other #MastoAdmin for advice.

Don't wait until it's too late to fix and your users are scrambling to find a new home.

#MastoAdmins #MastodonAdmins

Mastodon storage is a whopping 350GB and growing. Hetzner isn't cutting it anymore. Current operating costs ~ $40/mo for just 6 users. Any good migration guides to cheaper storage services? #selfhost #mastoadmin #MastodonAdmins

Anybody want to guess when I moved the CDN for Mindly.Social to its own domain? 🤣

#MastodonAdmin #MastodonAdmins #MastoAdmin #MastoAdmins

@superlurchie #MastodonAdmin #MastodonAdmins #MastoAdmin and #MastoAdmins are my go-to hashtags for seeing all of the stuff other admins talk about, usually technical stuff, at least that's what I use them for mostly. 😆

Any #MastodonAdmin out there running a load balancer with multiple nginx servers who can help me figure out SSL?

I setup a 10-year self-signed certificate on the nginx servers and then setup a LetsEncrypt certificate on the load balancer but it still fails to connect to the nginx servers over 443 for some reason.

#MastoAdmin #MastoAdmins #MastodonAdmins

Any admins know of a good way to tell when it's time to put your mastodon-web and mastodon-streaming services on their own server?

Sidekiq is easy by watching the queues, but I can't tell when the puma or streaming services are getting overloaded. Any ideas?

#MastoAdmin #MastoAdmins #MastodonAdmin #MastodonAdmins

I wrote a blog post about the process of moving your PostgreSQL database off of the main #Mastodon server for any #MastodonAdmins who are interested:

https://www.kujoe.blog/2022/12/migrating-your-mastodon-postgresql.html

Next post will be for Redis, which is a much simpler process, just didn't get time to add it. After that post will be a How-To guide for creating more Sidekiq worker servers.

#mastoadmin #mastodonadmin

Hi there #MastodonAdmins , has anyone ever run a server on #Kubernetes? Specifically, #GKE? Thinking of spinning up a server but don’t want to futz with a pet Compute instance. Seen a couple repos out there for vanilla #k8s, thought I’d check here to see what y’all were up to.

#mastoadmin #MastodonAdmins #mastodev

Soooo, when do we get status editing capability in the Mastodon #API? Or did I miss something?

What’s the accepted hashtag for Mastodon server admins to connect? It’d be great to find others who have experience and can share tips, and I’d enjoy having the opportunity to help others who are setting up their own servers 🙂

#MastodonAdmin #MastoAdmin #MastodonAdmins

So #MastodonAdmins, lesson learned, opentelemetry doesn't totally seamlessly work every time. It looks like trying to include it into my instance caused a stack overflow when users tried to follow other users.

I should make a real guide with pictures and such at some point, but figured this would be most accessible to #admin #admins #MastodonAdmins

Anyone had & solved issues with #2fa / #otp locking out logins when enabled on an account? Having that issue across users on this instance, not limited to new or existing accounts.
#mastodon #MastodonAdmins #Admins #AdminsOfMastodon

So it looks like one of the ways servers populate content is by connecting with other instances to propagate posts. Guess I’m gonna make friends with #MastodonAdmins :D