Quick script to change Mastodon Docker deployment character limits (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by th0mcat@kbin.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Howdy folks!

I spun up my own Mastodon today and quickly realized there was a 500 character limit to posts. I googled around, found some good guides and decided to make a quick bash script for it. Replace the below values inside the carrots with your settings.

#!/bin/bash -x

docker exec -it mastodon_web sed -i 's/500/<desired_#_of_chars>/g' /opt/mastodon/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
docker exec -it mastodon_web sed -i 's/500/<desired_#_of_chars>/g' /opt/mastodon/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
docker exec -it mastodon_web bundle exec rails assets:precompile
docker container restart <mastodon_web_container> <mastodon_streaming_container> <mastodon_sidekiq_container>

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[-] th0mcat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I know my workaround is probably the worst possible correct answer for how to do this. Thanks for that, I'll give it a shot!

[-] drdaeman@lemmy.zhukov.al 1 points 1 year ago

It's OK. I do hacks like this all the time - no shame in this. However, when sharing a recipe with others it's best to promote better practices :)

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