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Could someone explain how to set up a lemmy instance with ansible for an absolute beginner (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by arudesalad@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I tried earlier today and I had no luck actually getting an instance running

It would help if the explanation was specific to a raspberry pi

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[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I was following the steps on the Lemmy-ansible github page

[–] RCTreeFiddy@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And which step in this process did you get stuck, and what were the errors, if any?

You gotta give us some more info here.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Step 7. I dont have the errors now but I don't think I had ansible or ssh set up correctly

I dont really understand it as this is the first thing I am trying to selfhost other than a minecraft server.

[–] RCTreeFiddy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

SSH may be installed on the pi but may need to be enabled. That was the second to last bullet point in the requirements. The final on being to install Ansible. If you did not get the requirements taken care of, installation will not be successful.

Please first try to SSH into your pi. Once you have that done, you should install Ansible. After that, you should be able to run the playbook from step 7 and we can proceed from there.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do I do that from my normal pc? I've never used ssh before

[–] RCTreeFiddy@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m not trying to be mean, but I think you might be trying to jump straight into the deep end before learning to swim. While the commands have been included in the guide in order for you to be able to install this, it really does help to understand what those commands do, and what they mean. I suggest first getting to know your pi a little bit better, learning how to get SSH going on that and then moving on to installing Ansible. There’s information on the raspberry pie website on how to get SSH enabled on your pi.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Alright, thanks for trying to help. Will I need ssh on my main pc to get it to work on my pi?

[–] RCTreeFiddy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

It should already be there if it’s a Win or Linux, you just need to enable SSH on the pi, then you can remote into it by running this from a command line / shell:

ssh pi@1.2.3.4

Where ‘pi’ is your user on your pi, and ‘1.2.3.4’ is the IP address or hostname for the pi.

Just want to add too that installing and hosting something like Lemmy is not really a beginner task. I’m not trying to discourage, quite the opposite. You should just know this will be a challenging endeavor, but will be rewarding once you do complete it, and you will learn a lot in the process.

[–] RCTreeFiddy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No not really. You first enable it on the raspberry pie. Then you access your raspberry pie from your normal computer by running this command in your command line or shell: ssh user@1.2.3.4 where ‘user’ is your raspberry pi user (pi by default), and ‘1.2.3.4’ is the ip address of the pi.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bold of u to assumw they are using linux as there main pc os. If they are using windows i beleive it doesnt come with an ssh client.

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can SSH using command line. I do have a Windows Pro license, but I THINK that it's not exclusive to Pro....

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh i vagly remember needing putty but i havnt used windows in almost 5years now.

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah I also installed putty a long time ago, I forget if it was actually necessary or if I was just afraid of command line back then.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, legit, I've messed around with this kind of thing before, and I wouldn't attempt to run lemmy myself. Major pain in the ass.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Also in the comment this one is replying to, I meant to say set up correctly

[–] themachine@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And what exactly happens?

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've replied to a different comment in this thread about what happened already

[–] x3i@lemmy.x3i.tech 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't see anything like that in this thread. If you want people's help, help them help you and provide sufficient information about your problem.