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+book
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+[book]
+authors = ["Felix Ableitner"]
+language = "en"
+multilingual = false
+src = "src"
+title = "Lemmy Documentation"
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+# Summary
+
+- [About](about.md)
+  - [Features](about_features.md)
+  - [Goals](about_goals.md)
+  - [Post and Comment Ranking](about_ranking.md)
+- [Administration](administration.md)
+  - [Install with Docker](administration_install_docker.md)
+  - [Install with Ansible](administration_install_ansible.md)
+  - [Install with Kubernetes](administration_install_kubernetes.md)
+  - [Configuration](administration_configuration.md)
+- [Contributing](contributing.md)
+  - [Docker Development](contributing_docker_development.md)
+  - [Local Development](contributing_local_development.md)
+  - [Websocket API](contributing_websocket_api.md)
+  - [ActivityPub API Outline](contributing_apub_api_outline.md)
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+<p align="center">A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse.
+    <br> 
+</p>
+
+[Lemmy Dev instance](https://dev.lemmy.ml) *for testing purposes only*
+
+[Lemmy](https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy) is similar to sites like [Reddit](https://reddit.com), [Lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs), [Raddle](https://raddle.me), or [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/): you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse).
+
+For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere.
+
+The overall goal is to create an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling.
+
+Each lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.
+
+### Why's it called Lemmy?
+
+- Lead singer from [Motörhead](https://invidio.us/watch?v=pWB5JZRGl0U).
+- The old school [video game](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)>).
+- The [Koopa from Super Mario](https://www.mariowiki.com/Lemmy_Koopa).
+- The [furry rodents](http://sunchild.fpwc.org/lemming-the-little-giant-of-the-north/).
+
+Made with [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org), [Actix](https://actix.rs/), [Inferno](https://www.infernojs.org), [Typescript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) and [Diesel](http://diesel.rs/).
diff --git a/docs/src/about_features.md b/docs/src/about_features.md
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+- Open source, [AGPL License](/LICENSE).
+- Self hostable, easy to deploy.
+  - Comes with [Docker](#docker), [Ansible](#ansible), [Kubernetes](#kubernetes).
+- Clean, mobile-friendly interface.
+  - Live-updating Comment threads.
+  - Full vote scores `(+/-)` like old reddit.
+  - Themes, including light, dark, and solarized.
+  - Emojis with autocomplete support. Start typing `:`
+  - User tagging using `@`, Community tagging using `#`.
+  - Notifications, on comment replies and when you're tagged.
+  - i18n / internationalization support.
+  - RSS / Atom feeds for `All`, `Subscribed`, `Inbox`, `User`, and `Community`.
+- Cross-posting support.
+  - A *similar post search* when creating new posts. Great for question / answer communities.
+- Moderation abilities.
+  - Public Moderation Logs.
+  - Both site admins, and community moderators, who can appoint other moderators.
+  - Can lock, remove, and restore posts and comments.
+  - Can ban and unban users from communities and the site.
+  - Can transfer site and communities to others.
+- Can fully erase your data, replacing all posts and comments.
+- NSFW post / community support.
+- High performance.
+  - Server is written in rust.
+  - Front end is `~80kB` gzipped.
+  - Supports arm64 / Raspberry Pi.
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+Information for Lemmy instance admins, and those who want to start an instance.
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+The configuration is based on the file [defaults.hjson](server/config/defaults.hjson). This file also contains documentation for all the available options. To override the defaults, you can copy the options you want to change into your local `config.hjson` file. 
+
+Additionally, you can override any config files with environment variables. These have the same name as the config options, and are prefixed with `LEMMY_`. For example, you can override the `database.password` with 
+`LEMMY__DATABASE__POOL_SIZE=10`.
+
+An additional option `LEMMY_DATABASE_URL` is available, which can be used with a PostgreSQL connection string like `postgres://lemmy:password@lemmy_db:5432/lemmy`, passing all connection details at once.
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+First, you need to [install Ansible on your local computer](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html) (e.g. using `sudo apt install ansible`) or the equivalent for you platform.
+
+Then run the following commands on your local computer:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy.git
+cd lemmy/ansible/
+cp inventory.example inventory
+nano inventory # enter your server, domain, contact email
+ansible-playbook lemmy.yml --become
+```
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+Make sure you have both docker and docker-compose(>=`1.24.0`) installed:
+
+```bash
+mkdir lemmy/
+cd lemmy/
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/lemmy.hjson
+# Edit lemmy.hjson to do more configuration
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+and go to http://localhost:8536.
+
+[A sample nginx config](/ansible/templates/nginx.conf), could be setup with:
+
+```bash
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/ansible/templates/nginx.conf
+# Replace the {{ vars }}
+sudo mv nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lemmy.conf
+```
+#### Updating
+
+To update to the newest version, run:
+
+```bash
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
+docker-compose up -d
+```
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+You'll need to have an existing Kubernetes cluster and [storage class](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/).
+Setting this up will vary depending on your provider.
+To try it locally, you can use [MicroK8s](https://microk8s.io/) or [Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/).
+
+Once you have a working cluster, edit the environment variables and volume sizes in `docker/k8s/*.yml`.
+You may also want to change the service types to use `LoadBalancer`s depending on where you're running your cluster (add `type: LoadBalancer` to `ports)`, or `NodePort`s.
+By default they will use `ClusterIP`s, which will allow access only within the cluster. See the [docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/) for more on networking in Kubernetes.
+
+**Important** Running a database in Kubernetes will work, but is generally not recommended.
+If you're deploying on any of the common cloud providers, you should consider using their managed database service instead (RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure Databse, etc.).
+
+Now you can deploy:
+
+```bash
+# Add `-n foo` if you want to deploy into a specific namespace `foo`;
+# otherwise your resources will be created in the `default` namespace.
+kubectl apply -f docker/k8s/db.yml
+kubectl apply -f docker/k8s/pictshare.yml
+kubectl apply -f docker/k8s/lemmy.yml
+```
+
+If you used a `LoadBalancer`, you should see it in your cloud provider's console.
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+Information about contributing to Lemmy, whether it is translating, testing, designing or programming.
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+Run:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy
+cd lemmy/docker/dev
+./docker_update.sh # This builds and runs it, updating for your changes
+```
+
+and go to http://localhost:8536.
+
+Note that compile times are relatively long with Docker, because builds can't be properly cached. If this is a problem for you, you should use [Local Development](contributing_local_development.md).
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+#### Requirements
+
+- [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/)
+- [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/en/)
+- [Postgres](https://www.postgresql.org/)
+
+#### Set up Postgres DB
+
+```bash
+ psql -c "create user lemmy with password 'password' superuser;" -U postgres
+ psql -c 'create database lemmy with owner lemmy;' -U postgres
+ export DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@localhost:5432/lemmy
+```
+
+#### Running
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy
+cd lemmy
+./install.sh
+# For live coding, where both the front and back end, automagically reload on any save, do:
+# cd ui && yarn start
+# cd server && cargo watch -x run
+```
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