Operators Handbook

Operators actually run the servers that make up the website league! If anything feels out of place or missing, or if you just have a general question, the Instance Operator's Helpdesk on Zulip is a good place to start.

Node Requirements

These are the requirements for a Node to be added to the Website League. Fulfillment of these req...

New Node Setup Guide

Welcome to this guide for putting together a Website League node! Hosting a webserver on the publ...

Planning a Node

Decisions The two big things you can't change about your node once you've started it is your dom...

Setting Up your Domain Name

This page assumes you have, at a minimum, the following: A domain name you wish to use A VPS ...

Preparing Your VPS

This page makes the following assumptions: You have a running VPS. You have a domain name tha...

Akkoma

Installing Akkoma

This install can get a little messy, and this guide should still be considered in a "beta" state....

Miscellaneous Procedures

There are certain things you may want to do with your Akkoma install after the fact - for example...

GoToSocial

Installing GoToSocial

This page makes the following assumptions: You have a running VPS (Virtual Private Server), or...

Quick Reference for common admin tasks

Some administrative actions currently require using the gotosocial CLI and aren't available in th...

GoToSocial and SELinux

Making SELinux Happy If you try to run the service right now: sudo systemctl enable --now gotos...

Real-world configurations

If you happen to have any shareable part of your node config, it'd be nice to link it here! post...