# Installing TrashPoss This document will guide you through manual installation of TrashPoss. We also provide prebuilt [packages](/trashposs/packaging) for various platforms, should you prefer those over a manual install. ## Dependencies ### Build - C/C++ compiler like **GCC** or **Clang** - Build tools like **make** - **Python 3** ### Required - [**Node.js**](https://nodejs.org) v18.16.0+ (v20 recommended) - [**PostgreSQL**](https://www.postgresql.org/) 12+ (including modules, usually packaged as postgresql-contrib) - [**Redis**](https://redis.io/) 6+ - [**libvips**](https://www.libvips.org/) - **Web proxy** - nginx - Caddy ### Optional - [**FFmpeg**](https://ffmpeg.org/) for video transcoding ## Preparations ### Download repository Make sure you have `git-lfs` installed and have run `git lfs install` before cloning the repo, as we are using Git LFS for efficient storage of binary blobs. ```sh git clone https://iceshrimp.dev/Crimekillz/trashposs.git ``` If you don't want to run the latest development version, pick a version from [here](https://iceshrimp.dev/Crimekillz/trashposs/releases) and run `git checkout ` before continuing. ### Creating a new user In case you want to run TrashPoss as a different user, run `adduser --disabled-password --disabled-login trashposs` Following steps will require you to run them as the user you have made, so use `su - trashposs`, or `sudo -iu trashposs`, or whatever else method in order to temporarily log in as that user. ### Configuration - Copy `.config/example.yml` to `.config/default.yml` - Edit `.config/default.yml` with text editor - Make sure to set PostgreSQL and Redis section correctly ## Installing project dependencies This project uses corepack to manage yarn versions, please make sure you don't have a globally installed non-corepack yarn binary (e.g. by having run `npm install -g yarn` in the past, or via your operating system's package manager) ```sh corepack enable corepack prepare --activate yarn ``` Note: If you get a lot of `The remote archive doesn't match the expected checksum` errors, please make sure you installed `git-lfs` and ran `git lfs install && git lfs pull`. ## Building TrashPoss ```sh yarn build ``` ## Database ### Creating database This will create a postgres user with your password and database, while also granting that user all privileges on database. Using `psql` prompt: ```sh sudo -u postgres psql ``` ```postgresql create database trashposs with encoding = 'UTF8'; create user trashposs with encrypted password '{YOUR_PASSWORD}'; grant all privileges on database trashposs to trashposs; alter database trashposs owner to trashposs; \q ``` ### First migration In order for TrashPoss to work properly, you need to initialise the database using ```bash yarn run init ``` ### Optimizing performance If you are running TrashPoss on a system with more than one CPU thread, you might want to set the `clusterLimit` config option to about half of your thread count, depending on your system configuration. Please note that each worker requires around 10 PostgreSQL connections, so be sure to set `max_connections` appropriately (aim for `(10 * no_workers) + 10`, if you have no other applications accessing the PostgreSQL database). For optimal database performance, it's highly recommended to configure PostgreSQL with [PGTune](https://pgtune.leopard.in.ua/) using the "Mixed type of application" profile. This is especially important should your database server use HDD instead of SATA or NVMe SSD storage. ## Setting up Webproxy ### Nginx - Run `sudo cp docs/examples/trashposs.nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/ && cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/` - Edit `trashposs.nginx.conf` to reflect your server properly - Run `sudo ln -s ./trashposs.nginx.conf ../sites-enabled/trashposs.nginx.conf` - Run `sudo nginx -t` to check that the config is valid, then restart the nginx service. ### Caddy - Add the following to your Caddyfile, and replace `example.com` with your domain ``` example.com { reverse_proxy localhost:3000 } ``` ## Running TrashPoss ### Running manually - Start TrashPoss by running `NODE_ENV=production yarn run start`. If this is your first run, after TrashPoss has started successfully, you'll be able to go to the URL you have specified in `.config/default.yml` and create first user. - To stop the server, use `Ctrl-C`. ### Running using systemd - Run `sudo cp docs/examples/trashposs.service /etc/systemd/system/` - Edit `/etc/systemd/system/trashposs.service` with text editor, and change `User`, `WorkingDir`, `ExecStart` if necessary. - Run `sudo systemctl daemon-reload` - Run `sudo systemctl enable --now trashposs` in order to enable and start TrashPoss. - (Optional) Check if instance is running using `sudo systemctl status trashposs` ### Environment variables - `ICESHRIMP_CONFIG` (default: `.config/default.yml`) to change where the the config file is located - `ICESHRIMP_SECRETS` (default: unset) if you want to keep your secrets in a separate config file - `ICESHRIMP_MEDIA_DIR` (default: `files`) to change where internally stored files are located - `ICESHRIMP_CUSTOM_DIR` (default: `custom`) to change where custom assets and locales are located (caution: assets are copied at build time or when running `yarn gulp`, not during startup!) Make sure you are specifying absolute paths when setting environment variables. ### Updating TrashPoss Before you start, if you cloned the trashposs repository before the Git LFS migration, please follow [these instructions](https://iceshrimp.dev/Crimekillz/trashposs/wiki/Git-LFS#fixing-up-a-preexisting-cloned-repo) to get your repository back in sync. First, stop the TrashPoss service and then run the following commands: ```sh ## Run git stash commands only if you have uncommitted changes git stash ``` If you were previously running a tagged release and/or want to upgrade to one, run: ```sh git fetch --tags git checkout ``` If you were previously running a development version, and want to continue doing so or switch to the latest commit, run: ```sh git switch dev git pull ``` Regardless of which of the above you picked, run: ```sh git stash pop yarn yarn build && yarn migrate ``` Note: If you get a lot of `The remote archive doesn't match the expected checksum` errors, please make sure you installed `git-lfs` and ran `git lfs install && git lfs pull`. Now restart the TrashPoss service and everything should be up to date. ## Post-install See [post-install](post-install.md).