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Please, need help deploying a lemmy instance... (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ZMonster@lemmy.world to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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I have tried the docker, ansible, and scratch methods. I have been troubleshooting for a month now. I have gotten nowhere. I need someone to help walk me through how to deploy a lemmy server because the guides are absolute trash.

Please help. I'm wasting money running this VPS and for literally nothing.

Edit: So, I've tried the ansible method, but I can't access my server this way. It just keeps saying "UNREACHABLE". I have generated a dozen keys, none of them work. I have NO PROBLEMS with ssh in Putty. I can use Putty all day. Putty works fine using my ssh key. Ansible does not. No amount of new keys has made any difference. I have countless keys in my stupid droplet because of this hacky garbage.

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[–] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry you've had this experience. It's not nice to be told that you shouldn't even try. I think though, that this poster does have a point in that it might be a good idea to stop paying for the hosting of the VPS, practice installing on a local device you have at home, spare laptop etc.(a VM on your own PC would probably work too) and then when you have that going smoothly, try on the VPS again. I haven't personally used the Ansible install so not sure of it's quirks, but I'll try and answer some of your questions.