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Solved: Upgrading Mastodon from 4.2.x to 4.3.1
It’s been almost 4 years since I started my own Mastodon instance. I took a look at the latest releases and my instance is way behind, so I decided to give v4.3.1 a try. With all the YAMLs and Kustomize stuff I did before, last few upgrades were as simple as a version number change.…
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How to Self-Host a Mastodon Instance in Kubernetes
TL;DR: Instead of the official installation including setting up Ruby, nginx, systemd service, etc., I found it more comfortable to install and run a Mastodon instance using some YAML files. Just in case, what is Mastodon anyway? I used kustomize to manage and generate Kubernetes manifests for a fully functional Mastodon instance. Please see my…