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[SOLVED] Help with Lemmy setup

Hello! I have been struggling through a few tutorials on getting a lemmy instance to work correctly when setup with Docker. I have it mostly done, but there are various issues each time that I do not have the knowledge to properly correct. I am familiar with Docker, and already have an Oracle VPS set up on ARM64 Ubuntu. I already have portainer and an NGINX proxy set up and working okay. I have an existing lemmy instance "running" but not quite working. My best guess here would be to have someone assist with setting up the docker-compose to work with current updates/settings, as well as the config.hjson.

TIA, and I cant wait to have my own entry into the fediverse working right!

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  • I see that the instance can be reached, and posts are shown, however comments are not. I have found in the official docs that there is a config snippet for a web facing reverse proxy. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/troubleshooting.html https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible/blob/main/templates/nginx.conf

    And this config appears quite different from the "Install with Docker" config instructions: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/install_docker.html

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    worker_processes 1;
    events {
        worker_connections 1024;
    }
    http {
        upstream lemmy {
            # this needs to map to the lemmy (server) docker service hostname
            server "lemmy:8536";
        }
        upstream lemmy-ui {
            # this needs to map to the lemmy-ui docker service hostname
            server "lemmy-ui:1234";
        }
    
        server {
            # this is the port inside docker, not the public one yet
            listen 80;
            # change if needed, this is facing the public web
            server_name localhost;
            server_tokens off;
    
            gzip on;
            gzip_types text/css application/javascript image/svg+xml;
            gzip_vary on;
    
            # Upload limit, relevant for pictrs
            client_max_body_size 20M;
    
            add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
            add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
            add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    
            # frontend general requests
            location / {
                # distinguish between ui requests and backend
                # don't change lemmy-ui or lemmy here, they refer to the upstream definitions on top
                set $proxpass "http://lemmy-ui";
    
                if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
                  set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
                }
                if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"") {
                  set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
                }
                if ($request_method = POST) {
                  set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
                }
                proxy_pass $proxpass;
    
                rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
                # Send actual client IP upstream
                proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header Host $host;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            }
    
            # backend
            location ~ ^/(api|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
                proxy_pass "http://lemmy";
                # proxy common stuff
                proxy_http_version 1.1;
                proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
                proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    
                # Send actual client IP upstream
                proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header Host $host;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            }
        }
    }
    
    

    Do you know if I should expect to have TWO unique NGINX proxy instances (assuming I use NGINX)? One in-stack, and one separate for web facing reverse proxy? Or do I need a combination of the two configs into one instance?

    I am going to see if I can get a caddy reverse proxy setup in the meantime and see how it performs given your configuration there.

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