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Darius Kazemi

Okay, #Hometown v1.1.1 is now released!

Massive release notes here:

github.com/hometown-fork/homet

Admins, please let me know if you run into trouble on the upgrade. This is a tricky one, mostly due to Mastodon v3 -> v4 stuff. You'll get a lot of mileage searching the Mastodon issues repo for production errors you run into on the upgrade.

I'll repeat what I said on the release notes: if your installation is customized in any way (sidekiq setup, etc) you NEED to be careful.

3 Jan 2023 at 18:10 | Open on friend.camp
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Erin Kissane
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Darius Kazemi
[DATA EXPUNGED]
Kristoffer 🍄

@darius On a whim I decided to migrate from mastodon 4.0.2 to hometown. Worked without a hitch! Great work! ⭐

3 Jan 2023 at 18:55 | Open on 6510.nu
neville park

@darius this looks fantastic, thank you so much! I'm thrilled we're getting blocklist import/export early.

3 Jan 2023 at 19:06 | Open on flipping.rocks
MxFraud

@darius congrats on the release.

Would you recommend people that I could contract to move a glitch (v3 something) this shinny version of hometown?

3 Jan 2023 at 19:11 | Open on tabletop.social
PlasticJohnny

@darius What exactly is Hometown? I can't seem to find a summary page, merely updates!

3 Jan 2023 at 19:28 | Open on mastodon.ie
PlasticJohnny
Alexander Bochmann

@darius Would I need to keep anything particular in mind when I wanted to migrate from Mastodon 4.0.2 to this new Hometown release?

3 Jan 2023 at 19:32 | Open on mastodon.infra.de
Darius Kazemi

@galaxis there is a migration guide here, and no it should not be tricky at all if you are currently on v4!

github.com/hometown-fork/homet

3 Jan 2023 at 19:37 | Open on friend.camp
Alexander Bochmann

@darius Ah, great, thanks!

Have to admit I didn't check if the migration guide has already been updated before asking...

3 Jan 2023 at 19:45 | Open on mastodon.infra.de
Darius Kazemi

Now that #Hometown's new version is out, I want to promote this amazing guide by @mart0 that walks you through the process of creating a Hometown server from scratch.

The level of detail here is astounding. It only covers Hometown v1.0.8 but I see no reason you couldn't easily upgrade to v1.1.0 following the normal upgrade instructions at the end.

n00q.net/articles/guide-mastod

3 Jan 2023 at 19:53 | Open on friend.camp
Darius Kazemi

> This guide is meant for people who have little past experience with system administration or setting up their own web services. I tried to assume as little prior knowledge as possible.

It is truly useful if you are technically minded but not a sysadmin. Basically if you have messed around on the terminal a bit, the level of detail here should be enough to get going. You can check the "Who are you" section of the article for more.

3 Jan 2023 at 19:57 | Open on friend.camp
Bolet, agente del caos

@gabboman check this out. It might give you sone insights about mastodon's architecture for the thing you are building

3 Jan 2023 at 23:14 | Open on paquita.masto.host
iluXan 🤣

@darius @mart0 can confirm! worked well for me, despite 0 sysadmin experience in last 10+ years

4 Jan 2023 at 5:21 | Open on writing.exchange
David Sidlinger

@darius @mart0 I used this guide to set up a Mastodon+Hometown instance for friends and family and decrease centralization of the Fediverse!

5 Feb 2023 at 19:31 | Open on beefus.camp
James Young
Lutin Discret

@darius github.com/hometown-fork/homet invite people to join #mastodon at libera.chat as IRC/Matrix room. Is there an official room for hometown?

3 Jan 2023 at 22:38 | Open on mastodon.libre-entreprise.com
Anders Borch

@darius Thank you! I've been waiting for this update to switch to Hometown. So excited!

4 Jan 2023 at 8:22 | Open on mastodon.cyborch.com
Nikoh :verified:

@darius hello, I just discovered hometown, is a fantastic project imo, it fixes 99% of mastodon shortcomings. (1% is share with comment...) I would like to convert my regular instance to hometown, could you assist me? Is the process reversible? Many thanks ;-)

6 Jul 2023 at 15:23 | Open on social.themazzarella.net
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