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Running akkoma/plermora in docker in WSL

Sat Nov 19 17:55:44 UTC 2022

This isn't an exhaustive how-to, just a list of some of the complications I ran into. I'm running the standard Ubuntu 20.04 WSL image from the Microsoft store, I think.

• Install the docker compose plugin. Whatever "docker-compose" is in ubuntu, it's not updatable and it doesn't work.
• I followed these instructions for installing akkoma with docker but I had to replace every docker-compose with docker compose (space instead of dash)
• I used afraid.org for free DNS and pointed it at my home IP address. You might have to do stuff with the firewall rules on your cable modem.
• I opened port 443 in Windows Defender Firewall.
• Very important: the date/time in WSL has to be correct, otherwise federation doesn't work. I had to install ntpdate and force an update.
• I changed the config so that registrations are not open. I don't need people signing up on this instance, which is running on my laptop, and which essentially shuts down when I close my laptop lid (which I do when I'm not using it).

If I remember any other work-arounds I had to do I will add them to this page.