fediverse.space backend

Notes

This project requires Elixir >= 1.9.
Run with SKIP_CRAWL=true to just run the server (useful for working on the API without also crawling)
This project is automatically scanned for potential vulnerabilities with Sobelow.

There are several environment variables you can set to configure how the crawler behaves.

DATABASE_URL (required) . The URL of the Postgres db.
POOL_SIZE. The size of the database pool. Default: 10
PORT. Default: 4000
BACKEND_HOSTNAME (required). The url the backend is running on.
SECRET_KEY_BASE (required). Used for signing tokens.
TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID. Used for sending SMS alerts to the admin.
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN. As above.
ADMIN_PHONE. The phone number to receive alerts at.
- At the moment, the only alert is when there are potential new spam domains.
TWILIO_PHONE. The phone number to send alerts from.
ADMIN_EMAIL. Used for receiving alerts.
FRONTEND_DOMAIN (required). Used to generate login links for instance admins.
- Don't enter https://, this is added automatically.
SENDGRID_API_KEY. Needed to send emails to the admin, or to instance admins who want to opt in/out.
MASTODON_DOMAIN. The domain (e.g. mastodon.social) that your bot login account is hosted on.
MASTODON_TOKEN. The access token for the bot login account.

Deployment with Docker is handled as per the Distillery docs.

To start your Phoenix server:

Now you can visit localhost:4000 from your browser.

Ready to run in production? Please check our deployment guides.