Hello, trying to setup mastodon on a VPS, but the build fails. I would like to be able to post my problem (this seems overcomplicated, having to post that I want to post…). I am not running anything yet.
VPS problems with setting up an instance
maloki
#2
I am sorry for the inconvenience, I split this thread off, so you can get the help you want.
Feel free to post your issues, @monnef
monnef
#3
Thank you. I tried asking on GitHub, but it seems I should’ve gone here first.
After running docker-compose build it is stuck on (copied just last lines):
Binary found at /mastodon/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/linux_musl-x64-48/binding.node
Testing binary
Binary is fine
node-sass@4.5.2 /mastodon/node_modules/node-sass
Done in 306.67s.
Waited over 10 minutes with zero IO and CPU activity on the server (it’s not swapping). Tried running it several times, but always with same result. Any ideas?
Version I am trying is 1.4.1.
saper
#4
can you try typing Ctrl-D and seeing if it is waiting for input? also an output from ps listing all processes can help to track this down.
I can also see you are using musl-based distribution, which might give you some headaches.
monnef
#5
Enter and CTRL+D have no effect (enter just prints newline).
Until now I didn’t know that musl exists. The VPS should be running ordinary CentOS 7.
ps aux output:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.2 190712 2472 ? Ss čen03 0:47 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --switched-root --system --deserialize 21
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:10 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [migration/0]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [rcu_bh]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 1:01 [rcu_sched]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:18 [watchdog/0]
root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [netns]
root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [khungtaskd]
root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [writeback]
root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [kintegrityd]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [bioset]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [kblockd]
root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [md]
root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 1:44 [kswapd0]
root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN čen03 0:00 [ksmd]
root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN čen03 0:12 [khugepaged]
root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [crypto]
root 37 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [kthrotld]
root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [kmpath_rdacd]
root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [kpsmoused]
root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [ipv6_addrconf]
root 60 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [deferwq]
root 95 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [kauditd]
root 225 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [ata_sff]
root 228 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root 229 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [scsi_tmf_0]
root 230 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root 231 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [scsi_tmf_1]
root 240 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [ttm_swap]
root 267 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? D čen03 0:11 [jbd2/vda1-8]
root 268 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen03 0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
root 335 0.0 0.1 100908 2020 ? Ss čen03 0:25 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
root 357 0.0 0.0 43532 404 ? Ss čen03 0:00 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
root 371 0.0 0.0 55416 160 ? S<sl čen03 0:04 /sbin/auditd -n
root 420 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen03 0:00 [vballoon]
root 464 0.0 0.0 24192 900 ? Ss čen03 0:12 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind
dbus 465 0.0 0.0 24624 812 ? Ss čen03 0:24 /bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation
avahi 467 0.0 0.0 28112 468 ? Ss čen03 0:02 avahi-daemon: running [monnef.local]
polkitd 469 0.0 0.1 528268 1368 ? Ssl čen03 0:07 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug
root 473 0.0 0.0 126252 384 ? Ss čen03 0:05 /usr/sbin/crond -n
avahi 477 0.0 0.0 27980 4 ? S čen03 0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
root 485 0.0 0.1 451320 1816 ? Ssl čen03 0:09 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
root 702 0.0 0.5 287592 5292 ? Ssl čen11 0:32 docker-containerd -l unix:///var/run/docker/libcontainerd/docker-containerd.sock --metrics-interval=0 --start-timeout 2m --state-dir /var/run/docker/libcontainerd/containerd --shim docker-containerd-shim --runtime docker-runc
root 752 0.0 0.0 327968 936 ? Ssl čen03 0:16 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
root 756 0.0 0.0 105480 280 ? Ss čen03 0:04 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
root 757 0.0 0.3 553152 3528 ? Ssl čen03 3:50 /usr/bin/python -Es /usr/sbin/tuned -l -P
root 769 0.0 0.0 110036 8 tty1 Ss+ čen03 0:00 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty1 linux
root 1513 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [kdmflush]
root 1514 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [bioset]
root 1517 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-buf/dm-2]
root 1518 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-data/dm-2]
root 1519 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-conv/dm-2]
root 1520 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-cil/dm-2]
root 1521 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-reclaim/dm-]
root 1522 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-log/dm-2]
root 1523 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-eofblocks/d]
root 1524 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen11 0:00 [xfsaild/dm-2]
root 1804 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen25 0:02 [kworker/u2:0]
postgres 2659 0.0 0.0 234400 352 ? S čen03 0:16 /usr/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -p 5432
root 2709 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen25 0:01 [kworker/u2:2]
root 2778 0.0 0.8 443620 8820 ? Sl čen03 10:51 /usr/bin/python2 -s /usr/bin/fail2ban-server -s /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock -p /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid -x -b
postgres 3061 0.0 0.0 194144 84 ? Ss čen03 0:00 postgres: logger process
postgres 3113 0.0 0.0 234400 72 ? Ss čen03 0:00 postgres: checkpointer process
postgres 3114 0.0 0.0 234400 84 ? Ss čen03 0:19 postgres: writer process
postgres 3115 0.0 0.0 234400 52 ? Ss čen03 0:16 postgres: wal writer process
postgres 3116 0.0 0.0 235216 884 ? Ss čen03 0:15 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
postgres 3117 0.0 0.0 194276 320 ? Ss čen03 0:14 postgres: stats collector process
root 5001 0.0 0.1 147772 1400 ? Ss 09:53 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0
root 5003 0.0 0.0 143572 956 pts/0 Ss 09:53 0:00 -zsh
root 5144 0.0 0.1 147772 1528 ? Ss 09:53 0:00 sshd: root@pts/1
root 5146 0.0 0.3 141092 3296 pts/1 Ss 09:53 0:00 -zsh
root 5194 0.1 3.2 259420 32968 pts/0 S+ 09:54 0:03 /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/docker-compose build
root 5240 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [kdmflush]
root 5241 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [bioset]
root 5244 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [xfs-buf/dm-3]
root 5245 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [xfs-data/dm-3]
root 5246 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [xfs-conv/dm-3]
root 5247 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [xfs-cil/dm-3]
root 5248 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [xfs-reclaim/dm-]
root 5249 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [xfs-log/dm-3]
root 5250 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:55 0:00 [xfs-eofblocks/d]
root 5251 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:55 0:00 [xfsaild/dm-3]
root 12898 0.0 0.0 127088 0 ? Ss čen11 0:00 /usr/sbin/lvmetad -f
root 14102 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [dm_bufio_cache]
root 14126 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfsalloc]
root 14127 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs_mru_cache]
root 15273 0.0 2.6 759988 26844 ? Ssl čen11 5:28 /usr/bin/dockerd
root 15287 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:38 [loop0]
root 15288 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [loop1]
root 15289 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [kdmflush]
root 15290 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [bioset]
root 15291 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [kcopyd]
root 15292 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [bioset]
root 15293 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [dm-thin]
root 15294 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [bioset]
root 16265 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [kdmflush]
root 16266 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [bioset]
root 16269 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-buf/dm-1]
root 16270 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-data/dm-1]
root 16271 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-conv/dm-1]
root 16272 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-cil/dm-1]
root 16273 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-reclaim/dm-]
root 16274 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-log/dm-1]
root 16275 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:00 [xfs-eofblocks/d]
root 16276 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S čen11 0:00 [xfsaild/dm-1]
root 19086 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< čen11 0:06 [kworker/0:1H]
root 22687 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 10:05 0:00 [kworker/0:2H]
root 22739 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 10:28 0:00 [kworker/0:1]
root 22751 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 10:33 0:00 [kworker/0:2]
root 22757 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 10:38 0:00 [kworker/0:0]
root 22772 0.0 0.1 151056 1860 pts/1 R+ 10:41 0:00 ps aux
monnef
#7
No, I have not.
Currently I am looking for alternatives. I was expecting a lot more from Mastodon 
(support, being tested on very popular OS [like second most used server distro?]). I really thought it was something big and great, at least from many articles I read. I shouldn’t have waited so long, I have rented VPS just for Mastodon, ended up wasting money and a lot of time (I also tried installation without docker, but the guide is bad - incomplete [e.g. step-by-step db setup] and my efforts ended with crashes during secrets generation).
I have already tried Friendica (installation compared to Mastodon was simple and well described), but it seems not to be ready for every day use (after following someone, one page just kept crashing). Next in list is GNU Social, their installation guide looks nice, detailed.
saper
#8
@monnef did you use Alpine Linux somewhere along the way (or one of the distros using musl)? Your container does not seem to be coming from CentOS.
I just realized that the docker infrastructure offered by the Mastodon repository Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml are all based on Alpine Linux musl-based distribution.
saper
#9
@monnef If you are looking for an out of the box mastodon install, I recommend FreeBSD port. pkg install mastodon and follow the instructions printed after the package is installed (Running Mastodon on FreeBSD)
monnef
#10
No, it’s almost clean CentOS (“clean” as in what VPS provider preinstalled). Only few packages related to web pages were installed (like PHP, ngingx, MariaDB).
Following also seems to point at CentOS:
# cat /etc/*-release
CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
NAME="CentOS Linux"
VERSION="7 (Core)"
ID="centos"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="7"
PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Linux 7 (Core)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:7"
HOME_URL="https://www.centos.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.centos.org/"
CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT="CentOS-7"
CENTOS_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="7"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="centos"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="7"
CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
# cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.10.0-514.21.1.el7.x86_64 (builder@kbuilder.dev.centos.org) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Thu May 25 17:04:51 UTC 2017
monnef
#11
I am, but only for CentOS 7 (VPS provider supports only Linux and CentOS is the most stable and longest supported distro I ever tried).
I thought the point of docker is exactly that “running out-of-the-box”…
maloki
#13
Yeah, I’m sorry. We don’t have a hired support team, and most support is received on the service itself.
And my inability to help you is simply because I do not work with the installation part myself, by any stretch.
We also do not have a battery of programmers to make the project a perfect simple installation, but we’re slowly improving over time with help of feedback and contributions.