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I was following the steps on the Lemmy-ansible github page
And which step in this process did you get stuck, and what were the errors, if any?
You gotta give us some more info here.
Step 7. I dont have the errors now but I don't think I had ansible or ssh set up correctly
I dont really understand it as this is the first thing I am trying to selfhost other than a minecraft server.
SSH may be installed on the pi but may need to be enabled. That was the second to last bullet point in the requirements. The final on being to install Ansible. If you did not get the requirements taken care of, installation will not be successful.
Please first try to SSH into your pi. Once you have that done, you should install Ansible. After that, you should be able to run the playbook from step 7 and we can proceed from there.
Do I do that from my normal pc? I've never used ssh before
I’m not trying to be mean, but I think you might be trying to jump straight into the deep end before learning to swim. While the commands have been included in the guide in order for you to be able to install this, it really does help to understand what those commands do, and what they mean. I suggest first getting to know your pi a little bit better, learning how to get SSH going on that and then moving on to installing Ansible. There’s information on the raspberry pie website on how to get SSH enabled on your pi.
Alright, thanks for trying to help. Will I need ssh on my main pc to get it to work on my pi?
It should already be there if it’s a Win or Linux, you just need to enable SSH on the pi, then you can remote into it by running this from a command line / shell:
ssh pi@1.2.3.4
Where ‘pi’ is your user on your pi, and ‘1.2.3.4’ is the IP address or hostname for the pi.
Just want to add too that installing and hosting something like Lemmy is not really a beginner task. I’m not trying to discourage, quite the opposite. You should just know this will be a challenging endeavor, but will be rewarding once you do complete it, and you will learn a lot in the process.
No not really. You first enable it on the raspberry pie. Then you access your raspberry pie from your normal computer by running this command in your command line or shell: ssh user@1.2.3.4 where ‘user’ is your raspberry pi user (pi by default), and ‘1.2.3.4’ is the ip address of the pi.
Bold of u to assumw they are using linux as there main pc os. If they are using windows i beleive it doesnt come with an ssh client.
You can SSH using command line. I do have a Windows Pro license, but I THINK that it's not exclusive to Pro....
Huh i vagly remember needing putty but i havnt used windows in almost 5years now.
Yeah I also installed putty a long time ago, I forget if it was actually necessary or if I was just afraid of command line back then.
Yeah, legit, I've messed around with this kind of thing before, and I wouldn't attempt to run lemmy myself. Major pain in the ass.
Also in the comment this one is replying to, I meant to say set up correctly
And what exactly happens?
I've replied to a different comment in this thread about what happened already
I don't see anything like that in this thread. If you want people's help, help them help you and provide sufficient information about your problem.
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/6861977
This it should be no issue for you to copy and paste that answer in our conversation.
Lol. It should also be no issue for you to find the comment and read their answer
They're asking for quite detailed help for a reasonably difficult project, the least they can do is supply all the info to the people trying to help.
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/6861977
If I'm supposed to be reading that top comment I don't see where you state what your results were. You apparently "had errrors" but neglected to note any down and now "you don't" have errors.
I second this. If you want people to help you tell us
Meaning what did you type, what did you expect it to do and what is the error. Copy the code ideally, alternatively send a screenshot. Once you provide this, we will be happy to help.