I tried earlier today and I had no luck actually getting an instance running
It would help if the explanation was specific to a raspberry pi
Agree with others here. Ansible isn’t for beginners and neither is a Lemmy instance.
Try some other projects first, maybe some docker containers that involve a reverse proxy.
For example, NextCloud is a very useful thing to set up as a project, but I would say that you specifically need the new Pi 5 with plenty of RAM for that. The Pi 4 doesn’t handle a full NextCloud installation well.
I have the pi5 with 8gb of ram. Is that enough?
Oh yeah I think so. Honestly NextCloud is slow on any platform, so don’t be surprised if you’re not impressed. But it’s a neat project to set up.
You tried what exactly earlier today?
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?
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
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.
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.
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Needlessly dismissive for someone who needs help. Yes he is probably in over his head but who hasn’t been.
…that was meant to be a joke. I had a gut feeling I should have used a tone indicator. My bad
No I didn’t
Find some nerd and offer him feet pics to do it for you. Thats how I handle most of life’s problems.
Alternatively, if you are artistically talented, offer to draw them yiff in exchange for tech help. Humans are so 1990s.
