Lemmy {#module-services-lemmy}#

Lemmy is a federated alternative to reddit in rust.

Quickstart {#module-services-lemmy-quickstart}#

the minimum to start lemmy is

{
  services.lemmy = {
    enable = true;
    settings = {
      hostname = "lemmy.union.rocks";
      database.createLocally = true;
    };
    caddy.enable = true;
  };
}

this will start the backend on port 8536 and the frontend on port 1234. It will expose your instance with a caddy reverse proxy to the hostname you've provided. Postgres will be initialized on that same instance automatically.

Usage {#module-services-lemmy-usage}#

On first connection you will be asked to define an admin user.

Missing {#module-services-lemmy-missing}#

• Exposing with nginx is not implemented yet.
• This has been tested using a local database with a unix socket connection. Using different database settings will likely require modifications