relay/docs/installation.md

Installation

There are a few ways to install ActivityRelay. Follow one of the methods below, setup a reverse proxy, and setup the relay to run via a supervisor. Example configs for caddy, nginx, and systemd in installation/

Pipx

Pipx uses pip and a custom venv implementation to automatically install modules into a Python environment and is the recommended method. Install pipx if it isn't installed already. Check out the official pipx docs for more in-depth instructions.

python3 -m pip install pipx

Now simply install ActivityRelay directly from git

pipx install git+https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/relay@0.3.0

Or from a cloned git repo.

pipx install .

Once finished, you can set up the relay via the setup command. It will ask a few questions to fill out config options for your relay

~/.local/bin/activityrelay setup

Finally start it up with the run command.

~/.local/bin/activityrelay run

Note: Pipx requires python 3.7+. If your distro doesn't have a compatible version of python, it can be installed via pyenv.

Pip

The instructions for installation via pip are very similar to pipx. Installation can be done from git

python3 -m pip install git+https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/relay@0.3.0

or a cloned git repo.

python3 -m pip install .

Now run the configuration wizard

python3 -m relay setup

And start the relay when finished

python3 -m relay run

Docker

Installation and management via Docker can be handled with the docker.sh script. To install ActivityRelay, run the install command. Once the image is built and the container is created, your will be asked to fill out some config options for your relay.

./docker.sh install

Finally start it up. It will be listening on TCP port 8080.

./docker.sh start