How to install Elasticsearch on Mastodon?
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Can't we just use a Cloudron LAMP stack, install it there and expose it only to the internal Cloudron network for use with Mastodon, Nextcloud, anything?
As with memory requirements: the instructions referenced above -> https://blog.thms.uk/2023/09/mastodon-elasticsearch , point out for smaller purposes = 4GB RAM ...
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@girish just in case you've forgotten
@jdaviescoates said in How to install Elasticsearch on Mastodon?:
I note that the Mastodon docs do now say:
Mastodon is tested with ElasticSearch version 7. It should support OpenSearch, as well as ElectisSearch versions 6 and 8, but those setups are not officially supported.
So sounds to me like the
@girish said in How to install Elasticsearch on Mastodon?:
apps couldn't agree on which ES version to use
Might not be much of an issue in practice.
It'd be great to have an ElasticSearch Addon added to Cloudron.
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@bmann said in How to install Elasticsearch on Mastodon?:
If Cloudron isn’t going to work on it,
They already said it's not on the immediate roadmap.
so I can figure out how to package it manually.
Everyone would appreciate your efforts in figuring out how to package it manually and sharing that! Thank you!
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@scooke said in How to install Elasticsearch on Mastodon?:
They already said it's not on the immediate roadmap.
Yeah, but they have also previously sais somewhere on here the plan is to make an addon, plus @girish liked my post above about different versions perhaps not really being an issue
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Separate VPS == means me running an entire other operating system, maintaining it, and updating it. So costs and time. I’m running Cloudron precisely so I don’t have to do this.
It’s totally fine that you only support some apps — but when it includes core functionality for an app this is the sort of thing people are going to want.
Ok, I’ll start a thread about crowdfunding ElasticSearch packaging for a custom Cloudron docker image.
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The new thread is for funding packaging and support https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/11178/custom-cloudron-image-for-elasticsearch
I’m no good with Docker, but what I can do is pool funds and rally people to get it done.