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authorBenedikt Peetz <benedikt.peetz@b-peetz.de>2026-07-30 14:05:39 +0200
committerBenedikt Peetz <benedikt.peetz@b-peetz.de>2026-07-30 14:05:39 +0200
commitc153a351659e4596acfc31f00bf594343cbfcd68 (patch)
treea9ed83de07711d6424fbea09aad28891bae5bfe4 /modules/vhack/ma/mastodon
parenthosts/server3: Setup prometheus server in agent mode (diff)
downloadnixos-server-c153a351659e4596acfc31f00bf594343cbfcd68.zip
modules: Use namespaces
That might make it easier in the future to merge different server configs together (and thusly facilitate code-reuse.).
Diffstat (limited to 'modules/vhack/ma/mastodon')
-rw-r--r--modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/module.nix128
-rw-r--r--modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch40
2 files changed, 168 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/module.nix b/modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84f3ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+{
+ config,
+ pkgs,
+ lib,
+ ...
+}: let
+ emailAddress = "mastodon@vhack.eu";
+ applyPatches = pkg:
+ pkg.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+ patches = (attrs.patches or []) ++ [./patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch];
+ });
+ cfg = config.vhack.mastodon;
+in {
+ options.vhack.mastodon = {
+ enable = lib.mkEnableOption "a mastodon instance";
+ domain = lib.mkOption {
+ type = lib.types.str;
+ description = "The Domain mastodon should be served on";
+ example = "mastodon.vhack.eu";
+ };
+ enableTLD = lib.mkEnableOption "using the tld as handle, configured via
+ webfinger (note: this requires the tld to point to the same server as domain)";
+ tld = lib.mkOption {
+ type = lib.types.nullOr lib.types.str;
+ default = null;
+ example = "vhack.eu";
+ };
+ mailPwFile = lib.mkOption {
+ type = lib.types.path;
+ description = "The age encrypted mail password file passed to agenix";
+ };
+ };
+ config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+ age.secrets.mastodonMail = {
+ file = cfg.mailPwFile;
+ mode = "700";
+ owner = "mastodon";
+ group = "mastodon";
+ };
+
+ vhack = {
+ persist.directories = [
+ {
+ directory = "/var/lib/mastodon";
+ user = "mastodon";
+ group = "mastodon";
+ mode = "0700";
+ }
+ ];
+
+ postgresql.enable = true;
+
+ nginx.enable = true;
+ };
+
+ services.mastodon = {
+ enable = true;
+
+ package = applyPatches pkgs.mastodon;
+
+ # Unstable Mastodon package, used if
+ # security updates aren't backported.
+ #package = applyPatches pkgsUnstable.mastodon;
+
+ localDomain =
+ if cfg.enableTLD
+ then cfg.tld
+ else cfg.domain;
+ smtp = {
+ authenticate = true;
+ createLocally = false;
+ fromAddress = emailAddress;
+ user = emailAddress;
+ host = "mail.foss-syndicate.org";
+ passwordFile = config.age.secrets.mastodonMail.path;
+ };
+ streamingProcesses = 3; # Number of Cores - 1
+ extraConfig = {
+ WEB_DOMAIN = cfg.domain;
+ EMAIL_DOMAIN_ALLOWLIST = "vhack.eu|sils.li";
+ };
+ };
+
+ services.nginx = {
+ enable = true;
+ recommendedProxySettings = true; # required for redirections to work
+ virtualHosts = {
+ "${cfg.domain}" = {
+ root = "${config.services.mastodon.package}/public/";
+ # mastodon only supports https, but you can override this if you offload tls elsewhere.
+ forceSSL = true;
+ enableACME = true;
+
+ locations = {
+ "/system/".alias = "/var/lib/mastodon/public-system/";
+ "/".tryFiles = "$uri @proxy";
+ "@proxy" = {
+ proxyPass = "http://unix:/run/mastodon-web/web.socket";
+ proxyWebsockets = true;
+ };
+ "/api/v1/streaming/" = {
+ proxyPass = "http://unix:/run/mastodon-streaming/streaming.socket";
+ proxyWebsockets = true;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+ "${cfg.tld}" =
+ if cfg.enableTLD
+ then {
+ locations."/.well-known/webfinger".return = "301 https://${cfg.domain}$request_uri";
+ }
+ else {};
+ };
+ };
+
+ users = {
+ users.mastodon.uid = config.vhack.constants.ids.uids.mastodon;
+ users.redis-mastodon.uid = config.vhack.constants.ids.uids.redis-mastodon;
+ groups.redis-mastodon.gid = config.vhack.constants.ids.gids.redis-mastodon;
+ groups.mastodon = {
+ gid = config.vhack.constants.ids.gids.mastodon;
+ members = [
+ config.services.nginx.user
+ ];
+ };
+ };
+ };
+}
diff --git a/modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch b/modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870492a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/vhack/ma/mastodon/patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 265bc7b12ab8229225b13565a361051b9e120792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Benedikt Peetz <benedikt.peetz@b-peetz.de>
+Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 11:34:50 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] feat(treewide): Increase character limit to 5000 in messages
+
+The default of 500 was just not enough.
+---
+ .../features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js | 2 +-
+ app/validators/status_length_validator.rb | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+index c5cffff10d..2172a0ad8f 100644
+--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
++++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
+ && !state.getIn(['settings', 'dismissed_banners', PRIVATE_QUOTE_MODAL_ID]),
+ isInReply: state.getIn(['compose', 'in_reply_to']) !== null,
+ lang: state.getIn(['compose', 'language']),
+- maxChars: state.getIn(['server', 'server', 'item', 'configuration', 'statuses', 'max_characters'], 500),
++ maxChars: state.getIn(['server', 'server', 'item', 'configuration', 'statuses', 'max_characters'], 5000),
+ });
+
+ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch, props) => ({
+diff --git a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+index 575aaf1869..ecefca6fe9 100644
+--- a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
++++ b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ # frozen_string_literal: true
+
+ class StatusLengthValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
+- MAX_CHARS = 500
++ MAX_CHARS = 5000
+ URL_PLACEHOLDER_CHARS = 23
+ URL_PLACEHOLDER = 'x' * 23
+
+--
+2.54.0
+