Lemmy Support @lemmy.ml Jattatak @beehaw.org 1y ago

[SOLVED] Help with Lemmy setup

Hello! I have been struggling through a few tutorials on getting a lemmy instance to work correctly when setup with Docker. I have it mostly done, but there are various issues each time that I do not have the knowledge to properly correct. I am familiar with Docker, and already have an Oracle VPS set up on ARM64 Ubuntu. I already have portainer and an NGINX proxy set up and working okay. I have an existing lemmy instance "running" but not quite working. My best guess here would be to have someone assist with setting up the docker-compose to work with current updates/settings, as well as the config.hjson.

TIA, and I cant wait to have my own entry into the fediverse working right!

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If your VPS is purely for Lemmy, I'd suggest blowing it away and using the ansible playbook referenced here. I found the current docker-compose does not function, there are broken references to external nginx configs.
- Thanks for the tip. My VPS currently has several containers with services running that I use for myself and friend group. Though I DID try to ansible to a blank local VM for testing, and I couldnt really even get the Ansible installation working on my control node. I am not very well versed in Linux yet. I scrape by for most things, but much yet eludes me.
  
  I am trying to stick it out with Docker for now. My NGINX Proxy manager seems to work fine for proxying my partially broken setup currently, and I dont think I will have any issues once I can work out the kinks in the other containers.
  
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- I found the current docker-compose does not function, there are broken references to external nginx configs.
  
  I ran into problems too. Does this posting hint at what is wrong? (The container names need to match hostnames?) https://lemmy.ml/post/1167448
  
  Thats a different issue to what I encountered. For me the nginx docker config had a reference to the host nginx config... I had no nginx installed so "docker-compose up" failed.
Most likely it is a nginx reverse-proxy issue. I would recommend to get rid of the nginx in the docker-compose if you still have that and directly proxy the Lemmy backend and Lemmy-ui via the system Nginx in a similar fashion to the Ansible script nginx example.

But it's really hard to do "remote" setup support like this, so you will have to experiment a bit yourself.
- I am not an NGINX expert by any means. The instance is reachable to the lemmy-ui via the proxy. I can "Sign up" and search for communities and such, but it seems like the backend is failing. Maybe an issues between lemmy and postgres?
  
  More likely a websocket failure. I heard from another project that uses websockets for the frontend to communicate with the backend that Nginx proxy manager seems to have issues with websockets even if they are enabled via that toggle in the UI. But no real idea what the issue might be.
  
  I hear issues with Nginx proxy manager all the time, but obviously it attracts a certain type of user, so it might not be the tool's fault after all.

Working Setup files, for my ARM64 Ubuntu host server. The postgres, lemmy, lemmy-ui, and pictrs containers all are on the lemmyinternal network only. The nginx:1-alpine container is in both networks. docker-compose.yml

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version: "3.3"
# JatNote = Note from Jattatak for working YML at this time (Jun8,2023)
networks:
  # communication to web and clients
  lemmyexternalproxy:
  # communication between lemmy services
  lemmyinternal:
    driver: bridge
    #JatNote: The Internal mode for this network is in the official doc, but is what broke my setup
    # I left it out to fix it. I advise the same.
#    internal: true

services:
  proxy:
    image: nginx:1-alpine
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
      - lemmyexternalproxy
    ports:
      # only ports facing any connection from outside
      # JatNote: Ports mapped to nonsense to prevent colision with NGINX Proxy Manager
      - 680:80
      - 6443:443
    volumes:
      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
      # setup your certbot and letsencrypt config 
      - ./certbot:/var/www/certbot
      - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt/live
    restart: always
    depends_on:
      - pictrs
      - lemmy-ui

  lemmy:
  #JatNote: I am running on an ARM Ubuntu Virtual Server. Therefore, this is my image. I suggest using matching lemmy/lemmy-ui versions.
    image: dessalines/lemmy:0.17.3-linux-arm64
    hostname: lemmy
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
    restart: always
    environment:
      - RUST_LOG="warn,lemmy_server=info,lemmy_api=info,lemmy_api_common=info,lemmy_api_crud=info,lemmy_apub=info,lemmy_db_schema=info,lemmy_db_views=info,lemmy_db_views_actor=info,lemmy_db_views_moderator=info,lemmy_routes=info,lemmy_utils=info,lemmy_websocket=info"
    volumes:
      - ./lemmy.hjson:/config/config.hjson
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - pictrs

  lemmy-ui:
  #JatNote: Again, ARM based image
    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:0.17.3-linux-arm64
    hostname: lemmy-ui
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
    environment:
      # this needs to match the hostname defined in the lemmy service
      - LEMMY_UI_LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy:8536
      # set the outside hostname here
      - LEMMY_UI_LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=lemmy.bulwarkob.com:1236
      - LEMMY_HTTPS=true
    depends_on:
      - lemmy
    restart: always

  pictrs:
    image: asonix/pictrs
    # this needs to match the pictrs url in lemmy.hjson
    hostname: pictrs
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
    environment:
      - PICTRS__API_KEY=API_KEY
    user: 991:991
    volumes:
      - ./volumes/pictrs:/mnt
    restart: always

  postgres:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    # this needs to match the database host in lemmy.hson
    hostname: postgres
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=AUser
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=APassword
      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
    volumes:
      - ./volumes/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always

lemmy.hjson:

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{
  # for more info about the config, check out the documentation
  # https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/configuration.html
  # only few config options are covered in this example config

  setup: {
    # username for the admin user
    admin_username: "AUser"
    # password for the admin user
    admin_password: "APassword"
    # name of the site (can be changed later)
    site_name: "Bulwark of Boredom"
  }

  opentelemetry_url: "http://otel:4317"

  # the domain name of your instance (eg "lemmy.ml")
  hostname: "lemmy.bulwarkob.com"
  # address where lemmy should listen for incoming requests
  bind: "0.0.0.0"
  # port where lemmy should listen for incoming requests
  port: 8536
  # Whether the site is available over TLS. Needs to be true for federation to work.
  # JatNote: I was advised that this is not necessary. It does work without it.
#  tls_enabled: true

  # pictrs host
  pictrs: {
    url: "http://pictrs:8080/"
  # api_key: "API_KEY"
  }

  # settings related to the postgresql database
  database: {
    # name of the postgres database for lemmy
    database: "lemmy"
    # username to connect to postgres
    user: "aUser"
    # password to connect to postgres
    password: "aPassword"
    # host where postgres is running
    host: "postgres"
    # port where postgres can be accessed
    port: 5432
    # maximum number of active sql connections
    pool_size: 5
  }
}

The following nginx.conf is for the internal proxy, which is included in the docker-compose.yml This is entirely separate from Nginx-Proxy-Manager (NPM)

nginx.conf:

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worker_processes 1;
events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
    upstream lemmy {
        # this needs to map to the lemmy (server) docker service hostname
        server "lemmy:8536";
    }
    upstream lemmy-ui {
        # this needs to map to the lemmy-ui docker service hostname
        server "lemmy-ui:1234";
    }

    server {
        # this is the port inside docker, not the public one yet
        listen 80;
        # change if needed, this is facing the public web
        server_name localhost;
        server_tokens off;

        gzip on;
        gzip_types text/css application/javascript image/svg+xml;
        gzip_vary on;

        # Upload limit, relevant for pictrs
        client_max_body_size 20M;

        add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
        add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
        add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";

        # frontend general requests
        location / {
            # distinguish between ui requests and backend
            # don't change lemmy-ui or lemmy here, they refer to the upstream definitions on top
            set $proxpass "http://lemmy-ui";

            if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
              set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
            }
            if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"") {
              set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
            }
            if ($request_method = POST) {
              set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
            }
            proxy_pass $proxpass;

            rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
            # Send actual client IP upstream
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        }

        # backend
        location ~ ^/(api|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
            proxy_pass "http://lemmy";
            # proxy common stuff
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

            # Send actual client IP upstream
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        }
    }
}

The nginx-proxy-manager container only needs to be in the same container network as the internal nginx:1-alpine container from the stack.

You need to create a proxy host for http port 80 to the IP address of the internal nginx:1-alpine container on the lemmyexternalproxy network in docker. Include the websockets support option.

https://lemmy.bulwarkob.com/pictrs/image/55870601-fb24-4346-8a42-bb14bb90d9e8.png

Then, you can use the SSL tab to do your cert and such. NPM is free to work on other networks with other containers as well, as far as I know.

hey @Jattatak, you seem to be the only other person I can find who is facing similar troubles to myself when trying to set up a lemmy instance. I've redone my docker-compose, nginx.conf, and lemmy.hjson to be exactly the same as yours (with some changes in the password / domain name). I'm also running an nginx proxy manager container.

However, it seems I'm still having the same problem of being able to see post content but not comments in other instances. I have the added problem of when trying to post a comment on my instance, the form freezes until I refresh the page. The comment does actually get posted.

I've also made sure the 'lemmyinternal' network is not isolated. I wonder did you manage to do anything to trouble shoot this issue? are there any ports I need to open on my firewall beyond 80, 443?

hi, can you post your docker-compose.yaml, nginx config and screenshots/logs of failures?

(2/2) I am able to connect to my lemmy UI site and navigate. When I try to view "Communities", I get stuck with just a spinning wheel, and never get results. Same for trying to login or create an account. I have checked logs for all the containers, and so far the only error is on the lemmy_lemmy_1 container, which is the following (Error is the last entry, labelled DEBUG):

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2023-06-07T12:08:27.532769Z  INFO lemmy_db_schema::utils: Running Database migrations (This may take a long time)...

2023-06-07T12:08:27.538649Z  INFO lemmy_db_schema::utils: Database migrations complete.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.551889Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running user_updates_2020_04_02

2023-06-07T12:08:27.555253Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: 0 person rows updated.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.555611Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running community_updates_2020_04_02

2023-06-07T12:08:27.557394Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: 0 community rows updated.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.557720Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running post_updates_2020_04_03

2023-06-07T12:08:27.559061Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: 0 post rows updated.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.559241Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running comment_updates_2020_04_03

2023-06-07T12:08:27.562723Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: 0 comment rows updated.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.562972Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running private_message_updates_2020_05_05

2023-06-07T12:08:27.563976Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: 0 private message rows updated.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.564197Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running post_thumbnail_url_updates_2020_07_27

2023-06-07T12:08:27.565019Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: 0 Post thumbnail_url rows updated.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.565194Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running apub_columns_2021_02_02

2023-06-07T12:08:27.566016Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running instance_actor_2021_09_29

2023-06-07T12:08:27.572498Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running regenerate_public_keys_2022_07_05

2023-06-07T12:08:27.573440Z  INFO lemmy_server::code_migrations: Running initialize_local_site_2022_10_10

federation enabled, host is lemmy.bulwarkob.com

Starting http server at 0.0.0.0:8536

2023-06-07T12:08:27.605442Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Updating active site and community aggregates ...

2023-06-07T12:08:27.624775Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Done.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.624792Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Updating banned column if it expires ...

2023-06-07T12:08:27.625406Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Reindexing table concurrently post_aggregates ...

2023-06-07T12:08:27.705125Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Done.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.705146Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Reindexing table concurrently comment_aggregates ...

2023-06-07T12:08:27.728006Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Done.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.728027Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Reindexing table concurrently community_aggregates ...

2023-06-07T12:08:27.756015Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Done.

2023-06-07T12:08:27.756146Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Clearing old activities...

2023-06-07T12:08:27.757461Z  INFO lemmy_server::scheduled_tasks: Done.

2023-06-07T12:11:53.210731Z DEBUG HTTP request{http.method=GET http.scheme="http" http.host=lemmy.bulwarkob.com http.target=/api/v3/post/list otel.kind="server" request_id=254f6c39-9146-42e9-9353-06c0e6c1cea4}:perform{self=GetPosts { type_: Some(Local), sort: Some(Active), page: Some(1), limit: Some(40), community_id: None, community_name: None, saved_only: None, auth: None }}: lemmy_db_views::post_view: Post View Query: Query { sql: "SELECT \"post\".\"id\", \"post\".\"name\", \"post\".\"url\", \"post\".\"body\", \"post\".\"creator_id\", \"post\".\"community_id\", \"post\".\"removed\", \"post\".\"locked\", \"post\".\"published\", \"post\".\"updated\", \"post\".\"deleted\", \"post\".\"nsfw\", \"post\".\"embed_title\", \"post\".\"embed_description\", \"post\".\"embed_video_url\", \"post\".\"thumbnail_url\", \"post\".\"ap_id\", \"post\".\"local\", \"post\".\"language_id\", \"post\".\"featured_community\", \"post\".\"featured_local\", \"person\".\"id\", \"person\".\"name\", \"person\".\"display_name\", \"person\".\"avatar\", \"person\".\"banned\", \"person\".\"published\", \"person\".\"updated\", \"person\".\"actor_id\", \"person\".\"bio\", \"person\".\"local\", \"person\".\"banner\", \"person\".\"deleted\", \"person\".\"inbox_url\", \"person\".\"shared_inbox_url\", \"person\".\"matrix_user_id\", \"person\".\"admin\", \"person\".\"bot_account\", \"person\".\"ban_expires\", \"person\".\"instance_id\", \"community\".\"id\", \"community\".\"name\", \"community\".\"title\", \"community\".\"description\", \"community\".\"removed\", \"community\".\"published\", \"community\".\"updated\", \"community\".\"deleted\", \"community\".\"nsfw\", \"community\".\"actor_id\", \"community\".\"local\", \"community\".\"icon\", \"community\".\"banner\", \"community\".\"hidden\", \"community\".\"posting_restricted_to_mods\", \"community\".\"instance_id\", \"community_person_ban\".\"id\", \"community_person_ban\".\"community_id\", \"community_person_ban\".\"person_id\", \"community_person_ban\".\"published\", \"community_person_ban\".\"expires\", \"post_aggregates\".\"id\", \"post_aggregates\".\"post_id\", \"post_aggregates\".\"comments\", \"post_aggregates\".\"score\", \"post_aggregates\".\"upvotes\", \"post_aggregates\".\"downvotes\", \"post_aggregates\".\"published\", \"post_aggregates\".\"newest_comment_time_necro\", \"post_aggregates\".\"newest_comment_time\", \"post_aggregates\".\"featured_community\", \"post_aggregates\".\"featured_local\", \"community_follower\".\"id\", \"community_follower\".\"community_id\", \"community_follower\".\"person_id\", \"community_follower\".\"published\", \"community_follower\".\"pending\", \"post_saved\".\"id\", \"post_saved\".\"post_id\", \"post_saved\".\"person_id\", \"post_saved\".\"published\", \"post_read\".\"id\", \"post_read\".\"post_id\", \"post_read\".\"person_id\", \"post_read\".\"published\", \"person_block\".\"id\", \"person_block\".\"person_id\", \"person_block\".\"target_id\", \"person_block\".\"published\", \"post_like\".\"score\", coalesce((\"post_aggregates\".\"comments\" - \"person_post_aggregates\".\"read_comments\"), \"post_aggregates\".\"comments\") FROM ((((((((((((\"post\" INNER JOIN \"person\" ON (\"post\".\"creator_id\" = \"person\".\"id\")) INNER JOIN \"community\" ON (\"post\".\"community_id\" = \"community\".\"id\")) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"community_person_ban\" ON (((\"post\".\"community_id\" = \"community_person_ban\".\"community_id\") AND (\"community_person_ban\".\"person_id\" = \"post\".\"creator_id\")) AND ((\"community_person_ban\".\"expires\" IS NULL) OR (\"community_person_ban\".\"expires\" > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)))) INNER JOIN \"post_aggregates\" ON (\"post_aggregates\".\"post_id\" = \"post\".\"id\")) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"community_follower\" ON ((\"post\".\"community_id\" = \"community_follower\".\"community_id\") AND (\"community_follower\".\"person_id\" = $1))) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"post_saved\" ON ((\"post\".\"id\" = \"post_saved\".\"post_id\") AND (\"post_saved\".\"person_id\" = $2))) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"post_read\" ON ((\"post\".\"id\" = \"post_read\".\"post_id\") AND (\"post_read\".\"person_id\" = $3))) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"person_block\" ON ((\"post\".\"creator_id\" = \"person_block\".\"target_id\") AND (\"person_block\".\"person_id\" = $4))) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"community_block\" ON ((\"community\".\"id\" = \"community_block\".\"community_id\") AND (\"community_block\".\"person_id\" = $5))) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"post_like\" ON ((\"post\".\"id\" = \"post_like\".\"post_id\") AND (\"post_like\".\"person_id\" = $6))) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"person_post_aggregates\" ON ((\"post\".\"id\" = \"person_post_aggregates\".\"post_id\") AND (\"person_post_aggregates\".\"person_id\" = $7))) LEFT OUTER JOIN \"local_user_language\" ON ((\"post\".\"language_id\" = \"local_user_language\".\"language_id\") AND (\"local_user_language\".\"local_user_id\" = $8))) WHERE ((((((((\"community\".\"local\" = $9) AND ((\"community\".\"hidden\" = $10) OR (\"community_follower\".\"person_id\" = $11))) AND (\"post\".\"nsfw\" = $12)) AND (\"community\".\"nsfw\" = $13)) AND (\"post\".\"removed\" = $14)) AND (\"post\".\"deleted\" = $15)) AND (\"community\".\"removed\" = $16)) AND (\"community\".\"deleted\" = $17)) ORDER BY \"post_aggregates\".\"featured_local\" DESC , hot_rank(\"post_aggregates\".\"score\", \"post_aggregates\".\"newest_comment_time_necro\") DESC , \"post_aggregates\".\"newest_comment_time_necro\" DESC  LIMIT $18 OFFSET $19", binds: [-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, true, false, -1, false, false, false, false, false, false, 40, 0] }

(1/2) Alright, thanks for helping.

docker-compose.yml

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version: "3.3"

networks:
  # communication to web and clients
  lemmyexternalproxy:
  # communication between lemmy services
  lemmyinternal:
    driver: bridge
    internal: true

services:
  lemmy:
    image: dessalines/lemmy
    # this hostname is used in nginx reverse proxy and also for lemmy ui to connect to the backend, do not change
    hostname: lemmy
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
    restart: always
    environment:
      - RUST_LOG="warn,lemmy_server=debug,lemmy_api=debug,lemmy_api_common=debug,lemmy_api_crud=debug,lemmy_apub=debug,lemmy_db_schema=debug,lemmy_db_views=debug,lemmy_db_views_actor=debug,lemmy_db_views_moderator=debug,lemmy_routes=debug,lemmy_utils=debug,lemmy_websocket=debug"
      - RUST_BACKTRACE=full
    volumes:
      - ./lemmy.hjson:/config/config.hjson:Z
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - pictrs

  lemmy-ui:
    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui
    # use this to build your local lemmy ui image for development
    # run docker compose up --build
    # assuming lemmy-ui is cloned besides lemmy directory
    # build:
    #   context: ../../lemmy-ui
    #   dockerfile: dev.dockerfile
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
    environment:
      # this needs to match the hostname defined in the lemmy service
      - LEMMY_UI_LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy:8536
      # set the outside hostname here
      - LEMMY_UI_LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=lemmy.bulwarkob.com:1236
      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
      - LEMMY_UI_DEBUG=true
    depends_on:
      - lemmy
    restart: always

  pictrs:
    image: asonix/pictrs:0.4.0-beta.19
    # this needs to match the pictrs url in lemmy.hjson
    hostname: pictrs
    # we can set options to pictrs like this, here we set max. image size and forced format for conversion
    # entrypoint: /sbin/tini -- /usr/local/bin/pict-rs -p /mnt -m 4 --image-format webp
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
    environment:
      - PICTRS_OPENTELEMETRY_URL=http://otel:4137
      - PICTRS__API_KEY=API_KEY
      - RUST_LOG=debug
      - RUST_BACKTRACE=full
      - PICTRS__MEDIA__VIDEO_CODEC=vp9
      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_WIDTH=256
      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_HEIGHT=256
      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_AREA=65536
      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_FRAME_COUNT=400
    user: 991:991
    volumes:
      - ./volumes/pictrs:/mnt:Z
    restart: always

  postgres:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    # this needs to match the database host in lemmy.hson
    # Tune your settings via
    # https://pgtune.leopard.in.ua/#/
    # You can use this technique to add them here
    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/30850095/1655478
    hostname: postgres
    command:
      [
        "postgres",
        "-c",
        "session_preload_libraries=auto_explain",
        "-c",
        "auto_explain.log_min_duration=5ms",
        "-c",
        "auto_explain.log_analyze=true",
        "-c",
        "track_activity_query_size=1048576",
      ]
    networks:
      - lemmyinternal
      # adding the external facing network to allow direct db access for devs
      - lemmyexternalproxy
    ports:
      # use a different port so it doesnt conflict with potential postgres db running on the host
      - "5433:5432"
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=noUsrHere
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=noPassHere
      - POSTGRES_DB=noDbHere
    volumes:
      - ./volumes/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z
    restart: always

The NGINX I am using is not the one that came with the stack, but a separate single container for nginx-proxy-manager. I did not customize the conf that it installed with, and only used the UI to set up the proxy host and SSL, both of which are working (front end, at least.). The config seems to be unrelated on this, however I can share it if the rest of the information below is not enough.

nginx config and lemmy.hjson would be useful as well

How did you setup your NGINX proxy? Can you post your NGINX config file as well as your docker-compose.yml file?
- Yea Ill do a write up in a bit with everything I can share that helped. Ill post it under the original thread. Not sure if I can sticky things but Ill try.
- Just posted
@Jattatak@beehaw.org

Did you ever get this up and running? I am also using NPM on top of the nginx in the stack, and I can't seem to federate with lemmy.ml

Would love to know if you found a fix that could work for me
- I got mine all squared away (I hope), if you still need assistance.
  
  Hey, I do.
  
  Everything is working amazing, except I can't subscribe to anything on lemmy.ml.
  
  What did you do to fix yours?
- Not yet. Based on my error logs, Im thinking some sort of websocket issue where operations are timing out trying to communicate with other instances. Unfortunately I am not well familiar with NGINX and proxies in gerenal (hence using GUI based NPM). Im hoping I can find a kind soul to basically walk with me through my setup and see if the issue can be pinpointed. Ill definitely post how it got working if/when I get there.
  
  Awesome, thank you.
  
  I am in the same boat, although I am quite comfortable with most tech things, NGINX is a new world for me.
  
  I'm wondering if I should migrate my NPM to caddy or something.

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