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Mastodon
Verified5 services
Mastodon, the open-source social network — your own branded instance on the fediverse, with real-time streaming and background jobs as dedicated services.
| Runs | 5 services |
|---|---|
| Stack | mastodonmastodon-streamingmastodon-sidekiqmastodon-dbmastodon-redis |
| Provisioned for it | Nothing, it's self-contained |
| Verified | Yes, deployed end to end by the Railyard team |
Why deploy on Railyard
Railyard provisions all 5 services in this stack together — mastodon, mastodon-streaming, mastodon-sidekiq, mastodon-db, mastodon-redis — wired to reach each other over the private network, on a server you already pay for.
Deploying Mastodon is one piece of a bigger stack you can keep building — add a database, a worker, a cache, or another app, all on the same servers you already pay for.
Good for
- Running a branded instance of the fediverse for a community or brand
- Full production Mastodon with the streaming API and background jobs split into their own processes
Good to know
- Postgres and Redis are wired up automatically across web, streaming and Sidekiq
- Add an SMTP provider before onboarding real users — Mastodon requires an email delivery service for sign-up confirmations and it isn't configured by default
- Uploaded media defaults to the shared local volume; point MASTODON at object storage yourself if you need it to survive a server rebuild