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#+date: <2023-06-30 Fri 00:00:00>
#+title: Deploy Your Own Voyager: A Sleek Lemmy Web Client Experience
#+description: Step-by-step guide to self-host Voyager, a mobile-first Lemmy web client inspired by iOS design. Learn how to build, run, and proxy Voyager using Docker and Nginx.
#+slug: self-hosting-voyager
* Installation Guide
[[https://github.com/aeharding/voyager][Voyager]] is a mobile-first
Lemmy web client, based on iOS design standards. It follows very closely
to Apollo's design.
This post is a guide showing how I was able to build and launch my own
instance of Voyager via Docker Compose.
** Clone the Repository
Start by cloning the repository and entering it:
#+begin_src sh
git clone https://github.com/aeharding/voyager
cd voyager
#+end_src
** Build the Image
With this repository, you can build the image yourself without any
further configuration. When complete, it'll give you the image ID for
you to run.
#+begin_src sh
sudo docker build .
# Successfully built 5f00723cb5be
#+end_src
With the image ID above, you can run the container and pass the
requested port =5314= through or use a custom port, if you wish.
You can also set the =CUSTOM_LEMMY_SERVERS= environment variable if you
want to add to the default suggested login servers. This must be set
with a comma separated list of suggested servers. The first instance in
the list will be the default view for logged-out users.
I will be using a =docker-compose.yml= file to run this container,
instead of a =docker run= command.
#+begin_src sh
nano docker-compose.yml
#+end_src
#+begin_src conf
version: "2"
services:
voyager:
image: 5f00723cb5be
restart: always
ports:
- "<custom_port>:5314"
environment:
- CUSTOM_LEMMY_SERVERS=lemmy.dbzer0.com,lemmy.world,lemmy.ml,beehaw.org
#+end_src
#+begin_src sh
sudo docker-compose up -d
#+end_src
The web app will now be available at the following address:
=<machine_ip>:<custom_port>=. If you are running it on your local
device, try =localhost:<custom_port>=.
** Reverse Proxy
If you want to visit this app via an external URL or domain name, you'll
need to set up a reverse proxy. The example below uses Nginx as a
reverse proxy.
Simply create the configuration file, paste the contents below, save the
file, symlink the file, and restart Nginx.
#+begin_src sh
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/voyager
#+end_src
#+begin_src conf
server {
if ($host ~ ^[^.]+\.example\.com$) {
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
listen [::]:80;
listen 80;
server_name voyager.example.com;
return 404;
}
server {
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name voyager.example.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/voyager.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/voyager.error.log;
location / {
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_pass http://localhost:5314;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
}
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;
include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
}
#+end_src
#+begin_src sh
sudo ln sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/voyager /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/voyager
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
#+end_src
The site will now be available at the =server_name= you specified above!
You can visit my instance at
[[https://voyager.cleberg.net][voyager.cleberg.net]] for an example.
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