gotosocial_ynh/doc/DISCLAIMER.md

GoToSocial is still in alpha and **may be unstable**. You can read [the roadmap](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/ROADMAP.md) to check the progress of GoToSocial's features.

GoToSocial require a **dedicated domain (or subdomain) name**, for example: gotosocial.example.com

This package is not-working SSO (single-sign on) or LDAP integration.  
You will have a separate account from the rest of your Yunohost server, potentially with a different username and password.

GoToSocial **does not provide a user interface**.  
You will need to use a Mastodon-compatible client such as [Tusky](https://tusky.app/) on Android, [Feditext](https://fedi.software/@Feditext) for iOS or an instance of [Semaphore](https://semaphore.social/) on the Web.

### Things to know

#### Administration

You can login with your admin user (the one automatically created at the instalaltion) to your-instance.com/**admin** to administrate your GoToSocial instance.  
[The source code of this administration panel](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial-admin) is available on github.  
[The GTS admin panel documentation](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/admin/settings/).

In this administration interface, you can configure the following things:

* The name of your instance
* Its description
* Your contact e-mail address
* The referring user
* Blocked domains (not to federate with)

#### Configuration

You can configure your instance using the config panel integrated in Yunohost, you will find it in the web admin interface of your Yunohost by following these steps:  
`Applications > GoToSocial > Config Panel`

In this control panel you can configure the following things (non-exhaustive list):

* Account configuration :
  * Are registrations open?
  * Manual validation of registrations?
  * Required reason for registration?
  * Allow user custom CSS?
  * Custom CSS max length?
* Media configuration
  * Maximum image size
  * Maximum video size
  * Minimum number of characters for media descriptions
  * Maximum number of characters for media descriptions
  * Number of days media can be cached
* Post configuration
  * Maximum number of characters for a new post
  * Maximum number of characters in a Content Warning / subject of a new post
  * Maximum number of options for a poll
  * Maximum number of characters for a poll option
  * Maximum number of media that can be added to a post
* Instance config
  * Federation mode to use for this instance (blocklist / allowlist)
  * Landing page user
  * Exposed API options
* SMTP config
* Cache settings
* Advanced settings
  * SameSite attribute
  * Rate limit

Note: **Do NOT edit** the `config.yaml` file by hand. Always use this config panel instead. Otherwise your changes will be deleted at each update!

#### Command line (CLI)

To use the GoToSocial command line, you first need to place yourself in the folder of your instance:  
`cd /var/www/gotosocial/` or `cd /var/www/gotosocial__x/` (where `x` is the installation number of your instance, in the case of multi-installation).  
Feel free to refer to the [GoToSocial command line documentation](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/admin/cli/).

#### User creation

To create a new user, proceed as follows:

```bash
./gotosocial --config-path config.yaml admin account create --username some_username --email someuser@example.com --password 'SomeLongAndComplicatedPassword'
```

And to promote them as an administrator of your instance:

```bash
./gotosocial --config-path config.yaml admin account promote --username some_username
```