From 42bb352d5398ca681543362ee9bc0a69a9ba04fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tobi <31960611+tsmethurst@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:48:17 +0200 Subject: [feature] Add snapshot binary builds + uploads (#2119) * [feature] Add snapshot binary builds + uploads * Update docs to include info on snapshot builds * review comments * little tweaks --- docs/getting_started/installation/metal.md | 3 +++ docs/getting_started/releases.md | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/getting_started') diff --git a/docs/getting_started/installation/metal.md b/docs/getting_started/installation/metal.md index b7afa309c..bac4c2f26 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started/installation/metal.md +++ b/docs/getting_started/installation/metal.md @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ tar -xzf gotosocial_0.5.2_linux_amd64.tar.gz This will put the `gotosocial` binary in your current directory, in addition to the `web` folder, which contains assets for the web frontend, and an `example` folder, which contains a sample configuration file. +!!! danger + If you prefer to use a snapshot build of GoToSocial based on whatever code is currently on main, you can download recent binary .tar.gz files from https://minio.s3.superseriousbusiness.org/browser/gotosocial-snapshots (keyed by commit hash). Only do this if you know what you're doing, otherwise just take a stable release. + ## Edit Configuration File Copy the configuration file from the example folder into your current directory: diff --git a/docs/getting_started/releases.md b/docs/getting_started/releases.md index 14b6e4a58..5f566acf0 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started/releases.md +++ b/docs/getting_started/releases.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ GoToSocial can be installed in a number of different ways. We publish official binary releases as well as container images. A number of third-party packages are maintained by different distributions and some people have created additional deployment tooling to make it easy to deploy GoToSocial yourself. ## Binary releases + We publish binary builds for Linux to [our GitHub project](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases): * 32-bit Intel/AMD (i386/x86) @@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ We also publish container images [on the Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/su Containers are released for the same Linux platforms as our binary releases, with the exception of 32-bit Intel/AMD. +## Snapshots + +We publish snapshot binary builds and Docker images of whatever is currently on main. + +We always recommend using a stable release instead, but if you want to live on the edge (at your own risk!) then see the [snapshots](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial#snapshots) section on our GitHub repo for more information. + ## Third-party Some folks have created distribution packages for GoToSocial or additional tooling to aid in installing GoToSocial. -- cgit v1.2.3