Ao3 fic self hosted
reddit / selfhosted

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Management_Beginning · 2023-11-28 21:24

Hello,I'm currently facing challenges while trying to set up an
instance of Archive of Our Own (AO3) using Docker.

Initially, after installation, the instance goes into a 'blocked'
state. I managed to resolve this by adjusting the configuration, which
then successfully shifted the instance to the 'dev' (development)
environment.

However, the real problem arises when I attempt to transition from
'dev' to 'prod' (production) mode. It appears as though the instance
doesn't launch properly in the production environment. I've followed
the standard procedure for such a transition, but it seems to be
ineffective in this case.

I'm looking for suggestions or ideas on how to resolve this issue. Has
anyone encountered a similar problem, or does anyone have insights
into what might be going wrong and how to fix it? Any advice or
guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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Management_Beginning · 2023-11-28 22:27

If someone has another fanfiction self host system ... I'm almost
giving up ao3

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melodicake · 2023-11-29 00:12

I successfully self hosted AO3 only a couple weeks ago, after much
grief and effort. They definitely do not make it easy switching to the
production environment. I did attempt to do it through docker but I
ended up doing a bare metal installation as that's what the few
documentation notes I found went over. [These docs may be of use to
you](https://squidgeworld.org/works/34491/) (the person who wrote this
documentation is extremely helpful as well) and I can try to answer
more specific questions.