SaidIt Docker edition released

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Now you too can easily run your own copy of this fine Spez and Swartz collaboration. Docker lets you host this site on many different operating systems, like Ubuntu 20 LTS or Windows. For years we've struggled with Python and Ubuntu 14 deprecation issues, but now that we're nestled in the arms of Docker, we can run indefinitely.

This isn't the newest or flashiest open source reddit clone out there today, but it's likely the cheapest to operate and the most scalable and the most feature complete. Being actual old reddit itself and not a clone, this codebase remains compatible with the larger reddit ecosystem, including phone apps, alternate front ends, and other API interactions.

If you are tired of coding nonsense, come code for saidit! saidit and friends and projects related to this codebase like RES and RedReader need all sorts of help.

More info: https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit

The gory details of the docker port: https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit/pull/115/files

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[–]JasonCarswell 18 insightful - 7 fun18 insightful - 6 fun19 insightful - 7 fun -  (5 children)

Congratulations!!!

Wonderful write up!

For those who don't understand the technical jargon, fundamentally this will keep the old SaidIt classic engine running long after newer evolving Internet-hosting standards would have otherwise forced it to shut down in a year or few, unless you have an army of coders to upgrade the code. Docker is a virtual container in which the old system can run in an isolated old environment contained within modern environment hosting systems. (Correct me if I'm wrong d3rr.)

It's almost like being able to play an 8-track on your Blu-ray machine with a special Docker.

This is a minor victory in the perpetual info-culture-cyber-wars.

This is an epic huge achievement for our SaidIt truth-seeking free-thinking communities.

[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Thank you man, great explanations.

[–]jamesK_3rd 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks to both of you for your hard work.

But, I can't help but getting the sense that people don't seem to like the multiple versions of python fiasco that sends to occur every so often.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, python 2 to 3 was rough, and we're still stuck in python 2 world.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Docker will help Saidit continue docking TPTSB.

Edit:
"Powers that shouldn't be... You've left us no choice... We wish there was another way... We don't like it either..."

[–]iDontShift 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

glad my inferences where correct.

thank you for clarifying.

this is awesome

[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Wow this is very impressive, especially with such a small team! Thank you for your hard work guys.

[–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The Docker Team is /u/d3rr solo, no relation to Han Solo.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Wow. I admire your dedication my friend u/d3rr

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you sir. "If it is to be, it's up to me".

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

^

[–]magnora7 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Amazing work, d3rr and co.

I hope everyone realizes what a huge project this is and how important it is for saidit's future. Thank you!

[–]Entropick 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You are a true internet player.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you sir. One time I fixed PeerTube too.

[–]thoughtcriminal 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Very cool, thank you for this.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

That's awesome! Any chance I can run this from my phone lol?

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

someday

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Congrats.

[–]Riva 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Any successful installs? I'm trying to install it on my server and having no luck at all. Dependencies that are no longer there (tomcat7 has been replaced by tomcat9).

I can't figure out how to even get an initial load..the instructions don't seem complete. I would love to run this, but it's not seeming possible at the moment.

[–]R51 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Cassandra is giving me issues

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How can I get RES to also act on saidit?

[–]Riva 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have this installed, but i can't resolve my reddit.local to reach my server.

I have it on linode and it's on ubuntu 20 as instructed. I'm not sure what i'm missing.