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 16.Dd $Mdocdate$
 17.Dt HONK 8
 18.Os
 19.Sh NAME
 20.Nm honk
 21.Nd honk administration
 22.Sh DESCRIPTION
 23The
 24.Nm
 25daemon processes messages from other federated servers.
 26This is the admin manual.
 27For user operation, see
 28.Xr honk 1 .
 29.Ss Setup
 30.Pp
 31Set up a TLS reverse proxy.
 32.Nm
 33can listen on TCP or unix sockets, but will not terminate TLS.
 34https is a required component for federation.
 35Also, http signature verification requires accurate time keeping.
 36.Pp
 37Make sure to pass the Host header, if necessary (as for nginx).
 38.Bd -literal -offset indent
 39proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
 40.Ed
 41.Ss Build
 42Building
 43.Nm
 44requires a go compiler 1.16 and libsqlite.
 45On
 46.Ox
 47this is the go and sqlite3 packages.
 48Other platforms may require additional development libraries or headers
 49to be installed.
 50Run make.
 51Please be patient.
 52Even on fast machines, building from source can take several seconds.
 53.Ss Options
 54The following options control where
 55.Nm
 56looks for data.
 57.Bl -tag -width datadirxdirx
 58.It Fl datadir Ar dir
 59The root data directory, where the database and other user data are stored.
 60This directory contains all user data that persists across upgrades.
 61Requires write access.
 62Defaults to ".".
 63.It Fl viewdir Ar dir
 64The root view directory, where html and other templates are stored.
 65The contents of this directory are generally replaced with each release.
 66Read only.
 67Defaults to ".".
 68.El
 69.Pp
 70The following options control log output.
 71Acceptable values include "stderr" (the default), "stdout", "null", "syslog",
 72or a file name.
 73syslog messages will be sent to the UUCP facility.
 74.Bl -tag -width errorlogxlogx
 75.It Fl errorlog Ar log
 76The error log.
 77Something bad has happened.
 78.It Fl infolog Ar log
 79The informative messages log.
 80Something has happened, but probably not too bad.
 81.It Fl debuglog Ar log
 82The debug log.
 83There's probably no reason to care.
 84.It Fl log Ar log
 85Set all three logs.
 86.El
 87.Ss Init
 88Run the
 89.Ic init
 90command.
 91This will create the database and ask four questions, as well as creating
 92the initial user.
 93See below about importing existing data.
 94.Ss Operation
 95Run honk.
 96.Ss Customization
 97The funzone contains fun flair that users may add to posts and profiles.
 98Add custom memes (stickers) to the
 99.Pa memes
100data directory.
101Image and video files are supported.
102Add custom emus (emoji) to the
103.Pa emus
104data directory.
105PNG and GIF files are supported.
106.Pp
107Site CSS may be overridden by creating a
108.Pa views/local.css
109file in the data directory.
110Site JS may similarly be included by creating
111.Pa views/local.js .
112A restart is required after changes.
113A site icon.png and favicon.ico will be served from the views directory
114in the data directory, if present.
115.Pp
116Custom HTML messages may be added to select pages by using the
117.Ic admin
118command.
119This interface is a little rough.
120A restart is required after changes.
121.Bl -tag -width tenletters
122.It server
123Displayed on the home page.
124.It about
125Displayed on the about page.
126.It login
127Displayed on the login form.
128.It avatar colors
129Four 32-bit hex colors (RGBA).
130.El
131.Pp
132.Ss User Admin
133New users can be added with the
134.Ic adduser
135command.
136This is discouraged.
137.Pp
138Passwords may be reset with the
139.Ic chpass Ar username
140command.
141.Pp
142Users may be deleted with the
143.Ic deluser Ar username
144command.
145.Pp
146Follow and unfollow requests can be sent via command line with
147.Ic follow Ar username Ar url
148and
149.Ic unfollow Ar username Ar url .
150.Ss Maintenance
151The database may grow large over time.
152The
153.Ic cleanup Op Ar days
154command exists to purge old external data, by default 30 days.
155This removes unreferenced, unsaved posts and attachments.
156It does not remove any original content.
157.Pp
158Backups may be performed by running
159.Ic backup dirname .
160Backups only include the minimal necessary information, such as user posts
161and follower information, but not external posts.
162.Pp
163Sometimes servers simply disappear, resulting in many errors trying to deliver
164undeliverable messages.
165Running
166.Ic unplug Ar hostname
167will delete all subscriptions and pending deliveries.
168.Ss Upgrade
169Stop the old honk process.
170Backup the database.
171Perform the upgrade with the
172.Ic upgrade
173command.
174Restart.
175.Pp
176The current version of the honk binary may be printed with the
177.Ic version
178command.
179.Ss Security
180.Nm
181is not currently hardened against SSRF, server side request forgery.
182Be mindful of what other services may be exposed via localhost or the
183local network.
184.Ss Development
185Development mode may be enabled or disabled by running
186.Ic devel Ar on|off .
187In devel mode, secure cookies are disabled, TLS certs are not verified,
188and templates are reloaded every request.
189.Ss Import
190Data may be imported and converted from other services using the
191.Ic import
192command.
193Currently supports Mastodon, Twitter, and Instagram exported data.
194Posts are imported and backdated to appear as old honks.
195The Mastodon following list is imported, but must be refollowed.
196.Pp
197To prepare a Mastodon data archive, extract the archive-longhash.tar.gz file.
198.Dl ./honk import username mastodon source-directory
199.Pp
200To prepare a Twitter data archive, extract the twitter-longhash.zip file.
201After unzipping the data archive, navigate to the tweet_media directory
202and unzip any zip files contained within.
203.Dl ./honk import username twitter source-directory
204.Pp
205To prepare an Instagram data archive, extract the igusername.zip file.
206.Dl ./honk import username instagram source-directory
207.Ss Advanced Options
208Advanced configuration values may be set by running the
209.Ic setconfig Ar key value
210command.
211For example, to increase the fast timeout value from 5 seconds to 10:
212.Dl ./honk setconfig fasttimeout 10
213.Pp
214To support separate mentions without a subdomain,
215e.g. @user@example.com and https://honk.example.com/u/user,
216set config key 'masqname' to 'example.com'.
217Route
218.Pa /.well-known/webfinger
219from the top domain to honk.
220.Pp
221Custom URL seperators (not "u" and "h") may be specified by adding
222"usersep" and "honksep" options to the config table.
223e.g. example.com/users/username/honk/somehonk instead of
224example.com/u/username/h/somehonk.
225.Sh FILES
226.Nm
227files are split between the data directory and the view directory.
228Both default to "." but may be specified by command line options.
229.Pp
230The data directory contains:
231.Bl -tag -width views/local.css
232.It Pa honk.db
233The main database.
234.It Pa blob.db
235Media and attachment storage.
236.It Pa emus
237Custom emoji.
238.It Pa memes
239Stickers and such.
240.It Pa views/local.js
241Locally customized JS.
242.It Pa views/local.css
243Locally customized CSS.
244.El
245.Pp
246The view directory contains:
247.Bl -tag -width views
248.It Pa views
249HTML templates and CSS files.
250.El
251.Sh EXAMPLES
252This series of commands creates a new database, sets a friendly
253welcome message, and runs honk.
254.Bd -literal -offset indent
255honk-v98> make
256honk-v98> ./honk -datadir ../honkdata init
257username: puffy
258password: OxychromaticBlowfishSwatDynamite
259listen address: /var/www/honk.sock
260server name: honk.example.com
261honk-v98> ./honk -datadir ../honkdata admin
262honk-v98> date; ./honk -log honk.log -datadir ../honkdata
263.Ed
264.Pp
265The views directory includes a sample pleroma.css to change color scheme.
266.Bd -literal -offset indent
267honk-v98> mkdir ../honkdata/views
268honk-v98> cp views/pleroma.css ../honkdata/views/local.css
269.Ed
270.Pp
271Upgrade to the next version.
272Clean things up a bit.
273.Bd -literal -offset indent
274datadir> cp honk.db backup.db
275datadir> cd ../honk-v99
276honk-v99> make
277honk-v99> ./honk -datadir ../honkdata upgrade
278honk-v99> ./honk -datadir ../honkdata cleanup
279honk-v99> date; ./honk -log honk.log -datadir ../honkdata
280.Ed
281.Sh ENVIRONMENT
282Image processing and scaling requires considerable memory.
283It is recommended to adjust the datasize ulimit to at least 1GB.
284.Sh SEE ALSO
285.Xr intro 1 ,
286.Xr honk 1
287.Sh CAVEATS
288There's no online upgrade capability.
289Upgrades may result in minutes of downtime.