Administration¶

Full Reset 🚫➡️✅¶

The following environment variables need to be defined for successful operation:

DB_ROOT_PASSWORD: The root password for the MariaDB instance

To completely reset Friendica, including its database and volumes, run:

docker exec -i central-mariadb mariadb -u root -p"${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS friendica; CREATE DATABASE friendica;"
docker compose down
rm -rv /mnt/hdd/data/docker/volumes/friendica_data
docker volume rm friendica_data

Reset Database 🗄️¶

Manual Method:¶

Connect to the MariaDB instance:

docker exec -it central-mariadb mariadb -u root -p

Run the following commands:

DROP DATABASE friendica;
CREATE DATABASE friendica;
exit;

Automatic Method:¶

DB_ROOT_PASSWORD="your_root_password"
docker exec -i central-mariadb mariadb -u root -p"${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}" -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS friendica; CREATE DATABASE friendica;"

Enter the Application Container 🔍¶

To access the application container:

docker compose exec -it application sh

Debugging Tools 🛠️¶

Check Environment Variables¶

docker compose exec -it application printenv

Inspect Volume Data¶

ls -la /var/lib/docker/volumes/friendica_data/_data/

Autoinstall 🌟¶

Run the following command to autoinstall Friendica:

docker compose exec --user www-data -it application bin/console autoinstall

Reinitialization 🔄¶

Docker Only:¶

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate

Full Reinitialization:¶

docker-compose up -d --force-recreate && sleep 2; docker compose exec --user www-data -it application bin/console autoinstall;

Configuration Information ℹ️¶

General Configuration:¶

cat /var/lib/docker/volumes/friendica_data/_data/config/local.config.php

Email Configuration:¶

docker compose exec -it application cat /etc/msmtprc

Email Debugging ✉️¶

To send a test email:

docker compose exec -it application msmtp --account=system_email -t test@test.de