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2022-11-29 - So I have a Gemini Server now

I managed to get the server up sooner than expected, but it wasn’t without its challenges.

There wasn’t an agate server package, nor working Rust compiler on my server, and my local machines required newer versions of GLIBC than what was available, too. Luckily, the Github project releases page had sufficiently older GLIBC requirements.

The next issue to sort out was my Pandoc-utilizing Makefile needed a newer version of Pandoc than was available. Similarly the Pandoc site had binaries.

The next issue to tackle is automatic building from git and proper certificates. The builds should be easy enough but I have to figure out how to convert my PEM certificates to DER or possibly generate new ones in DER because the Gemini spec might call for different algorithms than what I use for my domain.

I also need to find a Mastodon instance that I can use to host comments so I can have some method of user feedback on here.

So, per yesterday’s TODO items, I have to finish the following:

Mastodon post for user feedback
embed some navigation links in the page
maybe preserve tags
automate the Mastodon posting because I’m lazy

Agate Github Project

Pandoc Project Releases

Gemini Spec

Yeserday's TODO items

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