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Pixelfed on AWS by FOSSonCloud is a custom AMI + open-source AWS CloudFormation template that provisions a production-ready, AWS infrastructure solution for deploying Pixelfed v0.12.7.
Overview
Pixelfed on AWS by FOSSonCloud is an open-source AWS CloudFormation template that offers an easy-to-install AWS infrastructure solution for quickly deploying Pixelfed, using both AWS and Pixelfed best practices.
Automatically configured to support auto-scaling through AWS Autoscaling Groups, this solution leverages an S3 bucket for user generated content between application servers. It also provisions an ElastiCache Redis cluster for cache. It configures SES with Easy DKIM for emails, and configures Route53 with convenient DNS entries.
The template ensures multi-level security by incorporating AWS IAM for federated access to resources with least privilege and AWS managed keys and Secrets Manager to manage secrets for encryption of data at rest and in transit.
We support multiple availability zones using an RDS Aurora MySQL cluster and EC2 Auto Scaling Groups. However, only one instance at a time is supported.
Highlights
- Production-ready Pixelfed v0.12.7 site, with search, email, and caching
- Integrated with AWS Certificate Manager for HTTPS support
- Logs in CloudWatch Logs, Remote access via Session Manager
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CloudFormation Template v2.1.0
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Ubuntu 24.04
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t2.micro | $0.02 |
t3.micro | $0.02 |
r5d.2xlarge | $0.02 |
m5d.8xlarge | $0.02 |
m5d.large | $0.02 |
m5.xlarge | $0.02 |
m5.12xlarge | $0.02 |
r5.2xlarge | $0.02 |
r5d.4xlarge | $0.02 |
c5.metal | $0.02 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour based on the AWS EC2 instance size you choose to run this deployment. The dimensions are not feature tiers. They are the same Pixelfed pattern running on different compute types. Options range from small burstable t2 and t3 instances to memory-optimized r5 and r5d, compute-optimized c5 and c5d, general-purpose m5 and m5d, and bare-metal variants. Larger instances carry more CPU, memory, or storage, so your hourly rate scales with the capacity you select. You size the instance to your community's expected traffic.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
You pay the hourly rate for the running EC2 instance you select. The pattern also deploys a managed relational database, an in-memory cache, object storage for photos, and a content delivery network. Those AWS services bill separately under your own account based on your usage.
The hourly software rate meters running instance time only. A fully stopped instance does not accrue the software charge. You may still pay AWS for attached storage, the database, object storage, and other resources the stack created, since those persist while the instance is off.
You choose the instance type at deployment. To change capacity, you switch to another supported instance dimension. Your hourly rate then matches the new type's rate. The same Pixelfed pattern runs on each option, so features do not change with the size you pick.
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CloudFormation Template v2.1.0
Pixelfed on AWS by FOSSonCloud deploys a production-ready Pixelfed photo sharing platform on AWS using AWS and Pixelfed best practices.
WHAT'S DEPLOYED
- VPC with public and private subnets (or use your existing VPC)
- Application Load Balancer with ACM certificate for HTTPS
- Single EC2 instance running Pixelfed v0.12.7 (with EBS data volume)
- Aurora MySQL cluster (multi-AZ)
- ElastiCache Redis cluster for caching
- S3 bucket for user-uploaded photos and avatars
- SES domain identity with Easy DKIM for outbound email
- Route53 DNS records
- CloudWatch Logs integration
- AWS Secrets Manager for credential storage
- IAM roles with least-privilege permissions
- ActivityPub federation enabled (configurable)
- Mastodon login support (configurable)
REQUIREMENTS
- Route 53 hosted zone for DNS
- ACM certificate covering the deployment hostname
CloudFormation Template (CFT)
AWS CloudFormation templates are JSON or YAML-formatted text files that simplify provisioning and management on AWS. The templates describe the service or application architecture you want to deploy, and AWS CloudFormation uses those templates to provision and configure the required services (such as Amazon EC2 instances or Amazon RDS DB instances). The deployed application and associated resources are called a "stack."
Version release notes
- Upgrade to Pixelfed v0.12.7 (from v0.12.4)
- Upgrade to OE devenv 2.8.4 (from 2.5.3); requires --break-system-packages for pip3 install (Ubuntu 24.04 / PEP 668)
- Upgrade to CDK 2.225.0 (from 2.120.0)
- Upgrade to OE Common Constructs 4.5.1 (from 4.1.2)
- Upgrade to OE Utilities 1.10.0 (packer SCRIPT_VERSION + common.mk)
- Adopt versioned AMI parameter convention (AsgAmiIdv210); Asg() now requires explicit ami_id=AMI_ID
- Remove hardcoded VPC parameters from Makefile deploy target - CDK now creates a fresh VPC per deploy (matches taskcat/mastodon convention)
- Switch deploy command from docker-compose (V1) to docker compose (V2)
- Rebrand AWS Marketplace listing to "Pixelfed on AWS by FOSSonCloud" with new FOSSonCloud logo (apply via make marketplace-rebrand)
- Flatten Marketplace pricing to $0.02/hr across all instance dimensions (apply via make marketplace-reprice)
- Add test/integration/ with playwright integration tests modeled on aws-marketplace-oe-patterns-mastodon. Includes a headline test_upload_photo_lands_in_s3 that logs in via the UI, POSTs to /api/v1/media with the cookie session, and asserts the upload appears in the AssetsBucket within 30s. 11 tests total: HTTPS/TLS health, instance API version pin, CFN stack + EC2 + S3 infrastructure checks, homepage + login UI smoke, photo upload to S3.
Additional details
Usage instructions
Run the stack, providing valid parameters. When the stack creation completes, go to the outputs of the stack and open the URL in your browser. To access the application servers, find the EC2 instance in the AWS console and Connect using the Session Manager option. For more detailed instructions, see the GitHub project.
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Email support offered with subscription. https://fossoncloud.com/products/pixelfed
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