AWS services

ttrss with EC2 (free tier)

Steps to run from within an EC2 instance in the free tier.

# Create EC2 instance (I chose t2.micro with Ubuntu 22.04)

# Add custom TCP inbound rule for port 8280 (or whatever port you prefer to use)

# (If created new RSA key) Make the private key read-only

chmod 400 <key_name.pem>

# Once EC2 is running, ssh into it

ssh -i "<key_name>.pem" ubuntu@<instance_public_ip>.compute.amazonaws.com

# Change password of ubuntu user

sudo su -
passwd ubuntu

# Install docker

(Follow instructions from https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/)

## Add `ubuntu` user to `docker` user group

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

# Get ttrss-docker

git clone https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/ttrss-docker-compose.git ttrss-docker
cd ttrss-docker

# Update ttrss config

## Make a copy of environment file

cp .env-dist .env

## Edit `TTRSS_SELF_URL_PATH` in .env to replace `localhost` with the public IP of your EC2 instance

## Comment `HTTP_PORT=127.0.0.1:8280` and uncomment `HTTP_PORT=8280`

# Install docker-compose

sudo apt install -y docker-compose

# Change mode for docker.sock (prevents Docker: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied)

sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock

(you probably need to run the above command every time the EC2 instance is restarted)

# Pull docker images

docker-compose pull
docker-compose up -d

# Log into http://<public_IP_of_EC2>:8280/tt-rss

# Go to preferences and enable API

# Create new user(s) and login with it

# Import your .opml file in the Feed tab of Preferences

# From Feed-me or any other RSS reader, you can now point at your tt-rss server, with your username and password

Enjoy!