Safety

Remember to follow these safety guidelines when using your server.

Danger: Back up your server data!

If you lose your server database, you will lose all of your PNIDs and Juxt posts. You will also need to take manual steps to remove your self-hosted PNID from your consoles, as they will not be able to authenticate with an account that does not exist on the server. Use the included script ./scripts/backup.sh script to back up all of your Pretendo server data.

Don't delete the pretendo-network-* Docker volumes!

You will permanently lose your database (see above) and all of your Pretendo server data. If you need to do something risky, run a backup first. If you want to stop self-hosting Pretendo, use the uninstalling guide.

Don't use the same PNID/NNID username on multiple servers.

This applies to NNIDs, PNIDs on the official Pretendo Network server, and PNIDs on your self-hosted server. The consoles will not work right if you attempt to use multiple accounts with the same username.

Always verify that you are actually connecting to your own server.

The easiest way is to check the mitmproxy logs to see if you are getting the expected HTTP requests.