# fedidel
`fedidel` is a bot that tracks and auto-deletes on Mastodon/Pleroma accounts according to a set maximum age. Tracking multiple instances simultaneously is possible. It will permanently retain statuses favourited by the account that posted them.

## Installation (Linux)

#### Obtain root login shell
```
sudo -i
```

#### Download fedidel and make user account
```
git clone https://git.thj.no/thor/fedidel.git /usr/local/lib/fedidel
useradd -d /usr/local/lib/fedidel -M -s /bin/bash -U fedidel
chown -R fedidel.fedidel /usr/local/lib/fedidel
```

#### Create configuration
```
cd /usr/local/lib/fedidel
cp config.example.json config.json
editor config.json
```

#### Install systemd service
```
ln -s fedidel.service /etc/systemd/system/fedidel.service
systemctl enable fedidel
systemctl start fedidel
```

#### Management
```
# Restart service
systemctl restart fedidel

# Check service status
systemctl status fedidel

# Monitor log output
journalctl -t fedidel -f
```

## Maintainer

The maintainer can be contacted at `@thor@pl.thj.no`.