# Mastodon sidekick server fails to start
**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/mastodon-sidekick-server-fails-to-start/30958
**Category:** Support apps
**Tags:** mastodon, english
**Created:** [August 30, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/mastodon-sidekick-server-fails-to-start/30958 "2024-08-30T20:50:34Z")
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### Author:  [@ke7zum](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/ke7zum)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/mastodon-sidekick-server-fails-to-start/30958/1 "2024-08-30T20:50:34Z")
### My YunoHost server
**Hardware:** VPS bought online / Old laptop or computer / Raspberry Pi at home / Internet Cube with VPN / Other ARM board / …
debian: linode vps
**YunoHost version:** x.x.x
YunoHost 11.2.29 (stable).
**I have access to my server :** Through SSH | through the webadmin | direct access via keyboard / screen | … yes
**Are you in a special context or did you perform some particular tweaking on your YunoHost instance ?** : no / yes
**If yes, please explain:**
yes. I installed WebMin, however I"m not sure if this is the cause of what happened as that kind of coensides wi the breakign of mastodon sidekick. I also updated to php 8 per the yunohost update section.
**If your request is related to an app, specify its name and version:** app v1.0~ynh1
mastodon Installed version: 4.2.12~ynh1
### Description of my issue
To get help efficiently, please explain **what you are trying to achieve** , in which context, what you tried and **provide detailed error messages and logs if you can**.
Avoid saying that it “doesn’t work” or that it “does nothing” … explain what really happens and how you interpret it !
NB: you can use [paste.yunohost.org](http://paste.yunohost.org) to share logs and error messages. You can also directly include error messages using backticks like this :
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I noticed that the mastodon sidekick service failed to start. I rebooted the server, not my linode, I plan to do that next. I only see an error code of exit about 5 seconds after I tries to start. I have the [logs from YunoPaste](https://paste.yunohost.org/akilaqiyer) and hope they will help.
I have 14 gigs left on the main drive. I checked my othr apps and they all appear to be working, just mastodon appears to be the unstable app. Let me know if there is anything I need to do, or anything you need in case I missed some information. I’m still a bit rusty in linux. I did uninstall WordPress and push my updated DNS records using the API method as well as I did make some domain changes, not to my mastodon though.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/mastodon-sidekick-server-fails-to-start/30958/2 "2024-09-14T20:51:32Z")
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