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 ### Standalone/run by other means
 Run `mix phx.server` in repository's root, it will output log into stdout/stderr
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+### Using an upstream proxy for federation
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+Add the following to your `dev.secret.exs` if you want to proxify all http requests that pleroma makes to an upstream proxy server:
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+    config :pleroma, :http,
+      proxy_url: "127.0.0.1:8123"
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+This is useful for running pleroma inside Tor or i2p.