04e_Mastodon

How to configure Mastodon

When configuring Little Backup Box → Settings → Social media → Mastodon, you need to enter:

• Mastodon base URL and
• Access Token

1. Find your Mastodon base URL

Your base URL is the domain of the Mastodon server where your account was created, for example https://mastodon.social.

2. Generate an Access Token

1. In Mastodon, open Preferences → Development → New application.
2. Create a new application with:

• Name: Little Backup Box (or whatever you want)
• Scopes (permissions):
  • write:statuses (to post text)
  • write:media (to upload photos/videos)

3. Save the application.
4. You'll see a list of your applications, perhaps just one row with the one you just created. Click on it.
5. You will see your Access token.
6. Copy this string and paste it into the Token field in Little Backup Box.