I've created a Helm-Chart so that people can easily spin up PieFed in their Kubernetes cluster.
https://codeberg.org/NoBadDays/piefed-helm-chart

I'm yet to implement it in my cluster, first need to do some housekeeping.

Why am I making a helm chart?

For my own use, but more importantly, there's a passionate HomeOps community that runs their own k8s clusters that I've found myself a part of
https://github.com/onedr0p/home-ops

1,400 people online on the discord now.

Having a piefed helm chart, means that any of these hobbyists or anyone running Kubernetes can easily spin up a PieFed instance in ~30 min on their existing infra.

If 1% of them decide its interesting and something they'd like to try out, that's 14 new PieFed instances.

Wow!

For my vision of being able to say:

"Hey guys, checkout is cool decentralized Reddit alternative you can host in your cluster quickly by simply implementing this helm chart"

A few other things also need to happen, namely good defaults auto subscriptions to casual communities.

The first time I spun up piefed.co.za I had to spend many hours in the Admin settings, importing communities and fiddling with settings etc.

# Proof-of-concept bootstrap file for initializing a new PieFed instance.

version: 1

instance:
  domain: "piefed.co.za"
  name: "The PieFed instance to discuss Braai's"
  tagline: "A relaxed threadiverse home for everyday braaiers."
  contact_email: "admin@piefed.co.za"
  language: "af"
  default_theme: ""
  default_home_filter: "popular"
  private_instance: false

site_profile:
  about: |
    Casual PieFed is a general-purpose community instance focused on low-conflict,
    broadly appealing discussions.

    The goal is to provide a friendly default experience for new users without
    requiring a lot of manual setup by the admin.
  sidebar: |
    Welcome to Casual PieFed.

    Start by browsing popular posts, then subscribe to communities that match
    your interests.

admin:
  registration_mode: "RequireApplication"
  application_question: "What kinds of communities are you hoping to join?"
  registration_approved_email: |
    Hi,

    Your registration has been approved. Welcome to Casual PieFed.
  email_verification: true
  captcha_enabled: true
  choose_topics: true
  filter_selection: true
  enable_downvotes: true
  enable_nsfw: false
  enable_nsfl: false
  allow_local_image_posts: true
  allow_video_file_uploads: "admins"
  community_creation_admin_only: false
  allow_non_admins_to_add_remote_communities: false
  reports_email_admins: true
  public_modlog: false
  cache_remote_images_locally: true
  log_activitypub_json: false
  show_inoculation_block: false
  meme_communities_low_quality: true

federation:
  mode: "blocklist"
  auto_add_remote_communities: false
  defederation_subscriptions: []
  allowlist: []
  blocklist:
    - "exploding-heads.com"
    - "hexbear.net"
    - "lemmygrad.ml"
    - "gab.com"
    - "threads.com"
  blocked_phrases: []
  blocked_actor_words: []
  blocked_bio_phrases: []

content_defaults:
  default_content_retention_days: -1
  remote_image_cache_days: 30

bootstrap_import:
  subscribe_admin_to_imported_communities: true
  sources:
    - type: "curated_list"
      enabled: true
      communities:
        - "!casualconversation@lemmy.world"
        - "!asklemmy@lemmy.world"
        - "!nostupidquestions@lemmy.world"
        - "!todayilearned@lemmy.world"

    - type: "lemmyverse_preload"
      enabled: true
      number_of_communities: 25
      minimum_posts: 100
      minimum_active_users_weekly: 500
      exclude_nsfw: true

    - type: "remote_server_scan"
      enabled: false
      remote_url: "https://lemmy.world"
      number_of_communities: 25
      minimum_posts: 100
      minimum_active_users_weekly: 100
      dry_run: false

I find it so nice doing everything in a GitOps way, I can never go back.
And this way admins can just share a yaml file with each other, or take inspiration from each others settings