Instructions for running your own lemmy instance.

For the moment, lemmy.ml is using an explicit allowlist for instances we federate with. If you currently run an instance, and would like to be added to join.lemmy.ml:

  • Let us know either on !lemmy_instances, or commenting here.
  • We’ll add you to our allowlist.
  • Add this block to your server’s lemmy.hjson config (for open federation):
federation: {
  enabled: true
  tls_enabled: true
  # allowed_instances: lemmy.ml,other_instance.tld,... uncomment this to use an allowlist
}
  • Type !announcements@lemmy.ml into your server’s search box, and subscribe to it to connect the two instances.
  • SynapticOddity
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    1 year ago

    Thanks! I’m just missing a bunch of comments (but not posts) from Lemmy.ml. I thought lemmy.ml were running on an allow list? Might be something else thought.

    • phoenix591@lemmy.phoenix591.com
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      1 year ago

      they moved away from the allowlist and now only block some. federation with my own instance just worked after I got updated to 0.18.1 and adjusted my nginx config

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        1 year ago

        good tip! I upgraded to 18.1 now. Hopefully fixes the missing comments.

        • phoenix591@lemmy.phoenix591.com
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          1 year ago

          part of it was http signature expiration, showed up as

          WARN Error encountered while processing the incoming HTTP request: lemmy_server::root_span_builder: Header is expired
            0: lemmy_server::root_span_builder::HTTP request
                      with http.method=POST http.scheme="http" http.host=mylemmyinstance.com http.target=/inbox otel.kind="server" request_id=453c8a92-7bb5-4b7e-a4ad-212e91167d4e http.status_code=400 otel.status_code="OK"
                   at src/root_span_builder.rs:16
           LemmyError { message: None, inner: Header is expired, context: "SpanTrace" }
          

          in the logs, and that was fixed

          the other part was some nginx config changes

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            1 year ago

            Brilliant. i think both were fixed with the ansible update. Thanks for helping out phoenix!

            Not sure if you are also knowledgeable about wefwef, I have another question: I have installed wefwef on my host. Works great! Except I can’t get watchtower to update it. I have to do a manual restart of the wefwef constrained every time. I’ve tried to increase the wait time, but no luck. Any tips?

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                1 year ago

                I recommend it. It’s a great smartphone frontend. Still missing some small features, but super great usability.