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.
    • Dessalines@lemmy.mlOPM
      1·
      3 years ago

      It’ll get added automatically the next time we deploy joinlemmy, which should be soon.

  • Hildegarde@lemmygrad.ml
    2·
    4 years ago

    i took a few months off from posting. I missed you all, and I’m glad to see new folks here. Congrats on the fruits of your labor comrades <3

  • Bilb!@lemmy.ml
    1·
    4 years ago

    Does it make sense to use a single-user instance like I do with pleroma? Probably not at this stage since it would require manual whitelisting, right?

      • Bilb!@lemmy.ml
        3·
        4 years ago

        In a hypothetical future world where there are many vibrant lemmy communities, a person with their own instance could participate in each without their identity being tied to an instance owned by someone else. You could also host a com related to a project you maintain that would be open to lemmy users form other instances, etc.

        There is also the problem of having your federation choices made for you. If you use a federation instance with good moderation policies, they also likely do not federate with instances that do not. That’s perfectly understandable and I support any instance owner doing that, but I would prefer to make those choices myself.

        At this point it might be premature, but maybe this is a use case you want someone kicking the tires on.

    • dandelion@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      Maybe good to post in /c/lemmy ? Are you using dynamic IP or does the site go off-line sometimes ?

      • Jojonintendo@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 years ago

        The IP is dynamic and updated with nsupdate, via my OpenWrt router. But for now it’s mostly under heavy testing from my side (I want many services to be running on this Rock64), so it’s mostly offline for now.

  • sgornick@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    Maybe I’m missing a basic concept on Federation. I was assuming that the federation feature would allow a user on another instance (e.g., on Baraza.africa) to post on Lemmy.ml.

    Here are two posts that Baraza.Africa shows as being posted to c/bitcoin: https://baraza.africa/c/bitcoin@lemmy.ml

    However, on !bitcoin, those posts do not show. https://lemmy.ml/c/bitcoin/data_type/Post/sort/New/page/1

    Is that correct, expected behavior?

  • RandomSovietKid@lemmygrad.ml
    0·
    4 years ago

    This is very good news! Have been looking forward to this for long time already.

    But it’s seeming that some things aren’t working right (Maybe it’s transfer problems? New posts seem to be working fine).

    For example, here the same post viewed from Lemmygrad:

    and from “main” Lemmy:

    Apparently the upvotes and some of the comments don’t show up when looking at it from Lemmygrad. This isn’t a single problem in only that post, you can look at !asklemmy@lemmy.ml for some more, or for example this post with no comments and 2 upvotes when viewing from Lemmygrad and 101 upvotes (and 32 downvotes lol) and lots and lots of comments when viewing from “main” Lemmy.

              

    On another note, are there plans to make the search search across instances? At the moment, it seems to not find posts from another instance:

    • nutomic@lemmy.mlM
      0·
      4 years ago

      The search is only local, but you can search the URL of a remote post/comment/user/community, and it will fetch that.

      • Helix@lemmy.ml
        1·
        3 years ago

        does that still work? If so, how? Just entering it into the search box doesn’t seem to work (anymore) for me.

        • nutomic@lemmy.mlM
          1·
          3 years ago

          Yes, if its not working then either that instance is not on the allowlist of your instance, or the remote instance is misconfigured.