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.hjsonconfig (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.mlinto your server’s search box, and subscribe to it to connect the two instances.
Lemmy does some history fetching, which means getting the current (top 10 or so) posts when the first person subscribes to a federated community, but it doesn’t grab all history. It only fetches comments (and their parents), that are made after that first subscribe. I don’t think other fediverse projects do much if any history fetching.
As for federated search, it would only find things that it has history for.
Alright. So it’s intended that way. Thanks for clarifying.