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.
  • @CriticalResist8A
    15•3 years ago

    That is excellent news! I think congratulations are required to the developers that made this possible :)

    Edit: does that mean I can, say, log on to lemmy.ml with this account, or do I have to browse it from lemmygrad.ml?

  • @developred@lemmy.ml
    10•3 years ago

    How much space does the current Lemmy history take up? Wondering about how much of a load to expect if i set up a server?

    • @nutomic@lemmy.mlM
      9•3 years ago

      This instance currently takes up 4.2 GB, with 3.5 GB pictures and 650 MB database. CPU usage is extremely low, under 10% on a 2 CPU VPS (including database, images etc).

      • @developred@lemmy.ml
        8•3 years ago

        Wow. I had imagined you’d scaled infrastructure up since I last asked almost a half year ago. The project is coming along very well.

        • @nutomic@lemmy.mlM
          8•3 years ago

          The only thing we changed with infrastructure since then is that we migrated to OVH, because they have DDoS protection. After that we didnt have any problems.

  • @abbenm@lemmy.ml
    7•3 years ago

    Awesome!

    Regardless of whether it’s wanted or not, I bet this will be regarded as the flagship instance, and choices made for who gets on the allow list will serve to set a precedent that others may follow in how they decide to federate.

    I’ve always said I thought the Nutomic did a great job setting the tone for what was and wasn’t expected/allowed here, and I think it carries on the very excellent standard set by other activitypub projects like Mastodon and Funkwhale in terms of not being open to toxicity. I think the allow list can help with that as well in terms of setting a standard.

  • NXL
    6•3 years ago

    This is great! I read there will also be federation amongst the entire fediverse soon. What exactly does this look like? Being able to sign in with mastodon accounts or?

    • @nutomic@lemmy.mlM
      5•3 years ago

      No, it means that it will be possible to view and comment on Lemmy posts directly from Mastodon. But don’t expect that to work anytime soon.

      • NXL
        3•3 years ago

        ah ok, makes sense.

        P.S. I know this isn’t the place to do this but any chance we can get ctrl + Enter to submit a post

          • NXL
            3•3 years ago

            test EDIT: just searched through the github and the issue that asks for the feature mentions that its possible to submit by pressing tab + enter and the issue is closed. Tab + enter does work but I think ctrl + enter would be much better since its what used in most websites and apps.

  • @smart_jackal@lemmy.ml
    6•3 years ago

    Good, congrats! I can see that the development instance (dev.lemmy.ml) is also redirecting to lemmy.ml from today onwards. I was using this development instance until now.

    edit

    There seems to be a small bug on this new instance though. The theme change from settings isn’t effected once you refresh and move to a different page, it reverts back to the default theme.

    • DessalinesOPM
      4•3 years ago

      The theme change from settings isn’t effected once you refresh and move to a different page, it reverts back to the default theme.

      Hrm… did you click the save button after changing theme?