<![CDATA[Problems with federation (Peertube)]]>Hi everyone! I’m trying to activate the federation with another instance. On my side, the logs show as ‘completed’. However, the other instance is not receiving anything.

When the other instance sends me a request, I don’t receive it.

Can you help me?

This is the type of log I have:

Job: 9779
Type: activitypub-http-unicast
Processed on 1/31/25, 8:30:14.671 PM
Finished on 1/31/25, 8:30:15.244 PM
{
  "uri": "https://remoteinstance.com/accounts/peertube/inbox",
  "signatureActorId": 1,
  "body": {
    "type": "Follow",
    "id": "https://myinstance.com/accounts/peertube/follows/26487",
    "actor": "https://myinstance.com/accounts/peertube",
    "object": "https://remoteinstance.com/accounts/peertube"
  },
  "contextType": "Follow"
}

Job: 76
Type: activitypub-follow
Processed on 1/31/25, 8:30:14.058 PM
Finished on 1/31/25, 8:30:14.685 PM
{
  "host": "remoteinstance.com:443",
  "followerActorId": 1
}

(I replaced my instance’s link by « myinstance.com » and the remote one by « removeinstance.com »)

Thanks in advance for anyone who responds to my request.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/13224/problems-with-federation-peertubeRSS for NodeMon, 20 Jul 2026 04:14:51 GMTSat, 01 Feb 2025 08:13:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:22:10 GMT]]>true, Mastodon use ActivityPub

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101085https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101085Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:22:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:52:14 GMT]]>@joseph said in Problems with federation (Peertube):

The well known stuff is mostly for matrix and not for ActivityPub afaik.

But the setting is there for Mastodon 🤔

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101083https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101083Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:52:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:24:58 GMT]]>I think the ActivityPub federation is different from Matrix federation. The well known stuff is mostly for matrix and not for ActivityPub afaik.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101075https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101075Sun, 02 Feb 2025 06:24:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 19:36:05 GMT]]>yea idk. I will wait until the staff reply

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101068https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101068Sat, 01 Feb 2025 19:36:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 19:10:25 GMT]]>@cocam123 great, that part is sorted then. I think perhaps the issue is the lack of well known settings

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101066https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101066Sat, 01 Feb 2025 19:10:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:09:00 GMT]]>@jdaviescoates well, I already have my website on the main domain so I think it's all good on this point

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101063https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101063Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:09:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:59:55 GMT]]>Yes, exactly. You'll see that in the docs about well known it repeatedly mentions "Requires app on bare domain" https://docs.cloudron.io/domains/#well-known-locations

But as you've pointed out PeerTube isn't shown in well known settings so that's probably an issue too!

@staff I think we need well known config adding for both PeerTube and Pixelfed

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101062https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101062Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:59:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:42:55 GMT]]>@cocam123 If you have peertube.mydomain.com for peertube, then you need an app on mydomain.com on the same Cloudron, is what @jdaviescoates and I mean.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101061https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101061Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:42:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:33:47 GMT]]>@jdaviescoates mmm but my domain is configurated on Cloudron? (I'm confused)

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101060https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101060Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:33:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:57:07 GMT]]>@cocam123 said in Problems with federation (Peertube):

@scooke I don't think it would do any good. First of all, Peertube doesn't have to be on the root domain (I'm on peertube.mydomain.com and the server I'm reaching, where the federation works, is on video.theirdomaine.org)

It's not that the PeerTube app itself has to be on the root domain, it's that on Cloudron something has to be installed on the root domain.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101057https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101057Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:57:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:57:59 GMT]]>@scooke everything is exactly like you.

Also for Mastodon, you should try to put the link (of the account you want to follow) in the search bar. Search them on mastodon.social (it's the easiest way)

I won't stray too far from the subject (which is Peertube)

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101048https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101048Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:57:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:08:11 GMT]]>In production.json, do yo uhave the following:

  # If you disable the tracker, you disable the P2P aspect of PeerTube
  enabled: true```

and

federation:
videos:
federate_unlisted: true```

Are teh various videos set to Public or Private?

You know, I went to check my own to see what my settings are, and I've discovered that MINE TOO can't find any user or instance and can't be found from my Mastodon instance!!! What??? This just got personal.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101047https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101047Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:08:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:38:48 GMT]]>@scooke I don't think it would do any good. First of all, Peertube doesn't have to be on the root domain (I'm on peertube.mydomain.com and the server I'm reaching, where the federation works, is on video.theirdomaine.org)

also for the well-known, it's for Synapse, Mastodon or Jitsi (I don't see Peertube in that)

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101045https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101045Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:38:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:12:30 GMT]]>I believe an app like this needs an app installed on the root domain, plus the domain needs to have .well-known set (https://docs.cloudron.io/domains/#well-known-locations). Are those set up?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101044https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101044Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:12:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 09:52:19 GMT]]>@scooke yea. They even followed other instances. Idk why they don't receive my requests (and when they send me a request, it's not working)

it's the first instance I'm trying to follow

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101042https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101042Sat, 01 Feb 2025 09:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problems with federation (Peertube) on Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:27:37 GMT]]>Does the other one have their federation active?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101037https://forum.cloudron.io/post/101037Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:27:37 GMT