Pixelfed

[murgero]

I have a test instance up with this app (https://pixel.mobiledads.live) and during install I got the following error(s):

Jun 17 12:53:37 ==> Updating pixelfed
Jun 17 12:53:37 fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

This didn't prove to be an issue now, but down the road it might be. Otherwise, I am testing the app. Anyone who wants to test but doesn't want an unstable app on their server can freely join my instance - just note it can be deleted and reinstalled any time

[jdaviescoates]

@girish woohoo! Thanks both. Now to see how hard it is to get all my images off Flickr and into pixelfed

[girish]

@murgero thanks! https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/pixelfed-app/-/issues/1

[girish]

I am still trying to figure out federation setup. If someone has insight into this, please leave a note here. It looks like we have to setup webfinger or equivalent?

[murgero]

@girish isn't webfinger a thing already enabled in pixelfed? The only caveat I can see is pixelfed being installed to a subdomain but users are using main domain as username:

Instance URL: pixelfed.example.com
Username: @murgero@example.com

The above requires webfinger to translate from the main domain afaik.

As for federation - I believe just enabling ActivityPub (which it is already in the app afaik) it should just work so long as the URLs match:

Instance URL: pixelfed.example.com
Username: @murgero@pixelfed.example.com

If someone else has an instance, can they PM me their profile URL? I'll try to follow you to see if federation is working properly.

[jdaviescoates]

@murgero I've whacked up a test instance at images.uniteddiversity.coop so you could try jdaviescoates@images.uniteddiversity.coop (the only user I've created so far)

[murgero]

@jdaviescoates said in Pixelfed:

jdaviescoates

I tried tagging you - but it fails it looks like. (Tag for you AFAIK should be @jdaviescoates@images.uniteddiversity.coop)

Edit: Though I THINK I followed successfully?

[jdaviescoates]

@murgero said in Pixelfed:

Though I THINK I followed successfully?

Indeed you did:

[murgero]

@jdaviescoates Safe to say federation is technically working, idk if it's working well tho - your server didn't poll my profile it looks like.

[stantropics]

I read on the pixelfed matrix channel that in order to receive new posts you need to follow a person (obviously) and some person of that instance needs to follow you so that instance knows that your instance exists.

[doodlemania2]

@murgero said in Pixelfed:

@jdaviescoates@images.uniteddiversity.coop

Followed you also - took the search box a few tries to pull up your profile, but it finally kicked in!

[murgero]

@doodlemania2 huh - I don't see your follow.

I am going to reconfigure my instance with mastodon so we can test actual federation.

[murgero]

Alright, please also follow @hyper@social.mobiledads.live - this is a known working instance of Mastodon, and I can debug connections from pixelfed as well.

[doodlemania2]

@murgero said in Pixelfed:

@hyper@social.mobiledads.live

following new alias now!

[murgero]

I am following back everyone that follows me. So if you need to debug federated follow, you can follow me as well!

I also just sent out a status update via mastodon so can any pixelfed users report if they see it?

[scooke]

You can add me too! @scooke@lenote.eu.

[jdaviescoates]

@murgero said in Pixelfed:

I also just sent out a status update via mastodon so can any pixelfed users report if they see it?

Can't see it.

[scooke]

To be honest I'm not getting what the heck is going on. I can see you are following me @jdaviescoates but when I click on you from within my Pixelfed dashboard, which brings me to your site, and see your pic and try to like it, I see that I am now not at my Pixelfed and apparently need to login to your Pixelfed instance to do anything. ? And I see nothing about Mastodon in my Pixelfed dashboard either.

[doodlemania2]

While they use the same protocol, MD and PF are different so statuses I wouldn't think would share cross tools. No?

[murgero]

@scooke No, you should see their status / images in your own feed. ActivityPub is federated, decentralized sort of like bittorrent in a way. Everyone (or everyone you are connected to) gets a copy of the actor (in this case it's a pixelfed image status update)

Ex:
(Not my image)