Relays
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A relay is a piece of software that increases federation between instances that subscribe to that relay.
It is a great way for smaller instances to populate their federated timeline.
How to subscribe to a relay
Only instance admins can subscribe to a relay. In Mastodon you can do that by going to Settings > Administration > Relays. There you can enter the url of the relay - add "/inbox" at the end of it.
Then you just have to wait for your instance to be accepted by the relay owners.
List of ready to use Fediverse relays
- https://en.relay.friendi.ca
- https://federation.stream
- https://mastodon-relay.moew.science
- https://mastodon-relay.thedoodleproject.net
- https://relay.beckmeyer.us
- https://relay.chocoflan.net
- https://relay.fedi.agency
- https://relay.fedibird.com
- https://relay.homunyan.com
- https://relay.intahnet.co.uk
- https://relay.k3tan.com
- https://relay.libranet.de
- https://relay.minecloud.ro
- https://relay.social.tigwali.fr
- https://relay.toot.yukimochi.jp
Comparison of Fediverse relay software
| relay name | source | works with | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diaspora* | Mastodon | Misskey | Pleroma | ||
| Activity relay | https://github.com/yukimochi/Activity-Relay | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| ActivityRelay | https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/relay | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Pub relay | https://source.joinmastodon.org/mastodon/pub-relay | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Seattle relay | https://gitlab.com/jankysolutions/social.seattle.wa.us/relay | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Social relay | https://github.com/jaywink/social-relay | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
How to install your own Fediverse relay for beginners
I'm going to write a guide on how to install Activity-Relay for beginners, but first I have to manage to install it myself.
Here is how far I've come
Create a server
To be written
Log in to your server
To be written
Install dependencies
Dependencies are apps you need to install before you can install the app you want.
1. sudo apt install vim
- confirm with yes when asked
2. sudo apt install git
- confirm with yes when asked
3. sudo apt install docker
- confirm with yes when asked
4. sudo apt install docker-compose
- confirm with yes when asked
4. sudo apt install docker.io
- confirm with yes when asked
Install the relay with docker
Now you need to copy the app to your server
1. git clone https://github.com/yukimochi/Activity-Relay.git -b v1.0.0 2. vim config.yml
- make the file look like this.
- openssl genrsa | tee actor.pem
- chmod 600 actor.pem
- cd /root/Activity-Relay
- docker-compose build
- this will take a while and lots of red text will appear. Don't worry.