I don't know if you already got an answer but here's the fix: add a non-internal network to the lemmy's container. https://lemmy.pe1uca.dev/comment/14022
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This was the key that led to to the fix. Thank you!
It seems like you're on you're way already, but this is the best post to learn about empty instance syndrome: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/61827.
It feels very weird having to search for specific communities before anything appears, but once you learn the ropes it works ok.
Thank you for this. I will look through it now to see what I can learn.
I thought I would be able to use my local instance to browse other instance/communities and post there from my instance. Is that not how this works?
That is how it works. What is your instance domain? I want to see if I can access it from my instance.
Please let me know if it isn't working. My block & allow lists are empty.
Just submitted a test post to you.
When you search for remote communities, make sure you are searching for the entire URL (https://hakbox.social/c/test) or the shortcode ([email protected])
So for my social community, it would be [email protected] or https://links.dartboard.social/c/social
I think mebbe that's what OP is missing. A new (empty) instance doesn't know anything about what other communities exist. @[email protected] you gotta search for the communities before your instance will start snarfing posts.
yeah, once I added about ~5 popular communities discovery became easier. People were suggesting other communities etc. so it helps your instance know whats out there.
Well that begs the question then - if communities are "homed" on instances (although the same community can exist on two different homes as completely separate communities) and then get "subscribed" or federated to other instances through searching, how does one know what all communities exist? Short of going to, or scraping the /Communities page of each Lemmy or Kbin instance, how does one know whats available?
Clearly we need a Lemmy411 Community. :)
Be the change you want to see in the world: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmy411 TADA!
Discovery is still a challenge, but if instance admins subscribed to that it would make it easier on users.
What I think would be better would be to automatically send some kind of community digest out to other known instances once a week or something. That way if a user searches for a "music" community, they will get results from instances they may not personally know about.
Thanks! I've been searching for known communities I have posts in, but not getting any hits. Using the full shorthand, like: [[email protected]](/c/[email protected])
there are no results.
I also find that sometimes the search takes... a while?
So by wow you're talking about the world of warcraft community @ lemmy.ml?
Took a bit of futzing in the search screen but I see it:
Yes, I have a few comments in the world of warcraft community on lemmy.ml. When I search for that using the shortcode: [email protected] , I get an immediate response with no results.
Server side, there is a timeout error in the log, but that is timing out in less than a second.
I wonder if instances need to be allowed to interact with lemmy.ml?
Naw, because sometimes it works and sometimes it don't. I think lemmy.ml is just getting slammed right now.
Try it with a community from a different instance.
That's a great idea. I will try some other communities.
Its federating to lemmy.ca now. : https://lemmy.ca/c/[email protected]
I just had to bash the search form a few times. Intra-instance community discovery/seraching seems to be a bit "sticky" for lack of a better way to describe.
Also, as the "prime" instance lemmy.ml is getting hammered with new Reddit exodus users at the moment, so I suspect lemmy.ml may not be the most responsive atm.
Its federating to lemmy.ca now. : https://lemmy.ca/c/[email protected]
I tried search for https://lemmy.ca/c/[email protected]
for giggles, and that also had the exact timeout error.
Thank you for helping me try to figure this out! I've tried full and shortcode but don't get any results.
I've searched for communities here on lemmy.ml I know exist via shortcode but not getting any results.
hey, this might be a bug - try going to your community tab now, and press the "All" button. See if my community shows up now.
No, it is not there.
Searched for that 👆 and checked the logs... timeout issue...
ERROR HTTP request{http.method=GET http.scheme="http" http.host=hakbox.social http.target=/api/v3/ws otel.kind="server" request_id=882fc7cd-bb3f-4df7-b6d4-a9bece907745 http.status_code=101 otel.status_code="OK"}: lemmy_server::api_routes_websocket: couldnt_find_object: Request error: error sending request for url (https://links.dartboard.social/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:[email protected]): operation timed out 0: lemmy_apub::fetcher::search::search_query_to_object_id at crates/apub/src/fetcher/search.rs:17 1: lemmy_apub::api::resolve_object::perform with self=ResolveObject { q: "[[email protected]](/c/[email protected])", auth: Some(Sensitive) } at crates/apub/src/api/resolve_object.rs:21 2: lemmy_server::root_span_builder::HTTP request with http.method=GET http.scheme="http" http.host=hakbox.social http.target=/api/v3/ws otel.kind="server" request_id=882fc7cd-bb3f-4df7-b6d4-a9bece907745 http.status_code=101 otel.status_code="OK" at src/root_span_builder.rs:16
Interesting. I have a "subscribe pending" from your community. But I've gotten that with other instances before, not sure what it means. Its not like you need to approve my subscribe request.
I have no idea what that means, either. I checked all the admin sections, and nothing pending anywhere on my end.
I can see your comment in your link but if I try to reply it says I have to login first. To what, I’m not sure since I’m logged in to comment here.
It's possible I have something misconfigured... but what I don't know!
I was able to fix it!
I'm also getting the same behavior while trying to use the Docker install on macOS. I tried the same fix but it's not working, and it looks like I can't access a community in my instance from another instance.
It actually looks like every single query is returning invalid query
, even something like lemmy