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How long does it for a new instance to start federating? (self.lemmy_support)

submitted 2 years ago by Nicarlo to c/[email protected]

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I recently setup a new instance and have federation enabled. I tested with the curl command and its returning a proper JSON response. How long does it typically take for an instance to start federating with others?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It should happen right away. Have you subscribed to any communities?

[–] Nicarlo 1 points 2 years ago

It took a few hours but the more people started using the instance the faster items started to get populated.

[–] shortwavesurfer 1 points 2 years ago

Once you or your users begin subscribing to remote content

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's pretty quick once you start subbing to some remote communities. Starts going faster once you post some

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

while logged into your new instance have you searched for communities on other instances? That seemed to jump-start the process on my instance. You can also check the "instances" link on the bottom of the page to see what other instances you're federated with.

[–] Nicarlo 1 points 2 years ago

Yes i started doing this and the instances have solely been growing. Just took longer than i had originally anticipated

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

AFAIK you need to manually search for another instance's community from your instance to start federating, that's what it says in the documentation https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/federation_getting_started.html

But I'm also having issues with this, I made this post https://lemmy.one/post/16124