altq.net (PDS)

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new reference PDS container has been published! if you do the classic self-hosting auto-update setup, you can force a faster refresh with: sudo pdsadmin update and while you are in there why not: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade

Due to an unforeseen mishap (my admin not paying attention after a necessary OS upgrade), 2FA did not work the last ~12 hours on the altq.net PDS. Sorry for that. Everything should be working again.

Happy to serve 🫡 (if the cloud allows)

PDS hosters: folks should not have PDS_INVITE_REQUIRED=false in their config unless they know what they are doing. at a minimum you need CAPTCHAs on all signup routes, to block/disable the createAccount API flow, etc. we know this should be smoother.

If you host a PDS, please do not make it available on multiple DNS hostnames, see 🧵 ->

Short outage in the last hour due to a regular kernel update reboot somehow breaking my hand crafted docker networking for the PDS. It is now reverted to host mode and everything is working again.

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Oh, I am on this map too -> arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/?source=at

1.3.0 introduces a CAR explorer to PDSls pdsls.dev/car

If you use PDS Gatekeeper you will want to make this change manually to your /pds/composer.yaml instead of using pdsadmin update. Using pdsadmin update clears out your current compose with the one from the PDS repo. Should be a oneliner change

This PDS server now supports two factor authentication via email. You can now activate 2FA in your account settings. Thanks to tangled.org/@baileytowns... by @baileytownsend.dev Hint for other PDS admins: When using Postfix as your mail server add ?tls=required at the end of the SMTP URL.

FYI #atproto: To use this new goat tool on the PDS server, create a shell alias like this: $ alias goat="docker exec -it pds goat" $ goat --version goat version v0.1.2-rev-c43d54a $ goat account --help NAME: goat account - commands for auth session and account management [...]

FTR the app-view is up and has been for a few weeks. Ingesting terabytes of social media data is not trivial. I've worked to re-implement some experimental work by Divy into rsky-ingester, rsky-backfiller, and rsky-indexer When it's production ready, it'll move off of staging.blacksky.community

AT service operators and moderation thinkers: I put together an early proposal around infra abuse notices across organizational boundaries. really looking for feedback on this one, it is bait for counter-proposals and references to prior work!

put out a new 'goat' release (v0.1.2) with basic support for PDS administration ('goat pds admin ...'). if you run it from a PDS instance it should find admin auth info automatically. hope to have this replace the 'pdsadmin' shell script over time

FYI: For whatever is happening now with Bluesky (slow/unavailable feeds), this server seems fine -> altq.net/status.html

It's here! PDS MOOver now supports automated backups and restores that anyone can use! This also includes adversarial account migrations! pdsmoover.com

atmosphere devs! 🧑‍🚀 just published a protocol checkin: docs.bsky.app/blog/protoco... tl;dr expect to see a lot of updates from us in the next few months. we're hard at work on making AT easier to build on & ensuring the network remains a resilient foundation for the future of open social

PDSlsOS 1.0

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒘 search NSIDs on PDSls to go to their lexicon schemas (Only works if they are hosted on a repository and DNS resolution is setup)

At ~14:00 UTC, @VodafoneUK effectively dropped off the Internet, with traffic dropping to zero. No word from the provider on outage cause, and their network status checker page is currently unavailable. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as53... radar.cloudflare.com/routing/as53... x.com/Independent/...

The redirect links to the source repository and the Discord in my profile work again. I accidentally broke those when I turned the Cloudflare proxy off for this PDS.

FYI: This self-hosted PDS seems not to be affected by this issue. All events seem to get through fine and are viewable from Bluesky app, WhiteWind and other clients.

Hello from the #BlackSky PDS! (I should have my original domain handle sorted in a bit) Thanks to @fry69.dev and @bnewbold.net, whose online guides helped me finish migrating manually after two failures with web-based automated tools. whtwnd.com/fry69.dev/3l... whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...

Current PDS MOOver stuff Normal Migrations - PDS MOOver pdsmoover.com Make sure your old account is deactivated - pdsmoover.com/turnoff.html Grabs any missing blobs - missing.pdsmoover.com

Blobs are now loaded directly from the PDS, no more bsky CDN They are not automatically loaded in the jetstream view, or while previewing records on the collection page, only in the record view, to keep load on PDSes reasonable

okay and as promised, the bluesky PDS is officially open for returning users to migrate their accounts back! hoping this lowers the stakes & gives folks the confidence to explore some other PDSs in the network! docs.bsky.app/blog/incomin...

This video is probably dated, but migrating to a self-hosted PDS was easier and lower maintenance than I expected youtu.be/suB8Rc5PsZE?...

This is fun: Use a split pane view with your Bluesky tab on one side and -> microcosm-jetstream-web.pages.dev/mapView/ on the other side. Then find and highlight your PDS in the map. If it is a low usage PDS like me, it will highlight every time a repository change gets send out (e.g. a "like").