From 8aa9cc11eb22f29ae5205afa638d36bf4d6f7a9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dessalines Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 14:17:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixing federation testing docs. Fixes #878 (#879) * Fixing federation testing docs. Fixes #878 * Removing extra clone. --- .../contributing_federation_development.md | 44 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/contributing_federation_development.md b/docs/src/contributing_federation_development.md index 520a61275..143ae9f8b 100644 --- a/docs/src/contributing_federation_development.md +++ b/docs/src/contributing_federation_development.md @@ -5,14 +5,7 @@ If you don't have a local clone of the Lemmy repo yet, just run the following command: ```bash -git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy -b federation -``` - -If you already have the Lemmy repo cloned, you need to add a new remote: -```bash -git remote add federation https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy -git checkout federation -git pull federation federation +git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy ``` ## Running locally @@ -26,18 +19,34 @@ You need to have the following packages installed, the Docker service needs to b Then run the following ```bash -cd dev/federation-test -./run-federation-test.bash +cd docker/federation +./run-federation-test.bash -yarn ``` -After the build is finished and the docker-compose setup is running, open [127.0.0.1:8540](http://127.0.0.1:8540) and -[127.0.0.1:8550](http://127.0.0.1:8550) in your browser to use the test instances. You can login as admin with -username `lemmy_alpha` and `lemmy_beta` respectively, with password `lemmy`. +The federation test sets up 3 instances: + +Instance / Username | Location +--- | --- +lemmy_alpha | [127.0.0.1:8540](http://127.0.0.1:8540) +lemmy_beta | [127.0.0.1:8550](http://127.0.0.1:8550) +lemmy_gamma | [127.0.0.1:8560](http://127.0.0.1:8560) + +You can log into each using the instance name, and `lemmy` as the password, IE (`lemmy_alpha`, `lemmy`). + +Firefox containers are a good way to test them interacting. + +## Integration tests + +To run a suite of suite of federation integration tests: + +```bash +cd docker/federation-test +./run-tests.sh +``` ## Running on a server -Note that federation is currently in alpha. Only use it for testing, not on any production server, and be aware -that you might have to wipe the instance data at one point or another. +Note that federation is currently in alpha. **Only use it for testing**, not on any production server, and be aware that turning on federation may break your instance. Follow the normal installation instructions, either with [Ansible](administration_install_ansible.md) or [manually](administration_install_docker.md). Then replace the line `image: dessalines/lemmy:v0.x.x` in @@ -47,11 +56,12 @@ Follow the normal installation instructions, either with [Ansible](administratio ``` federation: { enabled: true - allowed_instances: example.com + tls_enabled: true, + allowed_instances: example.com, } ``` -Afterwards, and whenver you want to update to the latest version, run these commands on the server: +Afterwards, and whenever you want to update to the latest version, run these commands on the server: ``` cd /lemmy/