...is a service-type ActivityPub actor that will re-broadcast anything sent to it to anyone who subscribes to it.

forked by mastodon / pub-relay · GitLab

Endpoints:

• GET /actor
• GET /stats
• POST /inbox
• GET /list
• GET /.well-known/webfinger

Operations:

• Send a Follow activity to the inbox to subscribe (Object: https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public)
• Send an Undo of Follow activity to the inbox to unsubscribe (Object of object: https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public)
• Send anything else to the inbox to broadcast it (Supported types: Create, Update, Delete, Announce, Undo)

Requirements:

• All requests must be HTTP-signed with a valid actor
• Only payloads that contain a linked-data signature will be re-broadcast
• Only payloads addressed to https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public will be re-broadcast

※ Require Crystal (≦0.27.2), Redis

1. user add

   useradd pub-relay  
   sudo su - pub-relay  
   git clone https://github.com/h3zjp/pub-relay.git  
   cd pub-relay
   

2. build

   shards update
   shards build --release
   

3. generate key

   openssl genrsa 2024 > ~/.ssh/actor.pem
   chmod 600 ~/.ssh/actor.pem
   

4. systemctl add

   vi /etc/systemd/system/pub-relay.service

   [Unit]
   Description=pub-relay Server
   After=network.target
   
   [Service]
   Type=simple
   User=pub-relay
   WorkingDirectory=/home/pub-relay/pub-relay
   Environment="RELAY_DOMAIN=Domain (Example: pub-relay.hama3.net)"
   Environment="RELAY_HOST=Host (Default: localhost)"
   Environment="RELAY_PORT=Port (Default: 8085)"
   Environment="RELAY_PKEY_PATH=/home/pub-relay/.ssh/actor.pem"
   Environment="REDIS_URL=redis://Server:Port/DB (Example: 127.0.0.1:6379/0)"
   ExecStart=/home/pub-relay/pub-relay/bin/pub-relay
   TimeoutSec=20
   Restart=always
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

5. systemctl start

   systemctl daemon-reload
   systemctl start pub-relay
   systemctl enable pub-relay
   

6. Enjoy!

TODO

• RX14 creator, maintainer