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diff --git a/docs/API/admin_api.md b/docs/API/admin_api.md index b6fb43dcb..baf895d90 100644 --- a/docs/API/admin_api.md +++ b/docs/API/admin_api.md @@ -1118,6 +1118,10 @@ Loads json generated from `config/descriptions.exs`. ### Stats +- Query Params: + - *optional* `instance`: **string** instance hostname (without protocol) to get stats for +- Example: `https://mypleroma.org/api/pleroma/admin/stats?instance=lain.com` + - Response: ```json diff --git a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md index 7e5f1cd29..6759d5e93 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md +++ b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md @@ -36,26 +36,10 @@ To add configuration to your config file, you can copy it from the base config. * `federation_incoming_replies_max_depth`: Max. depth of reply-to activities fetching on incoming federation, to prevent out-of-memory situations while fetching very long threads. If set to `nil`, threads of any depth will be fetched. Lower this value if you experience out-of-memory crashes. * `federation_reachability_timeout_days`: Timeout (in days) of each external federation target being unreachable prior to pausing federating to it. * `allow_relay`: Enable Pleroma’s Relay, which makes it possible to follow a whole instance. -* `rewrite_policy`: Message Rewrite Policy, either one or a list. Here are the ones available by default: - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.NoOpPolicy`: Doesn’t modify activities (default). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.DropPolicy`: Drops all activities. It generally doesn’t makes sense to use in production. - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy`: Restrict the visibility of activities from certain instances (See [`:mrf_simple`](#mrf_simple)). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.TagPolicy`: Applies policies to individual users based on tags, which can be set using pleroma-fe/admin-fe/any other app that supports Pleroma Admin API. For example it allows marking posts from individual users nsfw (sensitive). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SubchainPolicy`: Selectively runs other MRF policies when messages match (See [`:mrf_subchain`](#mrf_subchain)). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.RejectNonPublic`: Drops posts with non-public visibility settings (See [`:mrf_rejectnonpublic`](#mrf_rejectnonpublic)). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.EnsureRePrepended`: Rewrites posts to ensure that replies to posts with subjects do not have an identical subject and instead begin with re:. - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.AntiLinkSpamPolicy`: Rejects posts from likely spambots by rejecting posts from new users that contain links. - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MediaProxyWarmingPolicy`: Crawls attachments using their MediaProxy URLs so that the MediaProxy cache is primed. - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MentionPolicy`: Drops posts mentioning configurable users. (See [`:mrf_mention`](#mrf_mention)). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.VocabularyPolicy`: Restricts activities to a configured set of vocabulary. (See [`:mrf_vocabulary`](#mrf_vocabulary)). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.ObjectAgePolicy`: Rejects or delists posts based on their age when received. (See [`:mrf_object_age`](#mrf_object_age)). - * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.ActivityExpirationPolicy`: Adds expiration to all local Create activities (see [`:mrf_activity_expiration`](#mrf_activity_expiration)). * `public`: Makes the client API in authenticated mode-only except for user-profiles. Useful for disabling the Local Timeline and The Whole Known Network. * `quarantined_instances`: List of ActivityPub instances where private(DMs, followers-only) activities will not be send. * `managed_config`: Whenether the config for pleroma-fe is configured in [:frontend_configurations](#frontend_configurations) or in ``static/config.json``. * `allowed_post_formats`: MIME-type list of formats allowed to be posted (transformed into HTML). -* `mrf_transparency`: Make the content of your Message Rewrite Facility settings public (via nodeinfo). -* `mrf_transparency_exclusions`: Exclude specific instance names from MRF transparency. The use of the exclusions feature will be disclosed in nodeinfo as a boolean value. * `extended_nickname_format`: Set to `true` to use extended local nicknames format (allows underscores/dashes). This will break federation with older software for theses nicknames. * `max_pinned_statuses`: The maximum number of pinned statuses. `0` will disable the feature. @@ -78,11 +62,30 @@ To add configuration to your config file, you can copy it from the base config. * `external_user_synchronization`: Enabling following/followers counters synchronization for external users. * `cleanup_attachments`: Remove attachments along with statuses. Does not affect duplicate files and attachments without status. Enabling this will increase load to database when deleting statuses on larger instances. +## Message rewrite facility + +### :mrf +* `policies`: Message Rewrite Policy, either one or a list. Here are the ones available by default: + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.NoOpPolicy`: Doesn’t modify activities (default). + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.DropPolicy`: Drops all activities. It generally doesn’t makes sense to use in production. + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy`: Restrict the visibility of activities from certains instances (See [`:mrf_simple`](#mrf_simple)). + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.TagPolicy`: Applies policies to individual users based on tags, which can be set using pleroma-fe/admin-fe/any other app that supports Pleroma Admin API. For example it allows marking posts from individual users nsfw (sensitive). + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SubchainPolicy`: Selectively runs other MRF policies when messages match (See [`:mrf_subchain`](#mrf_subchain)). + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.RejectNonPublic`: Drops posts with non-public visibility settings (See [`:mrf_rejectnonpublic`](#mrf_rejectnonpublic)). + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.EnsureRePrepended`: Rewrites posts to ensure that replies to posts with subjects do not have an identical subject and instead begin with re:. + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.AntiLinkSpamPolicy`: Rejects posts from likely spambots by rejecting posts from new users that contain links. + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MediaProxyWarmingPolicy`: Crawls attachments using their MediaProxy URLs so that the MediaProxy cache is primed. + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MentionPolicy`: Drops posts mentioning configurable users. (See [`:mrf_mention`](#mrf_mention)). + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.VocabularyPolicy`: Restricts activities to a configured set of vocabulary. (See [`:mrf_vocabulary`](#mrf_vocabulary)). + * `Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.ObjectAgePolicy`: Rejects or delists posts based on their age when received. (See [`:mrf_object_age`](#mrf_object_age)). +* `transparency`: Make the content of your Message Rewrite Facility settings public (via nodeinfo). +* `transparency_exclusions`: Exclude specific instance names from MRF transparency. The use of the exclusions feature will be disclosed in nodeinfo as a boolean value. + ## Federation ### MRF policies !!! note - Configuring MRF policies is not enough for them to take effect. You have to enable them by specifying their module in `rewrite_policy` under [:instance](#instance) section. + Configuring MRF policies is not enough for them to take effect. You have to enable them by specifying their module in `policies` under [:mrf](#mrf) section. #### :mrf_simple * `media_removal`: List of instances to remove media from. @@ -969,13 +972,13 @@ config :pleroma, :database_config_whitelist, [ Restrict access for unauthenticated users to timelines (public and federate), user profiles and statuses. -* `timelines` - public and federated timelines - * `local` - public timeline +* `timelines`: public and federated timelines + * `local`: public timeline * `federated` -* `profiles` - user profiles +* `profiles`: user profiles * `local` * `remote` -* `activities` - statuses +* `activities`: statuses * `local` * `remote` diff --git a/docs/configuration/howto_theming_your_instance.md b/docs/configuration/howto_theming_your_instance.md index d0daf5b25..cfa00f538 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/howto_theming_your_instance.md +++ b/docs/configuration/howto_theming_your_instance.md @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Example of `my-awesome-theme.json` where we add the name "My Awesome Theme" ### Set as default theme -Now we can set the new theme as default in the [Pleroma FE configuration](General-tips-for-customizing-Pleroma-FE.md). +Now we can set the new theme as default in the [Pleroma FE configuration](../../../frontend/CONFIGURATION). Example of adding the new theme in the back-end config files ```elixir diff --git a/docs/configuration/mrf.md b/docs/configuration/mrf.md index d48d0cc99..31c66e098 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/mrf.md +++ b/docs/configuration/mrf.md @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ config :pleroma, :instance, To use `SimplePolicy`, you must enable it. Do so by adding the following to your `:instance` config object, so that it looks like this: ```elixir -config :pleroma, :instance, +config :pleroma, :mrf, [...] - rewrite_policy: Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy + policies: Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy ``` Once `SimplePolicy` is enabled, you can configure various groups in the `:mrf_simple` config object. These groups are: @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Servers should be configured as lists. This example will enable `SimplePolicy`, block media from `illegalporn.biz`, mark media as NSFW from `porn.biz` and `porn.business`, reject messages from `spam.com`, remove messages from `spam.university` from the federated timeline and block reports (flags) from `whiny.whiner`: ```elixir -config :pleroma, :instance, - rewrite_policy: [Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy] +config :pleroma, :mrf, + policies: [Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy] config :pleroma, :mrf_simple, media_removal: ["illegalporn.biz"], @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The effects of MRF policies can be very drastic. It is important to use this fun ## Writing your own MRF Policy -As discussed above, the MRF system is a modular system that supports pluggable policies. This means that an admin may write a custom MRF policy in Elixir or any other language that runs on the Erlang VM, by specifying the module name in the `rewrite_policy` config setting. +As discussed above, the MRF system is a modular system that supports pluggable policies. This means that an admin may write a custom MRF policy in Elixir or any other language that runs on the Erlang VM, by specifying the module name in the `policies` config setting. For example, here is a sample policy module which rewrites all messages to "new message content": @@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ end If you save this file as `lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/rewrite_policy.ex`, it will be included when you next rebuild Pleroma. You can enable it in the configuration like so: ```elixir -config :pleroma, :instance, - rewrite_policy: [ +config :pleroma, :mrf, + policies: [ Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.SimplePolicy, Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.RewritePolicy ] diff --git a/docs/configuration/storing_remote_media.md b/docs/configuration/storing_remote_media.md index 7e91fe7d9..c01985d25 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/storing_remote_media.md +++ b/docs/configuration/storing_remote_media.md @@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ as soon as the post is received by your instance. Add to your `prod.secret.exs`: ``` -config :pleroma, :instance, - rewrite_policy: [Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MediaProxyWarmingPolicy] +config :pleroma, :mrf, + policies: [Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.MediaProxyWarmingPolicy] ``` diff --git a/docs/dev.md b/docs/dev.md index f1b4cbf8b..9c749c17c 100644 --- a/docs/dev.md +++ b/docs/dev.md @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ This document contains notes and guidelines for Pleroma developers. ## Auth-related configuration, OAuth consumer mode etc. -See `Authentication` section of [`docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md`](docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md#authentication). +See `Authentication` section of [the configuration cheatsheet](configuration/cheatsheet.md#authentication). diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1a90d0a8d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Introduction to Pleroma +## What is Pleroma? +Pleroma is a federated social networking platform, compatible with Mastodon and other ActivityPub implementations. It is free software licensed under the AGPLv3. +It actually consists of two components: a backend, named simply Pleroma, and a user-facing frontend, named Pleroma-FE. It also includes the Mastodon frontend, if that's your thing. +It's part of what we call the fediverse, a federated network of instances which speak common protocols and can communicate with each other. +One account on an instance is enough to talk to the entire fediverse! + +## How can I use it? + +Pleroma instances are already widely deployed, a list can be found at <https://the-federation.info/pleroma> and <https://fediverse.network/pleroma>. + +If you don't feel like joining an existing instance, but instead prefer to deploy your own instance, that's easy too! +Installation instructions can be found in the installation section of these docs. + +## I got an account, now what? +Great! Now you can explore the fediverse! Open the login page for your Pleroma instance (e.g. <https://pleroma.soykaf.com>) and login with your username and password. (If you don't have an account yet, click on Register) + +### Pleroma-FE +The default front-end used by Pleroma is Pleroma-FE. You can find more information on what it is and how to use it in the [Introduction to Pleroma-FE](../frontend). + +### Mastodon interface +If the Pleroma interface isn't your thing, or you're just trying something new but you want to keep using the familiar Mastodon interface, we got that too! +Just add a "/web" after your instance url (e.g. <https://pleroma.soycaf.com/web>) and you'll end on the Mastodon web interface, but with a Pleroma backend! MAGIC! +The Mastodon interface is from the Glitch-soc fork. For more information on the Mastodon interface you can check the [Mastodon](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/) and [Glitch-soc](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/) documentation. + +Remember, what you see is only the frontend part of Mastodon, the backend is still Pleroma. diff --git a/docs/introduction.md b/docs/introduction.md deleted file mode 100644 index a915c143c..000000000 --- a/docs/introduction.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -# Introduction to Pleroma -## What is Pleroma? -Pleroma is a federated social networking platform, compatible with GNU social, Mastodon and other OStatus and ActivityPub implementations. It is free software licensed under the AGPLv3. -It actually consists of two components: a backend, named simply Pleroma, and a user-facing frontend, named Pleroma-FE. It also includes the Mastodon frontend, if that's your thing. -It's part of what we call the fediverse, a federated network of instances which speak common protocols and can communicate with each other. -One account on an instance is enough to talk to the entire fediverse! - -## How can I use it? - -Pleroma instances are already widely deployed, a list can be found at <http://distsn.org/pleroma-instances.html>. Information on all existing fediverse instances can be found at <https://fediverse.network/>. - -If you don't feel like joining an existing instance, but instead prefer to deploy your own instance, that's easy too! -Installation instructions can be found in the installation section of these docs. - -## I got an account, now what? -Great! Now you can explore the fediverse! Open the login page for your Pleroma instance (e.g. <https://pleroma.soykaf.com>) and login with your username and password. (If you don't have an account yet, click on Register) - -At this point you will have two columns in front of you. - -### Left column - -- first block: here you can see your avatar, your nickname and statistics (Statuses, Following, Followers). Clicking your profile pic will open your profile. -Under that you have a text form which allows you to post new statuses. The number on the bottom of the text form is a character counter, every instance can have a different character limit (the default is 5000). -If you want to mention someone, type @ + name of the person. A drop-down menu will help you in finding the right person. -Under the text form there are also several visibility options and there is the option to use rich text. -Under that the icon on the left is for uploading media files and attach them to your post. There is also an emoji-picker and an option to post a poll. -To post your status, simply press Submit. -On the top right you will also see a wrench icon. This opens your personal settings. - -- second block: Here you can switch between the different timelines: - - Timeline: all the people that you follow - - Interactions: here you can switch between different timelines where there was interaction with your account. There is Mentions, Repeats and Favorites, and New follows - - Direct Messages: these are the Direct Messages sent to you - - Public Timeline: all the statutes from the local instance - - The Whole Known Network: all public posts the instance knows about, both local and remote! - - About: This isn't a Timeline but shows relevant info about the instance. You can find a list of the moderators and admins, Terms of Service, MRF policies and enabled features. -- Optional third block: This is the Instance panel that can be activated, but is deactivated by default. It's fully customisable and by default has links to the pleroma-fe and Mastodon-fe. -- fourth block: This is the Notifications block, here you will get notified whenever somebody mentions you, follows you, repeats or favorites one of your statuses. - -### Right column -This is where the interesting stuff happens! -Depending on the timeline you will see different statuses, but each status has a standard structure: - -- Profile pic, name and link to profile. An optional left-arrow if it's a reply to another status (hovering will reveal the reply-to status). Clicking on the profile pic will uncollapse the user's profile. -- A `+` button on the right allows you to Expand/Collapse an entire discussion thread. It also updates in realtime! -- An arrow icon allows you to open the status on the instance where it's originating from. -- The text of the status, including mentions and attachements. If you click on a mention, it will automatically open the profile page of that person. -- Three buttons (left to right): Reply, Repeat, Favorite. There is also a forth button, this is a dropdown menu for simple moderation like muting the conversation or, if you have moderation rights, delete the status from the server. - -### Top right - -- The magnifier icon opens the search screen where you can search for statuses, people and hashtags. It's also possible to import statusses from remote servers by pasting the url to the post in the search field. -- The gear icon gives you general settings -- If you have admin rights, you'll see an icon that opens the admin interface -- The last icon is to log out - -### Bottom right -On the bottom right you have a chatbox. Here you can communicate with people on the same instance in realtime. It is local-only, for now, but there are plans to make it extendable to the entire fediverse! - -### Mastodon interface -If the Pleroma interface isn't your thing, or you're just trying something new but you want to keep using the familiar Mastodon interface, we got that too! -Just add a "/web" after your instance url (e.g. <https://pleroma.soycaf.com/web>) and you'll end on the Mastodon web interface, but with a Pleroma backend! MAGIC! -The Mastodon interface is from the Glitch-soc fork. For more information on the Mastodon interface you can check the [Mastodon](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/) and [Glitch-soc](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/) documentation. - -Remember, what you see is only the frontend part of Mastodon, the backend is still Pleroma. |