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Bonfire — FEDERATE + public guest access (2026-07-10)

Follow-up to ground zero: 2026-07-09--bonfire-ground-zero.md.

Change

Item Before After
.env FEDERATE unset true
Container recreated podman-compose up -d --force-recreate web
printenv FEDERATE (web) — true
HOSTNAME / compose bonfire.hacktivism.ch unchanged
Port 9021 → Caddy unchanged

Only new env key vs ground-zero .env: FEDERATE.

Live: /home/hernani/koopa-bonfire/.env (mode 600).
Mirror: koopa-admin-secrets/koopa/home-hernani/koopa-bonfire/.env.
Compose mirror: configs/bonfire/compose.yml.

Intent

  • Allow federation-related runtime paths (FEDERATE consumed in Bonfire runtime.exs as true|yes|1).
  • Keep guest-readable public surfaces (no login required for explore / profiles that are already public).
  • Operator stance: federation enablement is accepted as OK even if the UI banner lags.

Observed behaviour (after recreate)

Check Result
Local http://127.0.0.1:9021/ 200; guest UI (Explore / Log in)
Guest UI banner still may show “Federation disabled”
App RPC (earlier probe) activity_pub instance sometimes still federating: false, hostname: "localhost" despite env
Public profile @foss public posts still visible (gitbot / FOSS content)
Front / local feed can be sparse (“That’s all for the last 30 days…”) depending on boundaries / feed window

So: env is set and container healthy; full ActivityPub “federating=true” in Application config may still need admin UI / deeper config if outbound federation is required later. Not blocking public profile timelines for guests.

Ops

cd ~/koopa-bonfire
grep ^FEDERATE= .env
podman exec koopa-bonfire printenv FEDERATE HOSTNAME
podman ps --filter name=koopa-bonfire
curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" http://127.0.0.1:9021/
curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" http://127.0.0.1:9021/@foss

Recreate web after env change:

cd ~/koopa-bonfire
set -a && source .env && set +a
podman-compose up -d --force-recreate web

Secrets / log rules

  • Values only in koopa-admin-secrets, not in this repo.
  • Daylog major bullet only (see 2026-07-10.md).