update docs for new commands and config file

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There are a number of commands to manage your relay's database and config. You can add `--help` to
any category or command to get help on that specific option (ex. `activityrelay inbox --help`).
Note: Unless specified, it is recommended to run any commands while the relay is shutdown.
Note 2: `activityrelay` is only available via pip or pipx if `~/.local/bin` is in `$PATH`. If it
isn't, use `python3 -m relay` if installed via pip or `~/.local/bin/activityrelay` if installed
via pipx
Note: `activityrelay` is only available via pip or pipx if `~/.local/bin` is in `$PATH`. If not,
use `python3 -m relay` if installed via pip or `~/.local/bin/activityrelay` if installed via pipx.
## Run
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activityrelay setup
## Convert
Convert the old config and jsonld to the new config and SQL backend. If the old config filename is
not specified, the config will get backed up as `relay.backup.yaml` before converting.
activityrelay convert --old-config relaycfg.yaml
## Edit Config
Open the config file in a text editor. If an editor is not specified with `--editor`, the default
editor will be used.
activityrelay edit-config --editor micro
## Config
Manage the relay config
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### Import
Add all current inboxes to the whitelist
Add all current inboxes to the whitelist.
activityrelay whitelist import
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### List
List the currently banned instances
List the currently banned instances.
activityrelay instance list
### Ban
Add an instance to the ban list. If the instance is currently subscribed, remove it from the
database.
Add an instance to the ban list. If the instance is currently subscribed, it will be removed from
the inbox list.
activityrelay instance ban <domain>
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activityrelay instance unban <domain>
### Update
Update the ban reason or note for an instance ban.
activityrelay instance update bad.example.com --reason "the baddest reason"
## Software
Manage the software ban list. To get the correct name, check the software's nodeinfo endpoint.
You can find it at nodeinfo\['software']\['name'].
You can find it at `nodeinfo['software']['name']`.
### List
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If the name is `RELAYS` (case-sensitive), remove all known relay software names from the list.
activityrelay unban [-f/--fetch-nodeinfo] <name, domain, or RELAYS>
activityrelay software unban [-f/--fetch-nodeinfo] <name, domain, or RELAYS>
### Update
Update the ban reason or note for a software ban. Either `--reason` and/or `--note` must be
specified.
activityrelay software update relay.example.com --reason "begone relay"

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## General
### DB
### Domain
The path to the database. It contains the relay actor private key and all subscribed
instances. If the path is not absolute, it is relative to the working directory.
Hostname the relay will be hosted on.
db: relay.jsonld
domain: relay.example.com
### Listener
The address and port the relay will listen on. If the reverse proxy (nginx, apache, caddy, etc)
is running on the same host, it is recommended to change `listen` to `localhost`
is running on the same host, it is recommended to change `listen` to `localhost` if the reverse
proxy is on the same host.
listen: 0.0.0.0
port: 8080
### Note
A small blurb to describe your relay instance. This will show up on the relay's home page.
note: "Make a note about your instance here."
### Post Limit
The maximum number of messages to send out at once. For each incoming message, a message will be
sent out to every subscribed instance minus the instance which sent the message. This limit
is to prevent too many outgoing connections from being made, so adjust if necessary.
Note: If the `workers` option is set to anything above 0, this limit will be per worker.
push_limit: 512
### Push Workers
The relay can be configured to use threads to push messages out. For smaller relays, this isn't
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workers: 0
### JSON GET cache limit
### Database type
JSON objects (actors, nodeinfo, etc) will get cached when fetched. This will set the max number of
objects to keep in the cache.
SQL database backend to use. Valid values are `sqlite` or `postgres`.
json_cache: 1024
database_type: sqlite
## AP
### Sqlite File Path
Various ActivityPub-related settings
Path to the sqlite database file. If the path is not absolute, it is relative to the config file.
directory.
sqlite_path: relay.jsonld
## Postgresql
In order to use the Postgresql backend, the user and database need to be created first.
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER activityrelay"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE activityrelay OWNER activityrelay"
### Database Name
Name of the database to use.
name: activityrelay
### Host
The domain your relay will use to identify itself.
Hostname, IP address, or unix socket the server is hosted on.
host: relay.example.com
host: /var/run/postgresql
### Whitelist Enabled
### Port
If set to `true`, only instances in the whitelist can follow the relay. Any subscribed instances
not in the whitelist will be removed from the inbox list on startup.
Port number the server is listening on.
whitelist_enabled: false
port: 5432
### Whitelist
### Username
A list of domains of instances which are allowed to subscribe to your relay.
User to use when logging into the server.
whitelist:
- bad-instance.example.com
- another-bad-instance.example.com
user: null
### Blocked Instances
### Password
A list of instances which are unable to follow the instance. If a subscribed instance is added to
the block list, it will be removed from the inbox list on startup.
Password for the specified user.
blocked_instances:
- bad-instance.example.com
- another-bad-instance.example.com
### Blocked Software
A list of ActivityPub software which cannot follow your relay. This list is empty by default, but
setting this to the below list will block all other relays and prevent relay chains
blocked_software:
- activityrelay
- aoderelay
- social.seattle.wa.us-relay
- unciarelay
pass: null