Sharing & Federation

[tarmacalastair]

Hello,

Apologies, new user here. I've set up my Docker instance and it seems to be working nicely.

However, I am a bit lost about how to share trails with a friend who I cycle with regularly.

I've been reading through the docs and these discussion and am beginning to understand what "federation" means. I've read through #377 & looked at #361 and read through the docs and I'm a bit lost.

I can set up my server using Cloudflare, port forwarding or similar to get remote access.

Is there a recommended way to allow internet access or can we use any way we like?

Once set up for internet access then do I give my friend the URL so he can set up his own user? Or should he build his own instance of Wanderer & then do we (somehow) share routes between each other's servers? Or can I do either option?

Also, when I opened my dashboard the first time I had to change the ORIGIN URL in the compose file from localhost to the IP of my host. Now that I've tried accessing from outside, using port forwarding, I am once again getting the error message:
You are accessing wanderer from http://mydomain.co.uk:2121 but your ORIGIN environment variable is set to http://192.168.0.66:3000. This may cause errors.

If I change the ORIGIN env var to the external address, will I then again see the messages if I use the internal address? Can I enter both an internal and external value here or do I now have to use the external URL even when on my LAN?

Thanks & thanks for developing what looks to be a fantastic system!

[Flomp]

Is there a recommended way to allow internet access or can we use any way we like?

No, wanderer is unopinionated about this topic

Once set up for internet access then do I give my friend the URL so he can set up his own user?

That is probably the easiest way to share trails with him, yes.

Or should he build his own instance of Wanderer & then do we (somehow) share routes between each other's servers?

He can do that. You would need to follow each other. Public trails on your server will then be visible to him and the other way around. However for just 2 people that seems like an overkill imo, so I would prefer option 1 mentioned above.

Or can I do either option?

Yes, both work

If I change the ORIGIN env var to the external address, will I then again see the messages if I use the internal address?

Yes, as mentioned in your other question, there can only be one ORIGIN. It has to be the address (and port) that you type into your browser to access wanderer.