Following not possible

[kevinveenbirkenbach]

It is not possible to follow my pixelfed account from my mastodon instance

When I try to follow the account the "Follow" button

just chances to "Cancel Follow"

and no new posts are displayed.

[kevinveenbirkenbach]

Further Information: https://mastodon.veen.world/@kevinveenbirkenbach/112491935493850455

[kevinveenbirkenbach]

Pixelfed was setup with this ansible role, which created the following nginx and docker files:

docker-compose.yml:

services:

# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml, which depend on a mariadb database

# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml, which depend on redis
  redis:
    image: redis:alpine
    container_name: pixelfed-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: journald
    volumes:
      - redis:/data
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
      interval: 1s
      timeout: 3s
      retries: 30
    networks:
      - default

  application:
    image: zknt/pixelfed
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: journald
    env_file:
      - ./env
    volumes:
      - "data:/var/www/storage"
      - "bootstrap:/var/www/bootstrap"
      - "./env:/var/www/.env"
    ports:
      - "8010:80"
# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml containers, which depend on a database, redis and optional additional volumes
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy

# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml containers
    networks:
      central_mariadb:
      default:

  worker:
    image: zknt/pixelfed
    restart: unless-stopped
    logging:
      driver: journald
    env_file:
      - ./env
    volumes:
      - "data:/var/www/storage"
      - "bootstrap:/var/www/bootstrap"
      - "./env:/var/www/.env"
    entrypoint: /worker-entrypoint.sh
    healthcheck:
      test: php artisan horizon:status | grep running
      interval: 60s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 1
# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml containers, which depend on a database, redis and optional additional volumes
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy

      application:
        condition: service_started
# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml containers
    networks:
      central_mariadb:
      default:

# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml which contain a database and additional volumes
volumes:

  redis:
  data:
  bootstrap:

# This template needs to be included in docker-compose.yml
networks:
  central_mariadb:
    external: true
  default:

env

## Crypto
APP_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

## General Settings
APP_NAME="Pictures on veen.world"
APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_URL=https://picture.veen.world
APP_DOMAIN="picture.veen.world"
ADMIN_DOMAIN="picture.veen.world"
SESSION_DOMAIN="picture.veen.world"

OPEN_REGISTRATION=false
ENFORCE_EMAIL_VERIFICATION=false
PF_MAX_USERS=1000
OAUTH_ENABLED=true

APP_TIMEZONE=UTC
APP_LOCALE=en

## Pixelfed Tweaks
LIMIT_ACCOUNT_SIZE=true
MAX_ACCOUNT_SIZE=1000000
MAX_PHOTO_SIZE=15000
MAX_AVATAR_SIZE=2000
MAX_CAPTION_LENGTH=500
MAX_BIO_LENGTH=125
MAX_NAME_LENGTH=30
MAX_ALBUM_LENGTH=4
IMAGE_QUALITY=80
PF_OPTIMIZE_IMAGES=true
PF_OPTIMIZE_VIDEOS=true
ADMIN_ENV_EDITOR=false
ACCOUNT_DELETION=true
ACCOUNT_DELETE_AFTER=false
MAX_LINKS_PER_POST=0

## Instance
#INSTANCE_DESCRIPTION=
INSTANCE_PUBLIC_HASHTAGS=false
#INSTANCE_CONTACT_EMAIL=
INSTANCE_PUBLIC_LOCAL_TIMELINE=false
#BANNED_USERNAMES=
STORIES_ENABLED=false
RESTRICTED_INSTANCE=false

## Mail
MAIL_DRIVER=log
MAIL_HOST=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
MAIL_FROM_NAME="Pixelfed"
MAIL_USERNAME=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
MAIL_PASSWORD=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

## Databases (MySQL)
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_DATABASE=pixelfed
DB_HOST=central-mariadb
DB_PASSWORD=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
DB_PORT=3306
DB_USERNAME=pixelfed

## Cache (Redis)
REDIS_CLIENT=phpredis
REDIS_SCHEME=tcp
REDIS_HOST=redis
#REDIS_PASSWORD=
REDIS_PORT=6379
REDIS_DATABASE=0

HORIZON_PREFIX="horizon-"

## EXPERIMENTS 
EXP_LC=false
EXP_REC=false
EXP_LOOPS=false

## ActivityPub Federation
ACTIVITY_PUB=true
AP_REMOTE_FOLLOW=true
AP_SHAREDINBOX=true
AP_INBOX=true
AP_OUTBOX=true
ATOM_FEEDS=true
NODEINFO=true
WEBFINGER=true

## S3
FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=local
FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=s3
PF_ENABLE_CLOUD=false

## Horizon
HORIZON_DARKMODE=false

## COSTAR - Confirm Object Sentiment Transform and Reduce
PF_COSTAR_ENABLED=false

# Media
MEDIA_EXIF_DATABASE=false

## Logging
LOG_CHANNEL=stderr

## Image
IMAGE_DRIVER=imagick

## Broadcasting
BROADCAST_DRIVER=log  # log driver for local development

## Cache
CACHE_DRIVER=redis

## Purify
RESTRICT_HTML_TYPES=true

## Queue
QUEUE_DRIVER=redis

## Session
SESSION_DRIVER=redis

## Trusted Proxy
TRUST_PROXIES="*"

## Passport
#PASSPORT_PRIVATE_KEY=
#PASSPORT_PUBLIC_KEY=

ENABLE_CONFIG_CACHE=true

cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/servers/picture.veen.world.conf

server
{
  server_name picture.veen.world;

  # Include Matomo Tracking Code
      # Deactivate CSP header
more_set_headers "Content-Security-Policy: ";

# sub filters to integrate matomo tracking code in nginx websites
sub_filter '</head>' '<script>var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];_paq.push(["setDocumentTitle", document.domain + "/" + document.title]);_paq.push(["setCookieDomain", "*.veen.world"]);_paq.push(["setDomains", ["*.veen.world"]]);_paq.push(["enableCrossDomainLinking"]);_paq.push(["trackPageView"]);_paq.push(["trackAllContentImpressions"]);_paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]);(function() { var u="//matomo.veen.world/"; _paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", u+"matomo.php"]); _paq.push(["setSiteId", "1"]); var d=document, g=d.createElement("script"), s=d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; g.async=true; g.src=u+"matomo.js"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);})();</script></head>';
sub_filter '</body>' '<noscript><p><img src="//matomo.veen.world/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript></body>';
sub_filter_once off;  
  # Additional Domain Specific Configuration
      client_max_body_size 512M;

  listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
ssl_session_timeout 1d;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
ssl_session_tickets on;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=15768000;
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/picture.veen.world/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/picture.veen.world/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/picture.veen.world/chain.pem;
  location /
{
  proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8010/;

  # headers
  proxy_set_header Host $host;
  proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
  proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
  proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
  proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding "";

  # WebSocket specific header
  proxy_http_version 1.1;
  proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
  proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

  # deactivate buffering
  proxy_buffering off;
  proxy_request_buffering off;

  # timeouts
  proxy_connect_timeout       1s;
  proxy_send_timeout          900s;
  proxy_read_timeout          900s;
  send_timeout                900s;
}
}

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

load_module /usr/lib/nginx/modules/ngx_http_headers_more_filter_module.so;

worker_processes auto;

events
{
  worker_connections 1024;
}

http
{
  include mime.types;
  default_type text/html;

  # caching
  proxy_cache_path /tmp/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=cache:20m max_size=20g inactive=14d use_temp_path=off;

  # logs
  access_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log;
  error_log syslog:server=unix:/dev/log;

  sendfile on;
  keepalive_timeout 65;

  # gzip
  gzip on;
  gzip_proxied any;
  gzip_vary on;
  gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)"; # Disable for Internetexplorer 6
  gzip_comp_level 4;
  gzip_min_length 256;
  gzip_types application/atom+xml application/javascript application/xml+rss application/x-javascript application/json application/ld+json application/manifest+json application/rss+xml application/vnd.geo+json application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf application/x-web-app-manifest+json application/xhtml+xml application/xml font/opentype image/bmp image/svg+xml image/x-icon text/cache-manifest text/css text/plain text/vcard text/vnd.rim.location.xloc text/vtt text/x-component text/x-cross-domain-policy text/javascript text/xml;

  types_hash_max_size 4096;
  include /etc/nginx/conf.d/upstreams/*.conf;
  include /etc/nginx/conf.d/maps/*.conf;
  include /etc/nginx/conf.d/servers/*.conf;
}

[kevinveenbirkenbach]

Solved by executing php artisan config:cache See: https://chatgpt.com/share/1378c464-519f-4871-9400-ca5d822421a0