diff --git a/docker/federation/docker-compose.yml b/docker/federation/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.3'
+
+services:
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:1.17-alpine
+    ports:
+      - "8540:8540"
+      - "8550:8550"
+      - "8560:8560"
+      - "8570:8570"
+      - "8580:8580"
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+    restart: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      - pictrs
+      - iframely
+      - lemmy-alpha-ui
+      - lemmy-beta-ui
+      - lemmy-gamma-ui
+      - lemmy-delta-ui
+      - lemmy-epsilon-ui
+
+  pictrs:
+    restart: always
+    image: asonix/pictrs:v0.2.5-r0
+    user: 991:991
+    volumes:
+      - ./volumes/pictrs_alpha:/mnt
+
+  lemmy-alpha-ui:
+    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:v0.8.10
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy-alpha:8541
+      - LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=localhost:8541
+      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
+    depends_on:
+      - lemmy-alpha
+  lemmy-alpha:
+    image: lemmy-federation:latest
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-alpha:8541
+      - LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@postgres_alpha:5432/lemmy
+      - LEMMY_JWT_SECRET=changeme
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ENABLED=true
+      - LEMMY_TLS_ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ALLOWED_INSTANCES=lemmy-beta,lemmy-gamma,lemmy-delta,lemmy-epsilon
+      - LEMMY_PORT=8541
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_USERNAME=lemmy_alpha
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_PASSWORD=lemmy
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__SITE_NAME=lemmy-alpha
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__POST=99999
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__REGISTER=99999
+      - LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_TEST_SEND_SYNC=1
+      - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+      - RUST_LOG=debug
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres_alpha
+    ports: 
+      - "8541:8541"
+  postgres_alpha:
+    image: postgres:12-alpine
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=lemmy
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
+    volumes:
+      - ./volumes/postgres_alpha:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  lemmy-beta-ui:
+    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:v0.8.10
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy-beta:8551
+      - LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=localhost:8551
+      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
+    depends_on:
+      - lemmy-beta
+  lemmy-beta:
+    image: lemmy-federation:latest
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-beta:8551
+      - LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@postgres_beta:5432/lemmy
+      - LEMMY_JWT_SECRET=changeme
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ENABLED=true
+      - LEMMY_TLS_ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ALLOWED_INSTANCES=lemmy-alpha,lemmy-gamma,lemmy-delta,lemmy-epsilon
+      - LEMMY_PORT=8551
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_USERNAME=lemmy_beta
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_PASSWORD=lemmy
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__SITE_NAME=lemmy-beta
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__POST=99999
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__REGISTER=99999
+      - LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_TEST_SEND_SYNC=1
+      - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+      - RUST_LOG=debug
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres_beta
+    ports: 
+      - "8551:8551"
+  postgres_beta:
+    image: postgres:12-alpine
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=lemmy
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
+    volumes:
+      - ./volumes/postgres_beta:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  lemmy-gamma-ui:
+    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:v0.8.10
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy-gamma:8561
+      - LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=localhost:8561
+      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
+    depends_on:
+      - lemmy-gamma
+  lemmy-gamma:
+    image: lemmy-federation:latest
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-gamma:8561
+      - LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@postgres_gamma:5432/lemmy
+      - LEMMY_JWT_SECRET=changeme
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ENABLED=true
+      - LEMMY_TLS_ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ALLOWED_INSTANCES=lemmy-alpha,lemmy-beta,lemmy-delta,lemmy-epsilon
+      - LEMMY_PORT=8561
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_USERNAME=lemmy_gamma
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_PASSWORD=lemmy
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__SITE_NAME=lemmy-gamma
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__POST=99999
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__REGISTER=99999
+      - LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_TEST_SEND_SYNC=1
+      - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+      - RUST_LOG=debug
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres_gamma
+    ports: 
+      - "8561:8561"
+  postgres_gamma:
+    image: postgres:12-alpine
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=lemmy
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
+    volumes:
+      - ./volumes/postgres_gamma:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  # An instance with only an allowlist for beta
+  lemmy-delta-ui:
+    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:v0.8.10
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy-delta:8571
+      - LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=localhost:8571
+      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
+    depends_on:
+      - lemmy-delta
+  lemmy-delta:
+    image: lemmy-federation:latest
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-delta:8571
+      - LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@postgres_delta:5432/lemmy
+      - LEMMY_JWT_SECRET=changeme
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ENABLED=true
+      - LEMMY_TLS_ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ALLOWED_INSTANCES=lemmy-beta
+      - LEMMY_PORT=8571
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_USERNAME=lemmy_delta
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_PASSWORD=lemmy
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__SITE_NAME=lemmy-delta
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__POST=99999
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__REGISTER=99999
+      - LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_TEST_SEND_SYNC=1
+      - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+      - RUST_LOG=debug
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres_delta
+    ports: 
+      - "8571:8571"
+  postgres_delta:
+    image: postgres:12-alpine
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=lemmy
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
+    volumes:
+      - ./volumes/postgres_delta:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  # An instance who has a blocklist, with lemmy-alpha blocked
+  lemmy-epsilon-ui:
+    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:v0.8.10
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy-epsilon:8581
+      - LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=localhost:8581
+      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
+    depends_on:
+      - lemmy-epsilon
+  lemmy-epsilon:
+    image: lemmy-federation:latest
+    environment:
+      - LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-epsilon:8581
+      - LEMMY_DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:password@postgres_epsilon:5432/lemmy
+      - LEMMY_JWT_SECRET=changeme
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__ENABLED=true
+      - LEMMY_TLS_ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_FEDERATION__BLOCKED_INSTANCES=lemmy-alpha
+      - LEMMY_PORT=8581
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_USERNAME=lemmy_epsilon
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__ADMIN_PASSWORD=lemmy
+      - LEMMY_SETUP__SITE_NAME=lemmy-epsilon
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__POST=99999
+      - LEMMY_RATE_LIMIT__REGISTER=99999
+      - LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
+      - LEMMY_TEST_SEND_SYNC=1
+      - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+      - RUST_LOG=debug
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres_epsilon
+    ports: 
+      - "8581:8581"
+  postgres_epsilon:
+    image: postgres:12-alpine
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=lemmy
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
+    volumes:
+      - ./volumes/postgres_epsilon:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  iframely:
+    image: dogbin/iframely:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ../iframely.config.local.js:/iframely/config.local.js:ro
+    restart: always
diff --git a/docker/federation/nginx.conf b/docker/federation/nginx.conf
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+events {
+    worker_connections 1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    upstream lemmy-alpha {
+        server "lemmy-alpha:8541";
+    }
+    upstream lemmy-alpha-ui {
+        server "lemmy-alpha-ui:1234";
+    }
+    server {
+        listen 8540;
+        server_name 127.0.0.1;
+        access_log  off;
+
+        # Upload limit for pictshare
+        client_max_body_size 50M;
+
+        location ~ ^/(api|docs|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
+            proxy_pass http://lemmy-alpha;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        }
+        location / {
+            set $proxpass http://lemmy-alpha-ui;
+            if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-alpha;
+            }
+            if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-alpha;
+            }
+            proxy_pass $proxpass;
+
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+            # Cuts off the trailing slash on URLs to make them valid
+            rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
+        }
+        location /iframely/ {
+            proxy_pass http://iframely:80/;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        }
+    }
+
+    upstream lemmy-beta {
+        server "lemmy-beta:8551";
+    }
+    upstream lemmy-beta-ui {
+        server "lemmy-beta-ui:1234";
+    }
+    server {
+        listen 8550;
+        server_name 127.0.0.1;
+        access_log off;
+
+        # Upload limit for pictshare
+        client_max_body_size 50M;
+
+        location ~ ^/(api|docs|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
+            proxy_pass http://lemmy-beta;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        }
+        location / {
+            set $proxpass http://lemmy-beta-ui;
+            if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-beta;
+            }
+            if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-beta;
+            }
+            proxy_pass $proxpass;
+
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+            # Cuts off the trailing slash on URLs to make them valid
+            rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
+        }
+        location /iframely/ {
+            proxy_pass http://iframely:80/;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        }
+    }
+
+    upstream lemmy-gamma {
+        server "lemmy-gamma:8561";
+    }
+    upstream lemmy-gamma-ui {
+        server "lemmy-gamma-ui:1234";
+    }
+    server {
+        listen 8560;
+        server_name 127.0.0.1;
+        access_log off;
+
+        # Upload limit for pictshare
+        client_max_body_size 50M;
+
+        location ~ ^/(api|docs|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
+            proxy_pass http://lemmy-gamma;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        }
+        location / {
+            set $proxpass http://lemmy-gamma-ui;
+            if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-gamma;
+            }
+            if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-gamma;
+            }
+            proxy_pass $proxpass;
+
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+            # Cuts off the trailing slash on URLs to make them valid
+            rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
+        }
+        location /iframely/ {
+            proxy_pass http://iframely:80/;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        }
+    }
+
+    upstream lemmy-delta {
+        server "lemmy-delta:8571";
+    }
+    upstream lemmy-delta-ui {
+        server "lemmy-delta-ui:1234";
+    }
+    server {
+        listen 8570;
+        server_name 127.0.0.1;
+        access_log off;
+
+        # Upload limit for pictshare
+        client_max_body_size 50M;
+
+        location ~ ^/(api|docs|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
+            proxy_pass http://lemmy-delta;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        }
+        location / {
+            set $proxpass http://lemmy-delta-ui;
+            if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-delta;
+            }
+            if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-delta;
+            }
+            proxy_pass $proxpass;
+
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+            # Cuts off the trailing slash on URLs to make them valid
+            rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
+        }
+        location /iframely/ {
+            proxy_pass http://iframely:80/;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        }
+    }
+
+    upstream lemmy-epsilon {
+        server "lemmy-epsilon:8581";
+    }
+    upstream lemmy-epsilon-ui {
+        server "lemmy-epsilon-ui:1234";
+    }
+    server {
+        listen 8580;
+        server_name 127.0.0.1;
+        access_log off;
+
+        # Upload limit for pictshare
+        client_max_body_size 50M;
+
+        location ~ ^/(api|docs|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
+            proxy_pass http://lemmy-epsilon;
+            proxy_http_version 1.1;
+            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+        }
+        location / {
+            set $proxpass http://lemmy-epsilon-ui;
+            if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-epsilon;
+            }
+            if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams\"") {
+              set $proxpass http://lemmy-epsilon;
+            }
+            proxy_pass $proxpass;
+
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+            # Cuts off the trailing slash on URLs to make them valid
+            rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
+        }
+        location /iframely/ {
+            proxy_pass http://iframely:80/;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        }
+    }
+}