How your server federates

# ActivityPub relays

Exchange public content through a shared relay service.

-   Add a relay and check its subscription state.
-   A relay helps your server get public content from beyond what people follow directly.
-   Manage your server's relay connections in Federation.

ActivityPub relays need open federation. You can't turn them on in limited or closed mode.

![The relay page shows a relay connection, delivery mode, and ingest counters. No relay connection was made.](https://welley.com/assets/media/admin-demo-federation-relays-1520.e341b97f.webp)

The relay page shows a relay connection, its delivery mode and its ingest counters. We didn't connect a relay.

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