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fix(post): add server time precision
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content/posts/embracing-atproto-pt-1-hosting-pds.md
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title: "Embracing ATProto, part 1: Setting up a PDS"
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description: In this series of posts, I'll explore my journey into setting up my workflows and services for atproto. The first step is setting up my PDS. Let's start with a bit of explanation for all this lingo.
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date: 2025-09-03
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updated: 2025-09-17
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authors:
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- name: finxol
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Once the script finished and everything was running, I simply pinged the pds with `curl https://pds.finxol.io/xrpc/_health`,
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tested the websocket connection as stated in the docs, only with [`websocat`](https://github.com/vi/websocat),
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and saw everything working as expected!
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*Edit:*
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Also, make sure the ***time*** is right on your server.
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An incorrect system time will lead to incorrect timestamps in oauth tokens, getting them rejected by some clients.
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My server time was off by a few dozen seconds, enough to prevent me from logging into Tangled...
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## Account Migration
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