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Configuring the Ansible playbook
To configure the playbook, you need to have done the following things:
- have a server where Matrix services will run
- configured your DNS records
- retrieved the playbook's source code to your computer
You can then follow these steps inside the playbook directory:
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create a directory to hold your configuration (
mkdir inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>
) -
copy the sample configuration file (
cp examples/vars.yml inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml
) -
edit the configuration file (
inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml
) to your liking. You may also take a look at the variousroles/*/ROLE_NAME_HERE/defaults/main.yml
files and see if there's something you'd like to copy over and override in yourvars.yml
configuration file. -
copy the sample inventory hosts file (
cp examples/hosts inventory/hosts
) -
edit the inventory hosts file (
inventory/hosts
) to your liking -
(optional, advanced) to run Ansible against multiple servers with different
sudo
credentials, you can copy the sample inventory hosts yaml file for each of your hosts: (cp examples/host.yml inventory/my_host1.yml
…) and use theansible-all-hosts.sh
script in the installation step.
For a basic Matrix installation, that's all you need. For a more custom setup, see the Other configuration options below.
When you're done with all the configuration you'd like to do, continue with Installing.
Other configuration options
Additional useful services
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Setting up the Dimension Integration Manager (optional; unmaintained; after installing)
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Setting up Etherpad (optional)
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Setting up Dynamic DNS (optional)
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Enabling metrics and graphs (Prometheus, Grafana) for your Matrix server (optional)
Core service adjustments
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Homeserver configuration:
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Configuring Synapse, if you're going with the default/recommended homeserver implementation (optional)
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Configuring Conduit, if you've switched to the Conduit homeserver implementation (optional)
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Configuring Dendrite, if you've switched to the Dendrite homeserver implementation (optional)
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Configuring Element (optional)
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Storing Matrix media files using matrix-media-repo (optional)
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Storing Matrix media files on Amazon S3 (optional)
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Using an external PostgreSQL server (optional)
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Adjusting SSL certificate retrieval (optional, advanced)
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Serving your base domain using this playbook's nginx server (optional)
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Configure the Traefik reverse-proxy (optional, advanced)
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(Deprecated) Configure the Nginx reverse-proxy (optional, advanced)
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Using your own webserver, instead of this playbook's default reverse-proxy (optional, advanced)
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Adjusting TURN server configuration (optional, advanced)
Server connectivity
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Enabling Telemetry for your Matrix server (optional)
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Controlling Matrix federation (optional)
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Adjusting email-sending settings (optional)
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Setting up Hydrogen - a new lightweight matrix client with legacy and mobile browser support (optional)
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Setting up Cinny - a web client focusing primarily on simple, elegant and secure interface (optional)
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Setting up SchildiChat - a web client based on Element with some extras and tweaks (optional)
Authentication and user-related
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Setting up an ma1sd Identity Server (optional)
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Setting up Synapse Admin (optional)
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Setting up matrix-registration (optional)
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Setting up the REST authentication password provider module (optional, advanced)
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Setting up the Shared Secret Auth password provider module (optional, advanced)
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Setting up the LDAP password provider module (optional, advanced)
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Setting up the ldap-registration-proxy (optional, advanced)
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Setting up Synapse Simple Antispam (optional, advanced)
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Setting up Matrix Corporal (optional, advanced)
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Matrix User Verification Service (optional, advanced)
Bridging other networks
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Setting up Mautrix Discord bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Telegram bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Slack bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Google Messages bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Whatsapp bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Facebook bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Hangouts bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Google Chat bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Instagram bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Twitter bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix Signal bridging(Deprecated) (optional) - Replaced by Signalgo. -
Setting up Mautrix Signalgo bridging (optional)
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Setting up Mautrix wsproxy for bridging Android SMS or Apple iMessage (optional)
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Setting up Appservice IRC bridging (optional)
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Setting up Appservice Discord bridging (optional)
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Setting up Appservice Slack bridging (optional)
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Setting up Appservice Webhooks bridging (optional)
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Setting up Appservice Kakaotalk bridging (optional)
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Setting up Beeper LinkedIn bridging (optional)
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Setting up matrix-hookshot - a bridge between Matrix and multiple project management services, such as GitHub, GitLab and JIRA. (optional)
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Setting up MX Puppet Skype bridging(optional) - this component has been broken for a long time, so it has been removed from the playbook. Consider Setting up Go Skype Bridge bridging -
Setting up MX Puppet Slack bridging (optional)
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Setting up MX Puppet Instagram bridging (optional)
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Setting up MX Puppet Twitter bridging (optional)
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Setting up MX Puppet Discord bridging (optional)
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Setting up MX Puppet GroupMe bridging (optional)
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Setting up MX Puppet Steam bridging (optional)
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Setting up Go Skype Bridge bridging (optional)
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Setting up Email2Matrix (optional)
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Setting up Postmoogle email bridging (optional)
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Setting up Matrix SMS bridging (optional)
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Setting up Heisenbridge bouncer-style IRC bridging (optional)
Bots
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Setting up matrix-bot-chatgpt - a bot through which you can talk to the ChatGPT model(optional)
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Setting up matrix-reminder-bot - a bot to remind you about stuff (optional)
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Setting up matrix-registration-bot - a bot to create and manage registration tokens to invite users (optional)
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Setting up maubot - a plugin-based Matrix bot system (optional)
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Setting up honoroit - a helpdesk bot (optional)
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Setting up Go-NEB - an extensible multifunctional bot (optional)
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Setting up Mjolnir - a moderation tool/bot (optional)
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Setting up Draupnir - a moderation tool/bot, forked from Mjolnir and maintained by its former leader developer (optional)
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Setting up Buscarron - a bot you can use to send any form (HTTP POST, HTML) to a (encrypted) Matrix room (optional)
Backups
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Setting up borg backup - a full Matrix server backup solution, including the Postgres database (optional)
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Setting up postgres backup - a Postgres-database backup solution (note: does not include other files) (optional)
Other specialized services
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Setting up synapse-auto-compressor for compressing the database on Synapse homeservers (optional)
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Setting up the Sliding Sync Proxy for clients which require Sliding Sync support (like Element X) (optional)
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Setting up the Sygnal push gateway (optional)
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Setting up a Cactus Comments server - a federated comment system built on Matrix (optional)
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Setting up the Rageshake bug report server (optional)