Setup Nginx proxy to avoid IP tracking #38

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decentral1se · 2023-10-07T16:38:41Z

decentral1se commented

2023-10-07 16:38:41 +00:00

I have been in touch with comrades from Systemli about IP tracking issues in Synapse:

This is happening, at least, in the user sessions[1] and the user_ips
table, which is not possible to disable right now[2]. There's config
to clear this after some time, but as I understand it, it is put back
in the database afterwards.

It's true that Synapse currently doesn't provide an option to disable IP
logging. But regardless of this, you may put a reverse proxy in front
which doesn't forward the actual IP addresses of users to Synapse.

Such a simple solution! We should setup an Nginx proxy in this recipe as a standard.

It's the only way to avoid IP tracking with Synapse right now.

I have been in touch with comrades from Systemli about IP tracking issues in Synapse: > > This is happening, at least, in the user sessions[1] and the user_ips > > table, which is not possible to disable right now[2]. There's config > > to clear this after some time, but as I understand it, it is put back > > in the database afterwards. > > It's true that Synapse currently doesn't provide an option to disable IP > logging. But regardless of this, you may put a reverse proxy in front > which doesn't forward the actual IP addresses of users to Synapse. Such a simple solution! We should setup an Nginx proxy in this recipe as a standard. It's the only way to avoid IP tracking with Synapse right now.

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moritz reopened this issue

2023-10-19 19:30:12 +00:00

moritz commented

2023-10-19 19:31:42 +00:00

If I update to version 5.0.0+v1.93.0 I get a 404 error from nginx.
Logs:
nginx: [emerg] host not found in upstream "matrix_example_com_synapse" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:17

If I update to version `5.0.0+v1.93.0` I get a `404` error from nginx. Logs: `nginx: [emerg] host not found in upstream "matrix_example_com_synapse" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:17`

decentral1se commented

2023-10-20 09:28:14 +00:00

@moritz idk why you're seeing matrix_example_com? Is that something to do with how you configured the DOMAIN=...? Can't see anything immediately jumping out as wrong in the config. Also, you need to undeploy/deploy to get the app -> synapse rename of the services too.

@moritz idk why you're seeing `matrix_example_com`? Is that something to do with how you configured the `DOMAIN=...`? Can't see anything immediately jumping out as wrong in the config. Also, you need to undeploy/deploy to get the `app` -> `synapse` rename of the services too.

moritz commented

2023-10-23 09:03:49 +00:00

@moritz idk why you're seeing matrix_example_com? Is that something to do with how you configured the DOMAIN=...? Can't see anything immediately jumping out as wrong in the config. Also, you need to undeploy/deploy to get the app -> synapse rename of the services too.

I just renamed the real domain to example_com here for the report. I deployed it as new app, without any special configuration, only with SSO config. And I can't get it running.

> @moritz idk why you're seeing `matrix_example_com`? Is that something to do with how you configured the `DOMAIN=...`? Can't see anything immediately jumping out as wrong in the config. Also, you need to undeploy/deploy to get the `app` -> `synapse` rename of the services too. I just renamed the real domain to `example_com` here for the report. I deployed it as new app, without any special configuration, only with SSO config. And I can't get it running.

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3wordchant commented

2024-04-13 13:56:41 +00:00

@moritz is this still happening for you?