Matrix (Synapse)

• Category: Apps
• Status: 0, work-in-progress
• Image: matrixdotorg/synapse, 4, upstream
• Healthcheck: Yes
• Backups: No
• Email: No
• Tests: No
• SSO: No

Basic usage

1. Set up Docker Swarm and [abra]
2. Deploy [coop-cloud/traefik]
3. abra app new matrix-synapse --secrets (optionally with --pass if you'd like to save secrets in pass)
4. abra app YOURAPPDOMAIN config - be sure to change $DOMAIN to something that resolves to your Docker swarm box
5. abra app YOURAPPDOMAIN deploy
6. Create an initial user: abra app YOURAPPDOMAIN run app register_new_matrix_user -c /data/homeserver.yaml http://localhost:8008

Tips & Tricks

Generating a new homeserver.yaml

docker run -it \
  --entrypoint="" \
  -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=foo.com \
  -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=no \
  matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.48.0 \
  sh -c '/start.py generate; cat /data/homeserver.yaml' > homeserver.yaml.tmpl`

Generating a new <server>.log.config

docker run -it \
  --entrypoint="" \
  -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=foo.com \
  -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=no \
  matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.48.0 \
  sh -c '/start.py generate; cat /data/foo.com.log.config' > log.config