## The big move to all-on-Postgres (potentially dangerous)
**TLDR**: all your bridges (and other services) will likely be auto-migrated from SQLite/nedb to Postgres, hopefully without trouble. You can opt-out (see how below), if too worried about breakage.
Until now, we've only used Postgres as a database for Synapse. All other services (bridges, bots, etc.) were kept simple and used a file-based database (SQLite or nedb).
Since [this huge pull request](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/740), **all of our services now use Postgres by default**. Thanks to [Johanna Dorothea Reichmann](https://github.com/jdreichmann) for starting the work on it and for providing great input!
Moving all services to Postgres brings a few **benefits** to us:
- **improved performance**
- **improved compatibility**. Most bridges are deprecating SQLite/nedb support or offer less features when not on Postgres.
- **easier backups**. It's still some effort to take a proper backup (Postgres dump + various files, keys), but a Postgres dump now takes you much further.
- we're now **more prepared to introduce other services** that need a Postgres database - [Dendrite](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite), the [mautrix-signal](https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-signal) bridge (existing [pull request](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/686)), etc.
### Key takeway
- existing installations that use an [external Postgres](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/blob/master/docs/configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md) server should be unaffected (they remain on SQLite/nedb for all services, except Synapse)
- for existing installations which use our integrated Postgres database server (`matrix-postgres`, which is the default), **we automatically migrate data** from SQLite/nedb to Postgres and **archive the database files** (`something.db` -> `something.db.backup`), so you can restore them if you need to go back (see how below).
### Opting-out of the Postgres migration
This is a **very large and somewhat untested change** (potentially dangerous), so **if you're not feeling confident/experimental, opt-out** of it for now. Still, it's the new default and what we (and various bridges) will focus on going forward, so don't stick to old ways for too long.
You can remain on SQLite/nedb (at least for now) by adding a variable like this to your `vars.yml` file for each service you use: `matrix_COMPONENT_database_engine: sqlite` (e.g. `matrix_mautrix_facebook_database_engine: sqlite`).
Some services (like `appservice-irc` and `appservice-slack`) don't use SQLite, so use `nedb`, instead of `sqlite` for them.
### Going back to SQLite/nedb if things went wrong
If you went with the Postgres migration and it went badly for you (some bridge not working as expected or not working at all), do this:
- stop all services (`ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=stop`)
- SSH into the server and rename the old database files (`something.db.backup` -> `something.db`). Example: `mv /matrix/mautrix-facebook/data/mautrix-facebook.db.backup /matrix/mautrix-facebook/data/mautrix-facebook.db`
- switch the affected service back to SQLite (e.g. `matrix_mautrix_facebook_database_engine: sqlite`). Some services (like `appservice-irc` and `appservice-slack`) don't use SQLite, so use `nedb`, instead of `sqlite` for them.
- re-run the playbook (`ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,start`)
- [get in touch](README.md#support) with us
# 2020-12-11
## synapse-janitor support removed
We've removed support for the unmaintained [synapse-janitor](https://github.com/xwiki-labs/synapse_scripts) script. There's been past reports of it corrupting the Synapse database. Since there hasn't been any new development on it and it doesn't seem too useful nowadays, there's no point in including it in the playbook.
If you need to clean up or compact your database, consider using the Synapse Admin APIs directly. See our [Synapse maintenance](docs/maintenance-synapse.md) and [Postgres maintenance](docs/maintenance-postgres.md) documentation pages for more details.
## Docker 20.10 is here
(No need to do anything special in relation to this. Just something to keep in mind)
Docker 20.10 got released recently and your server will likely get it the next time you update.
This is the first major Docker update in a long time and it packs a lot of changes.
Some of them introduced some breakage for us initially (see [here](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/commit/d08b27784f222effcbce2abf924bf07bbe0893be) and [here](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/commit/7593d969e316cc0144bce378a5be58c76c2c37ee)), but it should be all good now.
# 2020-12-08
## openid APIs exposed by default on the federation port when federation disabled
We've changed some defaults. People running with our default configuration (federation enabled), are not affected at all.
If you are running an unfederated server (`matrix_synapse_federation_enabled: false`), this may be of interest to you.
When federation is disabled, but ma1sd or Dimension are enabled, we'll now expose the `openid` APIs on the federation port.
These APIs are necessary for some ma1sd features to work. If you'd like to prevent this, you can: `matrix_synapse_federation_port_openid_resource_required: false`.
# 2020-11-27
## Recent Jitsi updates may require configuration changes
We've recently [updated from Jitsi build 4857 to build 5142](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/719), which brings a lot of configuration changes.
**If you use our default Jitsi settings, you won't have to do anything.**
People who have [fine-tuned Jitsi](docs/configuring-playbook-jitsi.md#optional-fine-tune-jitsi) may find that some options got renamed now, others are gone and yet others still need to be defined in another way.
The next time you run the playbook [installation](docs/installing.md) command, our validation logic will tell you if you're using some variables like that and will recommend a migration path for each one.
Additionally, we've recently disabled transcriptions (`matrix_jitsi_enable_transcriptions: false`) and recording (`matrix_jitsi_enable_recording: false`) by default. These features did not work anyway, because we don't install the required dependencies for them (Jigasi and Jibri, respectively). If you've been somehow pointing your Jitsi installation to some manually installed Jigasi/Jibri service, you may need to toggle these flags back to enabled to have transcriptions and recordings working.
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# Matrix (An open network for secure, decentralized communication) server setup using Ansible and Docker
4. If you've already installed Matrix services using the playbook before, you'll need to re-run it (`--tags=setup-all,start`). If not, proceed with [configuring other playbook services](configuring-playbook.md) and then with [Installing](installing.md). Get back to this guide once ready.
5. Retrieve Discord invite link from the `{{ matrix_appservice_discord_config_path }}/invite_link` file on the server (this defaults to `/matrix/appservice-discord/config/invite_link`). You need to peek at the file on the server via SSH, etc., because it's not available via HTTP(S).
6. Invite the Bot to Discord servers you wish to bridge. Administrator permission is recommended.
7. Room addresses follow this syntax: `#_discord_guildid_channelid`. You can easily find the guild and channel ids by logging into Discord in a browser and opening the desired channel. The URL will have this format: `discordapp.com/channels/guild_id/channel_id`. Once you have figured out the appropriate room addrss, you can join by doing `/join #_discord_guildid_channelid` in your Matrix client.
5. If you've already installed Matrix services using the playbook before, you'll need to re-run it (`--tags=setup-all,start`). If not, proceed with [configuring other playbook services](configuring-playbook.md) and then with [Installing](installing.md). Get back to this guide once ready.
6. Retrieve Discord invite link from the `{{ matrix_appservice_discord_config_path }}/invite_link` file on the server (this defaults to `/matrix/appservice-discord/config/invite_link`). You need to peek at the file on the server via SSH, etc., because it's not available via HTTP(S).
7. Invite the Bot to Discord servers you wish to bridge. Administrator permission is recommended.
8. Room addresses follow this syntax: `#_discord_guildid_channelid`. You can easily find the guild and channel ids by logging into Discord in a browser and opening the desired channel. The URL will have this format: `discordapp.com/channels/guild_id/channel_id`. Once you have figured out the appropriate room addrss, you can join by doing `/join #_discord_guildid_channelid` in your Matrix client.
Other configuration options are available via the `matrix_appservice_discord_configuration_extension_yaml` variable.
**[Dimension](https://dimension.t2bot.io) can only be installed after Matrix services are installed and running.**
If you're just installing Matrix services for the first time, please continue with the [Configuration](configuring-playbook.md) / [Installation](installing.md) flow and come back here later.
**Note**: enabling Dimension, means that the `openid` API endpoints will be exposed on the Matrix Federation port (usually `8448`), even if [federation](configuring-playbook-federation.md) is disabled. It's something to be aware of, especially in terms of firewall whitelisting (make sure port `8448` is accessible).
## Prerequisites
This playbook now supports running [Dimension](https://dimension.t2bot.io) in both a federated and an [unfederated](https://github.com/turt2live/matrix-dimension/blob/master/docs/unfederated.md) environment. This is handled automatically based on the value of `matrix_synapse_federation_enabled`.
@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ To get an access token for the Dimension user, you can follow one of two options
3. Copy the highlighted text to your configuration.
4. Close the private browsing session. **Do not log out**. Logging out will invalidate the token, making it not work.
*With CURL*
*With CURL*
```
curl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{
With that, your server's users will only be able to talk among themselves, but not to anyone who is on another server.
**Disabling federation does not necessarily disable the federation port** (`8448`). Services like [Dimension](configuring-playbook-dimension.md) and [ma1sd](configuring-playbook-ma1sd.md) normally rely on `openid` APIs exposed on that port. Even if you disable federation and only if necessary, we may still be exposing the federation port and serving the `openid` APIs there. To override this and completely disable Synapse's federation port use:
```yaml
# This stops the federation port on the Synapse side (normally `matrix-synapse:8048` on the container network).
matrix_synapse_federation_port_enabled: false
# This removes the `8448` virtual host from the matrix-nginx-proxy reverse-proxy server.
@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ By default, this playbook configures an [ma1sd](https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd)
This server is private by default, potentially at the expense of user discoverability.
ma1sd is a fork of [mxisd](https://github.com/kamax-io/mxisd) which was pronounced end of life 2019-06-21.
*ma1sd is a fork of [mxisd](https://github.com/kamax-io/mxisd) which was pronounced end of life 2019-06-21.*
**Note**: enabling ma1sd (which is also the default), means that the `openid` API endpoints will be exposed on the Matrix Federation port (usually `8448`), even if [federation](configuring-playbook-federation.md) is disabled. It's something to be aware of, especially in terms of firewall whitelisting (make sure port `8448` is accessible).
## Disabling ma1sd
@ -50,6 +52,9 @@ To use the [Registration](https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd/blob/master/docs/featu
- `matrix_ma1sd_configuration_extension_yaml` - to configure ma1sd as required. See the [Registration feature's docs](https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd/blob/master/docs/features/registration.md) for inspiration. Also see the [Additional features](#additional-features) section below to learn more about how to use `matrix_ma1sd_configuration_extension_yaml`.
**Note**: For this to work, either the homeserver needs to [federate](configuring-playbook-federation.md) or the `openid` APIs need to exposed on the federation port. When federation is disabled and ma1sd is enabled, we automatically expose the `openid` APIs (only!) on the federation port. Make sure the federation port (usually `https://matrix.DOMAIN:8448`) is whitelisted in your firewall (even if you don't actually use/need federation).
## Authentication
[Authentication](https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd/blob/master/docs/features/authentication.md) provides the possibility to use your own [Identity Stores](https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd/blob/master/docs/stores/README.md) (for example LDAP) to authenticate users on your Homeserver. The following configuration can be used to authenticate against an LDAP server:
If you want to use OpenID Connect as an SSO provider (as per the [Synapse OpenID docs](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/openid.md)), you need to use the following configuration (in your `vars.yml` file) to instruct nginx to forward `/_synapse/oidc` to Synapse:
@ -32,3 +31,11 @@ If you want to use OpenID Connect as an SSO provider (as per the [Synapse OpenID
@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ By default, it obtains certificates for:
- possibly for `element.<your-domain>`, unless you have disabled the [Element client component](configuring-playbook-client-element.md) using `matrix_client_element_enabled: false`
- possibly for `riot.<your-domain>`, if you have explicitly enabled Riot to Element redirection (for background compatibility) using `matrix_nginx_proxy_proxy_riot_compat_redirect_enabled: true`
- possibly for `dimension.<your-domain>`, if you have explicitly [set up Dimension](configuring-playbook-dimension.md).
- possibly for `jitsi.<your-domain>`, if you have explicitly [set up Jitsi](configuring-playbook-jitsi.md).
- possibly for your base domain (`<your-domain>`), if you have explicitly configured [Serving the base domain](configuring-playbook-base-domain-serving.md)
If you are hosting other domains on the Matrix machine, you can make the playbook obtain and renew certificates for those other domains too.
@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ This document shows you how to perform various maintenance tasks related to the
Table of contents:
- [Purging unused data with synapse-janitor](#purging-unused-data-with-synapse-janitor), for when you wish to delete unused data from the Synapse database
- [Purging old data with the Purge History API](#purging-old-data-with-the-purge-history-api), for when you wish to delete in-use (but old) data from the Synapse database
- [Synapse maintenance](#synapse-maintenance)
- [Purging old data with the Purge History API](#purging-old-data-with-the-purge-history-api)
- [Compressing state with rust-synapse-compress-state](#compressing-state-with-rust-synapse-compress-state)
- [Purging unused data with synapse-janitor](#purging-unused-data-with-synapse-janitor)
- [Browse and manipulate the database](#browse-and-manipulate-the-database)
- [Browse and manipulate the database](#browse-and-manipulate-the-database), for when you really need to take matters into your own hands
@ -57,27 +54,6 @@ If you need to adjust this, pass: `--extra-vars='matrix_synapse_rust_synapse_com
After state compression, you may wish to run a [`FULL` Postgres `VACUUM`](./maintenance-postgres.md#vacuuming-postgresql).
## Purging unused data with synapse-janitor
**NOTE**: There are [reports](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/465) that **synapse-janitor is dangerous to use and causes database corruption**. You may wish to refrain from using it.
When you **leave** and **forget** a room, Synapse can clean up its data, but currently doesn't.
This **unused and unreachable data** remains in your database forever.
There are external tools (like [synapse-janitor](https://github.com/xwiki-labs/synapse_scripts)), which are meant to solve this problem.
To ask the playbook to run synapse-janitor, execute:
**Note**: this will automatically stop Synapse temporarily and restart it later.
Running synapse-janitor potentially deletes a lot of data from the Postgres database.
You may wish to run a [`FULL` Postgres `VACUUM`](./maintenance-postgres.md#vacuuming-postgresql) after that.
## Browse and manipulate the database
When the [matrix admin API](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/docs/admin_api) and the other tools do not provide a more convenient way, having a look at synapse's postgresql database can satisfy a lot of admins' needs.
@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This playbook doesn't support running on ARM (see [this issue](https://github.co
- `root` access to your server (or a user capable of elevating to `root` via `sudo`).
- [Python](https://www.python.org/) being installed on the server. Most distributions install Python by default, but some don't (e.g. Ubuntu 18.04) and require manual installation (something like `apt-get install python`).
- [Python](https://www.python.org/) being installed on the server. Most distributions install Python by default, but some don't (e.g. Ubuntu 18.04) and require manual installation (something like `apt-get install python3`). On some distros, Ansible may incorrectly [detect the Python version](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html) (2 vs 3) and you may need to explicitly specify the interpreter path in `inventory/hosts` during installation (e.g. `ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3`)
- A `cron`-like tool installed on the server such as `cron` or `anacron` to automatically schedule the Let's Encrypt SSL certificates's renewal. *This can be ignored if you use your own SSL certificates.*
@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ This playbook doesn't support running on ARM (see [this issue](https://github.co
- Properly configured DNS records for `<your-domain>` (details in [Configuring DNS](configuring-dns.md)).
- Some TCP/UDP ports open. This playbook configures the server's internal firewall for you. In most cases, you don't need to do anything special. But **if your server is running behind another firewall**, you'd need to open these ports: `80/tcp` (HTTP webserver), `443/tcp` (HTTPS webserver), `3478/tcp` (TURN over TCP), `3478/udp` (TURN over UDP), `5349/tcp` (TURN over TCP), `5349/udp` (TURN over UDP), `8448/tcp` (Matrix Federation API HTTPS webserver), the range `49152-49172/udp` (TURN over UDP), `4443/tcp` (Jitsi Harvester fallback), `10000/udp` (Jitsi video RTP). Depending on your firewall/NAT setup, incoming RTP packets on port 10000 may have the external IP of your firewall as destination address, due to the usage of STUN in JVB (see [`matrix_jitsi_jvb_stun_servers`](../roles/matrix-jitsi/defaults/main.yml)).
- Some TCP/UDP ports open. This playbook configures the server's internal firewall for you. In most cases, you don't need to do anything special. But **if your server is running behind another firewall**, you'd need to open these ports:
- `80/tcp`: HTTP webserver
- `443/tcp`: HTTPS webserver
- `3478/tcp`: TURN over TCP (used by Coturn)
- `3478/udp`: TURN over UDP (used by Coturn)
- `5349/tcp`: TURN over TCP (used by Coturn)
- `5349/udp`: TURN over UDP (used by Coturn)
- `8448/tcp`: Matrix Federation API HTTPS webserver. In some cases, this **may necessary even with federation disabled**. Integration Servers (like Dimension) and Identity Servers (like ma1sd) may need to access `openid` APIs on the federation port.
- the range `49152-49172/udp`: TURN over UDP
- `4443/tcp`: Jitsi Harvester fallback
- `10000/udp`: Jitsi video RTP. Depending on your firewall/NAT setup, incoming RTP packets on port `10000` may have the external IP of your firewall as destination address, due to the usage of STUN in JVB (see [`matrix_jitsi_jvb_stun_servers`](../roles/matrix-jitsi/defaults/main.yml)).
When ready to proceed, continue with [Configuring DNS](configuring-dns.md).
# Unless this is handled there OR Synapse's federation listener port is disabled, we'll reverse-proxy.
matrix_nginx_proxy_proxy_matrix_federation_api_enabled: "{{ matrix_synapse_federation_port_enabled and not matrix_synapse_tls_federation_listener_enabled }}"
}] if (matrix_bot_matrix_reminder_bot_enabled and matrix_bot_matrix_reminder_bot_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_bot_matrix_reminder_bot_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_registration_enabled and matrix_registration_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_registration_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_appservice_discord_enabled and matrix_appservice_discord_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_appservice_discord_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_appservice_slack_enabled and matrix_appservice_slack_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_appservice_slack_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_appservice_irc_enabled and matrix_appservice_irc_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_appservice_irc_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mautrix_facebook_enabled and matrix_mautrix_facebook_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mautrix_facebook_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mautrix_hangouts_enabled and matrix_mautrix_hangouts_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mautrix_hangouts_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mautrix_telegram_enabled and matrix_mautrix_telegram_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mautrix_telegram_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mautrix_whatsapp_enabled and matrix_mautrix_whatsapp_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mautrix_whatsapp_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mx_puppet_skype_enabled and matrix_mx_puppet_skype_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mx_puppet_skype_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mx_puppet_slack_enabled and matrix_mx_puppet_slack_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mx_puppet_slack_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mx_puppet_twitter_enabled and matrix_mx_puppet_twitter_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mx_puppet_twitter_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mx_puppet_instagram_enabled and matrix_mx_puppet_instagram_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mx_puppet_instagram_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mx_puppet_discord_enabled and matrix_mx_puppet_discord_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mx_puppet_discord_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
}] if (matrix_mx_puppet_steam_enabled and matrix_mx_puppet_steam_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_mx_puppet_steam_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
+
([{
'name': matrix_dimension_database_name,
'username': matrix_dimension_database_username,
'password': matrix_dimension_database_password,
}] if (matrix_dimension_enabled and matrix_dimension_database_engine == 'postgres' and matrix_dimension_database_hostname == 'matrix-postgres') else [])
( ["openid"] if matrix_dimension_enabled and not matrix_synapse_federation_enabled else [] )
}}
matrix_synapse_federation_port_openid_resource_required: "{{ not matrix_synapse_federation_enabled and (matrix_dimension_enabled or matrix_ma1sd_enabled) }}"
"NOTE: Your appservice-irc database files have been imported into Postgres. The original database files have been moved from `{{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}/*.db` to `{{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }}/*.db.backup`. When you've confirmed that the import went well and everything works, you should be able to safely delete these files."
"NOTE: Your appservice-slack database files have been imported into Postgres. The original database files have been moved from `{{ matrix_appservice_slack_data_path }}/*.db` to `{{ matrix_appservice_slack_data_path }}/*.db.backup`. When you've confirmed that the import went well and everything works, you should be able to safely delete these files."
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