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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.xml b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 65bc53d33ac3..000000000000 --- a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/matrix/synapse.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,276 +0,0 @@ -<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - version="5.0" - xml:id="module-services-matrix"> - <title>Matrix</title> - <para> - <link xlink:href="https://matrix.org/">Matrix</link> is an open standard for - interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. It can be used - to power Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling, Internet of Things - communication - or anywhere you need a standard HTTP API for publishing and - subscribing to data whilst tracking the conversation history. - </para> - <para> - This chapter will show you how to set up your own, self-hosted Matrix - homeserver using the Synapse reference homeserver, and how to serve your own - copy of the Element web client. See the - <link xlink:href="https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html">Try - Matrix Now!</link> overview page for links to Element Apps for Android and iOS, - desktop clients, as well as bridges to other networks and other projects - around Matrix. - </para> - <section xml:id="module-services-matrix-synapse"> - <title>Synapse Homeserver</title> - - <para> - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse">Synapse</link> is - the reference homeserver implementation of Matrix from the core development - team at matrix.org. The following configuration example will set up a - synapse server for the <literal>example.org</literal> domain, served from - the host <literal>myhostname.example.org</literal>. For more information, - please refer to the - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#synapse-installation"> - installation instructions of Synapse </link>. -<programlisting> -{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }: -let - fqdn = "${config.networking.hostName}.${config.networking.domain}"; - clientConfig = { - "m.homeserver".base_url = "https://${fqdn}"; - "m.identity_server" = {}; - }; - serverConfig."m.server" = "${config.services.matrix-synapse.settings.server_name}:443"; - mkWellKnown = data: '' - add_header Content-Type application/json; - add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *; - return 200 '${builtins.toJSON data}'; - ''; -in { - <xref linkend="opt-networking.hostName" /> = "myhostname"; - <xref linkend="opt-networking.domain" /> = "example.org"; - <xref linkend="opt-networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts" /> = [ 80 443 ]; - - <xref linkend="opt-services.postgresql.enable" /> = true; - <xref linkend="opt-services.postgresql.initialScript" /> = pkgs.writeText "synapse-init.sql" '' - CREATE ROLE "matrix-synapse" WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'synapse'; - CREATE DATABASE "matrix-synapse" WITH OWNER "matrix-synapse" - TEMPLATE template0 - LC_COLLATE = "C" - LC_CTYPE = "C"; - ''; - - services.nginx = { - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.enable">enable</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.recommendedTlsSettings">recommendedTlsSettings</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.recommendedOptimisation">recommendedOptimisation</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.recommendedGzipSettings">recommendedGzipSettings</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.recommendedProxySettings">recommendedProxySettings</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts">virtualHosts</link> = { - "${config.networking.domain}" = { <co xml:id='ex-matrix-synapse-dns' /> - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.enableACME">enableACME</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.forceSSL">forceSSL</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.extraConfig">locations."= /.well-known/matrix/server".extraConfig</link> = mkWellKnown serverConfig; <co xml:id='ex-matrix-synapse-well-known-server' /> - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.extraConfig">locations."= /.well-known/matrix/client".extraConfig</link> = mkWellKnown clientConfig; <co xml:id='ex-matrix-synapse-well-known-client' /> - }; - "${fqdn}" = { - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.enableACME">enableACME</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.forceSSL">forceSSL</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.extraConfig">locations."/".extraConfig</link> = '' <co xml:id='ex-matrix-synapse-rev-default' /> - return 404; - ''; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.proxyPass">locations."/_matrix".proxyPass</link> = "http://[::1]:8008"; <co xml:id='ex-matrix-synapse-rev-proxy-pass' /> - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.proxyPass">locations."/_synapse/client".proxyPass</link> = "http://[::1]:8008"; <co xml:id='ex-matrix-synapse-rev-client' /> - }; - }; - }; - - services.matrix-synapse = { - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.enable">enable</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.server_name">settings.server_name</link> = config.networking.domain; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners">settings.listeners</link> = [ - { <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.port">port</link> = 8008; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.bind_addresses">bind_addresses</link> = [ "::1" ]; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.type">type</link> = "http"; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.tls">tls</link> = false; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.x_forwarded">x_forwarded</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.resources">resources</link> = [ { - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.resources._.names">names</link> = [ "client" "federation" ]; - <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.listeners._.resources._.compress">compress</link> = true; - } ]; - } - ]; - }; -} -</programlisting> - </para> - <calloutlist> - <callout arearefs='ex-matrix-synapse-dns'> - <para> - If the <code>A</code> and <code>AAAA</code> DNS records on - <literal>example.org</literal> do not point on the same host as the records - for <code>myhostname.example.org</code>, you can easily move the - <code>/.well-known</code> virtualHost section of the code to the host that - is serving <literal>example.org</literal>, while the rest stays on - <literal>myhostname.example.org</literal> with no other changes required. - This pattern also allows to seamlessly move the homeserver from - <literal>myhostname.example.org</literal> to - <literal>myotherhost.example.org</literal> by only changing the - <code>/.well-known</code> redirection target. - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs='ex-matrix-synapse-well-known-server'> - <para> - This section is not needed if the <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.server_name">server_name</link> - of <package>matrix-synapse</package> is equal to the domain (i.e. - <literal>example.org</literal> from <literal>@foo:example.org</literal>) - and the federation port is 8448. - Further reference can be found in the <link xlink:href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/delegate.html">docs - about delegation</link>. - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs='ex-matrix-synapse-well-known-client'> - <para> - This is usually needed for homeserver discovery (from e.g. other Matrix clients). - Further reference can be found in the <link xlink:href="https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#getwell-knownmatrixclient">upstream docs</link> - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs='ex-matrix-synapse-rev-default'> - <para> - It's also possible to do a redirect here or something else, this vhost is not - needed for Matrix. It's recommended though to <emphasis>not put</emphasis> element - here, see also the <link linkend='ex-matrix-synapse-rev-default'>section about Element</link>. - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs='ex-matrix-synapse-rev-proxy-pass'> - <para> - Forward all Matrix API calls to the synapse Matrix homeserver. A trailing slash - <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be used here. - </para> - </callout> - <callout arearefs='ex-matrix-synapse-rev-client'> - <para> - Forward requests for e.g. SSO and password-resets. - </para> - </callout> - </calloutlist> - </section> - <section xml:id="module-services-matrix-register-users"> - <title>Registering Matrix users</title> - <para> - If you want to run a server with public registration by anybody, you can - then enable <literal><link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.enable_registration">services.matrix-synapse.settings.enable_registration</link> = - true;</literal>. Otherwise, or you can generate a registration secret with - <command>pwgen -s 64 1</command> and set it with - <option><link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.registration_shared_secret">services.matrix-synapse.settings.registration_shared_secret</link></option>. - To create a new user or admin, run the following after you have set the secret - and have rebuilt NixOS: -<screen> -<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-shell -p matrix-synapse -<prompt>$ </prompt>register_new_matrix_user -k <replaceable>your-registration-shared-secret</replaceable> http://localhost:8008 -<prompt>New user localpart: </prompt><replaceable>your-username</replaceable> -<prompt>Password:</prompt> -<prompt>Confirm password:</prompt> -<prompt>Make admin [no]:</prompt> -Success! -</screen> - In the example, this would create a user with the Matrix Identifier - <literal>@your-username:example.org</literal>. - <warning> - <para> - When using <xref linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.settings.registration_shared_secret" />, the secret - will end up in the world-readable store. Instead it's recommended to deploy the secret - in an additional file like this: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Create a file with the following contents: -<programlisting>registration_shared_secret: your-very-secret-secret</programlisting> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Deploy the file with a secret-manager such as <link xlink:href="https://nixops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview.html#managing-keys"><option>deployment.keys</option></link> - from <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nixops</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> - or <link xlink:href="https://github.com/Mic92/sops-nix/">sops-nix</link> to - e.g. <filename>/run/secrets/matrix-shared-secret</filename> and ensure that it's readable - by <package>matrix-synapse</package>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Include the file like this in your configuration: -<programlisting> -{ - <xref linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.extraConfigFiles" /> = [ - "/run/secrets/matrix-shared-secret" - ]; -} -</programlisting> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </warning> - </para> - <note> - <para> - It's also possible to user alternative authentication mechanism such as - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-synapse-ldap3">LDAP (via <literal>matrix-synapse-ldap3</literal>)</link> - or <link xlink:href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/openid.html">OpenID</link>. - </para> - </note> - </section> - <section xml:id="module-services-matrix-element-web"> - <title>Element (formerly known as Riot) Web Client</title> - - <para> - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/">Element Web</link> is - the reference web client for Matrix and developed by the core team at - matrix.org. Element was formerly known as Riot.im, see the - <link xlink:href="https://element.io/blog/welcome-to-element/">Element introductory blog post</link> - for more information. The following snippet can be optionally added to the code before - to complete the synapse installation with a web client served at - <code>https://element.myhostname.example.org</code> and - <code>https://element.example.org</code>. Alternatively, you can use the hosted - copy at <link xlink:href="https://app.element.io/">https://app.element.io/</link>, - or use other web clients or native client applications. Due to the - <literal>/.well-known</literal> urls set up done above, many clients should - fill in the required connection details automatically when you enter your - Matrix Identifier. See - <link xlink:href="https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html">Try - Matrix Now!</link> for a list of existing clients and their supported - featureset. -<programlisting> -{ - services.nginx.virtualHosts."element.${fqdn}" = { - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.enableACME">enableACME</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.forceSSL">forceSSL</link> = true; - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.serverAliases">serverAliases</link> = [ - "element.${config.networking.domain}" - ]; - - <link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.root">root</link> = pkgs.element-web.override { - conf = { - default_server_config = clientConfig; # see `clientConfig` from the snippet above. - }; - }; - }; -} -</programlisting> - </para> - - <note> - <para> - The Element developers do not recommend running Element and your Matrix - homeserver on the same fully-qualified domain name for security reasons. In - the example, this means that you should not reuse the - <literal>myhostname.example.org</literal> virtualHost to also serve Element, - but instead serve it on a different subdomain, like - <literal>element.example.org</literal> in the example. See the - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/tree/v1.10.0#important-security-notes">Element - Important Security Notes</link> for more information on this subject. - </para> - </note> - </section> -</chapter> |