Synapse /
Install
If you want to host a Matrix Server, then you are here on the right place.
Options:
There are 2 options:
- Use pkg_add (which I don't recommend, because it is likely going to fail)
- Install using pip
Option 2:
Create user:
Firstly make the user called synapse, by using this command:
$ doas adduser
And fill in the fields like:
login synapse passwd * uid 1010 groups synapse change NEVER class gecos synapse dir /home/synapse shell /bin/ksh expire NEVER
Then login into the user (ssh or su)
Install
To install the synapse:
cd ~/ mkdir -p ~/synapse python3.8 -mvenv /home/synapse/synapse/env . ~/synapse/env/bin/activate pip3.8 install --upgrade pip pip3.8 install --upgrade setuptools pip3.8 install matrix-synapse
Create config
To make the config:
cd ~/synapse python -m synapse.app.homeserver \ --server-name my.domain.name \ --config-path homeserver.yaml \ --generate-config \ --report-stats=[yes|no]
Make sure to edit homeserver.yaml
And make the ssl certs and such... also open the tls port (8448) in the config file and on your firewall
Start
To start the server:
alias synctl="/usr/local/share/synapse/synctl" synctl start
Recommended
Recommended to add this to the synapse account .profile file:
start_synapse(){ python3.8 -mvenv /home/synapse/synapse/env export ENV="/home/synapse/synapse/env/bin/activate" alias synctl="/usr/local/share/synapse/synctl" synctl start }
Then when you need to start the server, just execute: start_synapse
P.s. only works when you have executed the .profile file...
Test
Use element: https://app.element.io and try to connect