nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix-synapse.xml
Niklas Hambüchen b954e0a12f manual: Element: Fix misleading base_url.
Judging from `"${pkgs.element-web}/config.sample.json"`,
this needs be a URL starting with `https://`; without it one gets:

    Your Element is misconfigured

    Invalid base_url for m.homeserver
2021-01-18 04:43:32 +01:00

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<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, ... }:
let
fqdn =
let
join = hostName: domain: hostName + optionalString (domain != null) ".${domain}";
in join config.networking.hostName config.networking.domain;
in {
networking = {
<link linkend="opt-networking.hostName">hostName</link> = "myhostname";
<link linkend="opt-networking.domain">domain</link> = "example.org";
};
<link linkend="opt-networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts">networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts</link> = [ 80 443 ];
<link linkend="opt-services.postgresql.enable">services.postgresql.enable</link> = true;
<link linkend="opt-services.postgresql.initialScript">services.postgresql.initialScript</link> = 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;
# only recommendedProxySettings and recommendedGzipSettings are strictly required,
# but the rest make sense as well
<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> = {
# This host section can be placed on a different host than the rest,
# i.e. to delegate from the host being accessible as ${config.networking.domain}
# to another host actually running the Matrix homeserver.
"${config.networking.domain}" = {
<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> =
let
# use 443 instead of the default 8448 port to unite
# the client-server and server-server port for simplicity
server = { "m.server" = "${fqdn}:443"; };
in ''
add_header Content-Type application/json;
return 200 '${builtins.toJSON server}';
'';
<link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.extraConfig">locations."= /.well-known/matrix/client".extraConfig</link> =
let
client = {
"m.homeserver" = { "base_url" = "https://${fqdn}"; };
"m.identity_server" = { "base_url" = "https://vector.im"; };
};
# ACAO required to allow element-web on any URL to request this json file
in ''
add_header Content-Type application/json;
add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
return 200 '${builtins.toJSON client}';
'';
};
# Reverse proxy for Matrix client-server and server-server communication
${fqdn} = {
<link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.enableACME">enableACME</link> = true;
<link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.forceSSL">forceSSL</link> = true;
# Or do a redirect instead of the 404, or whatever is appropriate for you.
# But do not put a Matrix Web client here! See the Element web section below.
<link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.extraConfig">locations."/".extraConfig</link> = ''
return 404;
'';
# forward all Matrix API calls to the synapse Matrix homeserver
locations."/_matrix" = {
<link linkend="opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.proxyPass">proxyPass</link> = "http://[::1]:8008"; # without a trailing /
};
};
};
};
services.matrix-synapse = {
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.enable">enable</link> = true;
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.server_name">server_name</link> = config.networking.domain;
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners">listeners</link> = [
{
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.port">port</link> = 8008;
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.bind_address">bind_address</link> = "::1";
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.type">type</link> = "http";
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.tls">tls</link> = false;
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.x_forwarded">x_forwarded</link> = true;
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.resources">resources</link> = [
{
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.resources._.names">names</link> = [ "client" "federation" ];
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.listeners._.resources._.compress">compress</link> = false;
}
];
}
];
};
};
</programlisting>
</para>
<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>
<para>
If you want to run a server with public registration by anybody, you can
then enable <literal><link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.enable_registration">services.matrix-synapse.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.registration_shared_secret">services.matrix-synapse.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 run nixpkgs.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>. Note that the registration
secret ends up in the nix store and therefore is world-readable by any user
on your machine, so it makes sense to only temporarily activate the
<link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.registration_shared_secret">registration_shared_secret</link>
option until a better solution for NixOS is in place.
</para>
</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."m.homeserver" = {
"base_url" = "https://${fqdn}";
"server_name" = "${fqdn}";
};
};
};
};
}
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Note that 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/riot-web#important-security-note">Element
Important Security Notes</link> for more information on this subject.
</para>
</section>
</chapter>