ansible-collection-famedly-matrix/roles/synapse

matrix-synapse

Install a matrix synapse server.

Requirements

The following should be present on the target system

• pip
• systemd
• rsyslogd
• logrotate

Role Variables

Mandatory Variables

Name	Type	Description
matrix_server_name	string
matrix_synapse_tls_cert	string	server's TLS certificate chain (when matrix_synapse_extra_config.no_tls is set to true)
matrix_synapse_tls_key	string	server's TLS key (when matrix_synapse_extra_config.no_tls is set to true)
matrix_synapse_report_stats	bool	Report the stats to matrix.org
matrix_synapse_pg_host	sting	postgresql server
matrix_synapse_pg_user	string	postgresql user
matrix_synapse_pg_pass	string	postgresql user's password
matrix_synapse_pg_db	string	postgresql database

Optional Variables

Name	Value	Description
matrix_synapse_base_path	"/opt/synapse"
matrix_synapse_secrets_path	"{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/secrets"
matrix_synapse_extra_config	None	configuration parameters as given in the synapse configuration file
matrix_synapse_dh_path	"{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/tls/{{ matrix_server_name }}.dh"
matrix_synapse_baseurl	"https://{{ matrix_server_name }}"
matrix_synapse_signing_key_path	"{{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/ssl/{{ matrix_server_name }}.signing.key"
matrix_synapse_version	"v1.18.0"
matrix_synapse_log_days_keep	14
matrix_synapse_deployment_method	pip	Either pip or docker ¹
matrix_synapse_supervision_method	systemd	Either systemd, runit or docker ¹
matrix_synapse_python_version	3	Default python version (2, 3) to be used

¹: Docker must be used for both or neither deployment and supervision

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

#TODO: Add example

License

Apache 2.0

Author Information

• Michael Kaye
• Jan Christian Grünhage
• Emmanouil Kampitakis