Element Web redesigned its welcome page into a built-in component
(element-hq/element-web#33211, first released in spring 2026) and no
longer falls back to loading welcome.html. The custom page the playbook
installed had therefore silently stopped having any effect, and it was a
fork of an upstream file that upstream has deleted (its button icon
assets are already missing from current Element Web builds).
Remove the welcome.html shipping and the variables that only applied to
it (matrix_client_element_welcome_headline, _welcome_text,
_welcome_logo_link, _page_template_welcome_path), rejecting them in
validate_config.yml with pointers to the alternatives. Logo and
background customization keep working through Element Web's branding
options, which the new welcome page still honors. A fully custom page
can be self-hosted and wired via embedded_pages.welcome_url.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat: support container_network=host across all roles + systemd templates
Mirror the pattern Slavi introduced for matrix-coturn (aafa8f0) across the
fork: every 'Ensure X container network is created' task gets a
'when: <var> not in ["", "host"]' guard so MDAD does not try to
docker_network create a network literally named 'host' (returns 403,
since host is a pre-defined Docker network).
Mirror the same guard in every systemd unit template that does
'ExecStartPre=docker network connect <addnet> <container>' loops over
matrix_<role>_container_additional_networks: skip the connects when the
container is on host networking (where additional --network attaches
are invalid).
Unblocks DiD setups where MDAD-managed containers share their host's
network namespace (matrix-mdad outer compose service joined to central
postgres/openldap networks) to reach external services on the outer
Docker daemon.
* Simplify container network guards (!= 'host') and fix duplicate when
Guarding on the empty string ('') as well was misleading: systemd unit
templates still render an unconditional --network= flag, so an empty
network value produces a broken docker create command. Only 'host' is
actually supported, so only guard on that. This also matches the
existing convention in the Traefik role
(when: traefik_container_network != 'host').
Also fix a duplicate when key in the meshtastic-relay role, where the
network-creation task already had a when condition - the two are now
combined into a list.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replaces `community.docker.docker_image` with the modern
`docker_image_pull` module. Drops the `ansible_version` compatibility
ladder and the now-redundant `_container_image_force_pull` variable
(the new pull module handles registry refresh natively via `pull: always`).
Related to https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/5191.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
For each of the 34 roles (3 clients, 9 bots, 22 bridges), this commit:
- Adds `_restart_necessary: false` default variable
- Adds `register:` directives to config/image/systemd tasks
- Computes `_restart_necessary` via set_fact (OR of all .changed results)
- Wires `(_restart_necessary | bool)` in group_vars/matrix_servers
This allows the systemd service manager to skip unnecessary restarts
when running install-* tags and nothing actually changed.
Service roles and complex multi-service roles will follow separately.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Newer Element Web versions allow for the nginx port to be
overriden, etc., and provide instructions for running in read-only mode.
This makes our custom `nginx.conf` patches unnecessary.
Passing the correct `ELEMENT_WEB_PORT` environment variable
also helps with future changes.
Another benefit of this (besides keeping closer to upstream
recommendations and the improved simplicity) is that:
- the container can run its entrypoint env-substitutions code now,
without reporting errors
- IPv6 for nginx works, so `matrix-client-element:8080` is accessible
via IPv6 on the container network now
(this affects only for Traefik's communicaton with Element Web
internally; public connectivity was handled by Traefik and IPv6 was
available there even before)
Ref:
- 2052080d7d/docs/install.md (docker)
- https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/pull/28849
- https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/pull/28840
This:
- brings consistency - no more mixing `_name_prefix` and `_registry_prefix`
- adds extensibility - a future patch will allow reconfiguring all registry prefixes for all roles in the playbook
We still have `_docker_` vs `_container_` inconsistencies.
These may be worked on later.
* Replace "Element" with "Element Web"
- If Element indicates the web application, then it is changed to Element Web.
- If it indicates clients branded with Element such as Element desktop, web, mobile clients, then it is changed to Element clients.
- If it is combined with location sharing functionality, it is not changed.
with other some changes, including:
- Change "app.element.io" anchor link to "https://github.com/element-hq/element-web" on README.md, following other documentation files
Signed-off-by: Suguru Hirahara <acioustick@noreply.codeberg.org>
* Replace "SchildiChat" with "SchildiChat Web"
- If SchildiChat indicates the web application, then it is changed to SchildiChat Web.
- If it indicates clients branded with SchildiChat such as SchildiChat desktop, web, mobile clients, then it is changed to SchildiChat clients.
- If it is combined with location sharing functionality, it is not changed.
Signed-off-by: Suguru Hirahara <acioustick@noreply.codeberg.org>
* Rename configuring-playbook-client-schildichat.md to configuring-playbook-client-schildichat-web.md
Signed-off-by: Suguru Hirahara <acioustick@noreply.codeberg.org>
* Rename configuring-playbook-client-element.md to configuring-playbook-client-element-web.md
Signed-off-by: Suguru Hirahara <acioustick@noreply.codeberg.org>
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Signed-off-by: Suguru Hirahara <acioustick@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Suguru Hirahara <acioustick@noreply.codeberg.org>
* Add a global config option for Docker network MTU
* Upgrade systemd_docker_base (v1.2.0-0 -> v1.3.0-0)
The new version includes `devture_systemd_docker_base_container_networks_driver_options`
due to 3cc7d12396
Related to https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/3502
* Switch from passing matrix_playbook_docker_network_mtu to respecting devture_systemd_docker_base_container_networks_driver_options
Related to:
- 3cc7d12396
- https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/3502
* Update all roles to versions that respect `devture_systemd_docker_base_container_networks_driver_options`
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Co-authored-by: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
commit cf8637efac
Author: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
Date: Sun Mar 24 19:14:57 2024 +0200
Make devture_systemd_docker_base_ipv6_enabled automatically reconfigure geerlingguy/ansible-role-docker
Related to https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/3218
commit dc7af3bc7d
Author: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
Date: Sun Mar 24 19:10:31 2024 +0200
Replace matrix_ipv6_enabled with devture_systemd_docker_base_ipv6_enabled
Related to https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/3218
commit 07e900d6a2
Author: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
Date: Sun Mar 24 19:01:51 2024 +0200
Improve matrix_ipv6_enabled comments
commit 3f03ca7f69
Author: Tilo Spannagel <development@tilosp.de>
Date: Sat Mar 9 19:27:50 2024 +0000
Add setting to enable ipv6
- forego removing Docker images - it's not effective anyway, because it
only removes the last version.. which is a drop in the bucket, usually
- do not reload systemd - it's none of our business. `--tags=start`,
etc., handle this
- combine all uninstall tasks under a single block, which only runs if
we detect traces (a leftover systemd .service file) of the component.
If no such .service is detected, we skip them all. This may lead to
incorect cleanup in rare cases, but is good enough for the most part.
* Enable location sharing in Element
* Update roles/custom/matrix-client-element/tasks/validate_config.yml
Co-authored-by: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
* Update roles/custom/matrix-client-element/tasks/setup_install.yml
Co-authored-by: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
* Rename location sharing vars to be consistent with other vars
* Rename style.json to map_style.json
* Add m.tile_server section to /.well-known/matrix/client
Co-authored-by: Slavi Pantaleev <slavi@devture.com>
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