matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/docs/configuring-playbook-bridge-mautrix-instagram.md

Setting up Mautrix Instagram bridging (optional, deprecated)

Note: This bridge has been deprecated in favor of the mautrix-meta Messenger/Instagram bridge, which can be installed using this playbook. Consider using that bridge instead of this one.

The playbook can install and configure mautrix-instagram for you.

See the project’s documentation to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.

Adjusting the playbook configuration

To enable the bridge, add the following configuration to your inventory/host_vars/matrix.example.com/vars.yml file:

matrix_mautrix_instagram_enabled: true

There are some additional things you may wish to configure about the bridge before you continue.

Encryption support is off by default. If you would like to enable encryption, add the following to your vars.yml file:

matrix_mautrix_instagram_configuration_extension_yaml: |
  bridge:
    encryption:
      allow: true
      default: true

If you would like to be able to administrate the bridge from your account it can be configured like this:

# The easy way. The specified Matrix user ID will be made an admin of all bridges
matrix_admin: "@alice:{{ matrix_domain }}"

# OR:
# The more verbose way. Applies to this bridge only. You may define multiple Matrix users as admins.
matrix_mautrix_instagram_configuration_extension_yaml: |
  bridge:
    permissions:
      '@alice:{{ matrix_domain }}': admin

You may wish to look at roles/custom/matrix-bridge-mautrix-instagram/templates/config.yaml.j2 and roles/custom/matrix-bridge-mautrix-instagram/defaults/main.yml to find other things you would like to configure.

Installing

After configuring the playbook, run it with playbook tags as below:

ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,ensure-matrix-users-created,start

Notes:

• The ensure-matrix-users-created playbook tag makes the playbook automatically create the bot’s user account.

• The shortcut commands with the just program are also available: just install-all or just setup-all

  just install-all is useful for maintaining your setup quickly (2x-5x faster than just setup-all) when its components remain unchanged. If you adjust your vars.yml to remove other components, you’d need to run just setup-all, or these components will still remain installed.

Usage

You then need to start a chat with @instagrambot:example.com (where example.com is your base domain, not the matrix. domain).

Send login YOUR_INSTAGRAM_EMAIL_ADDRESS YOUR_INSTAGRAM_PASSWORD to the bridge bot to enable bridging for your instagram/Messenger account.

You can learn more here about authentication from the bridge’s official documentation on Authentication.