To configure the playbook, you need to have done the following things:
You can then follow these steps inside the playbook directory:
create a directory to hold your configuration (mkdir inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>)
copy the sample configuration file (cp examples/vars.yml inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml)
edit the configuration file (inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml) to your liking. You may also take a look at the various roles/ROLE_NAME_HERE/defaults/main.yml files and see if there’s something you’d like to copy over and override in your vars.yml configuration file.
copy the sample inventory hosts file (cp examples/hosts inventory/hosts)
edit the inventory hosts file (inventory/hosts) to your liking
For a basic Matrix installation, that’s all you need. For a more custom setup, see the Other configuration options below.
When you’re done with all the configuration you’d like to do, continue with Installing.
Setting up the Dimension Integration Manager (optional, but recommended; after installing)
Setting up Dynamic DNS (optional)
Enabling metrics and graphs (Prometheus, Grafana) for your Matrix server (optional)
Configuring Synapse (optional)
Configuring Element (optional)
Storing Matrix media files on Amazon S3 (optional)
Using an external PostgreSQL server (optional)
Adjusting SSL certificate retrieval (optional, advanced)
Serving your base domain using this playbook’s nginx server (optional)
Configure Nginx (optional, advanced) (optional, advanced)
Using your own webserver, instead of this playbook’s nginx proxy (optional, advanced)
Adjusting TURN server configuration (optional, advanced)
Enabling Telemetry for your Matrix server (optional)
Controlling Matrix federation (optional)
Adjusting email-sending settings (optional)
Setting up Synapse Admin (optional)
Setting up matrix-registration (optional)
Setting up the REST authentication password provider module (optional, advanced)
Setting up the Shared Secret Auth password provider module (optional, advanced)
Setting up the LDAP password provider module (optional, advanced)
Setting up Synapse Simple Antispam (optional, advanced)
Setting up Matrix Corporal (optional, advanced)
Setting up Mautrix Telegram bridging (optional)
Setting up Mautrix Whatsapp bridging (optional)
Setting up Mautrix Facebook bridging (optional)
Setting up Mautrix Hangouts bridging (optional)
Setting up Mautrix Instagram bridging (optional)
Setting up Mautrix Signal bridging (optional)
Setting up Appservice IRC bridging (optional)
Setting up Appservice Discord bridging (optional)
Setting up Appservice Slack bridging (optional)
Setting up Appservice Webhooks bridging (optional)
Setting up MX Puppet Skype bridging (optional)
Setting up MX Puppet Slack bridging (optional)
Setting up MX Puppet Instagram bridging (optional)
Setting up MX Puppet Twitter bridging (optional)
Setting up MX Puppet Discord bridging (optional)
Setting up MX Puppet GroupMe bridging (optional)
Setting up MX Puppet Steam bridging (optional)
Setting up Email2Matrix (optional)
Setting up Matrix SMS bridging (optional)
Setting up matrix-reminder-bot - a bot to remind you about stuff (optional)
Setting up Go-NEB - an extensible multifunctional bot (optional)
Setting up Mjolnir - a moderation tool/bot (optional)