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Does anyone have a guide/instructions for self-hosting a Matrix server? I'm not sure which server to run, I heard Synapse is a bit heavy and there's a lighter R

Does anyone have a guide/instructions for self-hosting a Matrix server? I'm not sure which server to run, I heard Synapse is a bit heavy and there's a lighter Rust alternative? Which one should I use? Is it okay to run it at home, or will I lose messages on downtime? I assume other hosts will retry when my connection is back up?

Arathorn 6y ago
Synapse is the best bet still and keeps improving. Conduit doesn’t federate yet but looks promising. https://matrix.org/blog/2020/04/06/running-your-own-secure-communication-service-with-matrix-and-jitsi https://matrix.org/blog/2020/04/06/running-your-own-secure-c... is a guide I did for selfhosting Synapse.
roaur 6y ago
I installed my homeserver with this! https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/INSTALL.md https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/INSTALL.md
- StavrosK 6y ago
  Thank you! Docker will do fine.
ajayyy 6y ago
You don't lose any messages with downtime if others in the group are on different home servers
- StavrosK 6y ago
  That sounds great, thanks. Unfortunately I just tried to use Riot.im on the default server to talk to a friend (also on the default server), and my messages aren't getting to him or his to me, so it looks like Matrix still has some way to go.
  - emptysongglass 6y ago
    Use Mozilla's homeserver instead. A far better experience, presumably because it runs on New Vector's modular.im infra. Supports SSO (can even sign in with your Firefox account).
    - StavrosK 6y ago
      Will that fix things? Apparently, when I tried to DM my friend and invited him to a DM, the room should have been his username but was "empty room" instead.
      - emptysongglass 6y ago
        It may. Riot can be a bit of a pain to get the initial handshake going. If all else fails just keep blowing up the room and retrying until it sticks. I've had to do that before with members of my team.
        StavrosK 6y ago
        I see, thanks. I tried with another friend, I keep trying to verify him but I keep seeing a spinner "waiting for him" and he sees nothing. I'm going to give Matrix a few more years to mature and try again then, I think.
        Arathorn 6y ago
        We're not aware of any performance problems on the matrix.org server right now (we had a breakthrough in performance last week), so I think something else is going wrong. What clients were you using?
        StavrosK 6y ago
        I was using web and he was using the android client. Things started working when he switched to web too.
emptysongglass 6y ago
I used this Ansible playbook [1] on a Digital Ocean droplet. Very easy to configure, fully-featured. [1] https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
jasonzemos 6y ago
https://github.com/matrix-construct/construct https://github.com/matrix-construct/construct

Arathorn 6y ago

Synapse is the best bet still and keeps improving. Conduit doesn’t federate yet but looks promising. https://matrix.org/blog/2020/04/06/running-your-own-secure-communication-service-with-matrix-and-jitsi https://matrix.org/blog/2020/04/06/running-your-own-secure-c... is a guide I did for selfhosting Synapse.

roaur 6y ago

I installed my homeserver with this! https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/INSTALL.md https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/INSTALL.md

StavrosK 6y ago
Thank you! Docker will do fine.

ajayyy 6y ago

You don't lose any messages with downtime if others in the group are on different home servers

StavrosK 6y ago
That sounds great, thanks. Unfortunately I just tried to use Riot.im on the default server to talk to a friend (also on the default server), and my messages aren't getting to him or his to me, so it looks like Matrix still has some way to go.
- emptysongglass 6y ago
  Use Mozilla's homeserver instead. A far better experience, presumably because it runs on New Vector's modular.im infra. Supports SSO (can even sign in with your Firefox account).
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    Will that fix things? Apparently, when I tried to DM my friend and invited him to a DM, the room should have been his username but was "empty room" instead.
    - emptysongglass 6y ago
      It may. Riot can be a bit of a pain to get the initial handshake going. If all else fails just keep blowing up the room and retrying until it sticks. I've had to do that before with members of my team.
      - StavrosK 6y ago
        I see, thanks. I tried with another friend, I keep trying to verify him but I keep seeing a spinner "waiting for him" and he sees nothing. I'm going to give Matrix a few more years to mature and try again then, I think.
        Arathorn 6y ago
        We're not aware of any performance problems on the matrix.org server right now (we had a breakthrough in performance last week), so I think something else is going wrong. What clients were you using?
        StavrosK 6y ago
        I was using web and he was using the android client. Things started working when he switched to web too.

emptysongglass 6y ago

I used this Ansible playbook [1] on a Digital Ocean droplet. Very easy to configure, fully-featured. [1] https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy

jasonzemos 6y ago

https://github.com/matrix-construct/construct https://github.com/matrix-construct/construct