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Server: Matrix

https://matrix.org/docs/guides/installing-synapse/

Implementation: Synapse

Installation

  • Host: matrix.traxel.com
  • IP: 44.237.36.191
  • Provider: Lightsail

Host Basics

ssh -i path/to/key.pem admin@44.237.36.191
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install -y emacs-nox net-tools git curl unzip wget

.ssh/config

Host matrix
  HostName 44.237.36.191
  User admin
  IdentityFile /path/to/key.pem

Synapse Install

sudo apt install -y lsb-release apt-transport-https wget
sudo wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.matrix.org/debian/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.matrix.org/debian/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/matrix-org.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y matrix-synapse-py3

Using Postgres

Based on: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#set-up-database

sudo apt install -y postgresql libpq5

Results:

Success. You can now start the database server using:

    pg_ctlcluster 13 main start

Ver Cluster Port Status Owner    Data directory              Log file
13  main    5432 down   postgres /var/lib/postgresql/13/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-13-main.log

Configure User & DB

sudo -u postgres bash
createuser --pwprompt synapse_user
# local access only password
createdb --encoding=UTF8 --locale=C --template=template0 --owner=synapse_user synapse

Synapse Config

Based on: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#synapse-config

Client: Element.io