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@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Introduction
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Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and
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VoIP. The basics you need to know to get up and running are:
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- Chatrooms are distributed and do not exist on any single server. Rooms
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can be found using aliases like ``#matrix:matrix.org`` or
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``#test:localhost:8008`` or they can be ephemeral.
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- Matrix user IDs look like ``@matthew:matrix.org`` (although in the future
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you will normally refer to yourself and others using a 3PID: email
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address, phone number, etc rather than manipulating Matrix user IDs)
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- Chatrooms are distributed and do not exist on any single server. Rooms
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can be found using aliases like ``#matrix:matrix.org`` or
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``#test:localhost:8008`` or they can be ephemeral.
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- Matrix user IDs look like ``@matthew:matrix.org`` (although in the future
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you will normally refer to yourself and others using a 3PID: email
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address, phone number, etc rather than manipulating Matrix user IDs)
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The overall architecture is::
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@ -20,70 +20,74 @@ The overall architecture is::
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WARNING
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=======
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**Synapse is currently in a state of rapid development, and not all features are yet functional.
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Critically, some security features are still in development, which means Synapse can *not*
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be considered secure or reliable at this point.** For instance:
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**Synapse is currently in a state of rapid development, and not all features
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are yet functional. Critically, some security features are still in
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development, which means Synapse can *not* be considered secure or reliable at
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this point.** For instance:
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- **SSL Certificates used by server-server federation are not yet validated.**
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- **Room permissions are not yet enforced on traffic received via federation.**
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- **Homeservers do not yet cryptographically sign their events to avoid tampering**
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- **Homeservers do not yet cryptographically sign their events to avoid
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tampering**
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- Default configuration provides open signup to the service from the internet
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Despite this, we believe Synapse is more than useful as a way for experimenting and
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exploring Synapse, and the missing features will land shortly. **Until then, please do *NOT*
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use Synapse for any remotely important or secure communication.**
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Despite this, we believe Synapse is more than useful as a way for experimenting
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and exploring Synapse, and the missing features will land shortly. **Until
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then, please do *NOT* use Synapse for any remotely important or secure
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communication.**
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Quick Start
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===========
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System requirements:
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- POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OSX)
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- Python 2.7
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- POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OSX)
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- Python 2.7
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To get up and running:
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- To simply play with an **existing** homeserver you can
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just go straight to http://matrix.org/alpha.
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- To run your own **private** homeserver on localhost:8008, generate a basic
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config file: ``./synctl start`` will give you instructions on how to do this.
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Once you've done so, running ``./synctl start`` again will start your private
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home sserver. You will find a webclient running at http://localhost:8008.
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Please use a recent Chrome or Firefox for now (or Safari if you don't need
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VoIP support).
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- To run a **public** homeserver and let it exchange messages with other homeservers
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and participate in the global Matrix federation, you must expose port 8448 to the
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internet and edit homeserver.yaml to specify server_name (the public DNS entry for
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this server) and then run ``synctl start``. If you changed the server_name, you may
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need to move the old database (homeserver.db) out of the way first. Then come join
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``#matrix:matrix.org`` and say hi! :)
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- To simply play with an **existing** homeserver you can
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just go straight to http://matrix.org/alpha.
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- To run your own **private** homeserver on localhost:8008, generate a basic
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config file: ``./synctl start`` will give you instructions on how to do this.
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Once you've done so, running ``./synctl start`` again will start your private
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home sserver. You will find a webclient running at http://localhost:8008.
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Please use a recent Chrome or Firefox for now (or Safari if you don't need
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VoIP support).
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- To run a **public** homeserver and let it exchange messages with other
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homeservers and participate in the global Matrix federation, you must expose
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port 8448 to the internet and edit homeserver.yaml to specify server_name
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(the public DNS entry for this server) and then run ``synctl start``. If you
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changed the server_name, you may need to move the old database
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(homeserver.db) out of the way first. Then come join ``#matrix:matrix.org``
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and say hi! :)
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For more detailed setup instructions, please see further down this document.
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About Matrix
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============
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Matrix specifies a set of pragmatic RESTful HTTP JSON APIs as an open standard,
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which handle:
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- Creating and managing fully distributed chat rooms with no
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single points of control or failure
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- Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure[1] synchronisation of room
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state across a global open network of federated servers and services
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- Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional)
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end-to-end encryption[2]
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- Inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning room members
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- Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout)
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- Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers,
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Facebook accounts to authenticate, identify and discover users on Matrix.
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- Placing 1:1 VoIP and Video calls
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- Creating and managing fully distributed chat rooms with no
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single points of control or failure
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- Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure[1] synchronisation of room
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state across a global open network of federated servers and services
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- Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional)
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end-to-end encryption[2]
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- Inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning room members
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- Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout)
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- Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers,
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Facebook accounts to authenticate, identify and discover users on Matrix.
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- Placing 1:1 VoIP and Video calls
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These APIs are intended to be implemented on a wide range of servers, services
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and clients, letting developers build messaging and VoIP functionality on top of
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the entirely open Matrix ecosystem rather than using closed or proprietary
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and clients, letting developers build messaging and VoIP functionality on top
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of the entirely open Matrix ecosystem rather than using closed or proprietary
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solutions. The hope is for Matrix to act as the building blocks for a new
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generation of fully open and interoperable messaging and VoIP apps for the
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internet.
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@ -98,17 +102,17 @@ In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to
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a Matrix homeserver which stores all their personal chat history and user
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account information - much as a mail client connects through to an IMAP/SMTP
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server. Just like email, you can either run your own Matrix homeserver and
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control and own your own communications and history or use one hosted by someone
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else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control or mandatory
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service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, etc.
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control and own your own communications and history or use one hosted by
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someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control or
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mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, etc.
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Synapse ships with two basic demo Matrix clients: webclient (a basic group chat
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web client demo implemented in AngularJS) and cmdclient (a basic Python
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command line utility which lets you easily see what the JSON APIs are up to).
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We'd like to invite you to take a look at the Matrix spec, try to run a
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homeserver, and join the existing Matrix chatrooms already out there, experiment
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with the APIs and the demo clients, and let us know your thoughts at
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homeserver, and join the existing Matrix chatrooms already out there,
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experiment with the APIs and the demo clients, and let us know your thoughts at
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https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues or at matrix@matrix.org.
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Thanks for trying Matrix!
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@ -121,14 +125,14 @@ Thanks for trying Matrix!
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Homeserver Installation
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=======================
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First, the dependencies need to be installed. Start by installing
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First, the dependencies need to be installed. Start by installing
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'python2.7-dev' and the various tools of the compiler toolchain.
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Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu::
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Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu::
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$ sudo apt-get install build-essential python2.7-dev libffi-dev
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Installing prerequisites on Mac OS X::
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Installing prerequisites on Mac OS X::
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$ xcode-select --install
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to install by making setup.py do so, in --user mode::
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$ python setup.py develop --user
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You'll need a version of setuptools new enough to know about git, so you
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may need to also run:
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may need to also run::
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$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
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$ sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools
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If you don't have access to github, then you may need to install ``syutil``
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manually by checking it out and running ``python setup.py develop --user`` on it
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too.
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manually by checking it out and running ``python setup.py develop --user`` on
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it too.
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If you get errors about ``sodium.h`` being missing, you may also need to
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manually install a newer PyNaCl via pip as setuptools installs an old one. Or
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you can check PyNaCl out of git directly (https://github.com/pyca/pynacl) and
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installing it. Installing PyNaCl using pip may also work (remember to remove any
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other versions installed by setuputils in, for example, ~/.local/lib).
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installing it. Installing PyNaCl using pip may also work (remember to remove
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any other versions installed by setuputils in, for example, ~/.local/lib).
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On OSX, if you encounter ``clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd'``
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On OSX, if you encounter ``clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd'``
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you will need to ``export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments``.
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This will run a process of downloading and installing into your
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Before upgrading an existing homeserver to a new version, please refer to
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UPGRADE.rst for any additional instructions.
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Setting up Federation
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=====================
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You have two choices here, which will influence the form of your Matrix user
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IDs:
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1) Use the machine's own hostname as available on public DNS in the form of its
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A or AAAA records. This is easier to set up initially, perhaps for testing,
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but lacks the flexibility of SRV.
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1) Use the machine's own hostname as available on public DNS in the form of
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its A or AAAA records. This is easier to set up initially, perhaps for
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testing, but lacks the flexibility of SRV.
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2) Set up a SRV record for your domain name. This requires you create a SRV
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record in DNS, but gives the flexibility to run the server on your own
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choice of TCP port, on a machine that might not be the same name as the
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domain name.
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2) Set up a SRV record for your domain name. This requires you create a SRV
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record in DNS, but gives the flexibility to run the server on your own
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choice of TCP port, on a machine that might not be the same name as the
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domain name.
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For the first form, simply pass the required hostname (of the machine) as the
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--host parameter::
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--config-path homeserver.config \
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--generate-config
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$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config
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Alternatively, you can run synapse via synctl - running ``synctl start`` to
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generate a homeserver.yaml config file, where you can then edit server-name to
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specify machine.my.domain.name, and then set the actual server running again
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Alternatively, you can run synapse via synctl - running ``synctl start`` to
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generate a homeserver.yaml config file, where you can then edit server-name to
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specify machine.my.domain.name, and then set the actual server running again
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with synctl start.
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For the second form, first create your SRV record and publish it in DNS. This
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Specify your desired localpart in the topmost box of the "Register for an
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account" form, and click the "Register" button. Hostnames can contain ports if
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required due to lack of SRV records (e.g. @matthew:localhost:8080 on an internal
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synapse sandbox running on localhost)
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required due to lack of SRV records (e.g. @matthew:localhost:8080 on an
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internal synapse sandbox running on localhost)
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Logging In To An Existing Account
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The job of authenticating 3PIDs and tracking which 3PIDs are associated with a
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given Matrix user is very security-sensitive, as there is obvious risk of spam
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if it is too easy to sign up for Matrix accounts or harvest 3PID data. Meanwhile
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the job of publishing the end-to-end encryption public keys for Matrix users is
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also very security-sensitive for similar reasons.
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if it is too easy to sign up for Matrix accounts or harvest 3PID data.
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Meanwhile the job of publishing the end-to-end encryption public keys for
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Matrix users is also very security-sensitive for similar reasons.
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Therefore the role of managing trusted identity in the Matrix ecosystem is
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farmed out to a cluster of known trusted ecosystem partners, who run 'Matrix
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It's currently early days for identity servers as Matrix is not yet using 3PIDs
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as the primary means of identity and E2E encryption is not complete. As such,
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we are running a single identity server (http://matrix.org:8090) at the current
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we are running a single identity server (http://matrix.org:8090) at the current
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time.
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