Ansible for Matrix Deployment

Installing Ansible for Matrix Deployment

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If you are installing on an LXC, see the Linux Container LXC Setup guide first. Set DNS using the DNS Guide.

Steps

Install Ansible

Refer to the official Ansible Installation Guide.

wget -qO - 'https://proget.makedeb.org/debian-feeds/prebuilt-mpr.pub' | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/prebuilt-mpr-archive-keyring.gpg 1> /dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/prebuilt-mpr-archive-keyring.gpg](arch=amd64) https://proget.makedeb.org prebuilt-mpr $(lsb_release -cs)" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/prebuilt-mpr.list
sudo apt update

sudo apt install just

sudo apt install -y python3-pip # Install pip
python3 -m pip install --user ansible # Use pip to install Ansible
pip install passlib

Running Ansible

After DNS is fully configured and ready:

make roles
ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,start

Vars Creation

echo "domain.tld: matrix."
read domain
echo "remote IP address: "
read remote_ip
git clone https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy.git
cd ./matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
mkdir inventory/host_vars/matrix.$domain
cp examples/vars.yml inventory/host_vars/matrix.$domain/vars.yml
cp examples/hosts inventory/hosts
sed 's/YOUR_BARE_DOMAIN_NAME_HERE/$domain/g' inventory/host_vars/matrix.$domain/vars.yml

VARS Configuration

sed 's/synapse/dendrite/' inventory/host_vars/matrix.$domain/vars.yml

References

• Ansible Installation Documentation

• Matrix Docker Ansible Deploy Repository

• DNS Guide