[advice] Hosting Matrix Server & Bridges

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

Hi all,

I want to host my own matrix server, so that i can run bridges to all the other (stupid) messaging apps.

I am looking for any advice or experience in choosing which server to run, and if you know of any good tutorials, run throughs, etc. i typically would like a lighter instance, as i expect about 3 users, with 2 of us needing bridging.

dendrite
synapse
conduit
construct

and then the addition of bridges, (Signal, WA, Messenger and hopefully SMS).

I am fairly self sufficient when it comes to self hosting, and i run everything on linux, in docker, proxied by Nginx proxy manager. but typically prefer stuff that works more or less out of the box.

Thanks all!

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Onurb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Im using the ansible matrix playbook with synapse for 3 users and a bunch of bridges. I choose this because I used to setup my docker container and everything myself up but i absolutely dont want any downtime on my communications just because a config is not perfectly setup. If im out and about i want to still be reached. The playbook makes it really simple and takes care of everything i want. Even things like sliding sync are setup with one line added to the config. github.com/…/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy

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- Black616Angel@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  This is the way! I also have a synapse with this ansible playboy up and running and it works like a charm.
  
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quirq@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I run my own Dendrite server and have had it work pretty well.

Initially I chose Dendrite over Synapse as I heard about Synapse being quite heavy in terms of load, and my overall experience with Dendrite has been pretty good!

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- palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  how difficult was the setup? i am hoping for lug-n-play type of thing.
  
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  - quirq@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I would rate it 8/10 for ease of install, especially with the docker setup it is pretty easy.
    
    Only slightly annoying setup task was getting the matrix bridges setup as you need to mess with some config and I had some issues getting it to work initially.
    
    But once it was all setup, pretty solid for me ever since!
    
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wgs@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Do not use Dendrite for multi-user setups if you plan to run bridges. Contacts handled by the bridges are visible by the whole server, which means that it leaks many information on your contacts (names, phone number, …). I’m also not sure that multi-user puppeting is supported with dendrite.

I would advise you to run Synapse because of that.

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makr_alland@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I run my own Synapse server with bridges to WhatsApp and Telegram, along with a few other services, using Yunohost. I haven’t observed any huge resource usage, and I like the centralized management/update. One possible downside is that you won’t get the latest versions immediately, the Yunohost maintainers take time to test those. I prefer the stability that gives me but if you want to be on the edge a docker setup will be better.

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