# Matrix homeserver setup, using different endpoints for federation and client # traffic. The main trick for this is defining two nginx servers endpoints for # matrix.domain.com, each listening on different ports. # # Configuration shamelessly stolen from [1] # # [1]: https://github.com/alarsyo/nixos-config/blob/main/services/matrix.nix { config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.my.services.matrix; federationPort = { public = 8448; private = 11338; }; clientPort = { public = 443; private = 11339; }; domain = config.networking.domain; in { options.my.services.matrix = with lib; { enable = mkEnableOption "Matrix Synapse"; secretFile = mkOption { type = with types; nullOr str; default = null; example = "/var/lib/matrix/shared-secret-config.yaml"; description = "Shared secret to register users"; }; mailConfigFile = mkOption { type = types.str; example = "/var/lib/matrix/email-config.yaml"; description = '' Configuration file for mail setup. ''; }; }; config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { services.postgresql = { enable = true; initialScript = pkgs.writeText "synapse-init.sql" '' CREATE ROLE "matrix-synapse" WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'synapse'; CREATE DATABASE "matrix-synapse" WITH OWNER "matrix-synapse" TEMPLATE template0 LC_COLLATE = "C" LC_CTYPE = "C"; ''; }; services.matrix-synapse = { enable = true; dataDir = "/var/lib/matrix-synapse"; settings = { server_name = domain; public_baseurl = "https://matrix.${domain}"; enable_registration = false; listeners = [ # Federation { bind_addresses = [ "::1" ]; port = federationPort.private; tls = false; # Terminated by nginx. x_forwarded = true; resources = [{ names = [ "federation" ]; compress = false; }]; } # Client { bind_addresses = [ "::1" ]; port = clientPort.private; tls = false; # Terminated by nginx. x_forwarded = true; resources = [{ names = [ "client" ]; compress = false; }]; } ]; account_threepid_delegates = { msisdn = "https://vector.im"; }; experimental_features = { spaces_enabled = true; }; }; extraConfigFiles = [ cfg.mailConfigFile ] ++ lib.optional (cfg.secretFile != null) cfg.secretFile; }; my.services.nginx.virtualHosts = [ # Element Web app deployment { subdomain = "chat"; root = pkgs.element-web.override { conf = { default_server_config = { "m.homeserver" = { "base_url" = "https://matrix.${domain}"; "server_name" = domain; }; "m.identity_server" = { "base_url" = "https://vector.im"; }; }; showLabsSettings = true; defaultCountryCode = "FR"; # cocorico roomDirectory = { "servers" = [ "matrix.org" "mozilla.org" ]; }; }; }; } ]; # Those are too complicated to use my wrapper... services.nginx.virtualHosts = { "matrix.${domain}" = { onlySSL = true; useACMEHost = domain; locations = let proxyToClientPort = { proxyPass = "http://[::1]:${toString clientPort.private}"; }; in { # Or do a redirect instead of the 404, or whatever is appropriate # for you. But do not put a Matrix Web client here! See the # Element web section below. "/".return = "404"; "/_matrix" = proxyToClientPort; "/_synapse/client" = proxyToClientPort; }; listen = [ { addr = "0.0.0.0"; port = clientPort.public; ssl = true; } { addr = "[::]"; port = clientPort.public; ssl = true; } ]; }; # same as above, but listening on the federation port "matrix.${domain}_federation" = { onlySSL = true; serverName = "matrix.${domain}"; useACMEHost = domain; locations."/".return = "404"; locations."/_matrix" = { proxyPass = "http://[::1]:${toString federationPort.private}"; }; listen = [ { addr = "0.0.0.0"; port = federationPort.public; ssl = true; } { addr = "[::]"; port = federationPort.public; ssl = true; } ]; }; "${domain}" = { forceSSL = true; useACMEHost = domain; locations."= /.well-known/matrix/server".extraConfig = let server = { "m.server" = "matrix.${domain}:${toString federationPort.public}"; }; in '' add_header Content-Type application/json; return 200 '${builtins.toJSON server}'; ''; locations."= /.well-known/matrix/client".extraConfig = let client = { "m.homeserver" = { "base_url" = "https://matrix.${domain}"; }; "m.identity_server" = { "base_url" = "https://vector.im"; }; }; # ACAO required to allow element-web on any URL to request this json file in '' add_header Content-Type application/json; add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *; return 200 '${builtins.toJSON client}'; ''; }; }; # For administration tools. environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.matrix-synapse ]; networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ clientPort.public federationPort.public ]; my.services.backup = { paths = [ config.services.matrix-synapse.dataDir ]; }; }; }