Stream of Consciousness

Mark Eschbach's random writings on various topics.

Using Dendrite to create Matrix users

Categories: programming

Tags: k8s matrix

Alrighty, time to try to plug a client in.

Registering and Logging in.

First up I will try Element since they seem to be the ‘main’ client with most of the features. Seems to not like the fact I am using just straight HTTP, which is fair I guess. Easy enough to a Let’s Encrypt certificate:

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: xp-dendrite
  namespace: xp-dendrite
  annotations:
    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-prod
    ingress.kubernetes.io/whitelist-source-range: 172.16.0.0/12,10.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16
spec:
  ingressClassName: public
  tls:
    - hosts:
        - xp-dendrite.workshop.meschbach.org
      secretName: inventory-le
  rules:
    - host: xp-dendrite.workshop.meschbach.org
      http:
        paths:
          - path: /
            pathType: Prefix
            backend:
              service:
                name: dendrite
                port:
                  number: 80

Now I get an error message registration has been disabled. So client_api.registration_shared_secret needs to be set so you can use /usr/bin/createaccount -config /etc/dendrite/config.yaml -username some-user -admin. Interestingly it took a bit to accept the username I gave it.

Well, that works. Now I just need a few brave souls to check it out with me. Let me know if you are interested.