Merge branch 'docs' into 'next'

docs: make all configs match

Closes #205

See merge request famedly/conduit!301

DEPLOY.md

@@ -93,24 +93,30 @@ to read it. You need to change at least the server name.**
 
 ```toml
 [global]
-# The server_name is the name of this server. It is used as a suffix for user
+# The server_name is the pretty name of this server. It is used as a suffix for user
 # and room ids. Examples: matrix.org, conduit.rs
-# The Conduit server needs to be reachable at https://your.server.name/ on port
+
-# 443 (client-server) and 8448 (federation) OR you can create /.well-known
+# The Conduit server needs all /_matrix/ requests to be reachable at
-# files to redirect requests. See
+# https://your.server.name/ on port 443 (client-server) and 8448 (federation).
+
+# If that's not possible for you, you can create /.well-known files to redirect
+# requests. See
 # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#get-well-known-matrix-client
-# and https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/r0.1.4#get-well-known-matrix-server
+# and
+# https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/r0.1.4#get-well-known-matrix-server
 # for more information
 
 # YOU NEED TO EDIT THIS
 #server_name = "your.server.name"
 
 # This is the only directory where Conduit will save its data
-database_path = "/var/lib/matrix-conduit/conduit_db"
+database_path = "/var/lib/matrix-conduit/"
+database_backend = "rocksdb"
 
 # The port Conduit will be running on. You need to set up a reverse proxy in
 # your web server (e.g. apache or nginx), so all requests to /_matrix on port
 # 443 and 8448 will be forwarded to the Conduit instance running on this port
+# Docker users: Don't change this, you'll need to map an external port to this.
 port = 6167
 
 # Max size for uploads
@@ -119,20 +125,15 @@ max_request_size = 20_000_000 # in bytes
 # Enables registration. If set to false, no users can register on this server.
 allow_registration = true
 
-# Disable encryption, so no new encrypted rooms can be created
-# Note: existing rooms will continue to work
-allow_encryption = true
 allow_federation = true
 
 trusted_servers = ["matrix.org"]
 
 #max_concurrent_requests = 100 # How many requests Conduit sends to other servers at the same time
-#workers = 4 # default: cpu core count * 2
+#log = "info,state_res=warn,rocket=off,_=off,sled=off"
 
 address = "127.0.0.1" # This makes sure Conduit can only be reached using the reverse proxy
-
+#address = "0.0.0.0" # If Conduit is running in a container, make sure the reverse proxy (ie. Traefik) can reach it.
-# The total amount of memory that the database will use.
-#db_cache_capacity_mb = 200
 ```
 
 ## Setting the correct file permissions
@@ -147,8 +148,8 @@ sudo chown -R conduit:nogroup /etc/matrix-conduit
 If you use the default database path you also need to run this:
 
 ```bash
-sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/matrix-conduit/conduit_db
+sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/matrix-conduit/
-sudo chown -R conduit:nogroup /var/lib/matrix-conduit/conduit_db
+sudo chown -R conduit:nogroup /var/lib/matrix-conduit/
 ```
 
 ## Setting up the Reverse Proxy

Dockerfile

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ FROM docker.io/rust:1.58-bullseye AS builder
 WORKDIR /usr/src/conduit
 
 # Install required packages to build Conduit and it's dependencies
-RUN apt update && apt -y install libclang-dev
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install libclang-dev=1:11.0-51+nmu5
 
 # == Build dependencies without our own code separately for caching ==
 #
@@ -35,14 +36,16 @@ FROM docker.io/debian:bullseye-slim AS runner
 # You still need to map the port when using the docker command or docker-compose.
 EXPOSE 6167
 
-# Note from @jfowl: I would like to remove the config file in the future and just have the Docker version be configured with envs.
+ENV CONDUIT_PORT=6167 \
-ENV CONDUIT_CONFIG="/srv/conduit/conduit.toml" \
+    CONDUIT_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
-    CONDUIT_PORT=6167
+    CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH=/var/lib/matrix-conduit \
+    CONDUIT_CONFIG=''
+#    └─> Set no config file to do all configuration with env vars
 
 # Conduit needs:
 #   ca-certificates: for https
 #   iproute2 & wget: for the healthcheck script
-RUN apt update && apt -y install \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
     ca-certificates \
     iproute2 \
     wget \
@@ -59,12 +62,12 @@ HEALTHCHECK --start-period=5s --interval=5s CMD ./healthcheck.sh
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/conduit/target/release/conduit /srv/conduit/conduit
 
 # Improve security: Don't run stuff as root, that does not need to run as root
-# Add 'conduit' user and group (100:82). The UID:GID choice is to be compatible
+# Most distros also use 1000:1000 for the first real user, so this should resolve volume mounting problems.
-# with previous, Alpine-based containers, where the user and group were both
+ARG USER_ID=1000
-# named 'www-data'.
+ARG GROUP_ID=1000
 RUN set -x ; \
-    groupadd -r -g 82 conduit ; \
+    groupadd -r -g ${GROUP_ID} conduit ; \
-    useradd -r -M -d /srv/conduit -o -u 100 -g conduit conduit && exit 0 ; exit 1
+    useradd -l -r -M -d /srv/conduit -o -u ${USER_ID} -g conduit conduit && exit 0 ; exit 1
 
 # Change ownership of Conduit files to conduit user and group and make the healthcheck executable:
 RUN chown -cR conduit:conduit /srv/conduit && \

conduit-example.toml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #server_name = "your.server.name"
 
 # This is the only directory where Conduit will save its data
-database_path = "/var/lib/conduit/"
+database_path = "/var/lib/matrix-conduit/"
 database_backend = "rocksdb"
 
 # The port Conduit will be running on. You need to set up a reverse proxy in
@@ -31,24 +31,12 @@ max_request_size = 20_000_000 # in bytes
 # Enables registration. If set to false, no users can register on this server.
 allow_registration = true
 
-# Disable encryption, so no new encrypted rooms can be created
+allow_federation = true
-# Note: existing rooms will continue to work
-#allow_encryption = false
-#allow_federation = false
-
-# Enable jaeger to support monitoring and troubleshooting through jaeger
-#allow_jaeger = false
 
 trusted_servers = ["matrix.org"]
 
 #max_concurrent_requests = 100 # How many requests Conduit sends to other servers at the same time
-#log = "info,state_res=warn,_=off,sled=off"
+#log = "info,state_res=warn,rocket=off,_=off,sled=off"
-#workers = 4 # default: cpu core count * 2
 
 address = "127.0.0.1" # This makes sure Conduit can only be reached using the reverse proxy
 #address = "0.0.0.0" # If Conduit is running in a container, make sure the reverse proxy (ie. Traefik) can reach it.
-
-proxy = "none" # more examples can be found at src/database/proxy.rs:6
-
-# The total amount of memory that the database will use.
-#db_cache_capacity_mb = 200

debian/postinst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 
 CONDUIT_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/matrix-conduit
 CONDUIT_CONFIG_FILE="${CONDUIT_CONFIG_PATH}/conduit.toml"
-CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH=/var/lib/matrix-conduit/conduit_db
+CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH=/var/lib/matrix-conduit/
 
 case "$1" in
   configure)
@@ -36,18 +36,24 @@ case "$1" in
       mkdir -p "$CONDUIT_CONFIG_PATH"
       cat > "$CONDUIT_CONFIG_FILE" << EOF
 [global]
-# The server_name is the name of this server. It is used as a suffix for user
+# The server_name is the pretty name of this server. It is used as a suffix for
-# and room ids. Examples: matrix.org, conduit.rs
+# user and room ids. Examples: matrix.org, conduit.rs
-# The Conduit server needs to be reachable at https://your.server.name/ on port
+
-# 443 (client-server) and 8448 (federation) OR you can create /.well-known
+# The Conduit server needs all /_matrix/ requests to be reachable at
-# files to redirect requests. See
+# https://your.server.name/ on port 443 (client-server) and 8448 (federation).
+
+# If that's not possible for you, you can create /.well-known files to redirect
+# requests. See
 # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#get-well-known-matrix-client
-# and https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/r0.1.4#get-well-known-matrix-server
+# and
-# for more information.
+# https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/r0.1.4#get-well-known-matrix-server
+# for more information
+
 server_name = "${CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME}"
 
 # This is the only directory where Conduit will save its data.
 database_path = "${CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH}"
+database_backend = "rocksdb"
 
 # The address Conduit will be listening on.
 # By default the server listens on address 0.0.0.0. Change this to 127.0.0.1 to
@@ -56,7 +62,8 @@ address = "${CONDUIT_ADDRESS}"
 
 # The port Conduit will be running on. You need to set up a reverse proxy in
 # your web server (e.g. apache or nginx), so all requests to /_matrix on port
-# 443 and 8448 will be forwarded to the Conduit instance running on this port.
+# 443 and 8448 will be forwarded to the Conduit instance running on this port
+# Docker users: Don't change this, you'll need to map an external port to this.
 port = ${CONDUIT_PORT}
 
 # Max size for uploads
@@ -65,20 +72,15 @@ max_request_size = 20_000_000 # in bytes
 # Enables registration. If set to false, no users can register on this server.
 allow_registration = true
 
-# Disable encryption, so no new encrypted rooms can be created.
+allow_federation = true
-# Note: Existing rooms will continue to work.
-#allow_encryption = false
-#allow_federation = false
 
-# Enable jaeger to support monitoring and troubleshooting through jaeger.
+trusted_servers = ["matrix.org"]
-#allow_jaeger = false
 
 #max_concurrent_requests = 100 # How many requests Conduit sends to other servers at the same time
-#log = "info,state_res=warn,_=off,sled=off"
+#log = "info,state_res=warn,rocket=off,_=off,sled=off"
-#workers = 4 # default: cpu core count * 2
 
-# The total amount of memory that the database will use.
+address = "127.0.0.1" # This makes sure Conduit can only be reached using the reverse proxy
-#db_cache_capacity_mb = 200
+#address = "0.0.0.0" # If Conduit is running in a container, make sure the reverse proxy (ie. Traefik) can reach it.
 EOF
     fi
     ;;

docker-compose.yml

@@ -20,27 +20,21 @@ services:
         ports:
             - 8448:6167
         volumes:
-            - db:/srv/conduit/.local/share/conduit
+            - db:/var/lib/matrix-conduit/
-            ### Uncomment if you want to use conduit.toml to configure Conduit
-            ### Note: Set env vars will override conduit.toml values
-            # - ./conduit.toml:/srv/conduit/conduit.toml
         environment:
-            CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME: localhost:6167  # replace with your own name
+            CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME: your.server.name # EDIT THIS
-            CONDUIT_TRUSTED_SERVERS: '["matrix.org"]'
+            CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /var/lib/matrix-conduit/
+            CONDUIT_DATABASE_BACKEND: rocksdb
+            CONDUIT_PORT: 6167
+            CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE: 20_000_000 # in bytes, ~20 MB
             CONDUIT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION: 'true'
-            ### Uncomment and change values as desired
+            CONDUIT_ALLOW_FEDERATION: 'true'
-            # CONDUIT_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0
+            CONDUIT_TRUSTED_SERVERS: '["matrix.org"]'
-            # CONDUIT_PORT: 6167
+            #CONDUIT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: 100
-            # CONDUIT_CONFIG: '/srv/conduit/conduit.toml'  # if you want to configure purely by env vars, set this to an empty string ''
+            #CONDUIT_LOG: info,rocket=off,_=off,sled=off
-            # Available levels are: error, warn, info, debug, trace - more info at: https://docs.rs/env_logger/*/env_logger/#enabling-logging
+            CONDUIT_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0
-            # CONDUIT_LOG: info  # default is: "info,_=off,sled=off"
+            CONDUIT_CONFIG: '' # Ignore this
-            # CONDUIT_ALLOW_JAEGER: 'false'
+    #
-            # CONDUIT_ALLOW_ENCRYPTION: 'false'
-            # CONDUIT_ALLOW_FEDERATION: 'false'
-            # CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /srv/conduit/.local/share/conduit
-            # CONDUIT_WORKERS: 10
-            # CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE: 20_000_000  # in bytes, ~20 MB
-
     ### Uncomment if you want to use your own Element-Web App.
     ### Note: You need to provide a config.json for Element and you also need a second
     ###       Domain or Subdomain for the communication between Element and Conduit
@@ -56,4 +50,4 @@ services:
     #         - homeserver
 
 volumes:
-  db:
+    db:

docker/README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,17 @@ which also will tag the resulting image as `matrixconduit/matrix-conduit:latest`
 After building the image you can simply run it with
 
 ```bash
-docker run -d -p 8448:6167 -v ~/conduit.toml:/srv/conduit/conduit.toml -v db:/srv/conduit/.local/share/conduit matrixconduit/matrix-conduit:latest
+docker run -d -p 8448:6167 \
+  -v db:/var/lib/matrix-conduit/ \
+  -e CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME="your.server.name" \
+  -e CONDUIT_DATABASE_BACKEND="rocksdb" \
+  -e CONDUIT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION=true \
+  -e CONDUIT_ALLOW_FEDERATION=true \
+  -e CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE="20_000_000" \
+  -e CONDUIT_TRUSTED_SERVERS="[\"matrix.org\"]" \
+  -e CONDUIT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS="100" \
+  -e CONDUIT_LOG="info,rocket=off,_=off,sled=off" \
+  --name conduit matrixconduit/matrix-conduit:latest
 ```
 
 or you can skip the build step and pull the image from one of the following registries:
@@ -127,4 +137,4 @@ So...step by step:
      ```
 
 6. Run `docker-compose up -d`
-7. Connect to your homeserver with your preferred client and create a user. You should do this immediatly after starting Conduit, because the first created user is the admin.
+7. Connect to your homeserver with your preferred client and create a user. You should do this immediately after starting Conduit, because the first created user is the admin.

docker/ci-binaries-packaging.Dockerfile

@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ FROM docker.io/alpine:3.15.0 AS runner
 # You still need to map the port when using the docker command or docker-compose.
 EXPOSE 6167
 
-# Note from @jfowl: I would like to remove the config file in the future and just have the Docker version be configured with envs. 
+# Users are expected to mount a volume to this directory:
-ENV CONDUIT_CONFIG="/srv/conduit/conduit.toml" \
+ARG DEFAULT_DB_PATH=/var/lib/matrix-conduit
-    CONDUIT_PORT=6167
+
+ENV CONDUIT_PORT=6167 \
+    CONDUIT_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
+    CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH=${DEFAULT_DB_PATH} \
+    CONDUIT_CONFIG=''
+#    └─> Set no config file to do all configuration with env vars
 
 # Conduit needs:
 #   ca-certificates: for https
@@ -25,7 +30,6 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     ca-certificates \
     iproute2
 
-
 ARG CREATED
 ARG VERSION
 ARG GIT_REF
@@ -45,36 +49,36 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.created=${CREATED} \
     org.opencontainers.image.ref.name=""
 
 # Created directory for the database and media files
-RUN mkdir -p /srv/conduit/.local/share/conduit
+RUN mkdir -p ${DEFAULT_DB_PATH}
 
 # Test if Conduit is still alive, uses the same endpoint as Element
 COPY ./docker/healthcheck.sh /srv/conduit/healthcheck.sh
 HEALTHCHECK --start-period=5s --interval=5s CMD ./healthcheck.sh
 
-
-# Depending on the target platform (e.g. "linux/arm/v7", "linux/arm64/v8", or "linux/amd64")
-# copy the matching binary into this docker image
-ARG TARGETPLATFORM
-COPY ./$TARGETPLATFORM /srv/conduit/conduit
-
-
 # Improve security: Don't run stuff as root, that does not need to run as root:
-# Add www-data user and group with UID 82, as used by alpine
+# Most distros also use 1000:1000 for the first real user, so this should resolve volume mounting problems.
-# https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/main/nginx/nginx.pre-install
+ARG USER_ID=1000
+ARG GROUP_ID=1000
 RUN set -x ; \
-    addgroup -Sg 82 www-data 2>/dev/null ; \
+    deluser --remove-home www-data ; \
-    adduser -S -D -H -h /srv/conduit -G www-data -g www-data www-data 2>/dev/null ; \
+    addgroup -S -g ${GROUP_ID} conduit 2>/dev/null ; \
-    addgroup www-data www-data 2>/dev/null && exit 0 ; exit 1
+    adduser -S -u ${USER_ID} -D -H -h /srv/conduit -G conduit -g conduit conduit 2>/dev/null ; \
+    addgroup conduit conduit 2>/dev/null && exit 0 ; exit 1
 
-# Change ownership of Conduit files to www-data user and group
+# Change ownership of Conduit files to conduit user and group
-RUN chown -cR www-data:www-data /srv/conduit
+RUN chown -cR conduit:conduit /srv/conduit && \
-RUN chmod +x /srv/conduit/healthcheck.sh
+    chmod +x /srv/conduit/healthcheck.sh
 
-# Change user to www-data
+# Change user to conduit
-USER www-data
+USER conduit
 # Set container home directory
 WORKDIR /srv/conduit
 
 # Run Conduit and print backtraces on panics
 ENV RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/srv/conduit/conduit" ]
+
+# Depending on the target platform (e.g. "linux/arm/v7", "linux/arm64/v8", or "linux/amd64")
+# copy the matching binary into this docker image
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+COPY --chown=conduit:conduit ./$TARGETPLATFORM /srv/conduit/conduit

docker/docker-compose.for-traefik.yml

@@ -18,28 +18,22 @@ services:
         #         GIT_REF: origin/master
         restart: unless-stopped
         volumes:
-            - db:/srv/conduit/.local/share/conduit
+            - db:/var/lib/matrix-conduit/
-            ### Uncomment if you want to use conduit.toml to configure Conduit
-            ### Note: Set env vars will override conduit.toml values
-            # - ./conduit.toml:/srv/conduit/conduit.toml
         networks:
             - proxy
         environment:
-            CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME: localhost:6167  # replace with your own name
+            CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME: your.server.name # EDIT THIS
+            CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /var/lib/matrix-conduit/
+            CONDUIT_DATABASE_BACKEND: rocksdb
+            CONDUIT_PORT: 6167
+            CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE: 20_000_000 # in bytes, ~20 MB
+            CONDUIT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION: 'true'
+            CONDUIT_ALLOW_FEDERATION: 'true'
             CONDUIT_TRUSTED_SERVERS: '["matrix.org"]'
-            CONDUIT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION : 'true'
+            #CONDUIT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: 100
-            ### Uncomment and change values as desired
+            #CONDUIT_LOG: info,rocket=off,_=off,sled=off
-            # CONDUIT_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0
+            CONDUIT_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0
-            # CONDUIT_PORT: 6167
+            CONDUIT_CONFIG: '' # Ignore this
-            # CONDUIT_CONFIG: '/srv/conduit/conduit.toml'  # if you want to configure purely by env vars, set this to an empty string ''
-            # Available levels are: error, warn, info, debug, trace - more info at: https://docs.rs/env_logger/*/env_logger/#enabling-logging
-            # CONDUIT_LOG: info  # default is: "info,_=off,sled=off"
-            # CONDUIT_ALLOW_JAEGER: 'false'
-            # CONDUIT_ALLOW_ENCRYPTION: 'false'
-            # CONDUIT_ALLOW_FEDERATION: 'false'
-            # CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH: /srv/conduit/.local/share/conduit
-            # CONDUIT_WORKERS: 10
-            # CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE: 20_000_000  # in bytes, ~20 MB
 
     # We need some way to server the client and server .well-known json. The simplest way is to use a nginx container
     # to serve those two as static files. If you want to use a different way, delete or comment the below service, here
@@ -50,7 +44,6 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - ./nginx/matrix.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/matrix.conf # the config to serve the .well-known/matrix files
             - ./nginx/www:/var/www/ # location of the client and server .well-known-files
-
     ### Uncomment if you want to use your own Element-Web App.
     ### Note: You need to provide a config.json for Element and you also need a second
     ###       Domain or Subdomain for the communication between Element and Conduit