Dendrite is a Matrix homeserver written in Go. It is designed to be lightweight, fast, and scalable, and is compatible with the Matrix specification. Users can host their own private Matrix server or join existing federated server networks.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Dendrite on POP! OS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, you must have the following:
Dendrite is built in Go, so you need to install the Go programming language first. You can do this by running the following commands:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install golang
Next, you will need to download the latest version of Dendrite from the official Matrix git repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite.git
$ cd dendrite
Once you have downloaded the source code, you can build it by running the following commands:
$ go mod download
$ go build ./cmd/dendrite
Before you can run Dendrite, you need to configure it appropriately. To do this, create a new configuration file:
$ cp dendrite_config.yaml.sample dendrite.yaml
Then, open the dendrite.yaml file in a text editor and modify the settings as per your requirements.
Once you have configured Dendrite properly, you can run it by executing the following command:
$ ./dendrite monolith
This will launch the Dendrite server. You will see log messages on the terminal indicating the status of the server. If all goes well, you should see a message indicating that Dendrite is listening on a specific port.
If you want to run Dendrite as a background service, you can create a systemd service file.
$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dendrite.service
Then, paste the following contents into the file:
[Unit]
Description=Dendrite homeserver
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/path/to/dendrite/cmd/dendrite/dendrite monolith
User=dendrite
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace /path/to/dendrite/ with the absolute path to the Dendrite directory, and dendrite with the name of the user account that will run the service.
Save and exit the file. Then, reload the systemd daemon and start the service with the following commands:
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl start dendrite
Check the status of the service with:
$ sudo systemctl status dendrite
If everything is working well, enable the service to start automatically at boot time with:
$ sudo systemctl enable dendrite
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dendrite on POP! OS Latest. You can now test your server by connecting to it using a Matrix client.
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