Synapse is a popular, flexible, and scalable Matrix homeserver that can be used for a wide range of applications. It is written in Python and can be used to host one or multiple Matrix domains. In this tutorial, we will install Synapse on POP! OS. Follow these steps to install Synapse on your system.
Before you can start the installation process, you will need to have the following prerequisites already installed:
Follow these steps to install Synapse on POP! OS Latest:
To install the required dependencies, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y python3.9 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-virtualenv build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev libxi6 libxrender1 libxtst6 libxext6 python3-wheel python3-cffi
To install PostgreSQL, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
Once PostgreSQL is installed, log into the PostgreSQL shell using the following command:
sudo -u postgres psql
Then, create a new user with the following command:
CREATE USER synapse WITH PASSWORD 'password';
After creating a new user, create a new database with the following command:
CREATE DATABASE synapse OWNER synapse ENCODING 'UTF8';
Finally, grant privileges to the newly created user with the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE synapse TO synapse;
To install Synapse, run the following command:
sudo pip3 install matrix-synapse
To configure Synapse, copy the default configuration file with the following command:
cp /usr/local/lib/python3.x/dist-packages/synapse/python_dependencies.py ./synapse.yml
Replace 'x' with the current Python version installed on your system. Use the following command to edit the Synapse configuration file:
nano synapse.yml
Add the following lines to the end of the configuration file:
database:
name: psycopg2
args:
user: synapse
password: password
database: synapse
host: localhost
cp_min: 5
cp_max: 10
pool_size: 10
Replace the 'password' with the one you set during Step 2.
To start Synapse, run the following command:
synctl start
To verify Synapse, go to your browser and type in your system's IP address followed by :8008, e.g:
http://your-server-ip:8008
You should see the Synapse web interface.
You have now installed Synapse on POP! OS Latest. You can now use Synapse to host one or multiple Matrix domains.
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