matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/docs/configuring-playbook-matrix-corporal.md

Setting up Matrix Corporal (optional, advanced)

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WARNING: This is an advanced feature! It requires prior experience with Matrix and a specific need for using Matrix Corporal. If you're unsure whether you have such a need, you most likely don't.

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The playbook can install and configure matrix-corporal for you.

In short, it's a sort of automation and firewalling service, which is helpful if you're instaling Matrix services in a controlled corporate environment. See that project's documentation to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.

If you decide that you'd like to let this playbook install it for you, you'd need to also set up the Shared Secret Auth password provider module.

Playbook configuration

You would then need some configuration like this:

matrix_corporal_enabled: true

matrix_corporal_policy_provider_config: |
  {
    "Type": "http",
    "Uri": "https://intranet.example.com/matrix/policy",
    "AuthorizationBearerToken": "SOME_SECRET",
    "CachePath": "/var/cache/matrix-corporal/last-policy.json",
    "ReloadIntervalSeconds": 1800
  }  

# If you also want to enable Matrix Corporal's HTTP API..
matrix_corporal_http_api_enabled: true
matrix_corporal_http_api_auth_token: "AUTH_TOKEN_HERE"

# If you need to change the reconciliator user's id from the default (matrix-corporal)..
# In any case, you need to make sure this Matrix user is created on your server.
matrix_corporal_reconciliation_user_id_local_part: "matrix-corporal"

Matrix Corporal operates with a specific Matrix user on your server. By default, it's matrix-corporal (controllable by the matrix_corporal_reconciliation_user_id_local_part setting, see above). No matter what Matrix user id you configure to run it with, make sure that:

• the Matrix Corporal user is created by registering it. Use a password you remember, as you'll need to log in from time to time to create or join rooms

• the Matrix Corporal user is joined and has Admin/Moderator-level access to any rooms you want it to manage

Matrix Corporal files

The following local filesystem paths are mounted in the matrix-corporal container and can be used in your configuration (or policy):

• /matrix/corporal/config is mounted at /etc/matrix-corporal (read-only)

• /matrix/corporal/var is mounted at /var/matrix-corporal (read and write)

• /matrix/corporal/cache is mounted at /var/cache/matrix-corporal (read and write)

As an example: you can create your own configuration files in /matrix/corporal/config and they will appear in /etc/matrix-corporal in the Docker container. Your configuration (stuff in matrix_corporal_policy_provider_config) needs to refer to these files via the local container path /etc/matrix-corporal