Community Hass.io Add-ons: Matrix

A secure and decentralized communication platform.

About

Matrix is a secure and decentralized communication platform served as an in-house and open-source alternative for platfoms like Discord or Slack. You can connect via your own clients, or via the Riot web client provided from this add-on.

Installation

The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other Hass.io add-on.

1. Add our Hass.io add-ons repository to your Hass.io instance.
2. Install the "Matrix" add-on.
3. Set your server_name as the hostname of the instance you will be using. This is an important step for integrating other services later.
4. Start the "Matrix" add-on.
5. Check the logs of the "Matrix" add-on to see if everything went well.
6. Click "Open Web UI".
7. You can then register via the message that appears at the top of the app.
8. Change the server address to your own via "Custom server" and set the "Home server URL" to yours. By default this will be https://yourservername:8448. You can check this by navigating to this URL and you will be presented with a welcome message.

NOTE: Do not add this repository to Hass.io, please use: https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository.

Configuration

Note: Remember to restart the add-on when the configuration is changed.

Example add-on configuration:

{
  "log_level": "info",
  "ssl": true,
  "certfile": "fullchain.pem",
  "keyfile": "privkey.pem",
  "server_name": "yourddns_url.com"
}

Note: This is just an example, don't copy and paste it! Create your own!

Option: log_level

The log_level option controls the level of log output by the addon and can be changed to be more or less verbose, which might be useful when you are dealing with an unknown issue. Possible values are:

• trace: Show every detail, like all called internal functions.
• debug: Shows detailed debug information.
• info: Normal (usually) interesting events.
• warning: Exceptional occurrences that are not errors.
• error: Runtime errors that do not require immediate action.
• fatal: Something went terribly wrong. Add-on becomes unusable.

Please note that each level automatically includes log messages from a more severe level, e.g., debug also shows info messages. By default, the log_level is set to info, which is the recommended setting unless you are troubleshooting.

These log level also affects the log levels of the Matrix.

Option: ssl

Enables/Disables SSL (HTTPS) on the IDE. Set it true to enable it, false otherwise.

Option: certfile

The certificate file to use for SSL.

Note: The file MUST be stored in /ssl/, which is default for Hass.io

Option: keyfile

The private key file to use for SSL.

Note: The file MUST be stored in /ssl/, which is default for Hass.io

Option: server_name

This is the hostname of your server. Set this to the host that you will be connecting to with your clients without the port and without the http:// orhttps://. For example: if your domain name is home-assistant.io set your server_name to this.

Note: You should only set this once. You will likely have to reinstall the addon to change this after the fact, losing all your rooms and users.

Option: leave_front_door_open

Adding this option to the add-on configuration allows you to disable HA authentication on the Riot interface by setting it to true and leaving the username and password empty.

Note: We STRONGLY suggest, not to use this, even if this add-on is only exposed to your internal network. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Changelog & Releases

This repository keeps a change log using GitHub's releases functionality. The format of the log is based on Keep a Changelog.

Releases are based on Semantic Versioning, and use the format of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. In a nutshell, the version will be incremented based on the following:

• MAJOR: Incompatible or major changes.
• MINOR: Backwards-compatible new features and enhancements.
• PATCH: Backwards-compatible bugfixes and package updates.

Support

Got questions?

You have several options to get them answered:

• The Community Hass.io Add-ons Discord chat server for add-on support and feature requests.
• The Home Assistant Discord chat server for general Home Assistant discussions and questions.
• The Home Assistant Community Forum.
• Join the Reddit subreddit in /r/homeassistant

You could also open an issue here GitHub.

Contributing

This is an active open-source project. We are always open to people who want to use the code or contribute to it.

We have set up a separate document containing our contribution guidelines.

Thank you for being involved! 😍

Authors & contributors

The original setup of this repository is by Timmo.

For a full list of all authors and contributors, check the contributor's page.

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License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Timmo

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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