matrix.org (communication)

[yusf]

I looked into the possibility of a new try to host Riot and Synapse on the same (sub)domain. Here’s the reply:

yusf:
Or is there, if it’s decided to host both on same (sub)domain, any method to reduce XSS attack probability?

Riot dude:
Basically the attack surface is such that any code which gets executed with access to that subdomain in a browser will have access to that user's matrix access token. So if you run things like synapse or other things on same subdomain and they end up serving malicious code then bad things can happen.

It's a very narrow surface, csp can make it even more narrow.

How then to use the CSP setting??

[yusf]

Another useful tool to possibly embed in this app package is matrix-corporal, though as an opt-in by default (enabled but void of policy) https://github.com/devture/matrix-corporal

[msbt]

just pushed an update for v1.8.0, apparently there were some changes in the config at some point, so when you're using log_file, you might need to remove that in order to be able to start the latest version.

In case it doesn't, jump on a terminal, check if it's actually running (ps -ax) and if not, manually launch with gosu www-data python3 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path homeserver.yaml from /app/data/synapse and check the errormessage.

[yusf]

@msbt said in matrix.org (communication):

when you're using log_file

What do you mean by this?

[girish]

@msbt Can you put in a LICENSE file into the repo (preferably MIT like the other app packages), so I can get this pushed to unstable?

[murgero]

@girish Having it in unstable would be awesome.

[msbt]

@yusf in earlier versions the homeserver.yaml contained a config item

# File to write logging to. Ignored if log_config is specified.
log_file: "/run/synapse/homeserver.log"

This got removed by moving it into the log_config itself which is set in log_config: "/app/data/synapse/..." - apparently the config for my main matrix server had that still in there because it's rather old and always migrated including this setting. Matrix wouldn't start after the latest update if you had this still enabled so I had to #comment it out be able to start afterwards.

@girish sure thing, I'll look into it later today

[msbt]

@girish there you go: riot and matrix, I hope this is alright

[will]

I'm pinging for this one as well! NextGen tech on Cloudron would be great!

[why42]

Hi there,
thanks for all your work to build an app for cloudron.
I am interested in Matrix/Synapse , too. I would like to as to put in the unstable apps section.

[girish]

@msbt Thanks for updating the license.

OK, this was stupid. I didn't see that you had a riot app, so I ended up making the front end of my own https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/riot-web-app . It's pretty much the same as yours except I don't use nginx (I will probably put your nginx code into mine).

I have pushed Riot Web to unstable now.

I will push out your matrix in the next few days. Thanks!

[will]

@girish What are the setup instructions?

[ultraviolet]

@girish hi when do you think it will be published to the app store?

[yusf]

@girish Will the package be compatible with previous app versions by @msbt? If so, should I upgrade to the latest msbt app version manually before upgrading to this package?

[will]

Super stoked on this, Riot/Matrix & Mastadon in such a short time span? Youn guys are crushing it!

[girish]

@will The goal for this year is to get many more app packages out

[timka]

I'm totaly looking forward to matrix.
Any news? ^^

[yusf]

Riot is a few versions behind (current stable is v1.5.10). Is there any movement on bringing the Matrix app to the App Store?

[why42]

I am really looking forward to the Matrix app and an updated Riot version.

[yusf]

Glancing turnserver.conf TURN doesn't seem to have been integrated yet so that should probably be done before App Store release.