How to get Riot working

[scooke]

Hi,
I installed the Riot app, and edited the /app/data/config.json file to use my url. I changed only the Home server and name. But I don't know what the identity server is. it is currently set to something like vector.im. I keep coming across references to Matrix... do I need this also?

When I try to sign in at my domain set for Riot I get this error message:

Cannot reach homeserver
Ensure you have a stable internet connection, or get in touch with the server admin
Other servers
Enter your custom homeserver URL *What does this mean*?

Help!
Thank you.

[yusf]

Can you post the edited lines of the config? Replace real domain with sub.domain.tld if you feel like doing so but it'd be easer to troubleshoot knowing the real domain.

[scooke]

@yusf I changed only the base_url and server_name. But from what i've seen from reading things online I seem to need to connect to a matrix server too.?

{
    "default_server_config": {
        "m.homeserver": {
            "base_url": "https://sub.domain.tld",
            "server_name": "Domain"
        },
        "m.identity_server": {
            "base_url": "https://vector.im"
        }
    },
    "disable_custom_urls": false,
    "disable_guests": false,
    "disable_login_language_selector": false,
    "disable_3pid_login": false,
    "brand": "Riot",
    "integrations_ui_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/",
    "integrations_rest_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/api",
    "integrations_widgets_urls": [
        "https://scalar.vector.im/_matrix/integrations/v1",
        "https://scalar.vector.im/api",
        "https://scalar-staging.vector.im/_matrix/integrations/v1",
        "https://scalar-staging.vector.im/api",
        "https://scalar-staging.riot.im/scalar/api"
    ],
    "integrations_jitsi_widget_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/api/widgets/jitsi.html",
    "bug_report_endpoint_url": "https://riot.im/bugreports/submit",
    "defaultCountryCode": "GB",
    "showLabsSettings": false,
    "features": {
        "feature_pinning": "labs",
        "feature_custom_status": "labs",
        "feature_custom_tags": "labs",
        "feature_state_counters": "labs"
    },
    "default_federate": true,
    "default_theme": "light",
    "roomDirectory": {
        "servers": [
            "matrix.org"
        ]
    },
    "welcomeUserId": "@riot-bot:matrix.org",
    "piwik": {
        "url": "https://piwik.riot.im/",
        "whitelistedHSUrls": ["https://matrix.org"],
        "whitelistedISUrls": ["https://vector.im", "https://matrix.org"],
        "siteId": 1
    },
    "enable_presence_by_hs_url": {
        "https://matrix.org": false,
        "https://matrix-client.matrix.org": false
    },
    "settingDefaults": {
        "breadcrumbs": true
    }
}

[yusf]

@scooke said in How to get Riot working:

need to connect to a matrix server too.?

Yes exactly. Riot is only the client. It does not come with a server.

[scooke]

Ah... but it doesn't seem like Cloudron offers a Matrix server. So I guess I'll stop now. Too bad. Thank you for your help.

[girish]

@scooke Riot is just the frontend. Synapse is not published in the app store yet. We will get around to it soon. We are currently getting out a new Cloudron release this week.

[murgero]

@scooke said in How to get Riot working:

Ah... but it doesn't seem like Cloudron offers a Matrix server. So I guess I'll stop now. Too bad. Thank you for your help.

Matrix server is coming soon, but there is a thread here that explains how to install it now before it hits the app store.

[scooke]

@murgero @murgero And would that be either https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/1250/matrix-org-communication/20 or https://git.cloudron.io/msbt/matrix-riot-app?

[yusf]

@scooke https://git.cloudron.io/msbt/matrix-riot-app is the repo you want to use. Follow instructions in the documentation on how to install the CLI and how to build and install custom apps.