Common operations on X-as-a-Service¶

Matrix-as-a-Service¶

Contact customer for setup informations¶

Do not forget to replace $CUSTMER!

Hello $CUSTOMER,

I will deploy your Matrix homeserver and need a few configuration details from
you. I do not know how familiar you are with Matrix or technical terms:
do not hesitate to tell me if I go to fast or to slow for you.

First of all, each Matrix homeserver is linked to domain name (you users will look
like `@username:domain.tld`) for federation. I can offer you two options here,
but remember that the chosen domain name cannot be changed afterward:

  * Your own domain (e.g. domain.tld).
  * One domain controlled by ungleich (e.g. $CUSTOMER.0co2.cloud,
    $CUSTOMER.ungleich.cloud).

Secondly, I will deploy a Riot web matrix client for convenience (you can use
the desktop or smartphone clients as well) and need a domain for that as well:

  * Your own domain (e.g. matrix.domain.tld)
  * One domain controlled by ungleich (e.g. matrix.$CUSTOMER.0c02.cloud).

Lastly, I will configure the Matrix homeserver for you. You can ask us to set
any configuration option but we at least need to know your preferences in term
of registration:
  * Should it be backed by an existing user directory (LDAP)?
  * Should registrations be filtered by domain of email address? (e.g. anyone
    with a @domain.tld email address can register).
  * Should anyone be allowed to register?

Feel free to ask me any matrix-related question, as I am a heavy matrix user
myself.

Best Regards,

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Deploy new MaaS instance¶

WIP -> ask @Timothée Floure for now.

• Contact customer to get configuration details (this might take some time => do it first).
• Allocate VM in OpenNebula, based on Debian 10 (IPv6Only).
• Attach HDD storage to created VM (Help: Common operations at DCLIPv6OnlyHosting).
  - Create EXT4 filesystem: mkfs.ext4 $DEVICE
  - Add FSTAB entry for /var on $DEVICE.
  - Get UUID with blkid.
  - Should look like: UUID=$MY_UUID /var ext4 errors=remount-ro 1 2
  - Mount data disk on /mnt.
  - Move content of /var to /mnt.
  - Unmount data disk from /mnt.
  - Mount data disk to /var with mount -a (uses configuration in /etc/fstab).
  - Reboot and make sure that /var is properly mounted.

• Upgrade VM: update/upgrade.
• Add DNS entry in matrix.ungleich.cloud
• Add server to matrix-as-a-service manifest, deploy
• Have customer configure his domain.
• Create initial admin use.

Upgrade a running MaaS instance¶

TODO -> ask @Timothée Floure for now.

Deploy Matterbridge application service¶

TODO -> ask @Timothée Floure for now.