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# Generic deployment documentation
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> ## Getting help
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> If you run into any problems while setting up Conduit, write an email to `conduit@koesters.xyz`, ask us
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> in `#conduit:fachschaften.org` or [open an issue on GitLab](https://gitlab.com/famedly/conduit/-/issues/new).
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## Installing Conduit
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Although you might be able to compile Conduit for Windows, we do recommend running it on a Linux server. We therefore
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only offer Linux binaries.
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You may simply download the binary that fits your machine. Run `uname -m` to see what you need. For `arm`, you should use `aarch`. Now copy the appropriate url:
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**Stable/Main versions:**
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| `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked Debian package | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.deb?job=artifacts) |
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| `aarch64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked Debian package | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.deb?job=artifacts) |
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| `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked binary | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl?job=artifacts) |
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| `aarch64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked binary | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl?job=artifacts) |
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| `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` | OCI image | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/oci-image-amd64.tar.gz?job=artifacts) |
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| `aarch64-unknown-linux-musl` | OCI image | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/oci-image-arm64v8.tar.gz?job=artifacts) |
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These builds were created on and linked against the glibc version shipped with Debian bullseye.
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If you use a system with an older glibc version (e.g. RHEL8), you might need to compile Conduit yourself.
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**Latest/Next versions:**
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| `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked Debian package | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/next/raw/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.deb?job=artifacts) |
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| `aarch64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked Debian package | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/next/raw/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.deb?job=artifacts) |
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| `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked binary | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/next/raw/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl?job=artifacts) |
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| `aarch64-unknown-linux-musl` | Statically linked binary | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/next/raw/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl?job=artifacts) |
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| `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` | OCI image | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/next/raw/oci-image-amd64.tar.gz?job=artifacts) |
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| `aarch64-unknown-linux-musl` | OCI image | [link](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/famedly%2Fconduit/jobs/artifacts/next/raw/oci-image-arm64v8.tar.gz?job=artifacts) |
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```bash
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$ sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/matrix-conduit <url>
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$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/matrix-conduit
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```
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Alternatively, you may compile the binary yourself. First, install any dependencies:
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```bash
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# Debian
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$ sudo apt install libclang-dev build-essential
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# RHEL
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$ sudo dnf install clang
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```
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Then, `cd` into the source tree of conduit-next and run:
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```bash
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$ cargo build --release
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```
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## Adding a Conduit user
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While Conduit can run as any user it is usually better to use dedicated users for different services. This also allows
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you to make sure that the file permissions are correctly set up.
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In Debian or RHEL, you can use this command to create a Conduit user:
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```bash
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sudo adduser --system conduit --group --disabled-login --no-create-home
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```
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## Forwarding ports in the firewall or the router
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Conduit uses the ports 443 and 8448 both of which need to be open in the firewall.
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If Conduit runs behind a router or in a container and has a different public IP address than the host system these public ports need to be forwarded directly or indirectly to the port mentioned in the config.
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## Optional: Avoid port 8448
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If Conduit runs behind Cloudflare reverse proxy, which doesn't support port 8448 on free plans, [delegation](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/delegate.html) can be set up to have federation traffic routed to port 443:
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```apache
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# .well-known delegation on Apache
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<Files "/.well-known/matrix/server">
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ErrorDocument 200 '{"m.server": "your.server.name:443"}'
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Header always set Content-Type application/json
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Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
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</Files>
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```
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[SRV DNS record](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/server-server-api/#resolving-server-names) delegation is also [possible](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-srv-record/).
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## Setting up a systemd service
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Now we'll set up a systemd service for Conduit, so it's easy to start/stop Conduit and set it to autostart when your
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server reboots. Simply paste the default systemd service you can find below into
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`/etc/systemd/system/conduit.service`.
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```systemd
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[Unit]
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Description=Conduit Matrix Server
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After=network.target
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[Service]
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Environment="CONDUIT_CONFIG=/etc/matrix-conduit/conduit.toml"
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User=conduit
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Group=conduit
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Restart=always
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ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/matrix-conduit
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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```
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Finally, run
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```bash
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$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
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```
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## Creating the Conduit configuration file
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Now we need to create the Conduit's config file in
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`/etc/matrix-conduit/conduit.toml`. Paste in the contents of
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[`conduit-example.toml`](../configuration.md) **and take a moment to read it.
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You need to change at least the server name.**
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You can also choose to use a different database backend, but right now only `rocksdb` and `sqlite` are recommended.
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## Setting the correct file permissions
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As we are using a Conduit specific user we need to allow it to read the config. To do that you can run this command on
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Debian or RHEL:
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```bash
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sudo chown -R root:root /etc/matrix-conduit
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sudo chmod 755 /etc/matrix-conduit
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```
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If you use the default database path you also need to run this:
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```bash
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sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/matrix-conduit/
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sudo chown -R conduit:conduit /var/lib/matrix-conduit/
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sudo chmod 700 /var/lib/matrix-conduit/
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```
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## Setting up the Reverse Proxy
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This depends on whether you use Apache, Caddy, Nginx or another web server.
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### Apache
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Create `/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/050-conduit.conf` and copy-and-paste this:
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```apache
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# Requires mod_proxy and mod_proxy_http
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# On Apache instance compiled from source,
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# paste into httpd-ssl.conf or httpd.conf
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Listen 8448
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<VirtualHost *:443 *:8448>
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ServerName your.server.name # EDIT THIS
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AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
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ProxyPass /_matrix/ http://127.0.0.1:6167/_matrix/ timeout=300 nocanon
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ProxyPassReverse /_matrix/ http://127.0.0.1:6167/_matrix/
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</VirtualHost>
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```
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**You need to make some edits again.** When you are done, run
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```bash
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# Debian
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$ sudo systemctl reload apache2
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# Installed from source
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$ sudo apachectl -k graceful
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```
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### Caddy
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Create `/etc/caddy/conf.d/conduit_caddyfile` and enter this (substitute for your server name).
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```caddy
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your.server.name, your.server.name:8448 {
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reverse_proxy /_matrix/* 127.0.0.1:6167
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}
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```
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That's it! Just start or enable the service and you're set.
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```bash
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$ sudo systemctl enable caddy
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```
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### Nginx
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If you use Nginx and not Apache, add the following server section inside the http section of `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf`
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```nginx
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server {
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listen 443 ssl http2;
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listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
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listen 8448 ssl http2;
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listen [::]:8448 ssl http2;
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server_name your.server.name; # EDIT THIS
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merge_slashes off;
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# Nginx defaults to only allow 1MB uploads
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# Increase this to allow posting large files such as videos
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client_max_body_size 20M;
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location /_matrix/ {
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proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:6167;
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proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
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proxy_buffering off;
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proxy_read_timeout 5m;
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}
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ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your.server.name/fullchain.pem; # EDIT THIS
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ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your.server.name/privkey.pem; # EDIT THIS
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ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your.server.name/chain.pem; # EDIT THIS
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include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
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}
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```
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**You need to make some edits again.** When you are done, run
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```bash
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$ sudo systemctl reload nginx
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```
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## SSL Certificate
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If you chose Caddy as your web proxy SSL certificates are handled automatically and you can skip this step.
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The easiest way to get an SSL certificate, if you don't have one already, is to [install](https://certbot.eff.org/instructions) `certbot` and run this:
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```bash
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# To use ECC for the private key,
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# paste into /etc/letsencrypt/cli.ini:
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# key-type = ecdsa
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# elliptic-curve = secp384r1
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$ sudo certbot -d your.server.name
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```
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[Automated renewal](https://eff-certbot.readthedocs.io/en/stable/using.html#automated-renewals) is usually preconfigured.
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If using Cloudflare, configure instead the edge and origin certificates in dashboard. In case you’re already running a website on the same Apache server, you can just copy-and-paste the SSL configuration from your main virtual host on port 443 into the above-mentioned vhost.
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## You're done!
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Now you can start Conduit with:
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```bash
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$ sudo systemctl start conduit
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```
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Set it to start automatically when your system boots with:
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```bash
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$ sudo systemctl enable conduit
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```
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## How do I know it works?
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You can open [a Matrix client](https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients), enter your homeserver and try to register. If you are using a registration token, use [Element web](https://app.element.io/), [Nheko](https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/nheko/) or [SchildiChat web](https://app.schildi.chat/), as they support this feature.
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You can also use these commands as a quick health check.
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```bash
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$ curl https://your.server.name/_matrix/client/versions
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# If using port 8448
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$ curl https://your.server.name:8448/_matrix/client/versions
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```
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- To check if your server can talk with other homeservers, you can use the [Matrix Federation Tester](https://federationtester.matrix.org/).
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If you can register but cannot join federated rooms check your config again and also check if the port 8448 is open and forwarded correctly.
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# What's next?
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## Audio/Video calls
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For Audio/Video call functionality see the [TURN Guide](../turn.md).
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## Appservices
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If you want to set up an appservice, take a look at the [Appservice Guide](../appservices.md).
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