From 755dad6f00f0191907288bdb49ce8cbeda46900a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: boxswapper <boxswappers@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:42:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] updated to deploy element, fixed directory path for config

---
 deploy_matrix.yml            | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 templates/homeserver.yaml.j2 |  1 +
 vars/vars.yml                | 12 ++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deploy_matrix.yml b/deploy_matrix.yml
index bc6765d..18365e9 100644
--- a/deploy_matrix.yml
+++ b/deploy_matrix.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: Deploy Matrix + TURN + NGINX-PM + Teamspeak
+- name: Deploy Element + Matrix + Matrix_admin + TURN + NGINX-PM + Teamspeak
   hosts: all
   become: true
   collections:
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@
         dest: "{{ synapse_log_config }}"
         mode: "0644"
 
-
+    - name: Render Element config file
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: config.json.j2
+        dest: "{{ element_config_path }}"
+        mode: "0644"
 
     # -----------------------------------------------------------------
     # Start the NGINX Proxy Manager Container
@@ -213,10 +217,23 @@
 
     - name: Start Matrix Admin panel
       containers.podman.podman_container:
-        name: "{{ adin_container_name }}"
+        name: "{{ admin_container_name }}"
         image: "{{ synapse_admin_image }}"
         state: started
         network: "{{ podman_network }}"
         restart_policy: always
 
-
+    # -----------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Element Web app
+    #------------------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: start Element Web Application
+      containers.podman.podman_container:
+        name: "{{ element_container_name }}"
+        image: "{{ element_image }}"
+        state: started
+        volumes:
+          - "{{ element_config_path }}:/app/config.json:Z"
+        network: "{{ podman_network }}"
+        restart_policy: always
+        
+       
diff --git a/templates/homeserver.yaml.j2 b/templates/homeserver.yaml.j2
index 60b26c8..ca72915 100644
--- a/templates/homeserver.yaml.j2
+++ b/templates/homeserver.yaml.j2
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ auto_join_rooms:
   - "#star-citizen:matrix.fpov.space"
   - "#welcome:matrix.fpov.space"
 
+max_upload_size: 200M
 
 media_store_path: /data/media_store
 log_config: "/data/matrix.fpov.space.log.config"
diff --git a/vars/vars.yml b/vars/vars.yml
index 0a260f2..639594b 100644
--- a/vars/vars.yml
+++ b/vars/vars.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ site_domain: "org.fpov.space"
 teamspeak_domain: "ts.fpov.space"     
 turn_domain: "turn.fpov.space"
 matrix_email: "boxswappers@gmail.com"
-
+admin_domain: "mtxadm.fpov.space"
+element_domain: "element.fpov.space"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # Ports
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ nginx_image:   "docker.io/nginx:latest"
 npm_image: "docker.io/jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest"
 teamspeak_image: "docker.io/teamspeak:latest"
 synapse_admin_image: "docker.io/awesometechnologies/synapse-admin:latest"
+element_image: "docker.io/vectorim/element-web:latest"
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -79,12 +81,18 @@ synapse_cfg_path:     "/tmp/homeserver.yaml"
 nginx_html_path:      "/tmp/index.html"
 synapse_secret_key_path: "/tmp/matrix.fpov.space.signing.key"
 synapse_log_config: "/tmp/matrix.fpov.space.log.config"
+element_config_path: "/tmp/config.json"
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Synapse Admin
 #------------------------------------------------------------------
-adin_container_name: mtxadm
+admin_container_name: mtxadm
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Element App
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+element_brand: "FPoV Chat"
+element_container_name: "element"
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Google OAuth2 (OpenID Connect) credentials
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------