deploy playbook after setup
```
ansible-playbook playbook.yml --ask-vault-pass
```

Check containers
```
ssh matrix.example.com
sudo podman ps
sudo podman logs synapse
```

test federation
```
curl https://{{ matrix_domain }}/_matrix/federation/v1/version
```

## to generate config files default before deploymenta and templating ##
```
podman run -it --rm \
  -v "$(pwd)":/data \
  -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host \
  -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=yes \
  docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse:latest generate
```


| Area | Recommendation |
|------|----------------|
| **TLS** | Use Certbot + Nginx plugin (`community.general.acme` Ansible module) |
| **Secrets** | Store DB passwords, secrets in **Ansible Vault** |
| **Updates** | Use `container_image: tag` with version pins (e.g., `v1.100.0`) |
| **Monitoring** | Add Prometheus metrics (`enable_metrics: true`) |
| **Coturn** | Deploy `coturn` (STUN/TURN) as separate container if needed |
| **Backups** | Backup `/var/lib/matrix-synapse` regularly |
| **Rootless Podman** | Use `podman user` namespaces + `podman system migrate` for portability |


## Using Hugo to create site ##
```
# Create & build site locally (run ON CONTROL NODE)
hugo new site mysite
cd mysite
echo 'theme = "ananke"' >> config.toml
hugo new posts/my-first-post.md
hugo  # builds to /public
cp -r public ../fpov/roles/nginx-proxy/files/mysite/
```

1. Host boots: Podman creates pod with ports 80, 443, 8008, 8448 open.
2. Nginx starts, runs certbot-entrypoint.sh:
- Checks for /etc/letsencrypt/live/matrix.example.com
- If missing → runs certbot certonly --standalone on port 8080
- Writes certs to /etc/letsencrypt
3. Nginx loads TLS certs, serves static site + proxies /_matrix/
4. User visits https://matrix.example.com → gets your Hugo site.
5. User visits https://matrix.example.com/_matrix/client → gets Synapse.
6. ACME renewal: Certbot’s renew is dry-run on each start (you can also add cron via systemd unit if needed).

Certificate renewal
```
# /etc/cron.d/certbot-renew
0 3 * * * root podman exec nginx-matrix certbot renew --quiet
```