DebianSocial service notes for matrix.debian.social

Description

Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralized communication. Debian Social runs a Synapse server and element web client (https://element.debian.social).

Authentication

Sign-up is via SSO to Salsa. Accounts are created with the username from Salsa, with matrix.debian.social as the home server. For example Salsa user bob would have the user @bob:matrix.debian.social.

Requesting Bridging to IRC

If you have an IRC room that you would like bridged to Matrix. You can request it using the following link and choosing the add-matrix-pumbed-room template:

https://salsa.debian.org/debiansocial-team/sysadmin/accounts/-/issues/new

Administration

Mjolnir is a moderation tool for Matrix. The Debian Social team maintains an instance @mjolnir:matrix.debian.social. This can be added to any room and granted Admin permissions for the instance-wide ban list to be applied to the room. The ban list can also be subscribed to by other Mjolnir instances by subscribing to the room #spam-ban-list:matrix.debian.social.

Configuration Notes