matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/docs/configuring-playbook-riot-web.md

Configuring Riot-web (optional)

By default, this playbook installs the Riot-web Matrix client web application. If that's okay, you can skip this document.

Disabling riot-web

If you'd like for the playbook to not install (or to uninstall the previously installed riot-web), you can disable it in your configuration file (inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml):

matrix_riot_web_enabled: false

Configuring riot-web settings

The playbook provides some customization variables you could use to change riot-web's settings.

Their defaults are defined in roles/matrix-riot-web/defaults/main.yml and they ultimately end up in the generated /matrix/riot-web/config.json file (on the server). This file is generated from the roles/matrix-riot-web/templates/config.json.j2 template.

If there's an existing variable which controls a setting you wish to change, you can simply define that variable in your configuration file (inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml) and re-run the playbook to apply the changes.

Alternatively, if there is no pre-defined variable for a riot-web setting you wish to change:

• you can either request a variable to be created (or you can submit such a contribution yourself). Keep in mind that it's probably not a good idea to create variables for each one of riot-web's various settings that rarely get used.

• or, you can extend and override the default configuration (config.json.j2) by making use of the matrix_riot_web_configuration_extension_json_ variable. You can find information about this in roles/matrix-riot-web/defaults/main.yml.

• or, if extending the configuration is still not powerful enough for your needs, you can override the configuration completely using matrix_riot_web_configuration_default (or matrix_riot_web_configuration). You can find information about this in roles/matrix-riot-web/defaults/main.yml.