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## Dendrite support
**Existing (Synapse) installations need to be updated**, see below.
**TLDR**: We now have optional experimental [Dendrite](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite) homeserver support for new installations. **Existing (Synapse) installations need to be updated**, because some internals changed. See [Adapting the configuration for existing Synapse installations](#adapting-the-configuration-for-existing-synapse-installations).
[Jip J. Dekker](https://github.com/Dekker1) did the [initial work](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/818) of adding [Dendrite](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite) support to the playbook back in January 2021. Lots of work (and time) later, Dendrite support is finally ready for testing.
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**Synapse is still the default homeserver implementation** installed by the playbook. A new variable (`matrix_homeserver_implementation`) controls which server implementation is enabled (`synapse` or `dendrite` at the given moment).
### Adapting the configuration for existing Synapse installations
Because the playbook is not so Synapse-centric anymore, a small configuration change is necessary for existing installations to bring them up to date.
The `vars.yml` file for **existing installations will need to be updated**:
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matrix_homeserver_generic_secret_key: "{{ matrix_synapse_macaroon_secret_key }}"
```
### Trying out Dendrite
Finally, **to try out Dendrite**, we recommend that you **use a new server** and the following addition to your `vars.yml` configuration:
```yaml