We no longer ask users to create Matrix user accounts for these bots: - Postmoogle - Honoroit - Reminder Bot Other bots and services (matrix-registration-bot, maubot, mjolnir, Dimension, etc.) require an Access Token to run (not a password), so this new role doesn't help for them. It does help for the above bots though, and for defining your own "initial user accounts" in the `matrix_user_creator_users_additional` variable.
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Setting up Honoroit (optional)
The playbook can install and configure Honoroit for you.
It's a bot you can use to setup your own helpdesk on matrix
See the project's documentation to learn what it does with screenshots and why it might be useful to you.
Adjusting the playbook configuration
Add the following configuration to your inventory/host_vars/matrix.DOMAIN/vars.yml
file:
matrix_bot_honoroit_enabled: true
# Uncomment and adjust this part if you'd like to use a username different than the default
# matrix_bot_honoroit_login: honoroit
# Generate a strong password here. Consider generating it with `pwgen -s 64 1`
matrix_bot_honoroit_password: PASSWORD_FOR_THE_BOT
# Adjust this to your room ID
matrix_bot_honoroit_roomid: "!yourRoomID:DOMAIN"
Installing
After configuring the playbook, run the installation command again:
ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,ensure-matrix-users-created,start
Notes:
-
the
ensure-matrix-users-created
playbook tag makes the playbook automatically create the bot's user account -
if you change the bot password (
matrix_bot_honoroit_password
in yourvars.yml
file) subsequently, the bot user's credentials on the homeserver won't be updated automatically. If you'd like to change the bot user's password, use a tool like synapse-admin to change it, and then updatematrix_bot_honoroit_password
to let the bot know its new password
Usage
To use the bot, invite the @honoroit:DOMAIN
to the room you specified in config, after that any matrix user can send a message to the @honoroit:DOMAIN
to start a new thread in that room.
Send !ho help
to the room to see the bot's help menu for additional commands.
You can also refer to the upstream documentation.