How to Install Dendrite on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Dendrite is a new Matrix homeserver written in Go language that promises better performance, scalability, and maintainability. It is a work-in-progress but is being actively developed and maintained by the Matrix team.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Dendrite on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, you need to have:

  • A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest.
  • A user account with sudo privileges.

Steps

  1. Update the system packages:
sudo dnf update -y
  1. Install the necessary dependencies:
sudo dnf install -y git golang libolm-devel libmatrix-react-sdk-devel sqlite-devel
  1. Clone the Dendrite repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite.git
  1. Build the Dendrite server:
cd dendrite
make dendrite
  1. Create a Dendrite service file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dendrite.service
  1. Insert the following code into the Dendrite service file:
[Unit]
Description=Dendrite Matrix homeserver
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/dendrite/bin/dendrite-monolith-server
User=dendrite
Group=dendrite
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/dendrite

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  1. Replace /path/to/dendrite with the absolute path to the Dendrite directory.

  2. Modify the permissions of the Dendrite directory:

sudo chown -R dendrite:dendrite /path/to/dendrite
  1. Create a dendrite user:
sudo useradd -r -m -U -d /path/to/dendrite -s /sbin/nologin dendrite
  1. Reload systemd and start the Dendrite service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start dendrite
sudo systemctl enable dendrite
  1. Check the status of the Dendrite service:
sudo systemctl status dendrite

If everything is working correctly, you should see a status message that says Active: active (running).

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Dendrite Matrix homeserver on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Dendrite is still under active development, and if you encounter any issues during installation, you can refer to the official Dendrite documentation or file an issue on GitHub.