Ubuntu Matrix homeserver: Go Live
Even if formally we are in testing phase until the release of Ubuntu 24.04, today the Ubuntu Matrix homeserver reached a state in which we can consider it live. I can confirm that there will not be a server wipe at the end of the Ubuntu 24.04 cycle, and you can all keep enjoying the Matrix instance.
Features and milestones achieved:
- Enthusiastic community discussing all thing Matrix
- Single Sign On with selected Launchpad groups
- Ability to add Matrix usernames to Launchpad user page
- Temporary Governance in place
- Governance meeting reports on the Ubuntu Discourse
- Regular Governance elections planned: To be announced soon
- A starting set of public documentation
- GitHub repository to report bugs and request features
- Moderator Bot deployment, currently Mjolnir
- Moderator Bot and CoC reminder applied to official rooms
- Ongoing discussions regarding the future Moderator Bot, likely Draupnir
- IRC bridge software snapped and tested in staging
- Federation enabled
- Searching rooms on the Ubuntu.com Matrix homeserver from federated servers
Thank you!
There is still a lot of work to do, but I want to take a moment to thank the Ubuntu community for their great effort and dedication to this project. Thank you for engaging with us, getting involved, posting your concerns and doubts about the platform, pushing us to get better together.
Special thanks to:
- Everyone that contributed to the initial feedback post over the last few months
- Everyone in the Ubuntu Matrix Ops room for their continuous engagement: #matrix-ops:ubuntu.com
- The KDE community for their help, especially regarding IRC bridging
- The Fedora community for their engagement and support
- The Matrix community, which provided a welcoming environment and a lot of good advice
- Canonical IS DevOps and Launchpad team for their great work
- Canonical Technical Authors for getting us started with our documentation.
- And finally, did I mention the Ubuntu Community? I guess I already did, but I want to do that again! Thank you all, it is exciting and humbling to work with such a passionate and dedicated community.
Get Involved
If you just found out about this project, you can read more about it on this Discourse thread, and of course, you can now join our Ubuntu community from any Matrix federated server.
If you want to get involved, you can do so on the Ubuntu Discourse, Matrix Ops room #matrix-ops:ubuntu.com or on our GitHub repo: https://github.com/canonical/synapse-operator/issues