Adding the defaults in addition to template, switching YOUR_DOMAIN to {{ matrix_domain }}, and giving example of the two combined, as the playbook gives a warning about things being defined twice, so only using the last one in the vars.yml
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Setting up Mautrix Facebook (optional)
The playbook can install and configure mautrix-facebook for you.
See the project's documentation to learn what it does and why it might be useful to you.
matrix_mautrix_facebook_enabled: true
There are some additional things you may wish to configure about the bridge before you continue.
Encryption support is off by default. If you would like to enable encryption, add the following to your vars.yml
file:
matrix_mautrix_facebook_configuration_extension_yaml: |
bridge:
encryption:
allow: true
default: true
If you would like to be able to administrate the bridge from your account it can be configured like this:
matrix_mautrix_facebook_configuration_extension_yaml: |
bridge:
permissions:
'@YOUR_USERNAME:{{ matrix_domain }}': admin
Using both would look like
matrix_mautrix_facebook_configuration_extension_yaml: |
bridge:
permissions:
'@YOUR_USERNAME:{{ matrix_domain }}': admin
encryption:
allow: true
default: true
You may wish to look at roles/matrix-bridge-mautrix-facebook/templates/config.yaml.j2
and 'roles/matrix-bridge-mautrix-facebook/defaults/main.yml' to find other things you would like to configure.
Set up Double Puppeting
If you'd like to use Double Puppeting (hint: you most likely do), you have 2 ways of going about it.
Method 1: automatically, by enabling Shared Secret Auth
The bridge will automatically perform Double Puppeting if you enable Shared Secret Auth for this playbook.
This is the recommended way of setting up Double Puppeting, as it's easier to accomplish, works for all your users automatically, and has less of a chance of breaking in the future.
Method 2: manually, by asking each user to provide a working access token
Note: This method for enabling Double Puppeting can be configured only after you've already set up bridging (see Usage).
When using this method, each user that wishes to enable Double Puppeting needs to follow the following steps:
- retrieve a Matrix access token for yourself. You can use the following command:
curl \
--data '{"identifier": {"type": "m.id.user", "user": "YOUR_MATRIX_USERNAME" }, "password": "YOUR_MATRIX_PASSWORD", "type": "m.login.password", "device_id": "Mautrix-Facebook", "initial_device_display_name": "Mautrix-Facebook"}' \
https://matrix.DOMAIN/_matrix/client/r0/login
-
send the access token to the bot. Example:
login-matrix MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE
-
make sure you don't log out the
Mautrix-Facebook
device some time in the future, as that would break the Double Puppeting feature
Usage
You then need to start a chat with @facebookbot:YOUR_DOMAIN
(where YOUR_DOMAIN
is your base domain, not the matrix.
domain).
Send login YOUR_FACEBOOK_EMAIL_ADDRESS
to the bridge bot to enable bridging for your Facebook Messenger account. You can learn more here about authentication from the bridge's official documentation on Authentication.
If you run into trouble, check the Troubleshooting section below.
After successfully enabling bridging, you may wish to set up Double Puppeting, if you haven't already done so.
Troubleshooting
Facebook rejecting login attempts and forcing you to change password
If your Matrix server is in a wildly different location than where you usually use your Facebook account from, the bridge's login attempts may be outright rejected by Facebook. Along with that, Facebook may even force you to change the account's password.
If you happen to run into this problem while setting up bridging, try to first get a successful session up by logging in to Facebook through the Matrix server's IP address.
The easiest way to do this may be to use sshuttle to proxy your traffic through the Matrix server.
Example command for proxying your traffic through the Matrix server:
sshuttle -r root@matrix.DOMAIN:22 0/0
Once connected, you should be able to verify that you're browsing the web through the Matrix server's IP by checking icanhazip.
Then proceed to log in to Facebook/Messenger.
Once logged in, proceed to set up bridging.
If that doesn't work, enable 2FA Facebook help page on enabling 2FA and try to login again with a new password, and entering the 2FA code when prompted, it may take more then one try, in between attempts, check facebook.com to see if they are requiring another password change