Hey y’all, this actually isn’t self hosting related, but who have you had good luck with for paid matrix hosting?
Right now, I do enough tinkering with everything that I would be willing to just pay to host a matrix server for my friends.
Unless it really is easy enough to do it on a synology nas for text/voice/screen share…but do I need to pay for a domain still?
We are (like everyone) on matrix.org now but realize we need to move eventually.
This guy does a lot of Synology deploys:
https://mariushosting.com/how-to-install-synapse-on-your-synology-nas/
Might be something to look over.
I’ve been seeing synapse everywhere but don’t know what it does. I need to read up
Synapse is the Matrix homeserver, it handles everything except for the voice/video call features.
Edit: it doesn’t handle the web client either, but technically you don’t need that for a working setup.
You will need a domain, but they can be had for a couple $ per year.
As for hosting on synology, I don’t know how difficult it is. I used the Element Server Suite on a Debian VM, and aside from some minor issues getting email and automatic room joining working it was pretty simple following their guides.
I’m using etke.cc in Germany. It’s a relatively easy setup and the hosting is matrix dedicated. Payment is a bit odd through ko-fi but otherwise it has been solid. They don’t have element calling fully enabled, it’s a bit conservative. Admin is easy and staff are responsive.
Also using etke.cc. I bought my own vps and then gave them access and they set everything up. It was a lot cheaper this way. My VPS is 4 cores with 8gb of ram but 4 cores and 4gb of ram would be enough. I also got the RTC add-on for $5 which enabled calls. Everything is working really well and I would recommend doing it this way.
