rocketchat2matrix/README.md
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# Rocket.Chat to Matrix Migration Script
Drafts and more. **This is a work in progress!**
## Exporting RC data
Currently manually via mongodb. Run the following on the server:
```shell
mongoexport --collection=rocketchat_message --db=rocketchat --out=rocketchat_message.json
mongoexport --collection=rocketchat_room --db=rocketchat --out=rocketchat_room.json
mongoexport --collection=users --db=rocketchat --out=users.json
```
Export them to `inputs/`
## Configuring the Matrix Dev Server
Generate a Synapse homeserver config with the following command (you might change `my.matrix.host` for the actual server name, as it can't be changed afterwards):
```shell
docker-compose run --rm -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=no synapse generate
```
To run the script without hitting rate limiting and activating an *Application Service* to send messages by different users with our desired timestamps, you MUST add the following options to the freshly generated `files/homeserver.yaml`. **Do not leave these in the production setup!**
```yaml
rc_joins:
local:
per_second: 1024
burst_count: 2048
rc_joins_per_room:
per_second: 1024
burst_count: 2048
rc_message:
per_second: 1024
burst_count: 2048
rc_invites:
per_room:
per_second: 1024
burst_count: 2048
per_user:
per_second: 1024
burst_count: 2048
per_issuer:
per_second: 1024
burst_count: 2048
app_service_config_files:
- /data/app-service.yaml
```
Now edit `app-service.example.yaml` and save it at `files/app-service.yaml`, changing the tokens.
Copy over `.env.example` to `.env` and insert your values.
## Starting the Matrix Dev Server
Boot up the container and (for the first time starting the server or after resetting it manually) create an admin user:
```shell
docker-compose up -d
# Wait for the Server to boot, then register an admin user
docker-compose exec -it synapse register_new_matrix_user http://localhost:8008 -c /data/homeserver.yaml --admin --user verdiadmin --password verdiadmin
```
Then you can access the homeserver in [Element Web](https://app.element.io/#/login) or the [local admin interface](http://localhost:8080) as `http://localhost:8008` with the `verdiadmin` as username AND password.
Store an access token for that user:
```shell
curl --request POST \
--url http://localhost:8008/_matrix/client/v3/login \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"type": "m.login.password","user": "verdiadmin","password": "verdiadmin","device_id": "DEV"}' \
> src/config/synapse_access_token.json
```
## Installing and Running the Script
Install NodeJS and npm on your system, install the script's dependencies via `npm install`.
To finally run the script, execute it via `npm start`.
## Running Tests
`npm test`.
## Cleaning Up
To clean up the Synapse server and local storage database, run either the convenience script `./reset.sh` or start with:
```shell
docker-compose down
sudo rm files/homeserver.db
rm db.sqlite
```
Then you can restart with an empty but quite equal server, following the instructions above to start the dev server.
## Design Decisions
- Getting data from Rocket.Chat via (currently) manual mongodb export
- Room to Channel conversion:
- Read-only attributes of 2 verdigado channels not converted to power levels due to complexity