---
title: "Set up UnifiedPush with Matrix support in Gentoo"
slug: "set-up-unifiedpush-with-Matrix-support-in-gentoo"
description: null
date: 2021-09-10T14:49:16+02:00
type: posts
draft: false
tags:
- UnifiedPush
- nginx
- Matrix
- Gentoo
toc: true
---

:url-unifiedpush: https://unifiedpush.org/
:url-repo-tastytea: https://schlomp.space/tastytea/overlay
:url-server: https://github.com/gotify/server
:url-server-install: https://gotify.net/docs/install
:url-nginx-lua: https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module
:url-lua-cjson: https://www.kyne.com.au/~mark/software/lua-cjson.php
:url-server-config: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gotify/server/master/config.example.yml
:url-nginx: https://gotify.net/docs/nginx
:url-nginx-up: https://unifiedpush.org/users/distributors/gotify/#nginx
:url-nginx-matrix: https://gitlab.com/famedly/fluffychat/-/tree/main#matrix-specific-re-write-proxy
:url-fdroid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.gotify.up/
:url-android: https://github.com/UnifiedPush/gotify-android
:url-gotify: https://gotify.net/
:url-push-examples: https://gotify.net/docs/pushmsg

I set up UnifiedPush because I wanted push notifications in FluffyChat without
talking to Google. This was a bit more difficult than I imagined, so I'm writing
it down here. I will go into Gentoo specifics but a lot of this article should
be useful for other Linux distributions and operating systems as well.

link:{url-unifiedpush}[UnifiedPush] works like this: You have a server and a
notification-application on your phone. The notification-application connects to
the server and receives push notifications from it. Other applications talk with
the notification-application and get the notifications. At least that is how I
understand it.

== Install and configure the link:{url-server}[server]

You can install www-apps/gotify-server-bin from
link:{url-repo-tastytea}[::tastytea] or link:{url-server-install}[download the
binary or use docker].

.Install the Gotify server in Gentoo
[source,shell]
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sudo eselect repository enable tastytea
sudo emaint sync -r tastytea
echo -e "www-apps/gotify-server-bin\n  acct-user/gotify\n    acct-group/gotify" \
     | sudo tee /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/gotify
sudo emerge -a www-apps/gotify-server-bin
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Put `config.yml` into `/etc/gotify/` and edit it. I will assume that you changed
`listenaddr` to `[::1]` and `port` to `7777`. An example `config.yml` is in
`/usr/share/doc/gotify-server-bin-*/config.example.yml.bz2` and in
link:{url-server-config}[the upstream repository]. Now start the server.

.Start the Gotify server in Gentoo and make it automatically start at boot
[source,shell]
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sudo rc-service gotify-server-bin start
sudo rc-update add gotify-server-bin
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[NOTE]
If you do not use the OpenRC init script or docker, be aware that the Gotify
server creates and uses a directory called `data/` in its current path.

== Configure nginx

You will need the link:{url-nginx-lua}[lua module] for nginx and
link:{url-lua-cjson}[lua-cjson]. I will not cover TLS certificates here, there
are many good guides about that already.

.Reinstall nginx with lua support and install lua-cjson in Gentoo
[source,shell]
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echo "www-servers/nginx NGINX_MODULES: http_lua" | sudo tee /etc/portage/package.use/gotify
echo "dev-lua/lua-cjson" | sudo tee -a /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/gotify
sudo emerge -a1 www-servers/nginx
sudo emerge -a dev-lua/lua-cjson
sudo rc-service nginx restart
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You may have to tell nginx its lua module where to find lua-cjson. In my case I
had to add `lua_package_cpath "/usr/share/lua/5.1/?.so;;";` above the `server`
block. The `;;` means that the previous value of `lua_package_cpath` should be
appended.

Copy the link:{url-nginx}[configuration example], edit `server_name`, change
`listen 80;` to `listen [::]:443 ssl;` and `listen 443 ssl;` and change
`proxy_pass` to `http://[::1]:7777`. You don't need the `upstream` bit.

Copy the link:{url-nginx-up}[configuration example for UnifiedPush] into your
`server` block and change `proxy_pass` to `http://[::1]:7777/message`.

Copy the link:{url-nginx-matrix}[configuration example for Matrix] into your
`server` block and change `relay.example.tld` to your `server_name`.

.Your nginx configuration should look similar to this
[source,nginx]
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lua_package_cpath "/usr/share/lua/5.1/?.so;;";

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 ssl;
    server_name push.example.org;

    # access_log /var/log/nginx/push.example.org_log main;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/push.example.org_log warn;

    ssl_certificate /var/lib/dehydrated/certs/push.example.org/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /var/lib/dehydrated/certs/push.example.org/privkey.pem;

    location / {
        proxy_pass              http://[::1]:7777;
        proxy_http_version      1.1;

        # Ensuring it can use websockets
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto http;
        proxy_redirect     http:// $scheme://;

        # The proxy must preserve the host because gotify verifies the host with the origin
        # for WebSocket connections
        proxy_set_header   Host $http_host;

        # These sets the timeout so that the websocket can stay alive
        proxy_connect_timeout   1m;
        proxy_send_timeout      1m;
        proxy_read_timeout      1m;
    }

    location /UP {
        access_by_lua_block{
            local json=require("cjson")
            ngx.req.read_body()
            local req = ngx.req.get_body_data()
            local newreq = { ["message"] = req }
            local body = json.encode(newreq)
            ngx.req.set_body_data(body)
        }

        proxy_set_header        Content-Type application/json;
        proxy_pass              http://[::1]:7777/message;
        proxy_set_header        Host $host;
    }

    location /_matrix/push/v1/notify {
        set $target '';
        if ($request_method = GET ) {
            return 200 '{"gateway":"matrix","unifiedpush":{"gateway":"matrix"}}';
        }
        access_by_lua_block {
            local cjson = require("cjson")
            ngx.req.read_body()
            local body = ngx.req.get_body_data()
            local parsedBody = cjson.decode(body)
            local accepted = "https://push.example.org/"
            ngx.var.target = parsedBody["notification"]["devices"][1]["pushkey"]
            ngx.req.set_body_data(body)
            if(string.sub(ngx.var.target,1,string.len(accepted))~=accepted) then ngx.var.target="http://0.0.0.0/"
            end
        }
        proxy_set_header Content-Type application/json;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_pass $target;
    }
}
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Reload nginx and change the admin password in the web interface.

== Use UnifiedPush

Log into your Gotify server and add a new user. Install the
link:{url-fdroid}[Android application]. Make sure you install “Gotify-UP” and
not “Gotify”footnote:[Gotify-UP does everything link:{url-gotify}[Gotify] does,
but also allows applications to integrate with it.]. Open Gotify-UP and register
with your server. Applications supporting UnifiedPush should now be registered
on your server and show up in the “Apps” tab. You may have to restart the
application first. Have a look at the readme of the link:{url-android}[upstream
repository] for help with disabling battery optimization and constant foreground
notification.

[TIP]
Want to send push notifications from your programs and shell scripts? Take a
look at the link:{url-push-examples}[examples in the Gotify documentation].

//  LocalWords:  UnifiedPush Gotify readme
