mautrix-gmessages: expose bridge HTTP API (for mautrix-manager and similar)

Add a generic mechanism for exposing bridges' HTTP API (the provisioning
API, etc.) publicly on the Matrix domain, so tools like mautrix-manager
(https://github.com/mautrix/manager) can drive bridge login.

- Introduce global matrix_bridges_exposure_* vars (on by default),
  exposing each supported bridge under `<matrix-fqn>/bridges/<bridge>`.
- mautrix-gmessages: make the provisioning shared secret configurable
  (auto-generated in group_vars) so the provisioning API is enabled,
  route the whole bridge HTTP port via Traefik, and populate
  appservice.public_address.

Requests are authenticated by the bridge itself (per-user Matrix access
token for the provisioning API, homeserver token for the appservice
endpoints), not by the reverse proxy.

This is the first bridge converted; the other mautrix bridges will follow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Slavi Pantaleev
2026-06-28 19:52:24 +03:00
parent d61979a0b9
commit a4ddba3989
5 changed files with 76 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ matrix_bridges_msc4190_enabled: "{{ matrix_authentication_service_enabled and ma
# Global var for enabling bridge self-signing ( On supported bridges)
matrix_bridges_self_sign_enabled: "{{ matrix_bridges_msc4190_enabled }}"
# Global vars for exposing bridges' HTTP API publicly on the Matrix domain.
# This is used by tools like mautrix-manager (https://github.com/mautrix/manager) to drive bridge login.
# Each supported bridge's HTTP endpoint is exposed under `<path_prefix>/<bridge>` (e.g. `/bridges/gmessages`).
# Requests are authenticated by the bridge itself (e.g. per-user Matrix access token for the provisioning API,
# or the homeserver token for the appservice endpoints), not by us.
matrix_bridges_exposure_enabled: true
matrix_bridges_exposure_hostname: "{{ matrix_server_fqn_matrix }}"
matrix_bridges_exposure_path_prefix: /bridges
# Global var to enable/disable relay mode across all bridges with relay mode support
matrix_bridges_relay_enabled: false
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_homeserver_async_media: false
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_homeserver_domain: "{{ matrix_domain }}"
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_appservice_address: "http://matrix-mautrix-gmessages:8080"
# Scheme of the bridge's public address (see `matrix_mautrix_gmessages_bridge_public_address`).
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_scheme: https
# The public base URL at which this bridge's HTTP API is reachable from outside (when exposed).
# Used for the provisioning API's external-server (OpenID) flow and for public media links.
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_bridge_public_address: "{{ (matrix_mautrix_gmessages_scheme + '://' + matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_hostname + matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_path_prefix) if matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_enabled else '' }}"
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_msc4190_enabled: "{{ matrix_bridges_msc4190_enabled }}"
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_self_sign_enabled: "{{ matrix_bridges_self_sign_enabled }}"
@@ -75,6 +82,15 @@ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_metrics_middleware_basic_auth_enabled:
# See: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/middlewares/http/basicauth/#users
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_metrics_middleware_basic_auth_users: ''
# Controls whether labels will be added that expose mautrix-gmessages' HTTP API
# (used by tools like mautrix-manager for bridge login) at `https://<hostname><path_prefix>`.
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_enabled: "{{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_enabled }}"
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_rule: "Host(`{{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_hostname }}`) && PathPrefix(`{{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_path_prefix }}`)"
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_priority: 0
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_entrypoints: "{{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_traefik_entrypoints }}"
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_tls: "{{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_entrypoints != 'web' }}"
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_tls_certResolver: "{{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_traefik_tls_certResolver }}" # noqa var-naming
# matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_additional_labels contains a multiline string with additional labels to add to the container label file.
# See `../templates/labels.j2` for details.
#
@@ -119,6 +135,11 @@ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_metrics_proxying_enabled: false
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_metrics_proxying_hostname: ''
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_metrics_proxying_path_prefix: ''
# Controls whether mautrix-gmessages' HTTP API is exposed publicly (used by tools like mautrix-manager for bridge login).
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_enabled: false
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_hostname: ''
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_path_prefix: ''
# Database-related configuration fields.
#
# To use SQLite, stick to these defaults.
@@ -168,6 +189,10 @@ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_appservice_username_template: "{% raw %}gmessages_{{.}}
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_public_media_signing_key: ''
# Shared secret for authentication of provisioning API requests.
# If set to "disable", the provisioning API will be disabled.
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_provisioning_shared_secret: disable
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_bridge_personal_filtering_spaces: true
matrix_mautrix_gmessages_bridge_permissions: |
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ appservice:
address: {{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_appservice_address }}
# A public address that external services can use to reach this appservice.
# This value doesn't affect the registration file.
public_address: https://bridge.example.com
public_address: {{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_bridge_public_address | to_json }}
# The hostname and port where this appservice should listen.
# For Docker, you generally have to change the hostname to 0.0.0.0.
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ provisioning:
prefix: /_matrix/provision
# Shared secret for authentication. If set to "generate" or null, a random secret will be generated,
# or if set to "disable", the provisioning API will be disabled.
shared_secret: disable
shared_secret: {{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_provisioning_shared_secret | to_json }}
# Whether to allow provisioning API requests to be authed using Matrix access tokens.
# This follows the same rules as double puppeting to determine which server to contact to check the token,
# which means that by default, it only works for users on the same server as the bridge.
@@ -46,6 +46,39 @@ traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-metrics.tls.certResolver={{ matrix
############################################################
{% endif %}
{% if matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_enabled %}
############################################################
# #
# Bridge API exposure #
# #
############################################################
traefik.http.services.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
traefik.http.middlewares.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure-strip-prefix.stripprefix.prefixes={{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_exposure_path_prefix }}
traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.middlewares=matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure-strip-prefix
traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.rule={{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_rule }}
{% if matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_priority | int > 0 %}
traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.priority={{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_priority }}
{% endif %}
traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.service=matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure
traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.entrypoints={{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_entrypoints }}
traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.tls={{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_tls | to_json }}
{% if matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_tls %}
traefik.http.routers.matrix-mautrix-gmessages-exposure.tls.certResolver={{ matrix_mautrix_gmessages_container_labels_exposure_traefik_tls_certResolver }}
{% endif %}
############################################################
# #
# /Bridge API exposure #
# #
############################################################
{% endif %}
{% endif %}