We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready

Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by MaxikCZ on Friday September 20, 2024 @05:41AM (#41600294)

So how exactly do I get ESS running on my TrueNAS? Cant seem to find straight answer on their page.

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by SushiHippie on Friday September 20, 2024 @05:54AM (#41600363)

Seems like ESS ist their managed solution, which uses Synapse but with an admin UI.

Thats at least how I understand it, because to "get" ESS you need to fill out a contact form.

https://try.element.io/get-started

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by MaxikCZ on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:04AM (#41600419)

Ah, so I can get this free opensource decentralized solution if I pay a company to host it for me on their centralized server, got it.

I mean i wouldnt have a problem paying one-time fee of around $100 if that would mean I can get that soft running locally for my groups, but I guess I am not the target potential customer group.

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by 3np on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:38AM (#41600579)

If you want to self-host the actual free open-source software, you can totally do that. You just shouldn't go looking at the product page of the enterprise offering for it (:

It looks like ESS is mostly managed deployment of otherwise opensourced software like Synapse, Element Web, Element Call, and friends. And I guess they have some backoffice with a glossy web UI for account/user management.

https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy is a good starting point!

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by sedansesame on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:42AM (#41600607)

It is free and opensource, but there are different parts to it if you selfhost. Synapse is the Matrix server backend, and Element is the UI (web/mobile app). [0]

ESS is a paid, fully managed service by the Element team for ease of use.

[0] https://github.com/element-hq/

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by preya2k on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:39AM (#41600591)

You can also host it yourself, but what ESS offers is a combination of multiple discrete services. You’re gonna have to host Synapse itself, the Matrix Authentication Service (for native OIDC), Element Call (which requires LiveKit) and Element Web.

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by paulnpace on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:44AM (#41600621)

It is generally not a good idea to run web services on a file server.

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by redrobein on Friday September 20, 2024 @05:47AM (#41600328)

Seems like this is a paid product meant for enterprise use.

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by MaxikCZ on Friday September 20, 2024 @05:53AM (#41600354)

I have trouble even just veryfing that on their page. So far its an instant turnoff, when I cant even find basic info.

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by 3np on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:32AM (#41600540)

FWIW, pricing here (10 EUR/user/month, min 100 users; self-hosted apparently also supported): https://element.io/pricing

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Re:We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready by weystrom on Friday September 20, 2024 @09:02AM (#41601582)

https://github.com/element-hq/ess-starter-edition-core

They ship a k8s operator that deploys Synapse, will try that later. Supposedly it's free up to 200 users. But it seems like there's 0 documentation past the README.

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