dendrite/docs/INSTALL.md
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title: Installation
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## Starting a polylith deployment
The following contains scripts which will run all the required processes in order to point a Matrix client at Dendrite.
### nginx (or other reverse proxy)
This is what your clients and federated hosts will talk to. It must forward
requests onto the correct API server based on URL:
* `/_matrix/client` to the client API server
* `/_matrix/federation` to the federation API server
* `/_matrix/key` to the federation API server
* `/_matrix/media` to the media API server
See `docs/nginx/polylith-sample.conf` for a sample configuration.
### Client API server
This is what implements CS API endpoints. Clients talk to this via the proxy in
order to send messages, create and join rooms, etc.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml clientapi
```
### Sync server
This is what implements `/sync` requests. Clients talk to this via the proxy
in order to receive messages.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml syncapi
```
### Media server
This implements `/media` requests. Clients talk to this via the proxy in
order to upload and retrieve media.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml mediaapi
```
### Federation API server
This implements the federation API. Servers talk to this via the proxy in
order to send transactions. This is only required if you want to support
federation.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml federationapi
```
### Internal components
This refers to components that are not directly spoken to by clients. They are only
contacted by other components. This includes the following components.
#### Room server
This is what implements the room DAG. Clients do not talk to this.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml roomserver
```
#### Appservice server
This sends events from the network to [application
services](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/application_service/unstable.html)
running locally. This is only required if you want to support running
application services on your homeserver.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml appservice
```
#### Key server
This manages end-to-end encryption keys for users.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml keyserver
```
#### User server
This manages user accounts, device access tokens and user account data,
amongst other things.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-polylith-multi --config=dendrite.yaml userapi
```