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Enables optional access to Etherpad's web-UI. This is useful for managing Etherpad plugins. Among other things, plugins makes it easy to manage/delete pads if you install the adminpads2 plugin.
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# Setting up Etherpad (optional)
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[Etherpad](https://etherpad.org) is is an open source collaborative text editor that can be embedded in a Matrix chat room using the [Dimension integrations manager](https://dimension.t2bot.io)
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When enabled together with the Jitsi audio/video conferencing system (see [our docs on Jitsi](configuring-playbook-jitsi.md)), it will be made available as an option during the conferences.
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## Prerequisites
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For the self-hosted Etherpad instance to be available to your users, you must first enable and configure the **Dimension integrations manager** as described in [the playbook documentation](configuring-playbook-dimension.md)
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## Installing
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[Etherpad](https://etherpad.org) installation is disabled by default. You can enable it in your configuration file (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`):
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```yaml
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matrix_etherpad_enabled: true
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```
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## Set Dimension default to the self-hosted Etherpad
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The Dimension administrator users can configure the default URL template. The Dimension configuration menu can be accessed with the sprocket icon as you begin to add a widget to a room in Element. There you will find the Etherpad Widget Configuration action beneath the _Widgets_ tab. Replace `scalar.vector.im` with your own Dimension domain.
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### Removing the integrated Etherpad chat
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If you wish to disable the Etherpad chat button, you can do it by appending `?showChat=false` to the end of the pad URL, or the template.
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Example: `https://dimension.<your-domain>/etherpad/p/$roomId_$padName?showChat=false`
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### Etherpad Admin access (optional)
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Etherpad comes with a admin web-UI which is disabled by default. You can enable it by setting a username and password in your configuration file (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>/vars.yml`):
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```yaml
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matrix_etherpad_admin_username: admin
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matrix_etherpad_admin_password: some-password
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```
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The admin web-UI should then be available on: `https://dimension.<your-domain>/etherpad/admin`
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### Managing / Deleting old pads
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If you want to manage and remove old unused pads from Etherpad, you will first need to able Admin access as described above.
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Then from the plugin manager page (`https://dimension.<your-domain>/etherpad/admin/plugins`), install the `adminpads2` plugin. Once installed, you should have a "Manage pads" section in the Admin web-UI.
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## Known issues
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If your Etherpad widget fails to load, this might be due to Dimension generating a Pad name so long, the Etherpad app rejects it.
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`$roomId_$padName` can end up being longer than 50 characters. You can avoid having this problem by altering the template so it only contains the three word random identifier `$padName`.
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