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# Setting up Element Admin (optional)
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The playbook can install and configure [Element Admin](https://github.com/element-hq/element-admin) for you.
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Element Admin is a web-based administration panel for Synapse and [Matrix Authentication Service](./configuring-playbook-matrix-authentication-service.md).
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See the project's [documentation](https://github.com/element-hq/element-admin) to learn more.
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💡 **Note**: This project is still very young and doesn't have many features. For now, it's recommended to use [Synapse Admin](./configuring-playbook-synapse-admin.md) instead. Deployments that use [Matrix Authentication Service](./configuring-playbook-matrix-authentication-service.md) can use Element Admin for user-management (something that Synapse Admin can't do), while continuing to use Synapse Admin for all other purposes.
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## Prerequisites
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- A [Synapse](configuring-playbook-synapse.md) homeserver with its Admin API enabled (the playbook automatically enables it for you when you enable Element Admin)
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- [Matrix Authentication Service](./configuring-playbook-matrix-authentication-service.md) with its Admin API enabled (the playbook automatically enables it for you when you enable Element Admin)
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## Decide on a domain and path
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By default, the Element Admin is configured to be served on the `admin.element.example.com` domain.
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If you'd like to run Element Admin on another hostname, see the [Adjusting the Element Admin URL](#adjusting-the-element-admin-url-optional) section below.
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## Adjusting DNS records (optional)
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By default, this playbook installs Element Admin on the `admin.element.` subdomain (`admin.element.example.com`) and requires you to create a `CNAME` record for `admin.element`, which targets `matrix.example.com`.
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When setting these values, replace `example.com` with your own.
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## Adjusting the playbook configuration
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Add the following configuration to your `inventory/host_vars/matrix.example.com/vars.yml` file:
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```yaml
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matrix_element_admin_enabled: true
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```
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### Adjusting the Element Admin URL (optional)
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By tweaking the `matrix_element_admin_hostname` variable, you can easily make the service available at a **different hostname** than the default one.
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Example additional configuration for your `vars.yml` file:
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```yaml
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matrix_element_admin_hostname: element-admin.example.com
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```
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> [!WARNING]
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> A `matrix_element_admin_path_prefix` variable is also available and mean to let you configure a path prefix for the Element Admin service, but **Element Admin does not support running under a sub-path yet**.
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## Installing
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After configuring the playbook and potentially [adjusting your DNS records](#adjusting-dns-records), run the playbook with [playbook tags](playbook-tags.md) as below:
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<!-- NOTE: let this conservative command run (instead of install-all) to make it clear that failure of the command means something is clearly broken. -->
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```sh
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ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,start
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```
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The shortcut commands with the [`just` program](just.md) are also available: `just install-all` or `just setup-all`
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`just install-all` is useful for maintaining your setup quickly ([2x-5x faster](../CHANGELOG.md#2x-5x-performance-improvements-in-playbook-runtime) than `just setup-all`) when its components remain unchanged. If you adjust your `vars.yml` to remove other components, you'd need to run `just setup-all`, or these components will still remain installed. Note these shortcuts run the `ensure-matrix-users-created` tag too.
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