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  149. <h1 id="overview"><a class="header" href="#overview">Overview</a></h1>
  150. <p>This document explains how to enable VoIP relaying on your Home Server with
  151. TURN.</p>
  152. <p>The synapse Matrix Home Server supports integration with TURN server via the
  153. <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00">TURN server REST API</a>. This
  154. allows the Home Server to generate credentials that are valid for use on the
  155. TURN server through the use of a secret shared between the Home Server and the
  156. TURN server.</p>
  157. <p>The following sections describe how to install <a href="https://github.com/coturn/coturn">coturn</a> (which implements the TURN REST API) and integrate it with synapse.</p>
  158. <h2 id="requirements"><a class="header" href="#requirements">Requirements</a></h2>
  159. <p>For TURN relaying with <code>coturn</code> to work, it must be hosted on a server/endpoint with a public IP.</p>
  160. <p>Hosting TURN behind a NAT (even with appropriate port forwarding) is known to cause issues
  161. and to often not work.</p>
  162. <h2 id="coturn-setup"><a class="header" href="#coturn-setup"><code>coturn</code> setup</a></h2>
  163. <h3 id="initial-installation"><a class="header" href="#initial-installation">Initial installation</a></h3>
  164. <p>The TURN daemon <code>coturn</code> is available from a variety of sources such as native package managers, or installation from source.</p>
  165. <h4 id="debian-installation"><a class="header" href="#debian-installation">Debian installation</a></h4>
  166. <p>Just install the debian package:</p>
  167. <pre><code class="language-sh">apt install coturn
  168. </code></pre>
  169. <p>This will install and start a systemd service called <code>coturn</code>.</p>
  170. <h4 id="source-installation"><a class="header" href="#source-installation">Source installation</a></h4>
  171. <ol>
  172. <li>
  173. <p>Download the <a href="https://github.com/coturn/coturn/releases/latest">latest release</a> from github. Unpack it and <code>cd</code> into the directory.</p>
  174. </li>
  175. <li>
  176. <p>Configure it:</p>
  177. <pre><code>./configure
  178. </code></pre>
  179. <p>You may need to install <code>libevent2</code>: if so, you should do so in
  180. the way recommended by your operating system. You can ignore
  181. warnings about lack of database support: a database is unnecessary
  182. for this purpose.</p>
  183. </li>
  184. <li>
  185. <p>Build and install it:</p>
  186. <pre><code>make
  187. make install
  188. </code></pre>
  189. </li>
  190. </ol>
  191. <h3 id="configuration"><a class="header" href="#configuration">Configuration</a></h3>
  192. <ol>
  193. <li>
  194. <p>Create or edit the config file in <code>/etc/turnserver.conf</code>. The relevant
  195. lines, with example values, are:</p>
  196. <pre><code>use-auth-secret
  197. static-auth-secret=[your secret key here]
  198. realm=turn.myserver.org
  199. </code></pre>
  200. <p>See <code>turnserver.conf</code> for explanations of the options. One way to generate
  201. the <code>static-auth-secret</code> is with <code>pwgen</code>:</p>
  202. <pre><code>pwgen -s 64 1
  203. </code></pre>
  204. <p>A <code>realm</code> must be specified, but its value is somewhat arbitrary. (It is
  205. sent to clients as part of the authentication flow.) It is conventional to
  206. set it to be your server name.</p>
  207. </li>
  208. <li>
  209. <p>You will most likely want to configure coturn to write logs somewhere. The
  210. easiest way is normally to send them to the syslog:</p>
  211. <pre><code>syslog
  212. </code></pre>
  213. <p>(in which case, the logs will be available via <code>journalctl -u coturn</code> on a
  214. systemd system). Alternatively, coturn can be configured to write to a
  215. logfile - check the example config file supplied with coturn.</p>
  216. </li>
  217. <li>
  218. <p>Consider your security settings. TURN lets users request a relay which will
  219. connect to arbitrary IP addresses and ports. The following configuration is
  220. suggested as a minimum starting point:</p>
  221. <pre><code># VoIP traffic is all UDP. There is no reason to let users connect to arbitrary TCP endpoints via the relay.
  222. no-tcp-relay
  223. # don't let the relay ever try to connect to private IP address ranges within your network (if any)
  224. # given the turn server is likely behind your firewall, remember to include any privileged public IPs too.
  225. denied-peer-ip=10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255
  226. denied-peer-ip=192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255
  227. denied-peer-ip=172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255
  228. # special case the turn server itself so that client-&gt;TURN-&gt;TURN-&gt;client flows work
  229. allowed-peer-ip=10.0.0.1
  230. # consider whether you want to limit the quota of relayed streams per user (or total) to avoid risk of DoS.
  231. user-quota=12 # 4 streams per video call, so 12 streams = 3 simultaneous relayed calls per user.
  232. total-quota=1200
  233. </code></pre>
  234. </li>
  235. <li>
  236. <p>Also consider supporting TLS/DTLS. To do this, add the following settings
  237. to <code>turnserver.conf</code>:</p>
  238. <pre><code># TLS certificates, including intermediate certs.
  239. # For Let's Encrypt certificates, use `fullchain.pem` here.
  240. cert=/path/to/fullchain.pem
  241. # TLS private key file
  242. pkey=/path/to/privkey.pem
  243. </code></pre>
  244. <p>In this case, replace the <code>turn:</code> schemes in the <code>turn_uri</code> settings below
  245. with <code>turns:</code>.</p>
  246. <p>We recommend that you only try to set up TLS/DTLS once you have set up a
  247. basic installation and got it working.</p>
  248. </li>
  249. <li>
  250. <p>Ensure your firewall allows traffic into the TURN server on the ports
  251. you've configured it to listen on (By default: 3478 and 5349 for TURN
  252. traffic (remember to allow both TCP and UDP traffic), and ports 49152-65535
  253. for the UDP relay.)</p>
  254. </li>
  255. <li>
  256. <p>We do not recommend running a TURN server behind NAT, and are not aware of
  257. anyone doing so successfully.</p>
  258. <p>If you want to try it anyway, you will at least need to tell coturn its
  259. external IP address:</p>
  260. <pre><code>external-ip=192.88.99.1
  261. </code></pre>
  262. <p>... and your NAT gateway must forward all of the relayed ports directly
  263. (eg, port 56789 on the external IP must be always be forwarded to port
  264. 56789 on the internal IP).</p>
  265. <p>If you get this working, let us know!</p>
  266. </li>
  267. <li>
  268. <p>(Re)start the turn server:</p>
  269. <ul>
  270. <li>
  271. <p>If you used the Debian package (or have set up a systemd unit yourself):</p>
  272. <pre><code class="language-sh">systemctl restart coturn
  273. </code></pre>
  274. </li>
  275. <li>
  276. <p>If you installed from source:</p>
  277. <pre><code class="language-sh">bin/turnserver -o
  278. </code></pre>
  279. </li>
  280. </ul>
  281. </li>
  282. </ol>
  283. <h2 id="synapse-setup"><a class="header" href="#synapse-setup">Synapse setup</a></h2>
  284. <p>Your home server configuration file needs the following extra keys:</p>
  285. <ol>
  286. <li>&quot;<code>turn_uris</code>&quot;: This needs to be a yaml list of public-facing URIs
  287. for your TURN server to be given out to your clients. Add separate
  288. entries for each transport your TURN server supports.</li>
  289. <li>&quot;<code>turn_shared_secret</code>&quot;: This is the secret shared between your
  290. Home server and your TURN server, so you should set it to the same
  291. string you used in turnserver.conf.</li>
  292. <li>&quot;<code>turn_user_lifetime</code>&quot;: This is the amount of time credentials
  293. generated by your Home Server are valid for (in milliseconds).
  294. Shorter times offer less potential for abuse at the expense of
  295. increased traffic between web clients and your home server to
  296. refresh credentials. The TURN REST API specification recommends
  297. one day (86400000).</li>
  298. <li>&quot;<code>turn_allow_guests</code>&quot;: Whether to allow guest users to use the
  299. TURN server. This is enabled by default, as otherwise VoIP will
  300. not work reliably for guests. However, it does introduce a
  301. security risk as it lets guests connect to arbitrary endpoints
  302. without having gone through a CAPTCHA or similar to register a
  303. real account.</li>
  304. </ol>
  305. <p>As an example, here is the relevant section of the config file for <code>matrix.org</code>. The
  306. <code>turn_uris</code> are appropriate for TURN servers listening on the default ports, with no TLS.</p>
  307. <pre><code>turn_uris: [ &quot;turn:turn.matrix.org?transport=udp&quot;, &quot;turn:turn.matrix.org?transport=tcp&quot; ]
  308. turn_shared_secret: &quot;n0t4ctuAllymatr1Xd0TorgSshar3d5ecret4obvIousreAsons&quot;
  309. turn_user_lifetime: 86400000
  310. turn_allow_guests: True
  311. </code></pre>
  312. <p>After updating the homeserver configuration, you must restart synapse:</p>
  313. <ul>
  314. <li>If you use synctl:
  315. <pre><code class="language-sh">cd /where/you/run/synapse
  316. ./synctl restart
  317. </code></pre>
  318. </li>
  319. <li>If you use systemd:
  320. <pre><code>systemctl restart matrix-synapse.service
  321. </code></pre>
  322. </li>
  323. </ul>
  324. <p>... and then reload any clients (or wait an hour for them to refresh their
  325. settings).</p>
  326. <h2 id="troubleshooting"><a class="header" href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></h2>
  327. <p>The normal symptoms of a misconfigured TURN server are that calls between
  328. devices on different networks ring, but get stuck at &quot;call
  329. connecting&quot;. Unfortunately, troubleshooting this can be tricky.</p>
  330. <p>Here are a few things to try:</p>
  331. <ul>
  332. <li>
  333. <p>Check that your TURN server is not behind NAT. As above, we're not aware of
  334. anyone who has successfully set this up.</p>
  335. </li>
  336. <li>
  337. <p>Check that you have opened your firewall to allow TCP and UDP traffic to the
  338. TURN ports (normally 3478 and 5479).</p>
  339. </li>
  340. <li>
  341. <p>Check that you have opened your firewall to allow UDP traffic to the UDP
  342. relay ports (49152-65535 by default).</p>
  343. </li>
  344. <li>
  345. <p>Some WebRTC implementations (notably, that of Google Chrome) appear to get
  346. confused by TURN servers which are reachable over IPv6 (this appears to be
  347. an unexpected side-effect of its handling of multiple IP addresses as
  348. defined by
  349. <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-rtcweb-ip-handling-12"><code>draft-ietf-rtcweb-ip-handling</code></a>).</p>
  350. <p>Try removing any AAAA records for your TURN server, so that it is only
  351. reachable over IPv4.</p>
  352. </li>
  353. <li>
  354. <p>Enable more verbose logging in coturn via the <code>verbose</code> setting:</p>
  355. <pre><code>verbose
  356. </code></pre>
  357. <p>... and then see if there are any clues in its logs.</p>
  358. </li>
  359. <li>
  360. <p>If you are using a browser-based client under Chrome, check
  361. <code>chrome://webrtc-internals/</code> for insights into the internals of the
  362. negotiation. On Firefox, check the &quot;Connection Log&quot; on <code>about:webrtc</code>.</p>
  363. <p>(Understanding the output is beyond the scope of this document!)</p>
  364. </li>
  365. <li>
  366. <p>You can test your Matrix homeserver TURN setup with https://test.voip.librepush.net/.
  367. Note that this test is not fully reliable yet, so don't be discouraged if
  368. the test fails.
  369. <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/voip-tester">Here</a> is the github repo of the
  370. source of the tester, where you can file bug reports.</p>
  371. </li>
  372. <li>
  373. <p>There is a WebRTC test tool at
  374. https://webrtc.github.io/samples/src/content/peerconnection/trickle-ice/. To
  375. use it, you will need a username/password for your TURN server. You can
  376. either:</p>
  377. <ul>
  378. <li>
  379. <p>look for the <code>GET /_matrix/client/r0/voip/turnServer</code> request made by a
  380. matrix client to your homeserver in your browser's network inspector. In
  381. the response you should see <code>username</code> and <code>password</code>. Or:</p>
  382. </li>
  383. <li>
  384. <p>Use the following shell commands:</p>
  385. <pre><code class="language-sh">secret=staticAuthSecretHere
  386. u=$((`date +%s` + 3600)):test
  387. p=$(echo -n $u | openssl dgst -hmac $secret -sha1 -binary | base64)
  388. echo -e &quot;username: $u\npassword: $p&quot;
  389. </code></pre>
  390. <p>Or:</p>
  391. </li>
  392. <li>
  393. <p>Temporarily configure coturn to accept a static username/password. To do
  394. this, comment out <code>use-auth-secret</code> and <code>static-auth-secret</code> and add the
  395. following:</p>
  396. <pre><code>lt-cred-mech
  397. user=username:password
  398. </code></pre>
  399. <p><strong>Note</strong>: these settings will not take effect unless <code>use-auth-secret</code>
  400. and <code>static-auth-secret</code> are disabled.</p>
  401. <p>Restart coturn after changing the configuration file.</p>
  402. <p>Remember to restore the original settings to go back to testing with
  403. Matrix clients!</p>
  404. </li>
  405. </ul>
  406. <p>If the TURN server is working correctly, you should see at least one <code>relay</code>
  407. entry in the results.</p>
  408. </li>
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