Since we launched the Element Server Suite (ESS) Community edition, we’ve been thrilled by the momentum. We are seeing a whole wave of new deployments and steadily growing engagement within the community. It’s clear that more people than ever want a robust, manageable way to host their own Matrix stack.
However, we’ve also heard a consistent question from those of you running older, "pre-ESS era" deployments: “How do I get my existing data into ESS without starting from scratch?”
Today, we are excited to answer that question. Available starting today, we are officially releasing an initial version of the ESS Migration Tool.
For many long-time Matrix admins using Synapse, maintenance can be a manual burden including handling complex configuration, managing dependencies and keeping up with security updates.
By migrating to ESS, you leave that heavy lifting to Element’s ESS distribution. ESS is designed to make your life easier; once migrated, you can keep your system up-to-date, secure and packed with the latest Element features just by running a simple command. Furthermore you get all the components needed for a basic Element/Matrix stack out-of-the-box, curated and coordinated between each other, easy to deploy and maintain.
The ESS migration tool is a dedicated tool designed to bridge the gap between your current Matrix environment and a modern ESS deployment. The tool automates the most tedious parts of moving to a Kubernetes-based ESS architecture:
The goal is minimal disruption. You can set up your new ESS environment and continue providing service to your users while immediately gaining access to powerful integrated features like Element Admin and Element Call.
Matrix Authentication Service (MAS) is the next generation of authentication and user management in Matrix. If you haven't moved your deployment to the MAS yet, ESS is your secret weapon. By migrating your environment to ESS Community first, you can utilise our built-in MAS migration tooling which automates the majority of the transition - check out the MAS migration guide. If you already have a MAS-enabled environment, no problem, you can still use the migration to get into ESS!
The migration tool is available as a Python package and is licensed under AGPLv3. You can find basic instructions in the ESS Community repository. To help you through the process, we’ve prepared a comprehensive step-by-step migration guide as part of the tooling itself.
This first release is just the beginning. Our priority was to get this tooling into your hands as early as possible to gather feedback from the community. Over the coming months, we will be adding more functionality, including:
While today’s announcement is a major milestone for our Community version, we haven't forgotten our Enterprise and Sovereign users. A top priority for our engineering team is facilitating a seamless "lift" from the ESS Classic stack to the modern ESS Pro environment.
The development to support customer migration paths is just around the corner and we are currently in the final stages of internal validation and will have more detailed news to share very soon. If you are an ESS Classic customer, you will be notified as soon as the Pro migration path is ready - and if you'd like to discuss your specific needs - please reach out to our support team.
We want to hear about your migration experience. Your feedback directly shapes the future of this tool. If you run into any issues, let us know.
Start your migration today and experience the next generation of Matrix hosting!
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