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Add addtional TURN server configuration example based on [eturnal](https://github.com/processone/eturnal) and adjust general TURN server doc structure.
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- [Configuring a Reverse Proxy](reverse_proxy.md)
- [Configuring a Forward/Outbound Proxy](setup/forward_proxy.md)
- [Configuring a Turn Server](turn-howto.md)
- [coturn TURN server](setup/turn/coturn.md)
- [eturnal TURN server](setup/turn/eturnal.md)
- [Delegation](delegate.md)

# Upgrading
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# coturn TURN server

The following sections describe how to install [coturn](<https://github.com/coturn/coturn>) (which implements the TURN REST API).

## `coturn` setup

### Initial installation

The TURN daemon `coturn` is available from a variety of sources such as native package managers, or installation from source.

#### Debian and Ubuntu based distributions

Just install the debian package:

```sh
sudo apt install coturn
```

This will install and start a systemd service called `coturn`.

#### Source installation

1. Download the [latest release](https://github.com/coturn/coturn/releases/latest) from github. Unpack it and `cd` into the directory.

1. Configure it:

```sh
./configure
```

You may need to install `libevent2`: if so, you should do so in
the way recommended by your operating system. You can ignore
warnings about lack of database support: a database is unnecessary
for this purpose.

1. Build and install it:

```sh
make
sudo make install
```

### Configuration

1. Create or edit the config file in `/etc/turnserver.conf`. The relevant
lines, with example values, are:

```
use-auth-secret
static-auth-secret=[your secret key here]
realm=turn.myserver.org
```

See `turnserver.conf` for explanations of the options. One way to generate
the `static-auth-secret` is with `pwgen`:

```sh
pwgen -s 64 1
```

A `realm` must be specified, but its value is somewhat arbitrary. (It is
sent to clients as part of the authentication flow.) It is conventional to
set it to be your server name.

1. You will most likely want to configure `coturn` to write logs somewhere. The
easiest way is normally to send them to the syslog:

```sh
syslog
```

(in which case, the logs will be available via `journalctl -u coturn` on a
systemd system). Alternatively, `coturn` can be configured to write to a
logfile - check the example config file supplied with `coturn`.

1. Consider your security settings. TURN lets users request a relay which will
connect to arbitrary IP addresses and ports. The following configuration is
suggested as a minimum starting point:

```
# VoIP traffic is all UDP. There is no reason to let users connect to arbitrary TCP endpoints via the relay.
no-tcp-relay

# don't let the relay ever try to connect to private IP address ranges within your network (if any)
# given the turn server is likely behind your firewall, remember to include any privileged public IPs too.
denied-peer-ip=10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255
denied-peer-ip=192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255
denied-peer-ip=172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255

# recommended additional local peers to block, to mitigate external access to internal services.
# https://www.rtcsec.com/article/slack-webrtc-turn-compromise-and-bug-bounty/#how-to-fix-an-open-turn-relay-to-address-this-vulnerability
no-multicast-peers
denied-peer-ip=0.0.0.0-0.255.255.255
denied-peer-ip=100.64.0.0-100.127.255.255
denied-peer-ip=127.0.0.0-127.255.255.255
denied-peer-ip=169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255
denied-peer-ip=192.0.0.0-192.0.0.255
denied-peer-ip=192.0.2.0-192.0.2.255
denied-peer-ip=192.88.99.0-192.88.99.255
denied-peer-ip=198.18.0.0-198.19.255.255
denied-peer-ip=198.51.100.0-198.51.100.255
denied-peer-ip=203.0.113.0-203.0.113.255
denied-peer-ip=240.0.0.0-255.255.255.255

# special case the turn server itself so that client->TURN->TURN->client flows work
# this should be one of the turn server's listening IPs
allowed-peer-ip=10.0.0.1

# consider whether you want to limit the quota of relayed streams per user (or total) to avoid risk of DoS.
user-quota=12 # 4 streams per video call, so 12 streams = 3 simultaneous relayed calls per user.
total-quota=1200
```

1. Also consider supporting TLS/DTLS. To do this, add the following settings
to `turnserver.conf`:

```
# TLS certificates, including intermediate certs.
# For Let's Encrypt certificates, use `fullchain.pem` here.
cert=/path/to/fullchain.pem

# TLS private key file
pkey=/path/to/privkey.pem

# Ensure the configuration lines that disable TLS/DTLS are commented-out or removed
#no-tls
#no-dtls
```

In this case, replace the `turn:` schemes in the `turn_uris` settings below
with `turns:`.

We recommend that you only try to set up TLS/DTLS once you have set up a
basic installation and got it working.

NB: If your TLS certificate was provided by Let's Encrypt, TLS/DTLS will
not work with any Matrix client that uses Chromium's WebRTC library. This
currently includes Element Android & iOS; for more details, see their
[respective](https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1533)
[issues](https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios/issues/2712) as well as the underlying
[WebRTC issue](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webrtc/issues/detail?id=11710).
Consider using a ZeroSSL certificate for your TURN server as a working alternative.

1. Ensure your firewall allows traffic into the TURN server on the ports
you've configured it to listen on (By default: 3478 and 5349 for TURN
traffic (remember to allow both TCP and UDP traffic), and ports 49152-65535
for the UDP relay.)

1. If your TURN server is behind NAT, the NAT gateway must have an external,
publicly-reachable IP address. You must configure `coturn` to advertise that
address to connecting clients:

```
external-ip=EXTERNAL_NAT_IPv4_ADDRESS
```

You may optionally limit the TURN server to listen only on the local
address that is mapped by NAT to the external address:

```
listening-ip=INTERNAL_TURNSERVER_IPv4_ADDRESS
```

If your NAT gateway is reachable over both IPv4 and IPv6, you may
configure `coturn` to advertise each available address:

```
external-ip=EXTERNAL_NAT_IPv4_ADDRESS
external-ip=EXTERNAL_NAT_IPv6_ADDRESS
```

When advertising an external IPv6 address, ensure that the firewall and
network settings of the system running your TURN server are configured to
accept IPv6 traffic, and that the TURN server is listening on the local
IPv6 address that is mapped by NAT to the external IPv6 address.

1. (Re)start the turn server:

* If you used the Debian package (or have set up a systemd unit yourself):
```sh
sudo systemctl restart coturn
```

* If you built from source:

```sh
/usr/local/bin/turnserver -o
```
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# eturnal TURN server

The following sections describe how to install [eturnal](<https://github.com/processone/eturnal>)
(which implements the TURN REST API).

## `eturnal` setup

### Initial installation
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The `eturnal` TURN server implementation is available from a variety of sources
such as native package managers, binary packages, installation from source or
[container image](https://eturnal.net/documentation/code/docker.html). They are
all described [here](https://github.com/processone/eturnal#installation).

Quick-Test instructions in a [Linux Shell](https://github.com/processone/eturnal/blob/master/QUICK-TEST.md)
or with [Docker](https://github.com/processone/eturnal/blob/master/docker-k8s/QUICK-TEST.md)
are available as well.

### Configuration

After installation, `eturnal` usually ships a [default configuration file](https://github.com/processone/eturnal/blob/master/config/eturnal.yml)
here: `/etc/eturnal.yml` (and, if not found there, there is a backup file here:
`/opt/eturnal/etc/eturnal.yml`). It uses the (indentation-sensitive!) [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML)
format. The file contains further explanations.

Here are some hints how to configure eturnal on your [host machine](https://github.com/processone/eturnal#configuration)
or when using e.g. [Docker](https://eturnal.net/documentation/code/docker.html).
You may also further deep dive into the [reference documentation](https://eturnal.net/documentation/).

`eturnal` runs out of the box with the default configuration. To enable TURN and
to integrate it with your homeserver, some aspects in `eturnal`'s default configuration file
must be edited:

1. Homeserver's [`turn_shared_secret`](../../usage/configuration/config_documentation.md#turn_shared_secret)
and eturnal's shared `secret` for authentication

Both need to have the same value. Uncomment and adjust this line in `eturnal`'s
configuration file:

```yaml
secret: "long-and-cryptic" # Shared secret, CHANGE THIS.
```

One way to generate a `secret` is with `pwgen`:

```sh
pwgen -s 64 1
```

1. Public IP address

If your TURN server is behind NAT, the NAT gateway must have an external,
publicly-reachable IP address. `eturnal` tries to autodetect the public IP address,
however, it may also be configured by uncommenting and adjusting this line, so
`eturnal` advertises that address to connecting clients:

```yaml
relay_ipv4_addr: "203.0.113.4" # The server's public IPv4 address.
```

If your NAT gateway is reachable over both IPv4 and IPv6, you may
configure `eturnal` to advertise each available address:

```yaml
relay_ipv4_addr: "203.0.113.4" # The server's public IPv4 address.
relay_ipv6_addr: "2001:db8::4" # The server's public IPv6 address (optional).
```

When advertising an external IPv6 address, ensure that the firewall and
network settings of the system running your TURN server are configured to
accept IPv6 traffic, and that the TURN server is listening on the local
IPv6 address that is mapped by NAT to the external IPv6 address.

1. Logging

If `eturnal` was started by systemd, log files are written into the
`/var/log/eturnal` directory by default. In order to log to the [journal](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-journald.service.html)
instead, the `log_dir` option can be set to `stdout` in the configuration file.

1. Security considerations

Consider your security settings. TURN lets users request a relay which will
connect to arbitrary IP addresses and ports. The following configuration is
suggested as a minimum starting point, [see also the official documentation](https://eturnal.net/documentation/#blacklist):

```yaml
## Reject TURN relaying from/to the following addresses/networks:
blacklist: # This is the default blacklist.
- "127.0.0.0/8" # IPv4 loopback.
- "::1" # IPv6 loopback.
- recommended # Expands to a number of networks recommended to be
# blocked, but includes private networks. Those
# would have to be 'whitelist'ed if eturnal serves
# local clients/peers within such networks.
```

To whitelist IP addresses or specific (private) networks, you need to **add** a
whitelist part into the configuration file, e.g.:

```yaml
whitelist:
- "192.168.0.0/16"
- "203.0.113.113"
- "2001:db8::/64"
```

The more specific, the better.

1. TURNS (TURN via TLS/DTLS)

Also consider supporting TLS/DTLS. To do this, adjust the following settings
in the `eturnal.yml` configuration file (TLS parts should not be commented anymore):

```yaml
listen:
- ip: "::"
port: 3478
transport: udp
- ip: "::"
port: 3478
transport: tcp
- ip: "::"
port: 5349
transport: tls

## TLS certificate/key files (must be readable by 'eturnal' user!):
tls_crt_file: /etc/eturnal/tls/crt.pem
tls_key_file: /etc/eturnal/tls/key.pem
```

In this case, replace the `turn:` schemes in homeserver's `turn_uris` settings
with `turns:`. More is described [here](../../usage/configuration/config_documentation.md#turn_uris).

We recommend that you only try to set up TLS/DTLS once you have set up a
basic installation and got it working.

NB: If your TLS certificate was provided by Let's Encrypt, TLS/DTLS will
not work with any Matrix client that uses Chromium's WebRTC library. This
currently includes Element Android & iOS; for more details, see their
[respective](https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1533)
[issues](https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios/issues/2712) as well as the underlying
[WebRTC issue](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webrtc/issues/detail?id=11710).
Consider using a ZeroSSL certificate for your TURN server as a working alternative.

1. Firewall

Ensure your firewall allows traffic into the TURN server on the ports
you've configured it to listen on (By default: 3478 and 5349 for TURN
traffic (remember to allow both TCP and UDP traffic), and ports 49152-65535
for the UDP relay.)

1. Reload/ restarting `eturnal`

Changes in the configuration file require `eturnal` to reload/ restart, this
can be achieved by:

```sh
eturnalctl reload
```

`eturnal` performs a configuration check before actually reloading/ restarting
and provides hints, if something is not correctly configured.

### eturnalctl opterations script

`eturnal` offers a handy [operations script](https://eturnal.net/documentation/#Operation)
which can be called e.g. to check, whether the service is up, to restart the service,
to query how many active sessions exist, to change logging behaviour and so on.

Hint: If `eturnalctl` is not part of your `$PATH`, consider either sym-linking it (e.g. ´ln -s /opt/eturnal/bin/eturnalctl /usr/local/bin/eturnalctl´) or call it from the default `eturnal` directory directly: e.g. `/opt/eturnal/bin/eturnalctl info`
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