create signal group for existing matrix room

[aiomaster]

In previous versions of the mautrix signal bridge there was a command to create a new signal group for an existing matrix room. It was called !signal create but it doesn't exist anymore in the help. Maybe it is gone due to some refactorings.

I tried to get it working otherwise and found https://github.com/mautrix/signal/blob/4b634863890e7818febc8b9b8341da52ccf61cb6/ROADMAP.md?plain=1#L73 and thought it would work by inviting the puppet to a matrix room (after inviting the signal bridge bot and the relaybot), but it doesn't work that way. Then I read, that I have to manually update the mxid in the portals table: https://github.com/mautrix/docs/blob/ba35623221db24e86071bc73f2b9ef54607b7879/bridges/general/relay-mode.md?plain=1#L24 What exactly do I have to do? Should I create another room in signal, bridge it to matrix and than try to change its mxid to the existing room?

My use case is to bridge a matrix room via relaybots to telegram and signal. I have some rooms working that way, but I made it working with the !signal create command in the past, that is missing now.

Is it planned to reimplement it?

[EtienneHenger]

I figured out how to hack this. DISCLAIMER: do this at own risk as it is more advanced and includes editing the database tables!

1. Create Signal and WhatsApp groups in their respective native group / use the create command still existing in Telgeram
2. find the mxids for each group using the /devtools command in the matrix room
3. Connect to the database, in my case this is a docker container as installed using the ansible playbook from Slavi:

sudo docker exec -it matrix-postgres bash
psql

4. then find the mxids for the created Signal & WhatsApp\Telegram groups

\c matrix_mautrix_signal
\dt
\d+ portal
\x
\TABLE portal;
R

5. repeat 4. replacing "signal" with "whatsapp" \ "telegram" in a separate terminal
6. in EITHER the signal or whatsapp database table update the mxid so that the signal and whatsapp room have the same mxid

UPDATE portal SET mxid = 'matrix room id gotten from /devtools in matrix room' WHERE id = 'corresponding id for whatsapp room to change';
\q
\exit

7. after a successful update and exiting simply restart the container / bridge \sudo docker container restart matrix-mautrix-whatsapp
8. and continue as normal with !signal set-relay and !wa set-relay to relay non-logged in users in the now joined group.

NOTE: this will leave a now disconnected empty room which used to be connected to the Signal/WhatsApp group which can be cleaned up if need be.

If someone has an easier way of doing this or sees a problem with doing it this way please make sure to let us know by replying to this message. 😄 Thanks in advance and I hope this helps others who are looking for an answer to this...