Announce matrix-media-repo

Related to https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/pull/2783

CHANGELOG.md

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+# 2023-07-17
+
+## matrix-media-repo support
+
+Thanks to [Michael Hollister](https://github.com/Michael-Hollister) from [FUTO](https://www.futo.org/), the creators of the [Circles app](https://circu.li/), the playbook can now set up [matrix-media-repo](https://github.com/turt2live/matrix-media-repo) - an alternative way to store homeserver media files, powered by a homeserver-independent implementation which supports S3 storage, IPFS, deduplication and other advanced features.
+
+To learn more see our [Storing Matrix media files using matrix-media-repo](docs/configuring-playbook-matrix-media-repo.md) documentation page.
+
+
 # 2023-05-25
 
 ## Enabling `forget_rooms_on_leave` by default for Synapse

docs/configuring-playbook-matrix-media-repo.md

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 # Setting up matrix-media-repo (optional)
 
-matrix-media-repo is a highly customizable multi-domain media repository for Matrix. Intended for medium to large environments consisting of several homeservers, this media repo de-duplicates media (including remote media) while being fully compliant with the specification.
+[matrix-media-repo](https://docs.t2bot.io/matrix-media-repo/) is a highly customizable multi-domain media repository for Matrix. Intended for medium to large environments consisting of several homeservers, this media repo de-duplicates media (including remote media) while being fully compliant with the specification.
 
-Smaller/individual homeservers can still make use of this project's features, though it may be difficult to set up or have higher than expected resource consumption - please do your research before deploying this as this project may not be useful for your environment.
+Smaller/individual homeservers can still make use of this project's features, though it may be difficult to set up or have higher than expected resource consumption. Please do your research before deploying this as this project may not be useful for your environment.
 
-More documentation about the project can be found at: https://docs.t2bot.io/matrix-media-repo/
+For a simpler alternative (which allows you to offload your media repository storage to S3, etc.), you can [configure S3 storage](configuring-playbook-s3.md) instead of setting up matrix-media-repo.
 
 ## Quickstart
 
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 # matrix_media_repo_metrics_enabled: true
 ```
 
-The repo is pre-configured for integrating with the postgres database, NGINX proxy and prometheus/grafana (if metrics enabled) from this playbook for all the available homeserver roles. When the media repo is enabled, other media store roles should be disabled (if using Synapse with other media store roles).
+The repo is pre-configured for integrating with the Postgres database, NGINX proxy and [Prometheus/Grafana](configuring-playbook-prometheus-grafana.md) (if metrics enabled) from this playbook for all the available homeserver roles. When the media repo is enabled, other media store roles should be disabled (if using Synapse with other media store roles).
 
 By default, the media-repo will use the local filesystem for data storage. Additional options include `s3` and `IPFS` (experimental). Access token caching is also enabled by default since the logout endpoints are proxied through the media repo.
 

docs/configuring-playbook-s3.md

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 As an alternative to storing media files on the local filesystem, you can store them on [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) or another S3-compatible object store.
 
+You can do this either by sticking to Synapse's media repository and making that use S3 (read below for this method), or by switching to an external media storage implementation like [matrix-media-repo](configuring-playbook-matrix-media-repo.md).
+
 First, [choose an Object Storage provider](#choosing-an-object-storage-provider).
 
 Then, [create the S3 bucket](#bucket-creation-and-security-configuration).

docs/configuring-playbook.md

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 - [Configuring Element](configuring-playbook-client-element.md) (optional)
 
+- [Storing Matrix media files using matrix-media-repo](configuring-playbook-matrix-media-repo.md) (optional)
+
 - [Storing Matrix media files on Amazon S3](configuring-playbook-s3.md) (optional)
 
 - [Using an external PostgreSQL server](configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md) (optional)