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What version of Synapse is running?
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You can find the Synapse version by inspecting the server headers (replace matrix.org with
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your own homeserver domain):
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your own homeserver domain):
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will probably want to specify your domain (`example.com`) rather than a
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matrix-specific hostname here (in the same way that your email address is
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matrix-specific hostname here (in the same way that your email address is
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probably `user@example.com` rather than `user@email.example.com`) - but
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probably `user@example.com` rather than `user@email.example.com`) - but
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doing so may require more advanced setup. - see [Setting up Federation](README.rst#setting-up-federation). Beware that the server name cannot be changed later.
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doing so may require more advanced setup: see [Setting up Federation](docs/federate.md).
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This command will generate you a config file that you can then customise, but it will
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also generate a set of keys for you. These keys will allow your Home Server to
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point these settings at an existing certificate and key, or you can
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point these settings at an existing certificate and key, or you can
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enable Synapse's built-in ACME (Let's Encrypt) support. Instructions
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enable Synapse's built-in ACME (Let's Encrypt) support. Instructions
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for having Synapse automatically provision and renew federation
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for having Synapse automatically provision and renew federation
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certificates through ACME can be found at [ACME.md](docs/ACME.md).
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certificates through ACME can be found at [ACME.md](docs/ACME.md).
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please take a look at `our guide <docs/MSC1711_certificates_FAQ.md#configuring-certificates-for-compatibility-with-synapse-100>`_.
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## Registering a user
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## Registering a user
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You will need at least one user on your server in order to use a Matrix
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Synapse Installation
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Synapse Installation
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For details on how to install synapse, see `<INSTALL.md>`_.
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* For details on how to install synapse, see `<INSTALL.md>`_.
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Connecting to Synapse from a client
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connect from a client: see `<INSTALL.md#tls-certificates>`_.
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connect from a client: see `<INSTALL.md#tls-certificates>`_.
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An easy way to get started is to login or register via Riot at
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An easy way to get started is to login or register via Riot at
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https://riot.im/app/#/login or https://riot.im/app/#/register respectively.
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https://riot.im/app/#/login or https://riot.im/app/#/register respectively.
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You will need to change the server you are logging into from ``matrix.org``
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You will need to change the server you are logging into from ``matrix.org``
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and instead specify a Homeserver URL of ``https://<server_name>:8448``
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and instead specify a Homeserver URL of ``https://<server_name>:8448``
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(Leave the identity server as the default - see `Identity servers`_.)
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(Leave the identity server as the default - see `Identity servers`_.)
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`client breakdown <https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix>`_.
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`client breakdown <https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix>`_.
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See https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/1977 and
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https://developer.github.com/changes/2014-04-25-user-content-security for more details.
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https://developer.github.com/changes/2014-04-25-user-content-security for more details.
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Troubleshooting
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===============
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Running out of File Handles
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If synapse runs out of filehandles, it typically fails badly - live-locking
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at 100% CPU, and/or failing to accept new TCP connections (blocking the
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connecting client). Matrix currently can legitimately use a lot of file handles,
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thanks to busy rooms like #matrix:matrix.org containing hundreds of participating
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servers. The first time a server talks in a room it will try to connect
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simultaneously to all participating servers, which could exhaust the available
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file descriptors between DNS queries & HTTPS sockets, especially if DNS is slow
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to respond. (We need to improve the routing algorithm used to be better than
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full mesh, but as of June 2017 this hasn't happened yet).
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If you hit this failure mode, we recommend increasing the maximum number of
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open file handles to be at least 4096 (assuming a default of 1024 or 256).
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This is typically done by editing ``/etc/security/limits.conf``
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Separately, Synapse may leak file handles if inbound HTTP requests get stuck
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during processing - e.g. blocked behind a lock or talking to a remote server etc.
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This is best diagnosed by matching up the 'Received request' and 'Processed request'
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log lines and looking for any 'Processed request' lines which take more than
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a few seconds to execute. Please let us know at #synapse:matrix.org if
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you see this failure mode so we can help debug it, however.
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Help!! Synapse eats all my RAM!
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-------------------------------
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Synapse's architecture is quite RAM hungry currently - we deliberately
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cache a lot of recent room data and metadata in RAM in order to speed up
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common requests. We'll improve this in future, but for now the easiest
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way to either reduce the RAM usage (at the risk of slowing things down)
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is to set the almost-undocumented ``SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR`` environment
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variable. The default is 0.5, which can be decreased to reduce RAM usage
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in memory constrained enviroments, or increased if performance starts to
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degrade.
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Using `libjemalloc <http://jemalloc.net/>`_ can also yield a significant
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improvement in overall amount, and especially in terms of giving back RAM
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to the OS. To use it, the library must simply be put in the LD_PRELOAD
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environment variable when launching Synapse. On Debian, this can be done
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by installing the ``libjemalloc1`` package and adding this line to
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``/etc/default/matrix-synapse``::
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LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.1
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This can make a significant difference on Python 2.7 - it's unclear how
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much of an improvement it provides on Python 3.x.
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Upgrading an existing Synapse
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Upgrading an existing Synapse
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.. _federation:
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Setting up Federation
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=====================
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Federation is the process by which users on different servers can participate
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in the same room. For this to work, those other servers must be able to contact
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yours to send messages.
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The ``server_name`` in your ``homeserver.yaml`` file determines the way that
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other servers will reach yours. By default, they will treat it as a hostname
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and try to connect to port 8448. This is easy to set up and will work with the
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default configuration, provided you set the ``server_name`` to match your
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machine's public DNS hostname, and give Synapse a TLS certificate which is
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valid for your ``server_name``.
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<synapse.server.name>``. The DNS record should then look something like::
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You can then configure your homeserver to use ``<yourdomain.com>`` as the domain in
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--generate-config
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database has been created, you will have to recreate the database.
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If all goes well, you should be able to `connect to your server with a client`__,
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and then join a room via federation. (Try ``#matrix-dev:matrix.org`` as a first
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step. "Matrix HQ"'s sheer size and activity level tends to make even the
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largest boxes pause for thought.)
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.. __: `Connecting to Synapse from a client`_
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Troubleshooting
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---------------
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You can use the `federation tester <https://matrix.org/federationtester>`_ to
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check if your homeserver is all set.
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The typical failure mode with federation is that when you try to join a room,
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it is rejected with "401: Unauthorized". Generally this means that other
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servers in the room couldn't access yours. (Joining a room over federation is a
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So, things to check are:
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* If you are not using a SRV record, check that your ``server_name`` (the part
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of your user-id after the ``:``) matches your hostname, and that port 8448 on
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that hostname is reachable from outside your network.
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* If you *are* using a SRV record, check that it matches your ``server_name``
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(it should be ``_matrix._tcp.<server_name>``), and that the port and hostname
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Another common problem is that people on other servers can't join rooms that
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you invite them to. This can be caused by an incorrectly-configured reverse
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proxy: see `<docs/reverse_proxy.rst>`_ for instructions on how to correctly
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configure a reverse proxy.
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Running a Demo Federation of Synapses
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-------------------------------------
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If you want to get up and running quickly with a trio of homeservers in a
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private federation, there is a script in the ``demo`` directory. This is mainly
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useful just for development purposes. See `<demo/README>`_.
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Using PostgreSQL
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Using PostgreSQL
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================
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================
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As of Synapse 0.9, `PostgreSQL <https://www.postgresql.org>`_ is supported as an
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alternative to the `SQLite <https://sqlite.org/>`_ database that Synapse has
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* `SQLite <https://sqlite.org/>`_
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traditionally used for convenience and simplicity.
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* `PostgreSQL <https://www.postgresql.org>`_
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The advantages of Postgres include:
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By default Synapse uses SQLite in and doing so trades performance for convenience.
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SQLite is only recommended in Synapse for testing purposes or for servers with
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light workloads.
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Almost all installations should opt to use PostreSQL. Advantages include:
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* significant performance improvements due to the superior threading and
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* significant performance improvements due to the superior threading and
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caching model, smarter query optimiser
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caching model, smarter query optimiser
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Building internal API documentation::
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Building internal API documentation::
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python setup.py build_sphinx
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python setup.py build_sphinx
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Troubleshooting
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===============
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Running out of File Handles
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---------------------------
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If synapse runs out of file handles, it typically fails badly - live-locking
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at 100% CPU, and/or failing to accept new TCP connections (blocking the
|
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connecting client). Matrix currently can legitimately use a lot of file handles,
|
||||||
|
thanks to busy rooms like #matrix:matrix.org containing hundreds of participating
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servers. The first time a server talks in a room it will try to connect
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simultaneously to all participating servers, which could exhaust the available
|
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file descriptors between DNS queries & HTTPS sockets, especially if DNS is slow
|
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to respond. (We need to improve the routing algorithm used to be better than
|
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full mesh, but as of March 2019 this hasn't happened yet).
|
||||||
|
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If you hit this failure mode, we recommend increasing the maximum number of
|
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open file handles to be at least 4096 (assuming a default of 1024 or 256).
|
||||||
|
This is typically done by editing ``/etc/security/limits.conf``
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|
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Separately, Synapse may leak file handles if inbound HTTP requests get stuck
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during processing - e.g. blocked behind a lock or talking to a remote server etc.
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This is best diagnosed by matching up the 'Received request' and 'Processed request'
|
||||||
|
log lines and looking for any 'Processed request' lines which take more than
|
||||||
|
a few seconds to execute. Please let us know at #synapse:matrix.org if
|
||||||
|
you see this failure mode so we can help debug it, however.
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Help!! Synapse eats all my RAM!
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-------------------------------
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||||||
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Synapse's architecture is quite RAM hungry currently - we deliberately
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||||||
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cache a lot of recent room data and metadata in RAM in order to speed up
|
||||||
|
common requests. We'll improve this in the future, but for now the easiest
|
||||||
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way to either reduce the RAM usage (at the risk of slowing things down)
|
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is to set the almost-undocumented ``SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR`` environment
|
||||||
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variable. The default is 0.5, which can be decreased to reduce RAM usage
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in memory constrained enviroments, or increased if performance starts to
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||||||
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degrade.
|
||||||
|
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Using `libjemalloc <http://jemalloc.net/>`_ can also yield a significant
|
||||||
|
improvement in overall amount, and especially in terms of giving back RAM
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to the OS. To use it, the library must simply be put in the LD_PRELOAD
|
||||||
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environment variable when launching Synapse. On Debian, this can be done
|
||||||
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by installing the ``libjemalloc1`` package and adding this line to
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``/etc/default/matrix-synapse``::
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LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.1
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This can make a significant difference on Python 2.7 - it's unclear how
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much of an improvement it provides on Python 3.x.
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1
changelog.d/4832.misc
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1
changelog.d/4832.misc
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@ -0,0 +1 @@
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Improve federation documentation, specifically .well-known support. Many thanks to @vaab.
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docs/federate.md
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docs/federate.md
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Setting up Federation
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Federation is the process by which users on different servers can participate
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in the same room. For this to work, those other servers must be able to contact
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yours to send messages.
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The ``server_name`` configured in the Synapse configuration file (often
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``homeserver.yaml``) defines how resources (users, rooms, etc.) will be
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identified (eg: ``@user:example.com``, ``#room:example.com``). By
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default, it is also the domain that other servers will use to
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try to reach your server (via port 8448). This is easy to set
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up and will work provided you set the ``server_name`` to match your
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machine's public DNS hostname, and provide Synapse with a TLS certificate
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which is valid for your ``server_name``.
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Once you have completed the steps necessary to federate, you should be able to
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join a room via federation. (A good place to start is ``#synapse:matrix.org``
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- a room for Synapse admins.)
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## Delegation
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For a more flexible configuration, you can have ``server_name``
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resources (eg: ``@user:example.com``) served by a different host and
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port (eg: ``synapse.example.com:443``). There are two ways to do this:
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- adding a ``/.well-known/matrix/server`` URL served on ``https://example.com``.
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- adding a DNS ``SRV`` record in the DNS zone of domain
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``example.com``.
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Without configuring delegation, the matrix federation will
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expect to find your server via ``example.com:8448``. The following methods
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allow you retain a `server_name` of `example.com` so that your user IDs, room
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aliases, etc continue to look like `*:example.com`, whilst having your
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federation traffic routed to a different server.
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### .well-known delegation
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To use this method, you need to be able to alter the
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``server_name`` 's https server to serve the ``/.well-known/matrix/server``
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URL. Having an active server (with a valid TLS certificate) serving your
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``server_name`` domain is out of the scope of this documentation.
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The URL ``https://<server_name>/.well-known/matrix/server`` should
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return a JSON structure containing the key ``m.server`` like so:
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{
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"m.server": "<synapse.server.name>[:<yourport>]"
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}
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In our example, this would mean that URL ``https://example.com/.well-known/matrix/server``
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should return:
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{
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"m.server": "synapse.example.com:443"
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}
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Note, specifying a port is optional. If a port is not specified an SRV lookup
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is performed, as described below. If the target of the
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delegation does not have an SRV record, then the port defaults to 8448.
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Most installations will not need to configure .well-known. However, it can be
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useful in cases where the admin is hosting on behalf of someone else and
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therefore cannot gain access to the necessary certificate. With .well-known,
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federation servers will check for a valid TLS certificate for the delegated
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hostname (in our example: ``synapse.example.com``).
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.well-known support first appeared in Synapse v0.99.0. To federate with older
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servers you may need to additionally configure SRV delegation. Alternatively,
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encourage the server admin in question to upgrade :).
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### DNS SRV delegation
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To use this delegation method, you need to have write access to your
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``server_name`` 's domain zone DNS records (in our example it would be
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``example.com`` DNS zone).
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This method requires the target server to provide a
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valid TLS certificate for the original ``server_name``.
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You need to add a SRV record in your ``server_name`` 's DNS zone with
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this format:
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_matrix._tcp.<yourdomain.com> <ttl> IN SRV <priority> <weight> <port> <synapse.server.name>
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In our example, we would need to add this SRV record in the
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``example.com`` DNS zone:
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_matrix._tcp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 5 443 synapse.example.com.
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Once done and set up, you can check the DNS record with ``dig -t srv
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_matrix._tcp.<server_name>``. In our example, we would expect this:
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$ dig -t srv _matrix._tcp.example.com
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_matrix._tcp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 0 443 synapse.example.com.
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Note that the target of a SRV record cannot be an alias (CNAME record): it has to point
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|
directly to the server hosting the synapse instance.
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|
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## Troubleshooting
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|
You can use the [federation tester](
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|
<https://matrix.org/federationtester>) to check if your homeserver is
|
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|
configured correctly. Alternatively try the [JSON API used by the federation tester](https://matrix.org/federationtester/api/report?server_name=DOMAIN).
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|
Note that you'll have to modify this URL to replace ``DOMAIN`` with your
|
||||||
|
``server_name``. Hitting the API directly provides extra detail.
|
||||||
|
|
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|
The typical failure mode for federation is that when the server tries to join
|
||||||
|
a room, it is rejected with "401: Unauthorized". Generally this means that other
|
||||||
|
servers in the room could not access yours. (Joining a room over federation is
|
||||||
|
a complicated dance which requires connections in both directions).
|
||||||
|
|
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|
Another common problem is that people on other servers can't join rooms that
|
||||||
|
you invite them to. This can be caused by an incorrectly-configured reverse
|
||||||
|
proxy: see [reverse_proxy.rst](<reverse_proxy.rst>) for instructions on how to correctly
|
||||||
|
configure a reverse proxy.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
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|
## Running a Demo Federation of Synapses
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
If you want to get up and running quickly with a trio of homeservers in a
|
||||||
|
private federation, there is a script in the ``demo`` directory. This is mainly
|
||||||
|
useful just for development purposes. See [demo/README](<../demo/README>).
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