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Synapse is currently in rapid development, but as of version 0.5 we believe it
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is sufficiently stable to be run as an internet-facing service for real usage!
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About Matrix
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============
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@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ Thanks for using Matrix!
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[1] End-to-end encryption is currently in development - see https://matrix.org/git/olm
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Synapse Installation
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====================
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@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ you can use the command line to register new users::
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For reliable VoIP calls to be routed via this homeserver, you MUST configure
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a TURN server. See docs/turn-howto.rst for details.
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Running Synapse
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===============
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@ -205,6 +208,42 @@ run (e.g. ``~/.synapse``), and::
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source ./bin/activate
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synctl start
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Running The Demo Web Client
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===========================
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The homeserver runs a web client by default at https://localhost:8448/.
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If this is the first time you have used the client from that browser (it uses
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HTML5 local storage to remember its config), you will need to log in to your
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account. If you don't yet have an account, because you've just started the
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homeserver for the first time, then you'll need to register one.
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Registering A New Account
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-------------------------
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Your new user name will be formed partly from the hostname your server is
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running as, and partly from a localpart you specify when you create the
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account. Your name will take the form of::
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@localpart:my.domain.here
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(pronounced "at localpart on my dot domain dot here")
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Specify your desired localpart in the topmost box of the "Register for an
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account" form, and click the "Register" button. Hostnames can contain ports if
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required due to lack of SRV records (e.g. @matthew:localhost:8448 on an
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internal synapse sandbox running on localhost).
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If registration fails, you may need to enable it in the homeserver (see
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`Synapse Installation`_ above)
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Logging In To An Existing Account
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---------------------------------
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Just enter the ``@localpart:my.domain.here`` Matrix user ID and password into
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the form and click the Login button.
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Security Note
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=============
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@ -220,24 +259,6 @@ server on the same domain.
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See https://github.com/vector-im/vector-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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Using PostgreSQL
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================
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As of Synapse 0.9, `PostgreSQL <http://www.postgresql.org>`_ is supported as an
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alternative to the `SQLite <http://sqlite.org/>`_ database that Synapse has
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traditionally used for convenience and simplicity.
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The advantages of Postgres include:
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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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* allowing the DB to be run on separate hardware
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* allowing basic active/backup high-availability with a "hot spare" synapse
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pointing at the same DB master, as well as enabling DB replication in
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synapse itself.
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For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL, please see
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`docs/postgres.rst <docs/postgres.rst>`_.
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Platform Specific Instructions
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==============================
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@ -340,6 +361,7 @@ Troubleshooting:
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you do, you may need to create a symlink to ``libsodium.a`` so ``ld`` can find
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it: ``ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsodium.a /usr/lib/libsodium.a``
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Troubleshooting
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===============
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@ -413,37 +435,6 @@ you will need to explicitly call Python2.7 - either running as::
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...or by editing synctl with the correct python executable.
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Synapse Development
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===================
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To check out a synapse for development, clone the git repo into a working
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directory of your choice::
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git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git
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cd synapse
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Synapse has a number of external dependencies, that are easiest
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to install using pip and a virtualenv::
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virtualenv env
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source env/bin/activate
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python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs -n1 pip install
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pip install setuptools_trial mock
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This will run a process of downloading and installing all the needed
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dependencies into a virtual env.
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Once this is done, you may wish to run Synapse's unit tests, to
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check that everything is installed as it should be::
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python setup.py test
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This should end with a 'PASSED' result::
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Ran 143 tests in 0.601s
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PASSED (successes=143)
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Upgrading an existing Synapse
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=============================
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@ -454,6 +445,7 @@ versions of synapse.
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.. _UPGRADE.rst: UPGRADE.rst
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Setting up Federation
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=====================
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This is mainly useful just for development purposes.
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Running The Demo Web Client
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===========================
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The homeserver runs a web client by default at https://localhost:8448/.
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Using PostgreSQL
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================
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If this is the first time you have used the client from that browser (it uses
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HTML5 local storage to remember its config), you will need to log in to your
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account. If you don't yet have an account, because you've just started the
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homeserver for the first time, then you'll need to register one.
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As of Synapse 0.9, `PostgreSQL <http://www.postgresql.org>`_ is supported as an
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alternative to the `SQLite <http://sqlite.org/>`_ database that Synapse has
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traditionally used for convenience and simplicity.
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The advantages of Postgres include:
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Registering A New Account
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-------------------------
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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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* allowing the DB to be run on separate hardware
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* allowing basic active/backup high-availability with a "hot spare" synapse
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pointing at the same DB master, as well as enabling DB replication in
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synapse itself.
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Your new user name will be formed partly from the hostname your server is
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running as, and partly from a localpart you specify when you create the
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account. Your name will take the form of::
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For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL, please see
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`docs/postgres.rst <docs/postgres.rst>`_.
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@localpart:my.domain.here
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(pronounced "at localpart on my dot domain dot here")
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Specify your desired localpart in the topmost box of the "Register for an
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account" form, and click the "Register" button. Hostnames can contain ports if
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required due to lack of SRV records (e.g. @matthew:localhost:8448 on an
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internal synapse sandbox running on localhost).
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If registration fails, you may need to enable it in the homeserver (see
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`Synapse Installation`_ above)
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Logging In To An Existing Account
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---------------------------------
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Just enter the ``@localpart:my.domain.here`` Matrix user ID and password into
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the form and click the Login button.
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Identity Servers
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================
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@ -614,6 +591,7 @@ Then update the `users` table in the database:
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UPDATE users SET password_hash='$2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
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WHERE name='@test:test.com';
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Where's the spec?!
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==================
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@ -621,6 +599,38 @@ The source of the matrix spec lives at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc.
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A recent HTML snapshot of this lives at http://matrix.org/docs/spec
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Synapse Development
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===================
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To check out a synapse for development, clone the git repo into a working
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directory of your choice::
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git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git
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cd synapse
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Synapse has a number of external dependencies, that are easiest
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to install using pip and a virtualenv::
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virtualenv env
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source env/bin/activate
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python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs -n1 pip install
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pip install setuptools_trial mock
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This will run a process of downloading and installing all the needed
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dependencies into a virtual env.
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Once this is done, you may wish to run Synapse's unit tests, to
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check that everything is installed as it should be::
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python setup.py test
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This should end with a 'PASSED' result::
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Ran 143 tests in 0.601s
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PASSED (successes=143)
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Building Internal API Documentation
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===================================
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python setup.py build_sphinx
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Help!! Synapse eats all my RAM!
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===============================
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@ -650,4 +659,3 @@ matrix.org on. The default setting is currently 0.1, which is probably
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around a ~700MB footprint. You can dial it down further to 0.02 if
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desired, which targets roughly ~512MB. Conversely you can dial it up if
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you need performance for lots of users and have a box with a lot of RAM.
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