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Merge pull request #1756 from rubo77/patch-4
Add instructions how to setup the postgres user and clarify the final step
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@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ Postgres version 9.4 or later is known to work.
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Set up database
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===============
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The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise
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Assuming your PostgreSQL database user is called ``postgres``, create a user
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``synapse_user`` with::
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su - postgres
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createuser --pwprompt synapse_user
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The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise it
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would not be able to store UTF8 strings. To create a database with the correct
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encoding use, e.g.::
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@ -46,8 +52,8 @@ As with Debian/Ubuntu, postgres support depends on the postgres python connector
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Synapse config
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==============
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When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, add the following line to your
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config file::
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When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, edit the ``database`` section in
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your config file to match the following lines::
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database:
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name: psycopg2
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@ -96,9 +102,12 @@ complete, restart synapse. For instance::
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cp homeserver.db homeserver.db.snapshot
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./synctl start
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Assuming your new config file (as described in the section *Synapse config*)
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is named ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` and the SQLite snapshot is at
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``homeserver.db.snapshot`` then simply run::
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Copy the old config file into a new config file::
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cp homeserver.yaml homeserver-postgres.yaml
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Edit the database section as described in the section *Synapse config* above
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and with the SQLite snapshot located at ``homeserver.db.snapshot`` simply run::
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synapse_port_db --sqlite-database homeserver.db.snapshot \
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--postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml
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@ -117,6 +126,11 @@ run::
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--postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml
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Once that has completed, change the synapse config to point at the PostgreSQL
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database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` (i.e. rename it to
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``homeserver.yaml``) and restart synapse. Synapse should now be running against
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PostgreSQL.
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database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml``:
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./synctl stop
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mv homeserver.yaml homeserver-old-sqlite.yaml
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mv homeserver-postgres.yaml homeserver.yaml
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./synctl start
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Synapse should now be running against PostgreSQL.
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