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Changes in synapse v0.29.1 (2018-05-17)
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Changes:
* Update docker documentation (PR #3222)
Changes in synapse v0.29.0 (2018-05-16)
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Not changes since v0.29.0-rc1
Changes in synapse v0.29.0-rc1 (2018-05-14)
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In case of problems, please see the _`Troubleshooting` section below.
Alternatively, Andreas Peters (previously Silvio Fricke) has contributed a Dockerfile to automate the
above in Docker at https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/
There is an offical synapse image available at https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/tags/ which can be used with the docker-compose file available at `contrib/docker`. Further information on this including configuration options is available in `contrib/docker/README.md`.
Alternatively, Andreas Peters (previously Silvio Fricke) has contributed a Dockerfile to automate a synapse server in a single Docker image, at https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/
Also, Martin Giess has created an auto-deployment process with vagrant/ansible,
tested with VirtualBox/AWS/DigitalOcean - see https://github.com/EMnify/matrix-synapse-auto-deploy

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# Synapse Docker
This Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. It does not provide any
database server or TURN server that you should run separately.
The `matrixdotorg/synapse` Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. It does not provide a
database server or a TURN server, you should run these separately.
If you run a Postgres server, you should simply have it in the same Compose
If you run a Postgres server, you should simply include it in the same Compose
project or set the proper environment variables and the image will automatically
use that server.
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docker-compose up -d
```
If secrets are not specified in the environment variables, they will be generated
as part of the startup. Please ensure these secrets are kept between launches of the
Docker container, as their loss may require users to log in again.
### Manual configuration
A sample ``docker-compose.yml`` is provided, including example labels for
reverse proxying and other artifacts.
reverse proxying and other artifacts. The docker-compose file is an example,
please comment/uncomment sections that are not suitable for your usecase.
Specify a ``SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH``, preferably to a persistent path,
to use manual configuration. To generate a fresh ``homeserver.yaml``, simply run:
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* ``SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME`` (mandatory), the current server public hostname.
* ``SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS``, (mandatory, ``yes`` or ``no``), enable anonymous
statistics reporting back to the Matrix project which helps us to get funding.
* ``SYNAPSE_MACAROON_SECRET_KEY`` (mandatory) secret for signing access tokens
to the server, set this to a proper random key.
* ``SYNAPSE_NO_TLS``, set this variable to disable TLS in Synapse (use this if
you run your own TLS-capable reverse proxy).
* ``SYNAPSE_ENABLE_REGISTRATION``, set this variable to enable registration on
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* ``SYNAPSE_REGISTRATION_SHARED_SECRET``, secret for registrering users if
registration is disable.
* ``SYNAPSE_MACAROON_SECRET_KEY`` secret for signing access tokens
to the server.
Database specific values (will use SQLite if not set):

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Set up database
===============
The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise
Assuming your PostgreSQL database user is called ``postgres``, create a user
``synapse_user`` with::
su - postgres
createuser --pwprompt synapse_user
The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise it
would not be able to store UTF8 strings. To create a database with the correct
encoding use, e.g.::
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Synapse config
==============
When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, add the following line to your
config file::
When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, edit the ``database`` section in
your config file to match the following lines::
database:
name: psycopg2
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cp homeserver.db homeserver.db.snapshot
./synctl start
Assuming your new config file (as described in the section *Synapse config*)
is named ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` and the SQLite snapshot is at
``homeserver.db.snapshot`` then simply run::
Copy the old config file into a new config file::
cp homeserver.yaml homeserver-postgres.yaml
Edit the database section as described in the section *Synapse config* above
and with the SQLite snapshot located at ``homeserver.db.snapshot`` simply run::
synapse_port_db --sqlite-database homeserver.db.snapshot \
--postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml
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--postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml
Once that has completed, change the synapse config to point at the PostgreSQL
database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` (i.e. rename it to
``homeserver.yaml``) and restart synapse. Synapse should now be running against
PostgreSQL.
database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml``:
./synctl stop
mv homeserver.yaml homeserver-old-sqlite.yaml
mv homeserver-postgres.yaml homeserver.yaml
./synctl start
Synapse should now be running against PostgreSQL.

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""" This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
"""
__version__ = "0.29.0"
__version__ = "0.29.1"