Merge branch 'master' into develop

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.29.1 (2018-05-17)
+==========================================
+Changes:
+
+* Update docker documentation (PR #3222)
+
 Changes in synapse v0.29.0 (2018-05-16)
 ===========================================
-
+Not changes since v0.29.0-rc1
 
 Changes in synapse v0.29.0-rc1 (2018-05-14)
 ===========================================

README.rst

@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ if you prefer.
 
 In case of problems, please see the _`Troubleshooting` section below.
 
-Alternatively, Andreas Peters (previously Silvio Fricke) has contributed a Dockerfile to automate the
+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`.
-above in Docker at https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/
+
+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

contrib/docker/README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Synapse Docker
 
-This Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. It does not provide any
+The `matrixdotorg/synapse` Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. It does not provide a
-database server or TURN server that you should run separately.
+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.
 
@@ -37,10 +37,15 @@ then run the server:
 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:
@@ -111,8 +116,6 @@ variables are available for configuration:
 * ``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
@@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ Shared secrets, that will be initialized to random values if not set:
 
 * ``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):
 

docs/postgres.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ Postgres version 9.4 or later is known to work.
 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.::
 
@@ -46,8 +52,8 @@ As with Debian/Ubuntu, postgres support depends on the postgres python connector
 Synapse config
 ==============
 
-When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, add the following line to your
+When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, edit the ``database`` section in
-config file::
+your config file to match the following lines::
 
     database:
         name: psycopg2
@@ -96,9 +102,12 @@ complete, restart synapse.  For instance::
     cp homeserver.db homeserver.db.snapshot
     ./synctl start
 
-Assuming your new config file (as described in the section *Synapse config*)
+Copy the old config file into a new config file::
-is named ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` and the SQLite snapshot is at
+
-``homeserver.db.snapshot`` then simply run::
+    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
@@ -117,6 +126,11 @@ run::
         --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 
+database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml``:
-``homeserver.yaml``) and restart synapse. Synapse should now be running against
+
-PostgreSQL.
+    ./synctl stop
+    mv homeserver.yaml homeserver-old-sqlite.yaml 
+    mv homeserver-postgres.yaml homeserver.yaml 
+    ./synctl start
+
+Synapse should now be running against PostgreSQL.

synapse/__init__.py

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.29.0"
+__version__ = "0.29.1"