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diff --git a/latest/workers.html b/latest/workers.html index 84b46af8d7..21ddd59be1 100644 --- a/latest/workers.html +++ b/latest/workers.html @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ <nav id="sidebar" class="sidebar" aria-label="Table of contents"> <div class="sidebar-scrollbox"> - <ol class="chapter"><li class="chapter-item expanded affix "><li class="part-title">Introduction</li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="welcome_and_overview.html">Welcome and Overview</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded affix "><li class="part-title">Setup</li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="setup/installation.html">Installation</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="postgres.html">Using Postgres</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="reverse_proxy.html">Configuring a Reverse Proxy</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="setup/forward_proxy.html">Configuring a Forward/Outbound Proxy</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="turn-howto.html">Configuring a 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class="chapter-item expanded affix "><li class="part-title">Other</li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="deprecation_policy.html">Dependency Deprecation Policy</a></li><li class="chapter-item expanded "><a href="other/running_synapse_on_single_board_computers.html">Running Synapse on a Single-Board Computer</a></li></ol> </div> <div id="sidebar-resize-handle" class="sidebar-resize-handle"></div> </nav> @@ -172,13 +172,8 @@ sync with the database state.</p> stream between all configured Synapse processes. Additionally, processes may make HTTP requests to each other, primarily for operations which need to wait for a reply ─ such as sending an event.</p> -<p>Redis support was added in v1.13.0 with it becoming the recommended method in -v1.18.0. It replaced the old direct TCP connections (which is deprecated as of -v1.18.0) to the main process. With Redis, rather than all the workers connecting -to the main process, all the workers and the main process connect to Redis, -which relays replication commands between processes. This can give a significant -cpu saving on the main process and will be a prerequisite for upcoming -performance improvements.</p> +<p>All the workers and the main process connect to Redis, which relays replication +commands between processes.</p> <p>If Redis support is enabled Synapse will use it as a shared cache, as well as a pub/sub mechanism.</p> <p>See the <a href="#architectural-diagram">Architectural diagram</a> section at the end for @@ -235,19 +230,25 @@ worker_replication_secret: "" redis: enabled: true </code></pre> -<p>See the sample config for the full documentation of each option.</p> +<p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/config_documentation.html">configuration manual</a> for the full documentation of each option.</p> <p>Under <strong>no circumstances</strong> should the replication listener be exposed to the -public internet; it has no authentication and is unencrypted.</p> +public internet; replication traffic is:</p> +<ul> +<li>always unencrypted</li> +<li>unauthenticated, unless <code>worker_replication_secret</code> is configured</li> +</ul> <h3 id="worker-configuration"><a class="header" href="#worker-configuration">Worker configuration</a></h3> -<p>In the config file for each worker, you must specify the type of worker -application (<code>worker_app</code>), and you should specify a unique name for the worker -(<code>worker_name</code>). The currently available worker applications are listed below. -You must also specify the HTTP replication endpoint that it should talk to on -the main synapse process. <code>worker_replication_host</code> should specify the host of -the main synapse and <code>worker_replication_http_port</code> should point to the HTTP -replication port. If the worker will handle HTTP requests then the -<code>worker_listeners</code> option should be set with a <code>http</code> listener, in the same way -as the <code>listeners</code> option in the shared config.</p> +<p>In the config file for each worker, you must specify:</p> +<ul> +<li>The type of worker (<code>worker_app</code>). The currently available worker applications are listed below.</li> +<li>A unique name for the worker (<code>worker_name</code>).</li> +<li>The HTTP replication endpoint that it should talk to on the main synapse process +(<code>worker_replication_host</code> and <code>worker_replication_http_port</code>)</li> +<li>If handling HTTP requests, a <code>worker_listeners</code> option with an <code>http</code> +listener, in the same way as the <code>listeners</code> option in the shared config.</li> +<li>If handling the <code>^/_matrix/client/v3/keys/upload</code> endpoint, the HTTP URI for +the main process (<code>worker_main_http_uri</code>).</li> +</ul> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker worker_name: generic_worker1 @@ -256,6 +257,8 @@ worker_name: generic_worker1 worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1 worker_replication_http_port: 9093 +worker_main_http_uri: http://localhost:8008/ + worker_listeners: - type: http port: 8083 @@ -331,10 +334,12 @@ information.</p> ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/search$ # Encryption requests +# Note that ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload/ requires `worker_main_http_uri` ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/query$ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/changes$ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/claim$ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/room_keys/ +^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload/ # Registration/login requests ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/login$ @@ -425,8 +430,7 @@ of events, then a dedicated set of workers can be provisioned to limit the effects of bursts of events from that bridge on events sent by normal users.</p> <h4 id="stream-writers"><a class="header" href="#stream-writers">Stream writers</a></h4> <p>Additionally, the writing of specific streams (such as events) can be moved off -of the main process to a particular worker. -(This is only supported with Redis-based replication.)</p> +of the main process to a particular worker.</p> <p>To enable this, the worker must have a HTTP replication listener configured, have a <code>worker_name</code> and be listed in the <code>instance_map</code> config. The same worker can handle multiple streams, but unless otherwise documented, each stream can only @@ -628,40 +632,20 @@ endpoint as long as either this worker or the main process are configured to handle it, and are online.</p> <p>If <code>update_user_directory</code> is set to <code>false</code>, and this worker is not running, the above endpoint may give outdated results.</p> -<h3 id="synapseappfrontend_proxy"><a class="header" href="#synapseappfrontend_proxy"><code>synapse.app.frontend_proxy</code></a></h3> -<p>Proxies some frequently-requested client endpoints to add caching and remove -load from the main synapse. It can handle REST endpoints matching the following -regular expressions:</p> -<pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload -</code></pre> -<p>If <code>use_presence</code> is False in the homeserver config, it can also handle REST -endpoints matching the following regular expressions:</p> -<pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/presence/[^/]+/status -</code></pre> -<p>This "stub" presence handler will pass through <code>GET</code> request but make the -<code>PUT</code> effectively a no-op.</p> -<p>It will proxy any requests it cannot handle to the main synapse instance. It -must therefore be configured with the location of the main instance, via -the <code>worker_main_http_uri</code> setting in the <code>frontend_proxy</code> worker configuration -file. For example:</p> -<pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_main_http_uri: http://127.0.0.1:8008 -</code></pre> <h3 id="historical-apps"><a class="header" href="#historical-apps">Historical apps</a></h3> -<p><em>Note:</em> Historically there used to be more apps, however they have been -amalgamated into a single <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> app. The remaining apps -are ones that do specific processing unrelated to requests, e.g. the <code>pusher</code> -that handles sending out push notifications for new events. The intention is for -all these to be folded into the <code>generic_worker</code> app and to use config to define -which processes handle the various proccessing such as push notifications.</p> +<p>The following used to be separate worker application types, but are now +equivalent to <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code>:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>synapse.app.client_reader</code></li> +<li><code>synapse.app.event_creator</code></li> +<li><code>synapse.app.federation_reader</code></li> +<li><code>synapse.app.frontend_proxy</code></li> +<li><code>synapse.app.synchrotron</code></li> +</ul> <h2 id="migration-from-old-config"><a class="header" href="#migration-from-old-config">Migration from old config</a></h2> -<p>There are two main independent changes that have been made: introducing Redis -support and merging apps into <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code>. Both these changes -are backwards compatible and so no changes to the config are required, however -server admins are encouraged to plan to migrate to Redis as the old style direct -TCP replication config is deprecated.</p> -<p>To migrate to Redis add the <code>redis</code> config as above, and optionally remove the -TCP <code>replication</code> listener from master and <code>worker_replication_port</code> from worker -config.</p> +<p>A main change that has occurred is the merging of worker apps into +<code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code>. This change is backwards compatible and so no +changes to the config are required.</p> <p>To migrate apps to use <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> simply update the <code>worker_app</code> option in the worker configs, and where worker are started (e.g. in systemd service files, but not required for synctl).</p> |