Add a --generate-only option

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py b/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py
index 8fd1193501..f936a71cc3 100755
--- a/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py
+++ b/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import platform
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from itertools import chain
@@ -968,6 +969,14 @@ def generate_worker_log_config(
 
 
 def main(args: List[str], environ: MutableMapping[str, str]) -> None:
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--generate-only",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Only generate configuration; don't run Synapse.",
+    )
+    opts = parser.parse_args(args)
+
     config_dir = environ.get("SYNAPSE_CONFIG_DIR", "/data")
     config_path = environ.get("SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH", config_dir + "/homeserver.yaml")
     data_dir = environ.get("SYNAPSE_DATA_DIR", "/data")
@@ -1009,6 +1018,10 @@ def main(args: List[str], environ: MutableMapping[str, str]) -> None:
     else:
         log("Worker config exists—not regenerating")
 
+    if opts.generate_only:
+        log("--generate-only: won't run Synapse")
+        return
+
     # Lifted right out of start.py
     jemallocpath = "/usr/lib/%s-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.2" % (platform.machine(),)
 
@@ -1031,4 +1044,4 @@ def main(args: List[str], environ: MutableMapping[str, str]) -> None:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(sys.argv, os.environ)
+    main(sys.argv[1:], os.environ)