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authorClifford Garwood II <cliff@cigii.com>2019-12-05 08:13:47 -0500
committerAndrew Morgan <andrew@amorgan.xyz>2019-12-05 15:43:32 +0000
commitdc8747895ec026c365e687853b5ca12225fb881e (patch)
tree223158c9dab998f09ac25b93e6fe13d5235b5cd9
parentStronger typing in the federation handler (#6480) (diff)
downloadsynapse-dc8747895ec026c365e687853b5ca12225fb881e.tar.xz
Modify systemd unit file reference to align with installation instruction (#6369)
Signed-off-by: Clifford Garwood II cliff@cigii.com
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6369.doc1
-rw-r--r--contrib/systemd/README.md17
-rw-r--r--contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service7
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/6369.doc b/changelog.d/6369.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6db351d7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6369.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update documentation and variables in user contributed systemd reference file.
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/README.md b/contrib/systemd/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d42b3464f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/systemd/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Setup Synapse with Systemd
+This is a setup for managing synapse with a user contributed systemd unit 
+file. It provides a `matrix-synapse` systemd unit file that should be tailored 
+to accommodate your installation in accordance with the installation 
+instructions provided in [installation instructions](../../INSTALL.md).
+
+## Setup
+1. Under the service section, ensure the `User` variable matches which user
+you installed synapse under and wish to run it as. 
+2. Under the service section, ensure the `WorkingDirectory` variable matches
+where you have installed synapse.
+3. Under the service section, ensure the `ExecStart` variable matches the
+appropriate locations of your installation.
+4. Copy the `matrix-synapse.service` to `/etc/systemd/system/`
+5. Start Synapse: `sudo systemctl start matrix-synapse`
+6. Verify Synapse is running: `sudo systemctl status matrix-synapse`
+7. *optional* Enable Synapse to start at system boot: `sudo systemctl enable matrix-synapse`
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service b/contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service
index 38d369ea3d..bd492544b6 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 #    systemctl enable matrix-synapse
 #    systemctl start matrix-synapse
 #
+# This assumes that Synapse has been installed by a user named
+# synapse.
+#
 # This assumes that Synapse has been installed in a virtualenv in
-# /opt/synapse/env.
+# the user's home directory: `/home/synapse/synapse/env`.
 #
 # **NOTE:** This is an example service file that may change in the future. If you
 # wish to use this please copy rather than symlink it.
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ User=synapse
 Group=nogroup
 
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/synapse
-ExecStart=/opt/synapse/env/bin/python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/opt/synapse/homeserver.yaml
+ExecStart=/home/synapse/synapse/env/bin/python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/home/synapse/synapse/homeserver.yaml
 SyslogIdentifier=matrix-synapse
 
 # adjust the cache factor if necessary