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| author | Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org> | 2019-09-19 15:05:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org> | 2019-09-19 15:05:31 +0100 |
| commit | b789c7eb03aaadee8d5e2f289a4c100fc01f71b8 (patch) | |
| tree | da9216150b667cd83fbc416b2431671fb5215d86 /docs/media_repository.rst | |
| parent | Add changelog (diff) | |
| parent | fix sample config (diff) | |
| download | synapse-b789c7eb03aaadee8d5e2f289a4c100fc01f71b8.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'develop' into rav/saml_config_cleanup
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diff --git a/docs/media_repository.rst b/docs/media_repository.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 1037b5be63..0000000000 --- a/docs/media_repository.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ -Media Repository -================ - -*Synapse implementation-specific details for the media repository* - -The media repository is where attachments and avatar photos are stored. -It stores attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by local users. -It caches attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by remote users. - -Storage -------- - -Each item of media is assigned a ``media_id`` when it is uploaded. -The ``media_id`` is a randomly chosen, URL safe 24 character string. -Metadata such as the MIME type, upload time and length are stored in the -sqlite3 database indexed by ``media_id``. -Content is stored on the filesystem under a ``"local_content"`` directory. -Thumbnails are stored under a ``"local_thumbnails"`` directory. -The item with ``media_id`` ``"aabbccccccccdddddddddddd"`` is stored under -``"local_content/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd"``. Its thumbnail with width -``128`` and height ``96`` and type ``"image/jpeg"`` is stored under -``"local_thumbnails/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd/128-96-image-jpeg"`` -Remote content is cached under ``"remote_content"`` directory. Each item of -remote content is assigned a local "``filesystem_id``" to ensure that the -directory structure ``"remote_content/server_name/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd"`` -is appropriate. Thumbnails for remote content are stored under -``"remote_thumbnails/server_name/..."`` |