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| author | Aaron Raimist <aaron@raim.ist> | 2020-07-29 09:35:44 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-07-29 10:35:44 -0400 |
| commit | 2184f61faeb5ce88c05d28913e3f881813c0c5dd (patch) | |
| tree | d4bda7da6465c1087cab52b46053d4e65e94f25a /docs | |
| parent | Convert storage layer to async/await. (#7963) (diff) | |
| download | synapse-2184f61faeb5ce88c05d28913e3f881813c0c5dd.tar.xz | |
Various improvements to the docs (#7899)
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/.sample_config_header.yaml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/postgres.md | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/sample_config.yaml | 29 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml b/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml index 35a591d042..8c9b31acdb 100644 --- a/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml +++ b/docs/.sample_config_header.yaml @@ -10,5 +10,16 @@ # homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate # a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md. +# Configuration options that take a time period can be set using a number +# followed by a letter. Letters have the following meanings: +# s = second +# m = minute +# h = hour +# d = day +# w = week +# y = year +# For example, setting redaction_retention_period: 5m would remove redacted +# messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months. + ################################################################################ diff --git a/docs/postgres.md b/docs/postgres.md index 70fe29cdcc..e71a1975d8 100644 --- a/docs/postgres.md +++ b/docs/postgres.md @@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ to do step 2. It is safe to at any time kill the port script and restart it. +Note that the database may take up significantly more (25% - 100% more) +space on disk after porting to Postgres. + ### Using the port script Firstly, shut down the currently running synapse server and copy its diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml index 09a7299871..598fcd4efa 100644 --- a/docs/sample_config.yaml +++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml @@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ # homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate # a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md. +# Configuration options that take a time period can be set using a number +# followed by a letter. Letters have the following meanings: +# s = second +# m = minute +# h = hour +# d = day +# w = week +# y = year +# For example, setting redaction_retention_period: 5m would remove redacted +# messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months. + ################################################################################ # Configuration file for Synapse. @@ -1149,24 +1160,6 @@ account_validity: # #default_identity_server: https://matrix.org -# The list of identity servers trusted to verify third party -# identifiers by this server. -# -# Also defines the ID server which will be called when an account is -# deactivated (one will be picked arbitrarily). -# -# Note: This option is deprecated. Since v0.99.4, Synapse has tracked which identity -# server a 3PID has been bound to. For 3PIDs bound before then, Synapse runs a -# background migration script, informing itself that the identity server all of its -# 3PIDs have been bound to is likely one of the below. -# -# As of Synapse v1.4.0, all other functionality of this option has been deprecated, and -# it is now solely used for the purposes of the background migration script, and can be -# removed once it has run. -#trusted_third_party_id_servers: -# - matrix.org -# - vector.im - # Handle threepid (email/phone etc) registration and password resets through a set of # *trusted* identity servers. Note that this allows the configured identity server to # reset passwords for accounts! |