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diff --git a/changelog.d/4824.misc b/changelog.d/4824.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a4c5a1df37 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/4824.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Document the `generate` option for the docker image. diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md index 3faedf629f..4b98b7fd75 100644 --- a/docker/README.md +++ b/docker/README.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ with your postgres database. docker run \ -d \ --name synapse \ - -v ${DATA_PATH}:/data \ + --mount type=volume,src=synapse-data,dst=/data \ -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host \ -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=yes \ matrixdotorg/synapse:latest @@ -87,10 +87,15 @@ Global settings: * ``SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH``, path to a custom config file If ``SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH`` is set, you should generate a configuration file -then customize it manually. No other environment variable is required. +then customize it manually: see [Generating a config +file](#generating-a-config-file). -Otherwise, a dynamic configuration file will be used. The following environment -variables are available for configuration: +Otherwise, a dynamic configuration file will be used. + +### Environment variables used to build a dynamic configuration file + +The following environment variables are used to build the configuration file +when ``SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH`` is not set. * ``SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME`` (mandatory), the server public hostname. * ``SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS``, (mandatory, ``yes`` or ``no``), enable anonymous @@ -143,3 +148,31 @@ Mail server specific values (will not send emails if not set): any. * ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_PASSWORD``, password for authenticating against the mail server if any. + +### Generating a config file + +It is possible to generate a basic configuration file for use with +`SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH` using the `generate` commandline option. You will need to +specify values for `SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH`, `SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME` and +`SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS`, and mount a docker volume to store the data on. For +example: + +``` +docker run -it --rm + --mount type=volume,src=synapse-data,dst=/data \ + -e SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH=/data/homeserver.yaml \ + -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host \ + -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=yes \ + matrixdotorg/synapse:latest generate +``` + +This will generate a `homeserver.yaml` in (typically) +`/var/lib/docker/volumes/synapse-data/_data`, which you can then customise and +use with: + +``` +docker run -d --name synapse \ + --mount type=volume,src=synapse-data,dst=/data \ + -e SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH=/data/homeserver.yaml \ + matrixdotorg/synapse:latest +``` |