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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/__init__.py | 2 |
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diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst index b769b0f046..851cb9b2d7 100644 --- a/CHANGES.rst +++ b/CHANGES.rst @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ +Changes in synapse v0.29.1 (2018-05-17) +========================================== +Changes: + +* Update docker documentation (PR #3222) + Changes in synapse v0.29.0 (2018-05-16) =========================================== - +Not changes since v0.29.0-rc1 Changes in synapse v0.29.0-rc1 (2018-05-14) =========================================== diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 28fbe45de6..4fe54b0c90 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ if you prefer. In case of problems, please see the _`Troubleshooting` section below. -Alternatively, Andreas Peters (previously Silvio Fricke) has contributed a Dockerfile to automate the -above in Docker at https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/ +There is an offical synapse image available at https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/tags/ which can be used with the docker-compose file available at `contrib/docker`. Further information on this including configuration options is available in `contrib/docker/README.md`. + +Alternatively, Andreas Peters (previously Silvio Fricke) has contributed a Dockerfile to automate a synapse server in a single Docker image, at https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/ Also, Martin Giess has created an auto-deployment process with vagrant/ansible, tested with VirtualBox/AWS/DigitalOcean - see https://github.com/EMnify/matrix-synapse-auto-deploy diff --git a/contrib/docker/README.md b/contrib/docker/README.md index aed56646c2..61592109cb 100644 --- a/contrib/docker/README.md +++ b/contrib/docker/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ # Synapse Docker -This Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. It does not provide any -database server or TURN server that you should run separately. +The `matrixdotorg/synapse` Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. It does not provide a +database server or a TURN server, you should run these separately. -If you run a Postgres server, you should simply have it in the same Compose +If you run a Postgres server, you should simply include it in the same Compose project or set the proper environment variables and the image will automatically use that server. @@ -37,10 +37,15 @@ then run the server: docker-compose up -d ``` +If secrets are not specified in the environment variables, they will be generated +as part of the startup. Please ensure these secrets are kept between launches of the +Docker container, as their loss may require users to log in again. + ### Manual configuration A sample ``docker-compose.yml`` is provided, including example labels for -reverse proxying and other artifacts. +reverse proxying and other artifacts. The docker-compose file is an example, +please comment/uncomment sections that are not suitable for your usecase. Specify a ``SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH``, preferably to a persistent path, to use manual configuration. To generate a fresh ``homeserver.yaml``, simply run: @@ -111,8 +116,6 @@ variables are available for configuration: * ``SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME`` (mandatory), the current server public hostname. * ``SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS``, (mandatory, ``yes`` or ``no``), enable anonymous statistics reporting back to the Matrix project which helps us to get funding. -* ``SYNAPSE_MACAROON_SECRET_KEY`` (mandatory) secret for signing access tokens - to the server, set this to a proper random key. * ``SYNAPSE_NO_TLS``, set this variable to disable TLS in Synapse (use this if you run your own TLS-capable reverse proxy). * ``SYNAPSE_ENABLE_REGISTRATION``, set this variable to enable registration on @@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ Shared secrets, that will be initialized to random values if not set: * ``SYNAPSE_REGISTRATION_SHARED_SECRET``, secret for registrering users if registration is disable. +* ``SYNAPSE_MACAROON_SECRET_KEY`` secret for signing access tokens + to the server. Database specific values (will use SQLite if not set): diff --git a/docs/postgres.rst b/docs/postgres.rst index 904942ec74..296293e859 100644 --- a/docs/postgres.rst +++ b/docs/postgres.rst @@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ Postgres version 9.4 or later is known to work. Set up database =============== -The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise +Assuming your PostgreSQL database user is called ``postgres``, create a user +``synapse_user`` with:: + + su - postgres + createuser --pwprompt synapse_user + +The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise it would not be able to store UTF8 strings. To create a database with the correct encoding use, e.g.:: @@ -46,8 +52,8 @@ As with Debian/Ubuntu, postgres support depends on the postgres python connector Synapse config ============== -When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, add the following line to your -config file:: +When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, edit the ``database`` section in +your config file to match the following lines:: database: name: psycopg2 @@ -96,9 +102,12 @@ complete, restart synapse. For instance:: cp homeserver.db homeserver.db.snapshot ./synctl start -Assuming your new config file (as described in the section *Synapse config*) -is named ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` and the SQLite snapshot is at -``homeserver.db.snapshot`` then simply run:: +Copy the old config file into a new config file:: + + cp homeserver.yaml homeserver-postgres.yaml + +Edit the database section as described in the section *Synapse config* above +and with the SQLite snapshot located at ``homeserver.db.snapshot`` simply run:: synapse_port_db --sqlite-database homeserver.db.snapshot \ --postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml @@ -117,6 +126,11 @@ run:: --postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml Once that has completed, change the synapse config to point at the PostgreSQL -database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` (i.e. rename it to -``homeserver.yaml``) and restart synapse. Synapse should now be running against -PostgreSQL. +database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml``: + + ./synctl stop + mv homeserver.yaml homeserver-old-sqlite.yaml + mv homeserver-postgres.yaml homeserver.yaml + ./synctl start + +Synapse should now be running against PostgreSQL. diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py index d94c20505e..b11a1d3ea3 100644 --- a/synapse/__init__.py +++ b/synapse/__init__.py @@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server. """ -__version__ = "0.29.0" +__version__ = "0.29.1" |