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diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index b507de7442..22f7b7c029 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ - [Choosing your server name](#choosing-your-server-name) +- [Picking a database engine](#picking-a-database-engine) - [Installing Synapse](#installing-synapse) - [Installing from source](#installing-from-source) - [Platform-Specific Instructions](#platform-specific-instructions) - [Prebuilt packages](#prebuilt-packages) - [Setting up Synapse](#setting-up-synapse) - [TLS certificates](#tls-certificates) + - [Client Well-Known URI](#client-well-known-uri) - [Email](#email) - [Registering a user](#registering-a-user) - [Setting up a TURN server](#setting-up-a-turn-server) @@ -27,6 +29,25 @@ that your email address is probably `user@example.com` rather than `user@email.example.com`) - but doing so may require more advanced setup: see [Setting up Federation](docs/federate.md). +# Picking a database engine + +Synapse offers two database engines: + * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) + * [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/) + +Almost all installations should opt to use PostgreSQL. Advantages include: + +* significant performance improvements due to the superior threading and + caching model, smarter query optimiser +* allowing the DB to be run on separate hardware + +For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL, please see +[docs/postgres.md](docs/postgres.md) + +By default Synapse uses SQLite and in doing so trades performance for convenience. +SQLite is only recommended in Synapse for testing purposes or for servers with +light workloads. + # Installing Synapse ## Installing from source @@ -234,9 +255,9 @@ for a number of platforms. There is an offical synapse image available at https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse which can be used with -the docker-compose file available at [contrib/docker](contrib/docker). Further information on -this including configuration options is available in the README on -hub.docker.com. +the docker-compose file available at [contrib/docker](contrib/docker). Further +information on this including configuration options is available in the README +on hub.docker.com. Alternatively, Andreas Peters (previously Silvio Fricke) has contributed a Dockerfile to automate a synapse server in a single Docker image, at @@ -244,7 +265,8 @@ https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/ Slavi Pantaleev has created an Ansible playbook, which installs the offical Docker image of Matrix Synapse -along with many other Matrix-related services (Postgres database, riot-web, coturn, mxisd, SSL support, etc.). +along with many other Matrix-related services (Postgres database, Element, coturn, +ma1sd, SSL support, etc.). For more details, see https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy @@ -277,22 +299,27 @@ The fingerprint of the repository signing key (as shown by `gpg /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg`) is `AAF9AE843A7584B5A3E4CD2BCF45A512DE2DA058`. -#### Downstream Debian/Ubuntu packages +#### Downstream Debian packages -For `buster` and `sid`, Synapse is available in the Debian repositories and -it should be possible to install it with simply: +We do not recommend using the packages from the default Debian `buster` +repository at this time, as they are old and suffer from known security +vulnerabilities. You can install the latest version of Synapse from +[our repository](#matrixorg-packages) or from `buster-backports`. Please +see the [Debian documentation](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/) +for information on how to use backports. + +If you are using Debian `sid` or testing, Synapse is available in the default +repositories and it should be possible to install it simply with: ``` sudo apt install matrix-synapse ``` -There is also a version of `matrix-synapse` in `stretch-backports`. Please see -the [Debian documentation on -backports](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/) for information on how -to use them. +#### Downstream Ubuntu packages -We do not recommend using the packages in downstream Ubuntu at this time, as -they are old and suffer from known security vulnerabilities. +We do not recommend using the packages in the default Ubuntu repository +at this time, as they are old and suffer from known security vulnerabilities. +The latest version of Synapse can be installed from [our repository](#matrixorg-packages). ### Fedora @@ -419,6 +446,60 @@ so, you will need to edit `homeserver.yaml`, as follows: For a more detailed guide to configuring your server for federation, see [federate.md](docs/federate.md). +## Client Well-Known URI + +Setting up the client Well-Known URI is optional but if you set it up, it will +allow users to enter their full username (e.g. `@user:<server_name>`) into clients +which support well-known lookup to automatically configure the homeserver and +identity server URLs. This is useful so that users don't have to memorize or think +about the actual homeserver URL you are using. + +The URL `https://<server_name>/.well-known/matrix/client` should return JSON in +the following format. + +``` +{ + "m.homeserver": { + "base_url": "https://<matrix.example.com>" + } +} +``` + +It can optionally contain identity server information as well. + +``` +{ + "m.homeserver": { + "base_url": "https://<matrix.example.com>" + }, + "m.identity_server": { + "base_url": "https://<identity.example.com>" + } +} +``` + +To work in browser based clients, the file must be served with the appropriate +Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) headers. A recommended value would be +`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` which would allow all browser based clients to +view it. + +In nginx this would be something like: +``` +location /.well-known/matrix/client { + return 200 '{"m.homeserver": {"base_url": "https://<matrix.example.com>"}}'; + add_header Content-Type application/json; + add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *; +} +``` + +You should also ensure the `public_baseurl` option in `homeserver.yaml` is set +correctly. `public_baseurl` should be set to the URL that clients will use to +connect to your server. This is the same URL you put for the `m.homeserver` +`base_url` above. + +``` +public_baseurl: "https://<matrix.example.com>" +``` ## Email @@ -437,7 +518,7 @@ email will be disabled. ## Registering a user -The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Riot](https://riot.im). +The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Element](https://element.io/). Alternatively you can do so from the command line if you have installed via pip. |