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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 4c5971d043..e1ea351f84 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Thanks for using Matrix! Synapse Installation ==================== -Synapse is the reference python/twisted Matrix homeserver implementation. +Synapse is the reference Python/Twisted Matrix homeserver implementation. System requirements: @@ -91,12 +91,13 @@ System requirements: Installing from source ---------------------- + (Prebuilt packages are available for some platforms - see `Platform-Specific Instructions`_.) -Synapse is written in python but some of the libraries it uses are written in -C. So before we can install synapse itself we need a working C compiler and the -header files for python C extensions. +Synapse is written in Python but some of the libraries it uses are written in +C. So before we can install Synapse itself we need a working C compiler and the +header files for Python C extensions. Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu or Debian:: @@ -143,21 +144,27 @@ Installing prerequisites on OpenBSD:: doas pkg_add python libffi py-pip py-setuptools sqlite3 py-virtualenv \ libxslt -To install the synapse homeserver run:: +To install the Synapse homeserver run:: virtualenv -p python2.7 ~/.synapse source ~/.synapse/bin/activate pip install --upgrade pip pip install --upgrade setuptools - pip install https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master + pip install matrix-synapse -This installs synapse, along with the libraries it uses, into a virtual +This installs Synapse, along with the libraries it uses, into a virtual environment under ``~/.synapse``. Feel free to pick a different directory if you prefer. +This Synapse installation can then be later upgraded by using pip again with the +update flag:: + + source ~/.synapse/bin/activate + pip install -U matrix-synapse + In case of problems, please see the _`Troubleshooting` section below. -There is an offical synapse image available at +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 <contrib/docker>`_. Further information on this including configuration options is available in the README on @@ -167,12 +174,7 @@ 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 -for details. - -Configuring synapse +Configuring Synapse ------------------- Before you can start Synapse, you will need to generate a configuration @@ -254,26 +256,6 @@ Setting up a TURN server For reliable VoIP calls to be routed via this homeserver, you MUST configure a TURN server. See `<docs/turn-howto.rst>`_ for details. -IPv6 ----- - -As of Synapse 0.19 we finally support IPv6, many thanks to @kyrias and @glyph -for providing PR #1696. - -However, for federation to work on hosts with IPv6 DNS servers you **must** -be running Twisted 17.1.0 or later - see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1002 -for details. We can't make Synapse depend on Twisted 17.1 by default -yet as it will break most older distributions (see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/1909) -so if you are using operating system dependencies you'll have to install your -own Twisted 17.1 package via pip or backports etc. - -If you're running in a virtualenv then pip should have installed the newest -Twisted automatically, but if your virtualenv is old you will need to manually -upgrade to a newer Twisted dependency via: - - pip install Twisted>=17.1.0 - - Running Synapse =============== @@ -449,8 +431,7 @@ settings require a slightly more difficult installation process. using the ``.`` command, rather than ``bash``'s ``source``. 5) Optionally, use ``pip`` to install ``lxml``, which Synapse needs to parse webpages for their titles. -6) Use ``pip`` to install this repository: ``pip install - https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master`` +6) Use ``pip`` to install this repository: ``pip install matrix-synapse`` 7) Optionally, change ``_synapse``'s shell to ``/bin/false`` to reduce the chance of a compromised Synapse server being used to take over your box. @@ -464,37 +445,13 @@ https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix- Windows Install --------------- -Synapse can be installed on Cygwin. It requires the following Cygwin packages: - -- gcc -- git -- libffi-devel -- openssl (and openssl-devel, python-openssl) -- python -- python-setuptools - -The content repository requires additional packages and will be unable to process -uploads without them: - -- libjpeg8 -- libjpeg8-devel -- zlib - -If you choose to install Synapse without these packages, you will need to reinstall -``pillow`` for changes to be applied, e.g. ``pip uninstall pillow`` ``pip install -pillow --user`` - -Troubleshooting: - -- You may need to upgrade ``setuptools`` to get this to work correctly: - ``pip install setuptools --upgrade``. -- You may encounter errors indicating that ``ffi.h`` is missing, even with - ``libffi-devel`` installed. If you do, copy the ``.h`` files: - ``cp /usr/lib/libffi-3.0.13/include/*.h /usr/include`` -- You may need to install libsodium from source in order to install PyNacl. If - you do, you may need to create a symlink to ``libsodium.a`` so ``ld`` can find - it: ``ln -s /usr/local/lib/libsodium.a /usr/lib/libsodium.a`` +If you wish to run or develop Synapse on Windows, the Windows Subsystem For +Linux provides a Linux environment on Windows 10 which is capable of using the +Debian, Fedora, or source installation methods. More information about WSL can +be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 for +Windows 10 and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server +for Windows Server. Troubleshooting =============== @@ -502,7 +459,7 @@ Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Installation ---------------------------- -Synapse requires pip 1.7 or later, so if your OS provides too old a version you +Synapse requires pip 8 or later, so if your OS provides too old a version you may need to manually upgrade it:: sudo pip install --upgrade pip @@ -537,28 +494,6 @@ failing, e.g.:: pip install twisted -On OS X, if you encounter clang: error: unknown argument: '-mno-fused-madd' you -will need to export CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments. - -Troubleshooting Running ------------------------ - -If synapse fails with ``missing "sodium.h"`` crypto errors, you may need -to manually upgrade PyNaCL, as synapse uses NaCl (https://nacl.cr.yp.to/) for -encryption and digital signatures. -Unfortunately PyNACL currently has a few issues -(https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/issues/53) and -(https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/issues/79) that mean it may not install -correctly, causing all tests to fail with errors about missing "sodium.h". To -fix try re-installing from PyPI or directly from -(https://github.com/pyca/pynacl):: - - # Install from PyPI - pip install --user --upgrade --force pynacl - - # Install from github - pip install --user https://github.com/pyca/pynacl/tarball/master - Running out of File Handles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -747,6 +682,18 @@ so an example nginx configuration might look like:: } } +and an example apache configuration may look like:: + + <VirtualHost *:443> + SSLEngine on + ServerName matrix.example.com; + + <Location /_matrix> + ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon + ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix + </Location> + </VirtualHost> + You will also want to set ``bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']`` and ``x_forwarded: true`` for port 8008 in ``homeserver.yaml`` to ensure that client IP addresses are recorded correctly. @@ -901,7 +848,7 @@ to install using pip and a virtualenv:: virtualenv -p python2.7 env source env/bin/activate - python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs pip install + python -m synapse.python_dependencies | xargs pip install pip install lxml mock This will run a process of downloading and installing all the needed @@ -956,5 +903,13 @@ variable. The default is 0.5, which can be decreased to reduce RAM usage in memory constrained enviroments, or increased if performance starts to degrade. +Using `libjemalloc <http://jemalloc.net/>`_ can also yield a significant +improvement in overall amount, and especially in terms of giving back RAM +to the OS. To use it, the library must simply be put in the LD_PRELOAD +environment variable when launching Synapse. On Debian, this can be done +by installing the ``libjemalloc1`` package and adding this line to +``/etc/default/matrix-synapse``:: + + LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.1 .. _`key_management`: https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/unstable.html#retrieving-server-keys |