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diff --git a/contrib/docker/README.md b/contrib/docker/README.md index c15517d0e0..8ba5f79692 100644 --- a/contrib/docker/README.md +++ b/contrib/docker/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ # 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. + +If you run a Postgres server, you should simply have it in the same Compose +project or set the proper environment variables and the image will automatically +use that server. + ## Build Build the docker image with the `docker build` command from the root of the synapse repository. @@ -10,54 +17,29 @@ docker build -t matrixdotorg/synapse:v0.22.1 . The `-t` option sets the image tag. Official images are tagged `matrixdotorg/synapse:<version>` where `<version>` is the same as the release tag in the synapse git repository. -## Configure +You may have a local Python wheel cache available, in which case copy the relevant packages in the ``cache/`` directory at the root of the project. -Synapse provides a command for generating homeserver configuration files. These are a good starting point for setting up your own deployment. +## Run -The documentation below will refer to a `CONFIG_PATH` shell variable. This is a path to a directory where synapse configuration will be stored. It needs to be mapped into the container as a volume at `/synapse/config/` as can be seen in the example `docker run` command. +It is recommended that you use Docker Compose to run your containers, including +this image and a Postgres server. A sample ``docker-compose.yml`` is provided, +with example labels for a reverse proxy and other artifacts. -Docker container environment variables: -* `GENERATE_CONFIG` - Set this to any non-empty string, such as `yes`, to trigger generation of configuration files. Existing files in the `CONFIG_PATH` will **not** be overwritten. -* `POSTGRES_DATABASE` - The database name for the synapse postgres database. [default: `synapse`] -* `POSTGRES_HOST` - The host of the postgres database if you wish to use postgresql instead of sqlite3. [default: `postgres` which is useful when using a container on the same docker network in a compose file where the postgres service is called `postgres`] **NOTE**: `localhost` and `127.0.0.1` refer to the container itself unless running the container with `host` networking. -* `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` - The password for the synapse postgres database. **If this is set then postgres will be used instead of sqlite3.** [default: none] **NOTE**: You are highly encouraged to use postgresql! Please use the compose file to make it easier to deploy. -* `POSTGRES_USER` - The user for the synapse postgres database. [default: `postgres`] -* `REPORT_STATS` - Whether to send anonymous usage statistics back to the Matrix project which helps us to get funding! Must be `yes` or `no`. [default: `yes`] -* `SERVER_NAME` - The domain used for the Matrix homeserver. If you intend to run this synapse instance on a public domain, use that domain. [default: `localhost`] +Then, to run the server: ``` -CONFIG_PATH=/my/magical/config/path/ -mkdir -p ${CONFIG_PATH} -docker run \ - --rm \ - -e GENERATE_CONFIG=yes \ - -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=MyVerySecretPassword \ - -e REPORT_STATS=yes \ - -e SERVER_NAME=example.com \ - -v ${CONFIG_PATH}:/synapse/config/ \ - matrixdotorg/synapse:v0.22.1 +docker-compose up -d ``` -This will create a temporary container from the image and use the synapse code for generating configuration files and TLS keys and certificates for the specified `SERVER_NAME` domain. The files are written to `CONFIG_PATH`. +In the case you specified a custom path for you configuration file and wish to +generate a fresh ``homeserver.yaml``, simply run: -## Run - -**NOTE**: If you are not using postgresql and are using sqlite3 as your database, you will need to make a directory to store the sqlite3 database file in and then mount this volume into the container at `/synapse/data/`. As it is so easy to use postgresql, when using Docker containers, this is not documented to somewhat discourage it. Choose a `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` instead. - -### Docker Compose - -A `docker-compose.yaml` file is included to ease deployment of the basic synapse and postgres setup. Remember to set a `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` when generating your configuration above. You will need it for running the containers in the composition. - -From the `docker/` subdirectory of the synapse repository: ``` -CONFIG_PATH=/my/magical/config/path/ -POSTGRES_PASSWORD=MyVerySecretPassword \ -docker-compose \ - -p synapse \ - up -d +docker-compose run synapse generate ``` -### Docker +If you do not wish to use Compose, you may still run this image using plain +Docker commands: Note that the following is just a guideline and you may need to add parameters to the docker run command to account for the network situation with your postgres database. @@ -65,6 +47,50 @@ Note that the following is just a guideline and you may need to add parameters t docker run \ -d \ --name synapse \ - -v ${CONFIG_PATH}:/synapse/config/ \ + -v ${DATA_PATH}:/data \ + -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host \ matrixdotorg/synapse:v0.22.1 ``` + + +## Volumes + +The image expects a single volue, located at ``/data``, that will hold: + +* temporary files during uploads; +* uploaded media and thumbnais; +* the SQLite database if you do not configure postgres. + +## Environment + +If you do not specify a custom path for the configuration file, a very generic +file will be generated, based on the following environment settings. +These are a good starting point for setting up your own deployment. + +Synapse specific settings: + +* ``SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME`` (mandatory), the current server public hostname. +* ``SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH``, path to a custom config file (will ignore all + other options then). +* ``SYNAPSE_NO_TLS``, set this variable to disable TLS in Synapse (use this if + you run your own TLS-capable reverse proxy). +* ``SYNAPSE_WEB_CLIENT``, set this variable to enable the embedded Web client. +* ``SYNAPSE_ENABLE_REGISTRATION``, set this variable to enable registration on + the Synapse instance. +* ``SYNAPSE_ALLOW_GUEST``, set this variable to allow guest joining this server. +* ``SYNAPSE_EVENT_CACHE_SIZE``, the event cache size [default `10K`]. +* ``SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS``, set this variable to `yes` to enable anonymous + statistics reporting back to the Matrix project which helps us to get funding. + +Shared secrets, these 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 Macaroon. + +Database specific values (will use SQLite if not set): + +* `POSTGRES_DATABASE` - The database name for the synapse postgres database. [default: `matrix`] +* `POSTGRES_HOST` - The host of the postgres database if you wish to use postgresql instead of sqlite3. [default: `db` which is useful when using a container on the same docker network in a compose file where the postgres service is called `db`] +* `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` - The password for the synapse postgres database. **If this is set then postgres will be used instead of sqlite3.** [default: none] **NOTE**: You are highly encouraged to use postgresql! Please use the compose file to make it easier to deploy. +* `POSTGRES_USER` - The user for the synapse postgres database. [default: `matrix`] |