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diff --git a/docs/reverse_proxy.rst b/docs/reverse_proxy.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 4b640ffc4f..0000000000 --- a/docs/reverse_proxy.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,112 +0,0 @@ -Using a reverse proxy with Synapse -================================== - -It is recommended to put a reverse proxy such as -`nginx <https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html>`_, -`Apache <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy_http.html>`_, -`Caddy <https://caddyserver.com/docs/proxy>`_ or -`HAProxy <https://www.haproxy.org/>`_ in front of Synapse. One advantage of -doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port (443) to -Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root privileges. - -**NOTE**: Your reverse proxy must not 'canonicalise' or 'normalise' the -requested URI in any way (for example, by decoding ``%xx`` escapes). Beware -that Apache *will* canonicalise URIs unless you specifify ``nocanon``. - -When setting up a reverse proxy, remember that Matrix clients and other Matrix -servers do not necessarily need to connect to your server via the same server -name or port. Indeed, clients will use port 443 by default, whereas servers -default to port 8448. Where these are different, we refer to the 'client port' -and the 'federation port'. See `Setting up federation -<federate.md>`_ for more details of the algorithm used for -federation connections. - -Let's assume that we expect clients to connect to our server at -``https://matrix.example.com``, and other servers to connect at -``https://example.com:8448``. Here are some example configurations: - -* nginx:: - - server { - listen 443 ssl; - listen [::]:443 ssl; - server_name matrix.example.com; - - location /_matrix { - proxy_pass http://localhost:8008; - proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr; - } - } - - server { - listen 8448 ssl default_server; - listen [::]:8448 ssl default_server; - server_name example.com; - - location / { - proxy_pass http://localhost:8008; - proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr; - } - } - - Do not add a `/` after the port in `proxy_pass`, otherwise nginx will canonicalise/normalise the URI. - -* Caddy:: - - matrix.example.com { - proxy /_matrix http://localhost:8008 { - transparent - } - } - - example.com:8448 { - proxy / http://localhost:8008 { - transparent - } - } - -* Apache (note the ``nocanon`` options here!):: - - <VirtualHost *:443> - SSLEngine on - ServerName matrix.example.com; - - AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode - ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon - ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix - </VirtualHost> - - <VirtualHost *:8448> - SSLEngine on - ServerName example.com; - - AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode - ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon - ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix - </VirtualHost> - -* HAProxy:: - - frontend https - bind :::443 v4v6 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/ strict-sni alpn h2,http/1.1 - - # Matrix client traffic - acl matrix-host hdr(host) -i matrix.example.com - acl matrix-path path_beg /_matrix - - use_backend matrix if matrix-host matrix-path - - frontend matrix-federation - bind :::8448 v4v6 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/synapse.pem alpn h2,http/1.1 - default_backend matrix - - backend matrix - server matrix 127.0.0.1:8008 - -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. - -Having done so, you can then use ``https://matrix.example.com`` (instead of -``https://matrix.example.com:8448``) as the "Custom server" when connecting to -Synapse from a client. |