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diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml index 2ff0dd05a2..276e43b732 100644 --- a/docs/sample_config.yaml +++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml @@ -578,13 +578,46 @@ acme: ## Database ## +# The 'database' setting defines the database that synapse uses to store all of +# its data. +# +# 'name' gives the database engine to use: either 'sqlite3' (for SQLite) or +# 'psycopg2' (for PostgreSQL). +# +# 'args' gives options which are passed through to the database engine, +# except for options starting 'cp_', which are used to configure the Twisted +# connection pool. For a reference to valid arguments, see: +# * for sqlite: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.connect +# * for postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS +# * for the connection pool: https://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.enterprise.adbapi.ConnectionPool.html#__init__ +# +# +# Example SQLite configuration: +# +#database: +# name: sqlite3 +# args: +# database: /path/to/homeserver.db +# +# +# Example Postgres configuration: +# +#database: +# name: psycopg2 +# args: +# user: synapse +# password: secretpassword +# database: synapse +# host: localhost +# cp_min: 5 +# cp_max: 10 +# +# For more information on using Synapse with Postgres, see `docs/postgres.md`. +# database: - # The database engine name - name: "sqlite3" - # Arguments to pass to the engine + name: sqlite3 args: - # Path to the database - database: "DATADIR/homeserver.db" + database: DATADIR/homeserver.db # Number of events to cache in memory. # |