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diff --git a/docs/workers.rst b/docs/workers.rst index b39f79058e..80f8d2181a 100644 --- a/docs/workers.rst +++ b/docs/workers.rst @@ -30,17 +30,29 @@ requests made to the federation port. The caveats regarding running a reverse-proxy on the federation port still apply (see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/README.rst#reverse-proxying-the-federation-port). -To enable workers, you need to add a replication listener to the master synapse, e.g.:: +To enable workers, you need to add two replication listeners to the master +synapse, e.g.:: listeners: + # The TCP replication port - port: 9092 bind_address: '127.0.0.1' type: replication + # The HTTP replication port + - port: 9093 + bind_address: '127.0.0.1' + type: http + resources: + - names: [replication] -Under **no circumstances** should this replication API listener be exposed to the -public internet; it currently implements no authentication whatsoever and is +Under **no circumstances** should these replication API listeners be exposed to +the public internet; it currently implements no authentication whatsoever and is unencrypted. +(Roughly, the TCP port is used for streaming data from the master to the +workers, and the HTTP port for the workers to send data to the main +synapse process.) + You then create a set of configs for the various worker processes. These should be worker configuration files, and should be stored in a dedicated subdirectory, to allow synctl to manipulate them. @@ -52,8 +64,13 @@ You should minimise the number of overrides though to maintain a usable config. You must specify the type of worker application (``worker_app``). The currently available worker applications are listed below. You must also specify the -replication endpoint that it's talking to on the main synapse process -(``worker_replication_host`` and ``worker_replication_port``). +replication endpoints that it's talking to on the main synapse process. +``worker_replication_host`` should specify the host of the main synapse, +``worker_replication_port`` should point to the TCP replication listener port and +``worker_replication_http_port`` should point to the HTTP replication port. + +Currently, only the ``event_creator`` worker requires specifying +``worker_replication_http_port``. For instance:: @@ -62,6 +79,7 @@ For instance:: # The replication listener on the synapse to talk to. worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1 worker_replication_port: 9092 + worker_replication_http_port: 9093 worker_listeners: - type: http @@ -207,3 +225,14 @@ the ``worker_main_http_uri`` setting in the frontend_proxy worker configuration file. For example:: worker_main_http_uri: http://127.0.0.1:8008 + + +``synapse.app.event_creator`` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Handles non-state event creation. It can handle REST endpoints matching:: + + ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/send + +It will create events locally and then send them on to the main synapse +instance to be persisted and handled. |