1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index 9cdda83aa1..9bdd3177d7 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ from synapse.notifier import Notifier
 from synapse.push.action_generator import ActionGenerator
 from synapse.push.pusherpool import PusherPool
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationDataHandler
+from synapse.replication.tcp.external_cache import ExternalCache
 from synapse.replication.tcp.handler import ReplicationCommandHandler
 from synapse.replication.tcp.resource import ReplicationStreamer
 from synapse.replication.tcp.streams import STREAMS_MAP, Stream
@@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from txredisapi import RedisProtocol
+
     from synapse.handlers.oidc_handler import OidcHandler
     from synapse.handlers.saml_handler import SamlHandler
 
@@ -716,6 +719,33 @@ class HomeServer(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     def get_account_data_handler(self) -> AccountDataHandler:
         return AccountDataHandler(self)
 
+    @cache_in_self
+    def get_external_cache(self) -> ExternalCache:
+        return ExternalCache(self)
+
+    @cache_in_self
+    def get_outbound_redis_connection(self) -> Optional["RedisProtocol"]:
+        if not self.config.redis.redis_enabled:
+            return None
+
+        # We only want to import redis module if we're using it, as we have
+        # `txredisapi` as an optional dependency.
+        from synapse.replication.tcp.redis import lazyConnection
+
+        logger.info(
+            "Connecting to redis (host=%r port=%r) for external cache",
+            self.config.redis_host,
+            self.config.redis_port,
+        )
+
+        return lazyConnection(
+            hs=self,
+            host=self.config.redis_host,
+            port=self.config.redis_port,
+            password=self.config.redis.redis_password,
+            reconnect=True,
+        )
+
     async def remove_pusher(self, app_id: str, push_key: str, user_id: str):
         return await self.get_pusherpool().remove_pusher(app_id, push_key, user_id)