From 58df3a8c5dcf5de12bcf9190551dc8241d32b8a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kaiyou Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 19:48:53 +0100 Subject: Add some documentation about high performance storage --- contrib/docker/README.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'contrib') diff --git a/contrib/docker/README.md b/contrib/docker/README.md index 197bad103e..3710afb0cf 100644 --- a/contrib/docker/README.md +++ b/contrib/docker/README.md @@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ Then, to run the server: docker-compose up -d ``` -In the case you specified a custom path for you configuration file and wish to +In the case you specify a custom path for you configuration file and wish to generate a fresh ``homeserver.yaml``, simply run: ``` -docker-compose run --rm synapse generate +docker-compose run --rm -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host synapse generate ``` If you do not wish to use Compose, you may still run this image using plain @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ The image expects a single volume, located at ``/data``, that will hold: * the SQLite database if you do not configure postgres; * the appservices configuration. +You are free to use separate volumes depending on storage endpoints at your +disposal. For instance, ``/data/media`` coud be stored on a large but low +performance hdd storage while other files could be stored on high performance +endpoints. + In order to setup an application service, simply create an ``appservices`` directory in the data volume and write the application service Yaml configuration file there. Multiple application services are supported. -- cgit 1.4.1