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# Installation and configuration of Synapse
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Mind you: this an installation on Debian Linux (at least for now).
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Start by installing the latest Synapse server, see the [upstream
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documentation](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/setup/installation.html).
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```
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apt install -y lsb-release wget apt-transport-https build-essential python3-dev libffi-dev \
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python3-pip python3-setuptools sqlite3 \
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libssl-dev virtualenv libjpeg-dev libxslt1-dev libicu-dev
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wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.matrix.org/debian/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg
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echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.matrix.org/debian/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" |
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tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/matrix-org.list
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apt update
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apt install matrix-synapse-py3
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```
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This leaves a very basic configuration in `/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml`
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and two settings under `/etc/conf.d`. All other configuration items will also
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be configured with yaml-files in this directory.
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Configure the domain you with to use in `/etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/server_name.yaml`.
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What you configure here will also be the global part of your Matrix handles
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(the part after the colon).
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You now have a standard Matrix server that uses sqlite. You really don't want
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to use this in production, so probably want to replace this with PostgreSQL.
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There are two different ways to configure Synapse, documented here:
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* [Monolithic](monolithic)
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* [Workers](workers)
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We'll use Synapse, using the workers architecture to make it scalable, flexible and reusable.
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# Database
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The default installation leaves you with an sqlite3 database. Nice for experimenting, but
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unsuitable for a production environment.
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[Here's how you setup PostgreSQL](../postgresql).
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Once you've created a database and user in PostgreSQL, you configure Synapse
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to use it.
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First delete (or comment out) the SQLITE datbase in `homeserver.yaml`:
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```
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#database:
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# name: sqlite3
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# args:
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# database: /var/lib/matrix-synapse/homeserver.db
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```
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Then create the database configuration for PostgreSQL in
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`conf.d/database.yaml`:
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```
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database:
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name: psycopg2
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args:
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user: synapse
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password: <password>
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dbname: synapse
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host: /var/run/postgresql
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cp_min: 5
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cp_max: 10
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```
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Note: you configure the directory where the UNIX socket file lives, not the
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actual file.
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Of course, if you use localhost, you should configure it like this:
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```
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host: localhost
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port: 5432
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```
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After changing the database, restart Synapse and check whether it can connect
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and create the tables it needs.
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# Logging
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Logging is configured in `log.yaml`. Some logging should go to systemd, the
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more specific logging to Synapse's own logfile(s).
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