Fediversity/matrix/synapse/README.md
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# Installation and configuration of Synapse
Mind you: this an installation on Debian Linux (at least for now).
Start by installing the latest Synapse server, see the [upstream
documentation](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/setup/installation.html).
```
apt install -y lsb-release wget apt-transport-https build-essential python3-dev libffi-dev \
python3-pip python3-setuptools sqlite3 \
libssl-dev virtualenv libjpeg-dev libxslt1-dev libicu-dev
wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.matrix.org/debian/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.matrix.org/debian/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" |
tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/matrix-org.list
apt update
apt install matrix-synapse-py3
```
This leaves a very basic configuration in `/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml`
and two settings under `/etc/conf.d`. All other configuration items will also
be configured with yaml-files in this directory.
Configure the domain you with to use in `/etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/server_name.yaml`.
What you configure here will also be the global part of your Matrix handles
(the part after the colon).
You now have a standard Matrix server that uses sqlite. You really don't want
to use this in production, so probably want to replace this with PostgreSQL.
There are two different ways to configure Synapse, documented here:
* [Monolithic](monolithic)
* [Workers](workers)
We'll use Synapse, using the workers architecture to make it scalable, flexible and reusable.
## Listeners
A fresh installation configures one listener, for both client and federation
traffic. This listens on port 8008 on localhost (IPv4 and IPv6) and does not
do TLS:
```
listeners:
- port: 8008
tls: false
type: http
x_forwarded: true
bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
resources:
- names: [client, federation]
compress: false
```
# Database
The default installation leaves you with an sqlite3 database. Nice for experimenting, but
unsuitable for a production environment.
[Here's how you setup PostgreSQL](../postgresql).
Once you've created a database and user in PostgreSQL, you configure Synapse
to use it.
First delete (or comment out) the SQLITE datbase in `homeserver.yaml`:
```
#database:
# name: sqlite3
# args:
# database: /var/lib/matrix-synapse/homeserver.db
```
Then create the database configuration for PostgreSQL in
`conf.d/database.yaml`:
```
database:
name: psycopg2
args:
user: synapse
password: <password>
dbname: synapse
host: /var/run/postgresql
cp_min: 5
cp_max: 10
```
Note: you configure the directory where the UNIX socket file lives, not the
actual file.
Of course, if you use localhost, you should configure it like this:
```
host: localhost
port: 5432
```
After changing the database, restart Synapse and check whether it can connect
and create the tables it needs.
# Logging
Logging is configured in `log.yaml`. Some logging should go to systemd, the
more specific logging to Synapse's own logfile(s).