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  149. <h1 id="scaling-synapse-via-workers"><a class="header" href="#scaling-synapse-via-workers">Scaling synapse via workers</a></h1>
  150. <p>For small instances it is recommended to run Synapse in the default monolith mode.
  151. For larger instances where performance is a concern it can be helpful to split
  152. out functionality into multiple separate python processes. These processes are
  153. called 'workers', and are (eventually) intended to scale horizontally
  154. independently.</p>
  155. <p>Synapse's worker support is under active development and subject to change as
  156. we attempt to rapidly scale ever larger Synapse instances. However we are
  157. documenting it here to help admins needing a highly scalable Synapse instance
  158. similar to the one running <code>matrix.org</code>.</p>
  159. <p>All processes continue to share the same database instance, and as such,
  160. workers only work with PostgreSQL-based Synapse deployments. SQLite should only
  161. be used for demo purposes and any admin considering workers should already be
  162. running PostgreSQL.</p>
  163. <p>See also <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-scalability">Matrix.org blog post</a>
  164. for a higher level overview.</p>
  165. <h2 id="main-processworker-communication"><a class="header" href="#main-processworker-communication">Main process/worker communication</a></h2>
  166. <p>The processes communicate with each other via a Synapse-specific protocol called
  167. 'replication' (analogous to MySQL- or Postgres-style database replication) which
  168. feeds streams of newly written data between processes so they can be kept in
  169. sync with the database state.</p>
  170. <p>When configured to do so, Synapse uses a
  171. <a href="https://redis.io/docs/manual/pubsub/">Redis pub/sub channel</a> to send the replication
  172. stream between all configured Synapse processes. Additionally, processes may
  173. make HTTP requests to each other, primarily for operations which need to wait
  174. for a reply ─ such as sending an event.</p>
  175. <p>All the workers and the main process connect to Redis, which relays replication
  176. commands between processes.</p>
  177. <p>If Redis support is enabled Synapse will use it as a shared cache, as well as a
  178. pub/sub mechanism.</p>
  179. <p>See the <a href="#architectural-diagram">Architectural diagram</a> section at the end for
  180. a visualisation of what this looks like.</p>
  181. <h2 id="setting-up-workers"><a class="header" href="#setting-up-workers">Setting up workers</a></h2>
  182. <p>A Redis server is required to manage the communication between the processes.
  183. The Redis server should be installed following the normal procedure for your
  184. distribution (e.g. <code>apt install redis-server</code> on Debian). It is safe to use an
  185. existing Redis deployment if you have one.</p>
  186. <p>Once installed, check that Redis is running and accessible from the host running
  187. Synapse, for example by executing <code>echo PING | nc -q1 localhost 6379</code> and seeing
  188. a response of <code>+PONG</code>.</p>
  189. <p>The appropriate dependencies must also be installed for Synapse. If using a
  190. virtualenv, these can be installed with:</p>
  191. <pre><code class="language-sh">pip install &quot;matrix-synapse[redis]&quot;
  192. </code></pre>
  193. <p>Note that these dependencies are included when synapse is installed with <code>pip install matrix-synapse[all]</code>. They are also included in the debian packages from
  194. <code>matrix.org</code> and in the docker images at
  195. https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/.</p>
  196. <p>To make effective use of the workers, you will need to configure an HTTP
  197. reverse-proxy such as nginx or haproxy, which will direct incoming requests to
  198. the correct worker, or to the main synapse instance. See
  199. <a href="reverse_proxy.html">the reverse proxy documentation</a> for information on setting up a reverse
  200. proxy.</p>
  201. <p>When using workers, each worker process has its own configuration file which
  202. contains settings specific to that worker, such as the HTTP listener that it
  203. provides (if any), logging configuration, etc.</p>
  204. <p>Normally, the worker processes are configured to read from a shared
  205. configuration file as well as the worker-specific configuration files. This
  206. makes it easier to keep common configuration settings synchronised across all
  207. the processes.</p>
  208. <p>The main process is somewhat special in this respect: it does not normally
  209. need its own configuration file and can take all of its configuration from the
  210. shared configuration file.</p>
  211. <h3 id="shared-configuration"><a class="header" href="#shared-configuration">Shared configuration</a></h3>
  212. <p>Normally, only a couple of changes are needed to make an existing configuration
  213. file suitable for use with workers. First, you need to enable an &quot;HTTP replication
  214. listener&quot; for the main process; and secondly, you need to enable redis-based
  215. replication. Optionally, a shared secret can be used to authenticate HTTP
  216. traffic between workers. For example:</p>
  217. <pre><code class="language-yaml"># extend the existing `listeners` section. This defines the ports that the
  218. # main process will listen on.
  219. listeners:
  220. # The HTTP replication port
  221. - port: 9093
  222. bind_address: '127.0.0.1'
  223. type: http
  224. resources:
  225. - names: [replication]
  226. # Add a random shared secret to authenticate traffic.
  227. worker_replication_secret: &quot;&quot;
  228. redis:
  229. enabled: true
  230. </code></pre>
  231. <p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/config_documentation.html">configuration manual</a> for the full documentation of each option.</p>
  232. <p>Under <strong>no circumstances</strong> should the replication listener be exposed to the
  233. public internet; replication traffic is:</p>
  234. <ul>
  235. <li>always unencrypted</li>
  236. <li>unauthenticated, unless <code>worker_replication_secret</code> is configured</li>
  237. </ul>
  238. <h3 id="worker-configuration"><a class="header" href="#worker-configuration">Worker configuration</a></h3>
  239. <p>In the config file for each worker, you must specify:</p>
  240. <ul>
  241. <li>The type of worker (<code>worker_app</code>). The currently available worker applications are listed below.</li>
  242. <li>A unique name for the worker (<code>worker_name</code>).</li>
  243. <li>The HTTP replication endpoint that it should talk to on the main synapse process
  244. (<code>worker_replication_host</code> and <code>worker_replication_http_port</code>)</li>
  245. <li>If handling HTTP requests, a <code>worker_listeners</code> option with an <code>http</code>
  246. listener, in the same way as the <a href="usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#listeners"><code>listeners</code></a>
  247. option in the shared config.</li>
  248. <li>If handling the <code>^/_matrix/client/v3/keys/upload</code> endpoint, the HTTP URI for
  249. the main process (<code>worker_main_http_uri</code>).</li>
  250. </ul>
  251. <p>For example:</p>
  252. <pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker
  253. worker_name: generic_worker1
  254. # The replication listener on the main synapse process.
  255. worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
  256. worker_replication_http_port: 9093
  257. worker_main_http_uri: http://localhost:8008/
  258. worker_listeners:
  259. - type: http
  260. port: 8083
  261. resources:
  262. - names: [client, federation]
  263. worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/generic-worker-log.yaml
  264. </code></pre>
  265. <p>...is a full configuration for a generic worker instance, which will expose a
  266. plain HTTP endpoint on port 8083 separately serving various endpoints, e.g.
  267. <code>/sync</code>, which are listed below.</p>
  268. <p>Obviously you should configure your reverse-proxy to route the relevant
  269. endpoints to the worker (<code>localhost:8083</code> in the above example).</p>
  270. <h3 id="running-synapse-with-workers"><a class="header" href="#running-synapse-with-workers">Running Synapse with workers</a></h3>
  271. <p>Finally, you need to start your worker processes. This can be done with either
  272. <code>synctl</code> or your distribution's preferred service manager such as <code>systemd</code>. We
  273. recommend the use of <code>systemd</code> where available: for information on setting up
  274. <code>systemd</code> to start synapse workers, see
  275. <a href="systemd-with-workers">Systemd with Workers</a>. To use <code>synctl</code>, see
  276. <a href="synctl_workers.html">Using synctl with Workers</a>.</p>
  277. <h2 id="available-worker-applications"><a class="header" href="#available-worker-applications">Available worker applications</a></h2>
  278. <h3 id="synapseappgeneric_worker"><a class="header" href="#synapseappgeneric_worker"><code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code></a></h3>
  279. <p>This worker can handle API requests matching the following regular expressions.
  280. These endpoints can be routed to any worker. If a worker is set up to handle a
  281. stream then, for maximum efficiency, additional endpoints should be routed to that
  282. worker: refer to the <a href="#stream-writers">stream writers</a> section below for further
  283. information.</p>
  284. <pre><code># Sync requests
  285. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3)/sync$
  286. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/events$
  287. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/initialSync$
  288. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/rooms/[^/]+/initialSync$
  289. # Federation requests
  290. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/event/
  291. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/state/
  292. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/state_ids/
  293. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/backfill/
  294. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/get_missing_events/
  295. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/publicRooms
  296. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/query/
  297. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_join/
  298. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_leave/
  299. ^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/send_join/
  300. ^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/send_leave/
  301. ^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/invite/
  302. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/event_auth/
  303. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/exchange_third_party_invite/
  304. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/user/devices/
  305. ^/_matrix/key/v2/query
  306. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/hierarchy/
  307. # Inbound federation transaction request
  308. ^/_matrix/federation/v1/send/
  309. # Client API requests
  310. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/createRoom$
  311. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/publicRooms$
  312. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/joined_members$
  313. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/context/.*$
  314. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/members$
  315. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/state$
  316. ^/_matrix/client/v1/rooms/.*/hierarchy$
  317. ^/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc2716/rooms/.*/batch_send$
  318. ^/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary/rooms/.*/summary$
  319. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/account/3pid$
  320. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/account/whoami$
  321. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/devices$
  322. ^/_matrix/client/versions$
  323. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/voip/turnServer$
  324. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/event/
  325. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/joined_rooms$
  326. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/search$
  327. # Encryption requests
  328. # Note that ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload/ requires `worker_main_http_uri`
  329. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/query$
  330. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/changes$
  331. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/claim$
  332. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/room_keys/
  333. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload/
  334. # Registration/login requests
  335. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/login$
  336. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/register$
  337. ^/_matrix/client/v1/register/m.login.registration_token/validity$
  338. # Event sending requests
  339. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/redact
  340. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/send
  341. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/state/
  342. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/(join|invite|leave|ban|unban|kick)$
  343. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/join/
  344. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/profile/
  345. # Account data requests
  346. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/tags
  347. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/account_data
  348. # Receipts requests
  349. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/receipt
  350. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/read_markers
  351. # Presence requests
  352. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/presence/
  353. # User directory search requests
  354. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$
  355. </code></pre>
  356. <p>Additionally, the following REST endpoints can be handled for GET requests:</p>
  357. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/pushrules/
  358. </code></pre>
  359. <p>Pagination requests can also be handled, but all requests for a given
  360. room must be routed to the same instance. Additionally, care must be taken to
  361. ensure that the purge history admin API is not used while pagination requests
  362. for the room are in flight:</p>
  363. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/messages$
  364. </code></pre>
  365. <p>Additionally, the following endpoints should be included if Synapse is configured
  366. to use SSO (you only need to include the ones for whichever SSO provider you're
  367. using):</p>
  368. <pre><code># for all SSO providers
  369. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/login/sso/redirect
  370. ^/_synapse/client/pick_idp$
  371. ^/_synapse/client/pick_username
  372. ^/_synapse/client/new_user_consent$
  373. ^/_synapse/client/sso_register$
  374. # OpenID Connect requests.
  375. ^/_synapse/client/oidc/callback$
  376. # SAML requests.
  377. ^/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response$
  378. # CAS requests.
  379. ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/login/cas/ticket$
  380. </code></pre>
  381. <p>Ensure that all SSO logins go to a single process.
  382. For multiple workers not handling the SSO endpoints properly, see
  383. <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7530">#7530</a> and
  384. <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9427">#9427</a>.</p>
  385. <p>Note that a <a href="usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#listeners">HTTP listener</a>
  386. with <code>client</code> and <code>federation</code> <code>resources</code> must be configured in the <code>worker_listeners</code>
  387. option in the worker config.</p>
  388. <h4 id="load-balancing"><a class="header" href="#load-balancing">Load balancing</a></h4>
  389. <p>It is possible to run multiple instances of this worker app, with incoming requests
  390. being load-balanced between them by the reverse-proxy. However, different endpoints
  391. have different characteristics and so admins
  392. may wish to run multiple groups of workers handling different endpoints so that
  393. load balancing can be done in different ways.</p>
  394. <p>For <code>/sync</code> and <code>/initialSync</code> requests it will be more efficient if all
  395. requests from a particular user are routed to a single instance. Extracting a
  396. user ID from the access token or <code>Authorization</code> header is currently left as an
  397. exercise for the reader. Admins may additionally wish to separate out <code>/sync</code>
  398. requests that have a <code>since</code> query parameter from those that don't (and
  399. <code>/initialSync</code>), as requests that don't are known as &quot;initial sync&quot; that happens
  400. when a user logs in on a new device and can be <em>very</em> resource intensive, so
  401. isolating these requests will stop them from interfering with other users ongoing
  402. syncs.</p>
  403. <p>Federation and client requests can be balanced via simple round robin.</p>
  404. <p>The inbound federation transaction request <code>^/_matrix/federation/v1/send/</code>
  405. should be balanced by source IP so that transactions from the same remote server
  406. go to the same process.</p>
  407. <p>Registration/login requests can be handled separately purely to help ensure that
  408. unexpected load doesn't affect new logins and sign ups.</p>
  409. <p>Finally, event sending requests can be balanced by the room ID in the URI (or
  410. the full URI, or even just round robin), the room ID is the path component after
  411. <code>/rooms/</code>. If there is a large bridge connected that is sending or may send lots
  412. of events, then a dedicated set of workers can be provisioned to limit the
  413. effects of bursts of events from that bridge on events sent by normal users.</p>
  414. <h4 id="stream-writers"><a class="header" href="#stream-writers">Stream writers</a></h4>
  415. <p>Additionally, the writing of specific streams (such as events) can be moved off
  416. of the main process to a particular worker.</p>
  417. <p>To enable this, the worker must have a
  418. <a href="usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#listeners">HTTP <code>replication</code> listener</a> configured,
  419. have a <code>worker_name</code> and be listed in the <code>instance_map</code> config. The same worker
  420. can handle multiple streams, but unless otherwise documented, each stream can only
  421. have a single writer.</p>
  422. <p>For example, to move event persistence off to a dedicated worker, the shared
  423. configuration would include:</p>
  424. <pre><code class="language-yaml">instance_map:
  425. event_persister1:
  426. host: localhost
  427. port: 8034
  428. stream_writers:
  429. events: event_persister1
  430. </code></pre>
  431. <p>An example for a stream writer instance:</p>
  432. <pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker
  433. worker_name: event_persister1
  434. # The replication listener on the main synapse process.
  435. worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
  436. worker_replication_http_port: 9093
  437. worker_listeners:
  438. - type: http
  439. port: 8034
  440. resources:
  441. - names: [replication]
  442. # Enable listener if this stream writer handles endpoints for the `typing` or
  443. # `to_device` streams. Uses a different port to the `replication` listener to
  444. # avoid exposing the `replication` listener publicly.
  445. #
  446. #- type: http
  447. # port: 8035
  448. # resources:
  449. # - names: [client]
  450. worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/event-persister-log.yaml
  451. </code></pre>
  452. <p>Some of the streams have associated endpoints which, for maximum efficiency, should
  453. be routed to the workers handling that stream. See below for the currently supported
  454. streams and the endpoints associated with them:</p>
  455. <h5 id="the-events-stream"><a class="header" href="#the-events-stream">The <code>events</code> stream</a></h5>
  456. <p>The <code>events</code> stream experimentally supports having multiple writers, where work
  457. is sharded between them by room ID. Note that you <em>must</em> restart all worker
  458. instances when adding or removing event persisters. An example <code>stream_writers</code>
  459. configuration with multiple writers:</p>
  460. <pre><code class="language-yaml">stream_writers:
  461. events:
  462. - event_persister1
  463. - event_persister2
  464. </code></pre>
  465. <h5 id="the-typing-stream"><a class="header" href="#the-typing-stream">The <code>typing</code> stream</a></h5>
  466. <p>The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
  467. the stream writer for the <code>typing</code> stream:</p>
  468. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/typing
  469. </code></pre>
  470. <h5 id="the-to_device-stream"><a class="header" href="#the-to_device-stream">The <code>to_device</code> stream</a></h5>
  471. <p>The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
  472. the stream writer for the <code>to_device</code> stream:</p>
  473. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/sendToDevice/
  474. </code></pre>
  475. <h5 id="the-account_data-stream"><a class="header" href="#the-account_data-stream">The <code>account_data</code> stream</a></h5>
  476. <p>The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
  477. the stream writer for the <code>account_data</code> stream:</p>
  478. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/tags
  479. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/account_data
  480. </code></pre>
  481. <h5 id="the-receipts-stream"><a class="header" href="#the-receipts-stream">The <code>receipts</code> stream</a></h5>
  482. <p>The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
  483. the stream writer for the <code>receipts</code> stream:</p>
  484. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/receipt
  485. ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/read_markers
  486. </code></pre>
  487. <h5 id="the-presence-stream"><a class="header" href="#the-presence-stream">The <code>presence</code> stream</a></h5>
  488. <p>The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
  489. the stream writer for the <code>presence</code> stream:</p>
  490. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/presence/
  491. </code></pre>
  492. <h4 id="background-tasks"><a class="header" href="#background-tasks">Background tasks</a></h4>
  493. <p>There is also support for moving background tasks to a separate
  494. worker. Background tasks are run periodically or started via replication. Exactly
  495. which tasks are configured to run depends on your Synapse configuration (e.g. if
  496. stats is enabled). This worker doesn't handle any REST endpoints itself.</p>
  497. <p>To enable this, the worker must have a <code>worker_name</code> and can be configured to run
  498. background tasks. For example, to move background tasks to a dedicated worker,
  499. the shared configuration would include:</p>
  500. <pre><code class="language-yaml">run_background_tasks_on: background_worker
  501. </code></pre>
  502. <p>You might also wish to investigate the <code>update_user_directory_from_worker</code> and
  503. <code>media_instance_running_background_jobs</code> settings.</p>
  504. <p>An example for a dedicated background worker instance:</p>
  505. <pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker
  506. worker_name: background_worker
  507. # The replication listener on the main synapse process.
  508. worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
  509. worker_replication_http_port: 9093
  510. worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/background-worker-log.yaml
  511. </code></pre>
  512. <h4 id="updating-the-user-directory"><a class="header" href="#updating-the-user-directory">Updating the User Directory</a></h4>
  513. <p>You can designate one generic worker to update the user directory.</p>
  514. <p>Specify its name in the shared configuration as follows:</p>
  515. <pre><code class="language-yaml">update_user_directory_from_worker: worker_name
  516. </code></pre>
  517. <p>This work cannot be load-balanced; please ensure the main process is restarted
  518. after setting this option in the shared configuration!</p>
  519. <p>User directory updates allow REST endpoints matching the following regular
  520. expressions to work:</p>
  521. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$
  522. </code></pre>
  523. <p>The above endpoints can be routed to any worker, though you may choose to route
  524. it to the chosen user directory worker.</p>
  525. <p>This style of configuration supersedes the legacy <code>synapse.app.user_dir</code>
  526. worker application type.</p>
  527. <h4 id="notifying-application-services"><a class="header" href="#notifying-application-services">Notifying Application Services</a></h4>
  528. <p>You can designate one generic worker to send output traffic to Application Services.
  529. Doesn't handle any REST endpoints itself, but you should specify its name in the
  530. shared configuration as follows:</p>
  531. <pre><code class="language-yaml">notify_appservices_from_worker: worker_name
  532. </code></pre>
  533. <p>This work cannot be load-balanced; please ensure the main process is restarted
  534. after setting this option in the shared configuration!</p>
  535. <p>This style of configuration supersedes the legacy <code>synapse.app.appservice</code>
  536. worker application type.</p>
  537. <h3 id="synapseapppusher"><a class="header" href="#synapseapppusher"><code>synapse.app.pusher</code></a></h3>
  538. <p>Handles sending push notifications to sygnal and email. Doesn't handle any
  539. REST endpoints itself, but you should set <code>start_pushers: False</code> in the
  540. shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending push notifications.</p>
  541. <p>To run multiple instances at once the <code>pusher_instances</code> option should list all
  542. pusher instances by their worker name, e.g.:</p>
  543. <pre><code class="language-yaml">pusher_instances:
  544. - pusher_worker1
  545. - pusher_worker2
  546. </code></pre>
  547. <h3 id="synapseappappservice"><a class="header" href="#synapseappappservice"><code>synapse.app.appservice</code></a></h3>
  548. <p><strong>Deprecated as of Synapse v1.59.</strong> <a href="#notifying-application-services">Use <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> with the
  549. <code>notify_appservices_from_worker</code> option instead.</a></p>
  550. <p>Handles sending output traffic to Application Services. Doesn't handle any
  551. REST endpoints itself, but you should set <code>notify_appservices: False</code> in the
  552. shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending appservice notifications.</p>
  553. <p>Note this worker cannot be load-balanced: only one instance should be active.</p>
  554. <h3 id="synapseappfederation_sender"><a class="header" href="#synapseappfederation_sender"><code>synapse.app.federation_sender</code></a></h3>
  555. <p>Handles sending federation traffic to other servers. Doesn't handle any
  556. REST endpoints itself, but you should set <code>send_federation: False</code> in the
  557. shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending this traffic.</p>
  558. <p>If running multiple federation senders then you must list each
  559. instance in the <code>federation_sender_instances</code> option by their <code>worker_name</code>.
  560. All instances must be stopped and started when adding or removing instances.
  561. For example:</p>
  562. <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_sender_instances:
  563. - federation_sender1
  564. - federation_sender2
  565. </code></pre>
  566. <h3 id="synapseappmedia_repository"><a class="header" href="#synapseappmedia_repository"><code>synapse.app.media_repository</code></a></h3>
  567. <p>Handles the media repository. It can handle all endpoints starting with:</p>
  568. <pre><code>/_matrix/media/
  569. </code></pre>
  570. <p>... and the following regular expressions matching media-specific administration APIs:</p>
  571. <pre><code>^/_synapse/admin/v1/purge_media_cache$
  572. ^/_synapse/admin/v1/room/.*/media.*$
  573. ^/_synapse/admin/v1/user/.*/media.*$
  574. ^/_synapse/admin/v1/media/.*$
  575. ^/_synapse/admin/v1/quarantine_media/.*$
  576. ^/_synapse/admin/v1/users/.*/media$
  577. </code></pre>
  578. <p>You should also set <code>enable_media_repo: False</code> in the shared configuration
  579. file to stop the main synapse running background jobs related to managing the
  580. media repository. Note that doing so will prevent the main process from being
  581. able to handle the above endpoints.</p>
  582. <p>In the <code>media_repository</code> worker configuration file, configure the
  583. <a href="usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#listeners">HTTP listener</a> to
  584. expose the <code>media</code> resource. For example:</p>
  585. <pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.media_repository
  586. worker_name: media_worker
  587. # The replication listener on the main synapse process.
  588. worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
  589. worker_replication_http_port: 9093
  590. worker_listeners:
  591. - type: http
  592. port: 8085
  593. resources:
  594. - names: [media]
  595. worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/media-worker-log.yaml
  596. </code></pre>
  597. <p>Note that if running multiple media repositories they must be on the same server
  598. and you must configure a single instance to run the background tasks, e.g.:</p>
  599. <pre><code class="language-yaml">media_instance_running_background_jobs: &quot;media-repository-1&quot;
  600. </code></pre>
  601. <p>Note that if a reverse proxy is used , then <code>/_matrix/media/</code> must be routed for both inbound client and federation requests (if they are handled separately).</p>
  602. <h3 id="synapseappuser_dir"><a class="header" href="#synapseappuser_dir"><code>synapse.app.user_dir</code></a></h3>
  603. <p><strong>Deprecated as of Synapse v1.59.</strong> <a href="#updating-the-user-directory">Use <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> with the
  604. <code>update_user_directory_from_worker</code> option instead.</a></p>
  605. <p>Handles searches in the user directory. It can handle REST endpoints matching
  606. the following regular expressions:</p>
  607. <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$
  608. </code></pre>
  609. <p>When using this worker you must also set <code>update_user_directory: false</code> in the
  610. shared configuration file to stop the main synapse running background
  611. jobs related to updating the user directory.</p>
  612. <p>Above endpoint is not <em>required</em> to be routed to this worker. By default,
  613. <code>update_user_directory</code> is set to <code>true</code>, which means the main process
  614. will handle updates. All workers configured with <code>client</code> can handle the above
  615. endpoint as long as either this worker or the main process are configured to
  616. handle it, and are online.</p>
  617. <p>If <code>update_user_directory</code> is set to <code>false</code>, and this worker is not running,
  618. the above endpoint may give outdated results.</p>
  619. <h3 id="historical-apps"><a class="header" href="#historical-apps">Historical apps</a></h3>
  620. <p>The following used to be separate worker application types, but are now
  621. equivalent to <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code>:</p>
  622. <ul>
  623. <li><code>synapse.app.client_reader</code></li>
  624. <li><code>synapse.app.event_creator</code></li>
  625. <li><code>synapse.app.federation_reader</code></li>
  626. <li><code>synapse.app.frontend_proxy</code></li>
  627. <li><code>synapse.app.synchrotron</code></li>
  628. </ul>
  629. <h2 id="migration-from-old-config"><a class="header" href="#migration-from-old-config">Migration from old config</a></h2>
  630. <p>A main change that has occurred is the merging of worker apps into
  631. <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code>. This change is backwards compatible and so no
  632. changes to the config are required.</p>
  633. <p>To migrate apps to use <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> simply update the
  634. <code>worker_app</code> option in the worker configs, and where worker are started (e.g.
  635. in systemd service files, but not required for synctl).</p>
  636. <h2 id="architectural-diagram"><a class="header" href="#architectural-diagram">Architectural diagram</a></h2>
  637. <p>The following shows an example setup using Redis and a reverse proxy:</p>
  638. <pre><code> Clients &amp; Federation
  639. |
  640. v
  641. +-----------+
  642. | |
  643. | Reverse |
  644. | Proxy |
  645. | |
  646. +-----------+
  647. | | |
  648. | | | HTTP requests
  649. +-------------------+ | +-----------+
  650. | +---+ |
  651. | | |
  652. v v v
  653. +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+
  654. | Main | | Generic | | Generic | | Event |
  655. | Process | | Worker 1 | | Worker 2 | | Persister |
  656. +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+
  657. ^ ^ | ^ | | ^ | | ^ ^
  658. | | | | | | | | | | |
  659. | | | | | HTTP | | | | | |
  660. | +----------+&lt;--|---|---------+&lt;--|---|---------+ | |
  661. | | +-------------|--&gt;+-------------+ |
  662. | | | |
  663. | | | |
  664. v v v v
  665. ======================================================================
  666. Redis pub/sub channel
  667. </code></pre>
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