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- <h1 id="scaling-synapse-via-workers"><a class="header" href="#scaling-synapse-via-workers">Scaling synapse via workers</a></h1>
- <p>For small instances it recommended to run Synapse in the default monolith mode.
- For larger instances where performance is a concern it can be helpful to split
- out functionality into multiple separate python processes. These processes are
- called 'workers', and are (eventually) intended to scale horizontally
- independently.</p>
- <p>Synapse's worker support is under active development and subject to change as
- we attempt to rapidly scale ever larger Synapse instances. However we are
- documenting it here to help admins needing a highly scalable Synapse instance
- similar to the one running <code>matrix.org</code>.</p>
- <p>All processes continue to share the same database instance, and as such,
- workers only work with PostgreSQL-based Synapse deployments. SQLite should only
- be used for demo purposes and any admin considering workers should already be
- running PostgreSQL.</p>
- <p>See also <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-scalability">Matrix.org blog post</a>
- for a higher level overview.</p>
- <h2 id="main-processworker-communication"><a class="header" href="#main-processworker-communication">Main process/worker communication</a></h2>
- <p>The processes communicate with each other via a Synapse-specific protocol called
- 'replication' (analogous to MySQL- or Postgres-style database replication) which
- feeds streams of newly written data between processes so they can be kept in
- sync with the database state.</p>
- <p>When configured to do so, Synapse uses a
- <a href="https://redis.io/topics/pubsub">Redis pub/sub channel</a> to send the replication
- stream between all configured Synapse processes. Additionally, processes may
- make HTTP requests to each other, primarily for operations which need to wait
- for a reply ─ such as sending an event.</p>
- <p>Redis support was added in v1.13.0 with it becoming the recommended method in
- v1.18.0. It replaced the old direct TCP connections (which is deprecated as of
- v1.18.0) to the main process. With Redis, rather than all the workers connecting
- to the main process, all the workers and the main process connect to Redis,
- which relays replication commands between processes. This can give a significant
- cpu saving on the main process and will be a prerequisite for upcoming
- performance improvements.</p>
- <p>If Redis support is enabled Synapse will use it as a shared cache, as well as a
- pub/sub mechanism.</p>
- <p>See the <a href="#architectural-diagram">Architectural diagram</a> section at the end for
- a visualisation of what this looks like.</p>
- <h2 id="setting-up-workers"><a class="header" href="#setting-up-workers">Setting up workers</a></h2>
- <p>A Redis server is required to manage the communication between the processes.
- The Redis server should be installed following the normal procedure for your
- distribution (e.g. <code>apt install redis-server</code> on Debian). It is safe to use an
- existing Redis deployment if you have one.</p>
- <p>Once installed, check that Redis is running and accessible from the host running
- Synapse, for example by executing <code>echo PING | nc -q1 localhost 6379</code> and seeing
- a response of <code>+PONG</code>.</p>
- <p>The appropriate dependencies must also be installed for Synapse. If using a
- virtualenv, these can be installed with:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-sh">pip install "matrix-synapse[redis]"
- </code></pre>
- <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
- <code>matrix.org</code> and in the docker images at
- https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/.</p>
- <p>To make effective use of the workers, you will need to configure an HTTP
- reverse-proxy such as nginx or haproxy, which will direct incoming requests to
- the correct worker, or to the main synapse instance. See
- <a href="reverse_proxy.html">the reverse proxy documentation</a> for information on setting up a reverse
- proxy.</p>
- <p>When using workers, each worker process has its own configuration file which
- contains settings specific to that worker, such as the HTTP listener that it
- provides (if any), logging configuration, etc.</p>
- <p>Normally, the worker processes are configured to read from a shared
- configuration file as well as the worker-specific configuration files. This
- makes it easier to keep common configuration settings synchronised across all
- the processes.</p>
- <p>The main process is somewhat special in this respect: it does not normally
- need its own configuration file and can take all of its configuration from the
- shared configuration file.</p>
- <h3 id="shared-configuration"><a class="header" href="#shared-configuration">Shared configuration</a></h3>
- <p>Normally, only a couple of changes are needed to make an existing configuration
- file suitable for use with workers. First, you need to enable an "HTTP replication
- listener" for the main process; and secondly, you need to enable redis-based
- replication. Optionally, a shared secret can be used to authenticate HTTP
- traffic between workers. For example:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml"># extend the existing `listeners` section. This defines the ports that the
- # main process will listen on.
- listeners:
- # The HTTP replication port
- - port: 9093
- bind_address: '127.0.0.1'
- type: http
- resources:
- - names: [replication]
- # Add a random shared secret to authenticate traffic.
- worker_replication_secret: ""
- redis:
- enabled: true
- </code></pre>
- <p>See the sample config for the full documentation of each option.</p>
- <p>Under <strong>no circumstances</strong> should the replication listener be exposed to the
- public internet; it has no authentication and is unencrypted.</p>
- <h3 id="worker-configuration"><a class="header" href="#worker-configuration">Worker configuration</a></h3>
- <p>In the config file for each worker, you must specify the type of worker
- application (<code>worker_app</code>), and you should specify a unique name for the worker
- (<code>worker_name</code>). The currently available worker applications are listed below.
- You must also specify the HTTP replication endpoint that it should talk to on
- the main synapse process. <code>worker_replication_host</code> should specify the host of
- the main synapse and <code>worker_replication_http_port</code> should point to the HTTP
- replication port. If the worker will handle HTTP requests then the
- <code>worker_listeners</code> option should be set with a <code>http</code> listener, in the same way
- as the <code>listeners</code> option in the shared config.</p>
- <p>For example:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker
- worker_name: worker1
- # The replication listener on the main synapse process.
- worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
- worker_replication_http_port: 9093
- worker_listeners:
- - type: http
- port: 8083
- resources:
- - names:
- - client
- - federation
- worker_log_config: /home/matrix/synapse/config/worker1_log_config.yaml
- </code></pre>
- <p>...is a full configuration for a generic worker instance, which will expose a
- plain HTTP endpoint on port 8083 separately serving various endpoints, e.g.
- <code>/sync</code>, which are listed below.</p>
- <p>Obviously you should configure your reverse-proxy to route the relevant
- endpoints to the worker (<code>localhost:8083</code> in the above example).</p>
- <h3 id="running-synapse-with-workers"><a class="header" href="#running-synapse-with-workers">Running Synapse with workers</a></h3>
- <p>Finally, you need to start your worker processes. This can be done with either
- <code>synctl</code> or your distribution's preferred service manager such as <code>systemd</code>. We
- recommend the use of <code>systemd</code> where available: for information on setting up
- <code>systemd</code> to start synapse workers, see
- <a href="systemd-with-workers">Systemd with Workers</a>. To use <code>synctl</code>, see
- <a href="synctl_workers.html">Using synctl with Workers</a>.</p>
- <h2 id="available-worker-applications"><a class="header" href="#available-worker-applications">Available worker applications</a></h2>
- <h3 id="synapseappgeneric_worker"><a class="header" href="#synapseappgeneric_worker"><code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code></a></h3>
- <p>This worker can handle API requests matching the following regular
- expressions:</p>
- <pre><code># Sync requests
- ^/_matrix/client/(v2_alpha|r0)/sync$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|v2_alpha|r0)/events$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0)/initialSync$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0)/rooms/[^/]+/initialSync$
- # Federation requests
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/event/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/state/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/state_ids/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/backfill/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/get_missing_events/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/publicRooms
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/query/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_join/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_leave/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/send_join/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v2/send_join/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/send_leave/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v2/send_leave/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/invite/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v2/invite/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/query_auth/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/event_auth/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/exchange_third_party_invite/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/user/devices/
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/get_groups_publicised$
- ^/_matrix/key/v2/query
- ^/_matrix/federation/unstable/org.matrix.msc2946/spaces/
- ^/_matrix/federation/unstable/org.matrix.msc2946/hierarchy/
- # Inbound federation transaction request
- ^/_matrix/federation/v1/send/
- # Client API requests
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/createRoom$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/publicRooms$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/joined_members$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/context/.*$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/members$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/state$
- ^/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc2946/rooms/.*/spaces$
- ^/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc2946/rooms/.*/hierarchy$
- ^/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary/rooms/.*/summary$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/account/3pid$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/devices$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/keys/query$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/keys/changes$
- ^/_matrix/client/versions$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/voip/turnServer$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/joined_groups$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/publicised_groups$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/publicised_groups/
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/event/
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/joined_rooms$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/search$
- # Registration/login requests
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/login$
- ^/_matrix/client/(r0|unstable)/register$
- ^/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc3231/register/org.matrix.msc3231.login.registration_token/validity$
- # Event sending requests
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/redact
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/send
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/state/
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/(join|invite|leave|ban|unban|kick)$
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/join/
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/profile/
- </code></pre>
- <p>Additionally, the following REST endpoints can be handled for GET requests:</p>
- <pre><code>^/_matrix/federation/v1/groups/
- </code></pre>
- <p>Pagination requests can also be handled, but all requests for a given
- room must be routed to the same instance. Additionally, care must be taken to
- ensure that the purge history admin API is not used while pagination requests
- for the room are in flight:</p>
- <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/messages$
- </code></pre>
- <p>Additionally, the following endpoints should be included if Synapse is configured
- to use SSO (you only need to include the ones for whichever SSO provider you're
- using):</p>
- <pre><code># for all SSO providers
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/login/sso/redirect
- ^/_synapse/client/pick_idp$
- ^/_synapse/client/pick_username
- ^/_synapse/client/new_user_consent$
- ^/_synapse/client/sso_register$
- # OpenID Connect requests.
- ^/_synapse/client/oidc/callback$
- # SAML requests.
- ^/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response$
- # CAS requests.
- ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/login/cas/ticket$
- </code></pre>
- <p>Ensure that all SSO logins go to a single process.
- For multiple workers not handling the SSO endpoints properly, see
- <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7530">#7530</a> and
- <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9427">#9427</a>.</p>
- <p>Note that a HTTP listener with <code>client</code> and <code>federation</code> resources must be
- configured in the <code>worker_listeners</code> option in the worker config.</p>
- <h4 id="load-balancing"><a class="header" href="#load-balancing">Load balancing</a></h4>
- <p>It is possible to run multiple instances of this worker app, with incoming requests
- being load-balanced between them by the reverse-proxy. However, different endpoints
- have different characteristics and so admins
- may wish to run multiple groups of workers handling different endpoints so that
- load balancing can be done in different ways.</p>
- <p>For <code>/sync</code> and <code>/initialSync</code> requests it will be more efficient if all
- requests from a particular user are routed to a single instance. Extracting a
- user ID from the access token or <code>Authorization</code> header is currently left as an
- exercise for the reader. Admins may additionally wish to separate out <code>/sync</code>
- requests that have a <code>since</code> query parameter from those that don't (and
- <code>/initialSync</code>), as requests that don't are known as "initial sync" that happens
- when a user logs in on a new device and can be <em>very</em> resource intensive, so
- isolating these requests will stop them from interfering with other users ongoing
- syncs.</p>
- <p>Federation and client requests can be balanced via simple round robin.</p>
- <p>The inbound federation transaction request <code>^/_matrix/federation/v1/send/</code>
- should be balanced by source IP so that transactions from the same remote server
- go to the same process.</p>
- <p>Registration/login requests can be handled separately purely to help ensure that
- unexpected load doesn't affect new logins and sign ups.</p>
- <p>Finally, event sending requests can be balanced by the room ID in the URI (or
- the full URI, or even just round robin), the room ID is the path component after
- <code>/rooms/</code>. If there is a large bridge connected that is sending or may send lots
- of events, then a dedicated set of workers can be provisioned to limit the
- effects of bursts of events from that bridge on events sent by normal users.</p>
- <h4 id="stream-writers"><a class="header" href="#stream-writers">Stream writers</a></h4>
- <p>Additionally, there is <em>experimental</em> support for moving writing of specific
- streams (such as events) off of the main process to a particular worker. (This
- is only supported with Redis-based replication.)</p>
- <p>Currently supported streams are <code>events</code> and <code>typing</code>.</p>
- <p>To enable this, the worker must have a HTTP replication listener configured,
- have a <code>worker_name</code> and be listed in the <code>instance_map</code> config. For example to
- move event persistence off to a dedicated worker, the shared configuration would
- include:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">instance_map:
- event_persister1:
- host: localhost
- port: 8034
- stream_writers:
- events: event_persister1
- </code></pre>
- <p>The <code>events</code> stream also experimentally supports having multiple writers, where
- work is sharded between them by room ID. Note that you <em>must</em> restart all worker
- instances when adding or removing event persisters. An example <code>stream_writers</code>
- configuration with multiple writers:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">stream_writers:
- events:
- - event_persister1
- - event_persister2
- </code></pre>
- <h4 id="background-tasks"><a class="header" href="#background-tasks">Background tasks</a></h4>
- <p>There is also <em>experimental</em> support for moving background tasks to a separate
- worker. Background tasks are run periodically or started via replication. Exactly
- which tasks are configured to run depends on your Synapse configuration (e.g. if
- stats is enabled).</p>
- <p>To enable this, the worker must have a <code>worker_name</code> and can be configured to run
- background tasks. For example, to move background tasks to a dedicated worker,
- the shared configuration would include:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">run_background_tasks_on: background_worker
- </code></pre>
- <p>You might also wish to investigate the <code>update_user_directory</code> and
- <code>media_instance_running_background_jobs</code> settings.</p>
- <h3 id="synapseapppusher"><a class="header" href="#synapseapppusher"><code>synapse.app.pusher</code></a></h3>
- <p>Handles sending push notifications to sygnal and email. Doesn't handle any
- REST endpoints itself, but you should set <code>start_pushers: False</code> in the
- shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending push notifications.</p>
- <p>To run multiple instances at once the <code>pusher_instances</code> option should list all
- pusher instances by their worker name, e.g.:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">pusher_instances:
- - pusher_worker1
- - pusher_worker2
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="synapseappappservice"><a class="header" href="#synapseappappservice"><code>synapse.app.appservice</code></a></h3>
- <p>Handles sending output traffic to Application Services. Doesn't handle any
- REST endpoints itself, but you should set <code>notify_appservices: False</code> in the
- shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending appservice notifications.</p>
- <p>Note this worker cannot be load-balanced: only one instance should be active.</p>
- <h3 id="synapseappfederation_sender"><a class="header" href="#synapseappfederation_sender"><code>synapse.app.federation_sender</code></a></h3>
- <p>Handles sending federation traffic to other servers. Doesn't handle any
- REST endpoints itself, but you should set <code>send_federation: False</code> in the
- shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending this traffic.</p>
- <p>If running multiple federation senders then you must list each
- instance in the <code>federation_sender_instances</code> option by their <code>worker_name</code>.
- All instances must be stopped and started when adding or removing instances.
- For example:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_sender_instances:
- - federation_sender1
- - federation_sender2
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="synapseappmedia_repository"><a class="header" href="#synapseappmedia_repository"><code>synapse.app.media_repository</code></a></h3>
- <p>Handles the media repository. It can handle all endpoints starting with:</p>
- <pre><code>/_matrix/media/
- </code></pre>
- <p>... and the following regular expressions matching media-specific administration APIs:</p>
- <pre><code>^/_synapse/admin/v1/purge_media_cache$
- ^/_synapse/admin/v1/room/.*/media.*$
- ^/_synapse/admin/v1/user/.*/media.*$
- ^/_synapse/admin/v1/media/.*$
- ^/_synapse/admin/v1/quarantine_media/.*$
- ^/_synapse/admin/v1/users/.*/media$
- </code></pre>
- <p>You should also set <code>enable_media_repo: False</code> in the shared configuration
- file to stop the main synapse running background jobs related to managing the
- media repository. Note that doing so will prevent the main process from being
- able to handle the above endpoints.</p>
- <p>In the <code>media_repository</code> worker configuration file, configure the http listener to
- expose the <code>media</code> resource. For example:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml"> worker_listeners:
- - type: http
- port: 8085
- resources:
- - names:
- - media
- </code></pre>
- <p>Note that if running multiple media repositories they must be on the same server
- and you must configure a single instance to run the background tasks, e.g.:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml"> media_instance_running_background_jobs: "media-repository-1"
- </code></pre>
- <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>
- <h3 id="synapseappuser_dir"><a class="header" href="#synapseappuser_dir"><code>synapse.app.user_dir</code></a></h3>
- <p>Handles searches in the user directory. It can handle REST endpoints matching
- the following regular expressions:</p>
- <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/user_directory/search$
- </code></pre>
- <p>When using this worker you must also set <code>update_user_directory: False</code> in the
- shared configuration file to stop the main synapse running background
- jobs related to updating the user directory.</p>
- <h3 id="synapseappfrontend_proxy"><a class="header" href="#synapseappfrontend_proxy"><code>synapse.app.frontend_proxy</code></a></h3>
- <p>Proxies some frequently-requested client endpoints to add caching and remove
- load from the main synapse. It can handle REST endpoints matching the following
- regular expressions:</p>
- <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/keys/upload
- </code></pre>
- <p>If <code>use_presence</code> is False in the homeserver config, it can also handle REST
- endpoints matching the following regular expressions:</p>
- <pre><code>^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/presence/[^/]+/status
- </code></pre>
- <p>This "stub" presence handler will pass through <code>GET</code> request but make the
- <code>PUT</code> effectively a no-op.</p>
- <p>It will proxy any requests it cannot handle to the main synapse instance. It
- must therefore be configured with the location of the main instance, via
- the <code>worker_main_http_uri</code> setting in the <code>frontend_proxy</code> worker configuration
- file. For example:</p>
- <pre><code>worker_main_http_uri: http://127.0.0.1:8008
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="historical-apps"><a class="header" href="#historical-apps">Historical apps</a></h3>
- <p><em>Note:</em> Historically there used to be more apps, however they have been
- amalgamated into a single <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> app. The remaining apps
- are ones that do specific processing unrelated to requests, e.g. the <code>pusher</code>
- that handles sending out push notifications for new events. The intention is for
- all these to be folded into the <code>generic_worker</code> app and to use config to define
- which processes handle the various proccessing such as push notifications.</p>
- <h2 id="migration-from-old-config"><a class="header" href="#migration-from-old-config">Migration from old config</a></h2>
- <p>There are two main independent changes that have been made: introducing Redis
- support and merging apps into <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code>. Both these changes
- are backwards compatible and so no changes to the config are required, however
- server admins are encouraged to plan to migrate to Redis as the old style direct
- TCP replication config is deprecated.</p>
- <p>To migrate to Redis add the <code>redis</code> config as above, and optionally remove the
- TCP <code>replication</code> listener from master and <code>worker_replication_port</code> from worker
- config.</p>
- <p>To migrate apps to use <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> simply update the
- <code>worker_app</code> option in the worker configs, and where worker are started (e.g.
- in systemd service files, but not required for synctl).</p>
- <h2 id="architectural-diagram"><a class="header" href="#architectural-diagram">Architectural diagram</a></h2>
- <p>The following shows an example setup using Redis and a reverse proxy:</p>
- <pre><code> Clients & Federation
- |
- v
- +-----------+
- | |
- | Reverse |
- | Proxy |
- | |
- +-----------+
- | | |
- | | | HTTP requests
- +-------------------+ | +-----------+
- | +---+ |
- | | |
- v v v
- +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+
- | Main | | Generic | | Generic | | Event |
- | Process | | Worker 1 | | Worker 2 | | Persister |
- +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+
- ^ ^ | ^ | | ^ | ^ ^
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | | | | | HTTP | | | | |
- | +----------+<--|---|---------+ | | | |
- | | +-------------|-->+----------+ |
- | | | |
- | | | |
- v v v v
- ====================================================================
- Redis pub/sub channel
- </code></pre>
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