synapse/contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service

# Example systemd configuration file for synapse. Copy into
#    /etc/systemd/system/, update the paths if necessary, then:
#
#    systemctl enable matrix-synapse
#    systemctl start matrix-synapse
#
# This assumes that Synapse has been installed by a user named
# synapse.
#
# This assumes that Synapse has been installed in a virtualenv in
# the user's home directory: `/home/synapse/synapse/env`.
#
# **NOTE:** This is an example service file that may change in the future. If you
# wish to use this please copy rather than symlink it.

[Unit]
Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver
# If you are using postgresql to persist data, uncomment this line to make sure
# synapse starts after the postgresql service.
# After=postgresql.service

[Service]
Type=notify
NotifyAccess=main
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-abort

User=synapse
Group=nogroup

WorkingDirectory=/home/synapse/synapse
ExecStart=/home/synapse/synapse/env/bin/python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/home/synapse/synapse/homeserver.yaml
SyslogIdentifier=matrix-synapse

# adjust the cache factor if necessary
# Environment=SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR=2.0

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target