Create a work directory and set the necessary permissions:
mkdir -p /opt/matrix/synapse/data
sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /opt/matrixThen we need an internal docker network for the services to communicate on:
docker network create matrixnano /opt/matrix/docker-compose.ymlversion: "3"
services:
proxy:
image: "jwilder/nginx-proxy"
container_name: "proxy"
volumes:
- "certs:/etc/nginx/certs"
- "vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d"
- "html:/usr/share/nginx/html"
- "/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro"
networks: ["matrix"]
restart: "always"
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
networks:
matrix:
external: true
volumes:
certs:
vhost:
html:nano /opt/matrix/docker-compose.ymlversion: "3"
services:
proxy:
...
letsencrypt:
image: "jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion"
container_name: "letsencrypt"
volumes:
- "certs:/etc/nginx/certs"
- "vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d"
- "html:/usr/share/nginx/html"
- "/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
environment:
NGINX_PROXY_CONTAINER: "proxy"
networks: ["matrix"]
restart: "always"
depends_on: ["proxy"]
...Run the compose file with:
docker-compose up -dcurl localhost<html>
<head><title>503 Service Temporarily Unavailable</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>503 Service Temporarily Unavailable</h1></center>
<hr><center>nginx</center>
</body>
</html>nano /opt/matrix/synapse/docker-compose.ymlversion: "3"
services:
synapse:
image: "matrixdotorg/synapse:latest"
container_name: "synapse"
volumes:
- "./data:/data"
environment:
# Replace this with your domain
VIRTUAL_HOST: "sub.domain.com"
VIRTUAL_PORT: 8008
# Replace this with your domain
LETSENCRYPT_HOST: "sub.domain.com"
# Replace this with your domain
SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME: "sub.domain.com"
SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS: "yes"
networks: ["matrix"]
networks:
matrix:
external: trueGenerate the configuration file:
docker-compose run --rm synapse generatenano /opt/matrix/synapse/data/homeserver.yaml## Server ##
server_name: "sub.domain.com"
## TLS-enabled listener: for when matrix traffic is sent directly to synapse. ##
listeners:
- port: 8008
tls: false
type: http
x_forwarded: true
resources:
- names: [client, federation]
compress: false
## Registration ##
enable_registration: true Now that everything is in place, you can start synapse using a command as simple as
docker-compose up -dnano /opt/matrix/synapse/docker-compose.ymlversion: "3"
services:
synapse:
...
postgresql:
image: postgres:latest
restart: always
environment:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somepassword
POSTGRES_USER: synapse
POSTGRES_DB: synapse
POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: "--encoding='UTF8' --lc-collate='C' --lc-ctype='C'"
volumes:
- "postgresdata:/var/lib/postgresql/"
networks: ["matrix"]
...
networks:
matrix:
external: true
volumes:
postgresdata:nano /opt/matrix/synapse/data/homeserver.yamlComment out the SQLite block:
## Database ##
database:
name: sqlite3
args:
database: /data/homeserver.dbAnd replace it with:
## Database ##
database:
name: psycopg2
args:
user: synapse
password: somepassword
host: postgresql
database: synapse
cp_min: 5
cp_max: 10docker-compose down
docker-compose up -d