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Add instructions how to setup the postgres user and clarify the final step
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@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ Postgres version 9.4 or later is known to work.
Set up database
===============
The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise
Assuming your PostgreSQL database user is called ``postgres``, create a user
``synapse_user`` with::
su - postgres
createuser --pwprompt synapse_user
The PostgreSQL database used *must* have the correct encoding set, otherwise it
would not be able to store UTF8 strings. To create a database with the correct
encoding use, e.g.::
@ -46,8 +52,8 @@ As with Debian/Ubuntu, postgres support depends on the postgres python connector
Synapse config
==============
When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, add the following line to your
config file::
When you are ready to start using PostgreSQL, edit the ``database`` section in
your config file to match the following lines::
database:
name: psycopg2
@ -96,9 +102,12 @@ complete, restart synapse. For instance::
cp homeserver.db homeserver.db.snapshot
./synctl start
Assuming your new config file (as described in the section *Synapse config*)
is named ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` and the SQLite snapshot is at
``homeserver.db.snapshot`` then simply run::
Copy the old config file into a new config file::
cp homeserver.yaml homeserver-postgres.yaml
Edit the database section as described in the section *Synapse config* above
and with the SQLite snapshot located at ``homeserver.db.snapshot`` simply run::
synapse_port_db --sqlite-database homeserver.db.snapshot \
--postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml
@ -117,6 +126,11 @@ run::
--postgres-config homeserver-postgres.yaml
Once that has completed, change the synapse config to point at the PostgreSQL
database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` (i.e. rename it to
``homeserver.yaml``) and restart synapse. Synapse should now be running against
PostgreSQL.
database configuration file ``homeserver-postgres.yaml``:
./synctl stop
mv homeserver.yaml homeserver-old-sqlite.yaml
mv homeserver-postgres.yaml homeserver.yaml
./synctl start
Synapse should now be running against PostgreSQL.