Add a dockerfile for running a set of Synapse worker processes

changelog.d/9162.misc

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+Add a dockerfile for running Synapse in worker-mode under Complement.

docker/Dockerfile-workers

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+# Inherit from the official Synapse docker image
+FROM matrixdotorg/synapse
+
+# Install deps
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y supervisor redis nginx
+
+# Remove the default nginx sites
+RUN rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
+
+# Copy Synapse worker, nginx and supervisord configuration template files
+COPY ./docker/conf-workers/* /conf/
+
+# Expose nginx listener port
+EXPOSE 8080/tcp
+
+# Volume for user-editable config files, logs etc.
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+
+# A script to read environment variables and create the necessary
+# files to run the desired worker configuration. Will start supervisord.
+COPY ./docker/configure_workers_and_start.py /configure_workers_and_start.py
+ENTRYPOINT ["/configure_workers_and_start.py"]

docker/README-testing.md

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+# Running tests against a dockerised Synapse
+
+It's possible to run integration tests against Synapse
+using [Complement](https://github.com/matrix-org/complement). Complement is a Matrix Spec
+compliance test suite for homeservers, and supports any homeserver docker image configured
+to listen on ports 8008/8448. This document contains instructions for building Synapse
+docker images that can be run inside Complement for testing purposes.
+
+Note that running Synapse's unit tests from within the docker image is not supported.
+
+## Testing with SQLite and single-process Synapse
+
+> Note that `scripts-dev/complement.sh` is a script that will automatically build 
+> and run an SQLite-based, single-process of Synapse against Complement.
+
+The instructions below will set up Complement testing for a single-process, 
+SQLite-based Synapse deployment.
+
+Start by building the base Synapse docker image. If you wish to run tests with the latest
+release of Synapse, instead of your current checkout, you can skip this step. From the
+root of the repository:
+
+```sh
+docker build -t matrixdotorg/synapse -f docker/Dockerfile .
+```
+
+This will build an image with the tag `matrixdotorg/synapse`.
+
+Next, build the Synapse image for Complement. You will need a local checkout 
+of Complement. Change to the root of your Complement checkout and run:
+
+```sh
+docker build -t complement-synapse -f "dockerfiles/Synapse.Dockerfile" dockerfiles
+```
+
+This will build an image with the tag `complement-synapse`, which can be handed to 
+Complement for testing via the `COMPLEMENT_BASE_IMAGE` environment variable. Refer to 
+[Complement's documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/complement/#running) for 
+how to run the tests, as well as the various available command line flags.
+
+## Testing with PostgreSQL and single or multi-process Synapse
+
+The above docker image only supports running Synapse with SQLite and in a 
+single-process topology. The following instructions are used to build a Synapse image for 
+Complement that supports either single or multi-process topology with a PostgreSQL 
+database backend.
+
+As with the single-process image, build the base Synapse docker image. If you wish to run
+tests with the latest release of Synapse, instead of your current checkout, you can skip
+this step. From the root of the repository:
+
+```sh
+docker build -t matrixdotorg/synapse -f docker/Dockerfile .
+```
+
+This will build an image with the tag `matrixdotorg/synapse`.
+
+Next, we build a new image with worker support based on `matrixdotorg/synapse:latest`. 
+Again, from the root of the repository:
+
+```sh
+docker build -t matrixdotorg/synapse-workers -f docker/Dockerfile-workers .
+```
+
+This will build an image with the tag` matrixdotorg/synapse-workers`.
+
+It's worth noting at this point that this image is fully functional, and 
+can be used for testing against locally. See instructions for using the container 
+under
+[Running the Dockerfile-worker image standalone](#running-the-dockerfile-worker-image-standalone)
+below.
+
+Finally, build the Synapse image for Complement, which is based on
+`matrixdotorg/synapse-workers`. You will need a local checkout of Complement. Change to
+the root of your Complement checkout and run:
+
+```sh
+docker build -t matrixdotorg/complement-synapse-workers -f dockerfiles/SynapseWorkers.Dockerfile dockerfiles
+```
+
+This will build an image with the tag `complement-synapse`, which can be handed to
+Complement for testing via the `COMPLEMENT_BASE_IMAGE` environment variable. Refer to
+[Complement's documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/complement/#running) for
+how to run the tests, as well as the various available command line flags.
+
+## Running the Dockerfile-worker image standalone
+
+For manual testing of a multi-process Synapse instance in Docker,
+[Dockerfile-workers](Dockerfile-workers) is a Dockerfile that will produce an image
+bundling all necessary components together for a workerised homeserver instance.
+
+This includes any desired Synapse worker processes, a nginx to route traffic accordingly,
+a redis for worker communication and a supervisord instance to start up and monitor all
+processes. You will need to provide your own postgres container to connect to, and TLS 
+is not handled by the container.
+
+Once you've built the image using the above instructions, you can run it. Be sure 
+you've set up a volume according to the [usual Synapse docker instructions](README.md).
+Then run something along the lines of:
+
+```
+docker run -d --name synapse \
+ --mount type=volume,src=synapse-data,dst=/data \
+ -p 8008:8008 \
+ -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host \
+ -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=no \
+ -e POSTGRES_HOST=postgres \
+ -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres \
+ -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=somesecret \
+ -e SYNAPSE_WORKER_TYPES=synchrotron,media_repository,user_dir \
+ -e SYNAPSE_WORKERS_WRITE_LOGS_TO_DISK=1 \
+ matrixdotorg/synapse-workers
+```
+
+...substituting `POSTGRES*` variables for those that match a postgres host you have 
+available (usually a running postgres docker container).
+
+The `SYNAPSE_WORKER_TYPES` environment variable is a comma-separated list of workers to
+use when running the container. All possible worker names are defined by the keys of the
+`WORKERS_CONFIG` variable in [this script](configure_workers_and_start.py), which the
+Dockerfile makes use of to generate appropriate worker, nginx and supervisord config
+files.
+
+Sharding is supported for a subset of workers, in line with the
+[worker documentation](../docs/workers.md). To run multiple instances of a given worker
+type, simply specify the type multiple times in `SYNAPSE_WORKER_TYPES`
+(e.g `SYNAPSE_WORKER_TYPES=event_creator,event_creator...`).
+
+Otherwise, `SYNAPSE_WORKER_TYPES` can either be left empty or unset to spawn no workers
+(leaving only the main process). The container is configured to use redis-based worker
+mode.
+
+Logs for workers and the main process are logged to stdout and can be viewed with 
+standard `docker logs` tooling. Worker logs contain their worker name 
+after the timestamp.
+
+Setting `SYNAPSE_WORKERS_WRITE_LOGS_TO_DISK=1` will cause worker logs to be written to
+`<data_dir>/logs/<worker_name>.log`. Logs are kept for 1 week and rotate every day at 00:
+00, according to the container's clock. Logging for the main process must still be 
+configured by modifying the homeserver's log config in your Synapse data volume.

docker/README.md

@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ is not supported by this image.
 
 ## Volumes
 
-By default, the image expects a single volume, located at ``/data``, that will hold:
+By default, the image expects a single volume, located at `/data`, that will hold:
 
 * configuration files;
 * uploaded media and thumbnails;
 * the SQLite database if you do not configure postgres;
 * the appservices configuration.
 
 You are free to use separate volumes depending on storage endpoints at your
-disposal. For instance, ``/data/media`` could be stored on a large but low
+disposal. For instance, `/data/media` could be stored on a large but low
 performance hdd storage while other files could be stored on high performance
 endpoints.
 
-In order to setup an application service, simply create an ``appservices``
+In order to setup an application service, simply create an `appservices`
 directory in the data volume and write the application service Yaml
 configuration file there. Multiple application services are supported.
 
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ The following environment variables are supported in `generate` mode:
 * `SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME` (mandatory): the server public hostname.
 * `SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS` (mandatory, `yes` or `no`): whether to enable
  anonymous statistics reporting.
+* `SYNAPSE_HTTP_PORT`: the port Synapse should listen on for http traffic.
+ Defaults to `8008`.
 * `SYNAPSE_CONFIG_DIR`: where additional config files (such as the log config
  and event signing key) will be stored. Defaults to `/data`.
 * `SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH`: path to the file to be generated. Defaults to
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ docker run -d --name synapse \
  matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
 ```
 
+(assuming 8008 is the port Synapse is configured to listen on for http traffic.)
+
 You can then check that it has started correctly with:
 
 ```
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 ## Using jemalloc
 
 Jemalloc is embedded in the image and will be used instead of the default allocator.
-You can read about jemalloc by reading the Synapse [README](../README.md)
+You can read about jemalloc by reading the Synapse [README](../README.md).

docker/conf-workers/nginx.conf.j2

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+# This file contains the base config for the reverse proxy, as part of ../Dockerfile-workers.
+# configure_workers_and_start.py uses and amends to this file depending on the workers
+# that have been selected.
+
+{{ upstream_directives }}
+
+server {
+ # Listen on an unoccupied port number
+ listen 8008;
+ listen [::]:8008;
+
+ server_name localhost;
+
+ # Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
+ # Increase client_max_body_size to match max_upload_size defined in homeserver.yaml
+ client_max_body_size 100M;
+
+{{ worker_locations }}
+
+ # Send all other traffic to the main process
+ location ~* ^(\\/_matrix|\\/_synapse) {
+ proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
+ proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+ proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+ proxy_set_header Host $host;
+ }
+}

docker/conf-workers/shared.yaml.j2

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+# This file contains the base for the shared homeserver config file between Synapse workers,
+# as part of ./Dockerfile-workers.
+# configure_workers_and_start.py uses and amends to this file depending on the workers
+# that have been selected.
+
+redis:
+ enabled: true
+
+{{ shared_worker_config }}

docker/conf-workers/supervisord.conf.j2

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+# This file contains the base config for supervisord, as part of ../Dockerfile-workers.
+# configure_workers_and_start.py uses and amends to this file depending on the workers
+# that have been selected.
+[supervisord]
+nodaemon=true
+user=root
+
+[program:nginx]
+command=/usr/sbin/nginx -g "daemon off;"
+priority=500
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
+username=www-data
+autorestart=true
+
+[program:redis]
+command=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf --daemonize no
+priority=1
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
+username=redis
+autorestart=true
+
+[program:synapse_main]
+command=/usr/local/bin/python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path="{{ main_config_path }}" --config-path=/conf/workers/shared.yaml
+priority=10
+# Log startup failures to supervisord's stdout/err
+# Regular synapse logs will still go in the configured data directory
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
+autorestart=unexpected
+exitcodes=0
+
+# Additional process blocks
+{{ worker_config }}

docker/conf-workers/worker.yaml.j2

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+# This is a configuration template for a single worker instance, and is
+# used by Dockerfile-workers.
+# Values will be change depending on whichever workers are selected when
+# running that image.
+
+worker_app: "{{ app }}"
+worker_name: "{{ name }}"
+
+# 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: {{ port }}
+{% if listener_resources %}
+ resources:
+ - names:
+{%- for resource in listener_resources %}
+ - {{ resource }}
+{%- endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+worker_log_config: {{ worker_log_config_filepath }}
+
+{{ worker_extra_conf }}

docker/conf/homeserver.yaml

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  compress: false
  {% endif %}
 
- - port: 8008
+ # Allow configuring in case we want to reverse proxy 8008
+ # using another process in the same container
+ - port: {{ SYNAPSE_HTTP_PORT or 8008 }}
  tls: false
  bind_addresses: ['::']
  type: http

docker/conf/log.config

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 formatters:
  precise:
- format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
+{% if worker_name %}
+ format: '%(asctime)s - worker:{{ worker_name }} - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
+{% else %}
+ format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
+{% endif %}
 
 handlers:
+ file:
+ class: logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler
+ formatter: precise
+ filename: {{ LOG_FILE_PATH or "homeserver.log" }}
+ when: "midnight"
+ backupCount: 6 # Does not include the current log file.
+ encoding: utf8
+
+ # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency. This means that
+ # there will be a delay for INFO/DEBUG logs to get written, but WARNING/ERROR
+ # logs will still be flushed immediately.
+ buffer:
+ class: logging.handlers.MemoryHandler
+ target: file
+ # The capacity is the number of log lines that are buffered before
+ # being written to disk. Increasing this will lead to better
+ # performance, at the expensive of it taking longer for log lines to
+ # be written to disk.
+ capacity: 10
+ flushLevel: 30 # Flush for WARNING logs as well
+
  console:
  class: logging.StreamHandler
  formatter: precise
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 root:
  level: {{ SYNAPSE_LOG_LEVEL or "INFO" }}
+
+{% if LOG_FILE_PATH %}
+ handlers: [console, buffer]
+{% else %}
  handlers: [console]
+{% endif %}
 
 disable_existing_loggers: false