synapse_port_db.1

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.TH "SYNAPSE_PORT_DB" "1" "July 2021" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBsynapse_port_db\fR \- A script to port an existing synapse SQLite database to a new PostgreSQL database\.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBsynapse_port_db\fR [\-v] \-\-sqlite\-database=\fIdbfile\fR \-\-postgres\-config=\fIyamlconfig\fR [\-\-curses] [\-\-batch\-size=\fIbatch\-size\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBsynapse_port_db\fR ports an existing synapse SQLite database to a new PostgreSQL database\.
.P
SQLite database is specified with \fB\-\-sqlite\-database\fR option and PostgreSQL configuration required to connect to PostgreSQL database is provided using \fB\-\-postgres\-config\fR configuration\. The configuration is specified in YAML format\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB\-v\fR
Print log messages in \fBdebug\fR level instead of \fBinfo\fR level\.
.TP
\fB\-\-sqlite\-database\fR
The snapshot of the SQLite database file\. This must not be currently used by a running synapse server\.
.TP
\fB\-\-postgres\-config\fR
The database config file for the PostgreSQL database\.
.TP
\fB\-\-curses\fR
Display a curses based progress UI\.
.SH "CONFIG FILE"
The postgres configuration file must be a valid YAML file with the following options\.
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\fBdatabase\fR: Database configuration section\. This section header can be ignored and the options below may be specified as top level keys\.
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\fBname\fR: Connector to use when connecting to the database\. This value must be \fBpsycopg2\fR\.
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\fBargs\fR: DB API 2\.0 compatible arguments to send to the \fBpsycopg2\fR module\.
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\fBdbname\fR \- the database name
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\fBuser\fR \- user name used to authenticate
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\fBpassword\fR \- password used to authenticate
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\fBhost\fR \- database host address (defaults to UNIX socket if not provided)
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\fBport\fR \- connection port number (defaults to 5432 if not provided)
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\fBsynchronous_commit\fR: Optional\. Default is True\. If the value is \fBFalse\fR, enable asynchronous commit and don\'t wait for the server to call fsync before ending the transaction\. See: https://www\.postgresql\.org/docs/current/static/wal\-async\-commit\.html
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.P
Following example illustrates the configuration file format\.
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.nf
database:
  name: psycopg2
  args:
    dbname: synapsedb
    user: synapseuser
    password: ORohmi9Eet=ohphi
    host: localhost
  synchronous_commit: false
.fi
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.SH "COPYRIGHT"
This man page was written by Sunil Mohan Adapa <\fI\%mailto:sunil@medhas\.org\fR> for Debian GNU/Linux distribution\.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
synctl(1), hash_password(1), register_new_matrix_user(1), synapse_review_recent_signups(1)