Make it safer to override matrix_synapse_media_store_path

This is described in Github issue #58.

Until now, we had the variable, but if you redefined it, you'd run
into multiple problems:

- we actually always mounted some "storage" directory to the Synapse
container. So if your media store is not there, you're out of luck

- homeserver.yaml always hardcoded the path to the media store,
as a directory called "media-store" inside the storage directory.

Relocating to outside the storage directory was out of the question.

Moreover, even if you had simply renamed the media store directory
(e.g. "media-store" -> "media_store"), it would have also caused trouble.

With this patch, we mount the media store's parent to the Synapse container.
This way, we don't care where the media store is (inside storage or
not). We also don't assume (anymore) that the final part of the path
is called "media-store" -- anything can be used.

The "storage" directory and variable (`matrix_synapse_storage_path`)
still remain for compatibility purposes. People who were previously
overriding `matrix_synapse_storage_path` can continue doing so
and their media store will be at the same place.

The playbook no longer explicitly creates the `matrix_synapse_storage_path` directory
though. It's not necessary. If the media store is specified to be within it, it will
get created when the media store directory is created by the playbook.
development
Slavi Pantaleev 6 years ago
parent e693b12d28
commit bfcceb1e82

@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
msg: "You need to set a secret in the matrix_synapse_macaroon_secret_key variable"
when: "matrix_synapse_macaroon_secret_key == ''"
- set_fact:
matrix_synapse_media_store_parent_path: "{{ matrix_synapse_media_store_path|dirname }}"
matrix_synapse_media_store_directory_name: "{{ matrix_synapse_media_store_path|basename }}"
- name: Ensure Matrix Synapse paths exist
file:
path: "{{ item }}"
@ -15,8 +19,7 @@
with_items:
- "{{ matrix_synapse_config_dir_path }}"
- "{{ matrix_synapse_run_path }}"
- "{{ matrix_synapse_storage_path }}"
- "{{ matrix_synapse_ext_path }}"
# We handle matrix_synapse_media_store_path elsewhere (in setup_synapse.yml),
# because if it's using S3fs and it's already mounted (from before),
# We handle matrix_synapse_media_store_path elsewhere (in setup_synapse_main.yml),
# because if it's using Goofys and it's already mounted (from before),
# trying to chown/chmod it here will cause trouble.

@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ federation_rc_concurrent: 3
# Directory where uploaded images and attachments are stored.
media_store_path: "/matrix-storage/media-store"
media_store_path: "/matrix-media-store-parent/{{ matrix_synapse_media_store_directory_name }}"
# Media storage providers allow media to be stored in different
# locations.

@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --rm --name matrix-synapse \
{% endif %}
-v {{ matrix_synapse_config_dir_path }}:/data \
-v {{ matrix_synapse_run_path }}:/matrix-run \
-v {{ matrix_synapse_storage_path }}:/matrix-storage:slave \
-v {{ matrix_synapse_base_path }}/storage:/matrix-media-store-parent:slave \
{% for volume in matrix_synapse_container_additional_volumes %}
-v {{ volume.src }}:{{ volume.dst }}:{{ volume.options }} \
{% endfor %}

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