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# Using a reverse proxy with Synapse
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It is recommended to put a reverse proxy such as
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[nginx](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html),
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[Apache](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy_http.html),
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[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy),
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[HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) or
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[relayd](https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8) in front of Synapse. One advantage
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of doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port
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(443) to Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root
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privileges.
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You should configure your reverse proxy to forward requests to `/_matrix` or
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`/_synapse/client` to Synapse, and have it set the `X-Forwarded-For` and
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`X-Forwarded-Proto` request headers.
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You should remember that Matrix clients and other Matrix servers do not
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necessarily need to connect to your server via the same server name or
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port. Indeed, clients will use port 443 by default, whereas servers default to
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port 8448. Where these are different, we refer to the 'client port' and the
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'federation port'. See [the Matrix
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specification](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/latest#resolving-server-names)
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for more details of the algorithm used for federation connections, and
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[Delegation](delegate.md) for instructions on setting up delegation.
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**NOTE**: Your reverse proxy must not `canonicalise` or `normalise`
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the requested URI in any way (for example, by decoding `%xx` escapes).
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Beware that Apache *will* canonicalise URIs unless you specify
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`nocanon`.
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Let's assume that we expect clients to connect to our server at
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`https://matrix.example.com`, and other servers to connect at
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`https://example.com:8448`. The following sections detail the configuration of
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the reverse proxy and the homeserver.
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## Homeserver Configuration
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The HTTP configuration will need to be updated for Synapse to correctly record
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client IP addresses and generate redirect URLs while behind a reverse proxy.
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In `homeserver.yaml` set `x_forwarded: true` in the port 8008 section and
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consider setting `bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']` so that the server only
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listens to traffic on localhost. (Do not change `bind_addresses` to `127.0.0.1`
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when using a containerized Synapse, as that will prevent it from responding
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to proxied traffic.)
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## Reverse-proxy configuration examples
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**NOTE**: You only need one of these.
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### nginx
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```nginx
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server {
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listen 443 ssl http2;
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listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
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# For the federation port
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listen 8448 ssl http2 default_server;
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listen [::]:8448 ssl http2 default_server;
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server_name matrix.example.com;
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location ~ ^(/_matrix|/_synapse/client) {
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# note: do not add a path (even a single /) after the port in `proxy_pass`,
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# otherwise nginx will canonicalise the URI and cause signature verification
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# errors.
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proxy_pass http://localhost:8008;
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proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
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proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
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proxy_set_header Host $host;
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# Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
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# Increase client_max_body_size to match max_upload_size defined in homeserver.yaml
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client_max_body_size 50M;
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}
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}
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```
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### Caddy v1
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```
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matrix.example.com {
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proxy /_matrix http://localhost:8008 {
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transparent
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}
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proxy /_synapse/client http://localhost:8008 {
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transparent
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}
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}
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example.com:8448 {
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proxy / http://localhost:8008 {
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transparent
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}
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}
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```
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### Caddy v2
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```
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matrix.example.com {
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reverse_proxy /_matrix/* http://localhost:8008
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reverse_proxy /_synapse/client/* http://localhost:8008
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}
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example.com:8448 {
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reverse_proxy http://localhost:8008
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}
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```
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[Delegation](delegate.md) example:
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```
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(matrix-well-known-header) {
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# Headers
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header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
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header Access-Control-Allow-Methods "GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS"
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header Access-Control-Allow-Headers "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization"
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header Content-Type "application/json"
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}
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example.com {
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handle /.well-known/matrix/server {
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import matrix-well-known-header
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respond `{"m.server":"matrix.example.com:443"}`
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}
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handle /.well-known/matrix/client {
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import matrix-well-known-header
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respond `{"m.homeserver":{"base_url":"https://matrix.example.com"},"m.identity_server":{"base_url":"https://identity.example.com"}}`
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}
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}
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matrix.example.com {
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reverse_proxy /_matrix/* http://localhost:8008
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reverse_proxy /_synapse/client/* http://localhost:8008
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}
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```
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### Apache
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```apache
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<VirtualHost *:443>
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SSLEngine on
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ServerName matrix.example.com
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RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
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AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
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ProxyPreserveHost on
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ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon
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ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix
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ProxyPass /_synapse/client http://127.0.0.1:8008/_synapse/client nocanon
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ProxyPassReverse /_synapse/client http://127.0.0.1:8008/_synapse/client
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</VirtualHost>
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<VirtualHost *:8448>
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SSLEngine on
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ServerName example.com
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RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
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AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
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ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon
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ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix
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</VirtualHost>
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```
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**NOTE**: ensure the `nocanon` options are included.
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**NOTE 2**: It appears that Synapse is currently incompatible with the ModSecurity module for Apache (`mod_security2`). If you need it enabled for other services on your web server, you can disable it for Synapse's two VirtualHosts by including the following lines before each of the two `</VirtualHost>` above:
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```apache
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<IfModule security2_module>
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SecRuleEngine off
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</IfModule>
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```
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**NOTE 3**: Missing `ProxyPreserveHost on` can lead to a redirect loop.
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### HAProxy
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```
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frontend https
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bind *:443,[::]:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/ strict-sni alpn h2,http/1.1
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http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if { ssl_fc }
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http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto http if !{ ssl_fc }
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http-request set-header X-Forwarded-For %[src]
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# Matrix client traffic
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acl matrix-host hdr(host) -i matrix.example.com matrix.example.com:443
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acl matrix-path path_beg /_matrix
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acl matrix-path path_beg /_synapse/client
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use_backend matrix if matrix-host matrix-path
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frontend matrix-federation
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bind *:8448,[::]:8448 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/synapse.pem alpn h2,http/1.1
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http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if { ssl_fc }
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http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto http if !{ ssl_fc }
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http-request set-header X-Forwarded-For %[src]
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default_backend matrix
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backend matrix
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server matrix 127.0.0.1:8008
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```
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### Relayd
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```
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table <webserver> { 127.0.0.1 }
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table <matrixserver> { 127.0.0.1 }
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http protocol "https" {
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tls { no tlsv1.0, ciphers "HIGH" }
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tls keypair "example.com"
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match header set "X-Forwarded-For" value "$REMOTE_ADDR"
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match header set "X-Forwarded-Proto" value "https"
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# set CORS header for .well-known/matrix/server, .well-known/matrix/client
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# httpd does not support setting headers, so do it here
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match request path "/.well-known/matrix/*" tag "matrix-cors"
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match response tagged "matrix-cors" header set "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value "*"
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pass quick path "/_matrix/*" forward to <matrixserver>
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pass quick path "/_synapse/client/*" forward to <matrixserver>
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# pass on non-matrix traffic to webserver
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pass forward to <webserver>
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}
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relay "https_traffic" {
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listen on egress port 443 tls
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protocol "https"
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forward to <matrixserver> port 8008 check tcp
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forward to <webserver> port 8080 check tcp
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}
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http protocol "matrix" {
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tls { no tlsv1.0, ciphers "HIGH" }
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tls keypair "example.com"
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block
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pass quick path "/_matrix/*" forward to <matrixserver>
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pass quick path "/_synapse/client/*" forward to <matrixserver>
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}
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relay "matrix_federation" {
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listen on egress port 8448 tls
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protocol "matrix"
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forward to <matrixserver> port 8008 check tcp
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}
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```
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## Health check endpoint
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Synapse exposes a health check endpoint for use by reverse proxies.
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Each configured HTTP listener has a `/health` endpoint which always returns
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200 OK (and doesn't get logged).
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## Synapse administration endpoints
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Endpoints for administering your Synapse instance are placed under
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`/_synapse/admin`. These require authentication through an access token of an
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admin user. However as access to these endpoints grants the caller a lot of power,
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we do not recommend exposing them to the public internet without good reason.
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