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Update reverse proxy to add OpenBSD relayd example configuration. (#9508
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Update reverse proxy to add OpenBSD relayd example configuration.

Signed-off-by: Leo Bärring <[email protected]>
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It is recommended to put a reverse proxy such as
`nginx <https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html>`_,
`Apache <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy_http.html>`_,
`Caddy <https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy>`_ or
`HAProxy <https://www.haproxy.org/>`_ in front of Synapse. One advantage of
`Caddy <https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy>`_,
`HAProxy <https://www.haproxy.org/>`_ or
`relayd <https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8>`_ in front of Synapse. One advantage of
doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port (443) to
Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root privileges.

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Add relayd entry to reverse proxy example configurations.
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It is recommended to put a reverse proxy such as
[nginx](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html),
[Apache](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy_http.html),
[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy) or
[HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) in front of Synapse. One advantage
[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy),
[HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) or
[relayd](https://man.openbsd.org/relayd.8) in front of Synapse. One advantage
of doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port
(443) to Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root
privileges.
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server matrix 127.0.0.1:8008
```

### Relayd

```
table <webserver> { 127.0.0.1 }
table <matrixserver> { 127.0.0.1 }
http protocol "https" {
tls { no tlsv1.0, ciphers "HIGH" }
tls keypair "example.com"
match header set "X-Forwarded-For" value "$REMOTE_ADDR"
match header set "X-Forwarded-Proto" value "https"
# set CORS header for .well-known/matrix/server, .well-known/matrix/client
# httpd does not support setting headers, so do it here
match request path "/.well-known/matrix/*" tag "matrix-cors"
match response tagged "matrix-cors" header set "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value "*"
pass quick path "/_matrix/*" forward to <matrixserver>
pass quick path "/_synapse/client/*" forward to <matrixserver>
# pass on non-matrix traffic to webserver
pass forward to <webserver>
}
relay "https_traffic" {
listen on egress port 443 tls
protocol "https"
forward to <matrixserver> port 8008 check tcp
forward to <webserver> port 8080 check tcp
}
http protocol "matrix" {
tls { no tlsv1.0, ciphers "HIGH" }
tls keypair "example.com"
block
pass quick path "/_matrix/*" forward to <matrixserver>
pass quick path "/_synapse/client/*" forward to <matrixserver>
}
relay "matrix_federation" {
listen on egress port 8448 tls
protocol "matrix"
forward to <matrixserver> port 8008 check tcp
}
```

## Homeserver Configuration

You will also want to set `bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']` and
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