diff --git a/references/synapse-config/homeserver.yaml b/references/synapse-config/homeserver.yaml
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+# Configuration file for Synapse.
+#
+# This is a YAML file: see [1] for a quick introduction. Note in particular
+# that *indentation is important*: all the elements of a list or dictionary
+# should have the same indentation.
+#
+# [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
+#
+# For more information on how to configure Synapse, including a complete accounting of
+# each option, go to docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md or
+# https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html
+server_name: "my.matrix.host"
+pid_file: /data/homeserver.pid
+listeners:
+  - port: 8008
+    resources:
+    - compress: false
+      names:
+      - client
+      - federation
+    tls: false
+    type: http
+    x_forwarded: true
+database:
+  name: sqlite3
+  args:
+    database: /data/homeserver.db
+log_config: "/data/my.matrix.host.log.config"
+media_store_path: /data/media_store
+registration_shared_secret: "uC7Pv@:r=@Slvhx7Ex*An8QHXWnPRyI9+COZr_&;Kh*,~lGpql"
+report_stats: true
+macaroon_secret_key: "+QUdDhvNc9*@MORp9K-TjuGp1j5Ff-mUBS+pjkmAFWR0Y3#da8"
+form_secret: "meZSlI7K.EI-6hmXcjzCNf2IwrThcnoVr2X0iohOV7K5a_w^Ud"
+signing_key_path: "/data/my.matrix.host.signing.key"
+trusted_key_servers:
+  - server_name: "matrix.org"
+
+
+# vim:ft=yaml
+
diff --git a/references/synapse-config/my.matrix.host.log.config b/references/synapse-config/my.matrix.host.log.config
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+version: 1
+
+formatters:
+  precise:
+    
+    format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
+    
+
+handlers:
+
+
+  console:
+    class: logging.StreamHandler
+    formatter: precise
+
+loggers:
+    # This is just here so we can leave `loggers` in the config regardless of whether
+    # we configure other loggers below (avoid empty yaml dict error).
+    _placeholder:
+        level: "INFO"
+
+    
+    
+    synapse.storage.SQL:
+        # beware: increasing this to DEBUG will make synapse log sensitive
+        # information such as access tokens.
+        level: INFO
+    
+
+    
+
+root:
+    level: INFO
+
+
+    handlers: [console]
+
+
+disable_existing_loggers: false
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