diff --git a/README.MD b/README.MD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e76cf8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.MD
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+With matrix.YOURDOMAIN pointing at the server:
+
+```
+{
+  imports = [ ./synapse-module ];
+
+  services.matrix-synapse-next = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    workers.federationSenders = 1;
+    workers.federationReceivers = 1;
+
+    enableNginx = true;
+
+    settings = {
+      server_name = "YOURDOMAIN";
+      
+      database = {
+        name = "psycopg2";
+        args = {
+          host = "localhost";
+          user = "synapse";
+          password = "synapse";
+          dbname = "synapse";
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+  
+  services.redis.servers."".enable = true;
+}
+```
+
+is ~enough to get a functional matrix-server running one federation sender and one federation receiver
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd26c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  description = "NixOS modules for matrix related services";
+
+  outputs = { self }: {
+    nixosModules = {
+      synapse = import ./synapse-module;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/synapse-module/default.nix b/synapse-module/default.nix
index 4d97835..ec5f3d8 100644
--- a/synapse-module/default.nix
+++ b/synapse-module/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@
 
 let
   cfg = config.services.matrix-synapse-next;
+  wcfg = cfg.workers;
+
   format = pkgs.formats.yaml {};
   matrix-synapse-common-config = format.generate "matrix-synapse-common-config.yaml" cfg.settings;
   pluginsEnv = cfg.package.python.buildEnv.override {
     extraLibs = cfg.plugins;
   };
+
+  genAttrs' = items: f: g: builtins.listToAttrs (builtins.map (i: lib.attrsets.nameValuePair (f i) (g i)) items);
+
+  isListenerType = type: listener: lib.lists.any (r: lib.lists.any (n: n == type) r.names) listener.resources;  
 in
 {
+  imports = [ ./nginx.nix ];
+
   options.services.matrix-synapse-next = {
     enable = lib.mkEnableOption "matrix-synapse";
 
@@ -40,13 +48,12 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    enableMainSynapse = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.bool;
-      default = true;
-      description = ''
-        Enable the main synapse process.
-        Useful if running workers on separate computers.
-      '';
+    enableNginx = lib.mkEnableOption "Enable the synapse module managing nginx";
+
+    public_baseurl = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "matrix.${cfg.settings.server_name}";
+      description = "The domain where clients and such will connect (May be different from server_name if using delegation)";
     };
 
     mainLogConfig = lib.mkOption {
@@ -55,96 +62,218 @@ in
       default = lib.readFile ./matrix-synapse-log_config.yaml;
     };
 
-    workers = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule ({config, ...}: {
-        options.settings = lib.mkOption {
-          type = lib.types.submodule {
-            freeformType = format.type;
-            
-            options.worker_app = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.enum [
-                "synapse.app.generic_worker"
-                "synapse.app.pusher"
-                "synapse.app.appservice"
-                "synapse.app.federation_sender"
-                "synapse.app.media_repository"
-                "synapse.app.user_dir"
-                "synapse.app.frontend_proxy"
-              ];
-              description = "The type of worker application";
-            };
-            options.worker_replication_host = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.str;
-              description = "The replication listeners ip on the main synapse process";
-              default = "127.0.0.1";
-            };
-            options.worker_replication_http_port = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.port;
-              description = "The replication listeners port on the main synapse process";
-            };
-            options.worker_listeners = lib.mkOption {
-              type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule {
-                options.type = lib.mkOption {
-                  type = lib.types.enum [ "http" "metrics" ];
-                  description = "The type of the listener";
-                  default = "http";
-                };
-                options.port = lib.mkOption {
-                  type = lib.types.port;
-                  description = "the TCP port to bind to";
-                };
-                options.bind_addresses = lib.mkOption {
-                  type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
-                  description = "A list of local addresses to listen on";
-                };
-                options.tls = lib.mkOption {
-                  type = lib.types.bool;
-                  description = "set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.";
-                  default = true;
-                };
-                options.x_forwarded = lib.mkOption {
-                  type = lib.types.bool;
-                  description = ''
-                    Only valid for an 'http' listener. Set to true to use the X-Forwarded-For header as the client IP.
-                    Useful when Synapse is behind a reverse-proxy.
-                  '';
-                  default = false;
-                };
-                options.resources = lib.mkOption {
-                  type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule {
-                    options.names = lib.mkOption {
-                      type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.enum [ "client" "consent" "federation" "keys" "media" "metrics" "openid" "replication" "static" "webclient" ]);
-                      description = "A list of resources to host on this port";
-                    };
-                    options.compress = lib.mkOption {
-                      type = lib.types.bool;
-                      description = "enable HTTP compression for this resource";
-                      default = false;
-                    };
-                  });
-                };
-              });
-              description = "Listener configuration for the worker, similar to the main synapse listener";
-              default = [];
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      }));
-      default = {};
-      description = "Worker configuration";
-      example = {
-        "federation_sender1" = {
-          settings = {
-            worker_name = "federation_sender1";
-            worker_app = "synapse.app.federation_sender";
+    workers = let
+      isReplication = l: lib.lists.any (r: lib.lists.any (n: n == "replication") r.names) l.resources;
 
-            worker_replication_host = "127.0.0.1";
-            worker_replication_http_port = 9093;
-            worker_listeners = [ ];
+      dMRL = lib.lists.findFirst isReplication
+        (throw "No replication listener configured!")
+        cfg.settings.listeners;
+
+      dMRH = lib.findFirst (x: true) (throw "Replication listener had no addresses")
+        dMRL.bind_addresses;
+      dMRP = dMRL.port;
+    in {
+      mainReplicationHost = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.str;
+        default = if builtins.elem dMRH [ "0.0.0.0" "::" ] then "127.0.0.1" else dMRH;
+        description = "Host of the main synapse instance's replication listener";
+      };
+
+      mainReplicationPort = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.port;
+        default = dMRP;
+        description = "Port for the main synapse instance's replication listener";
+      };
+
+      defaultListenerAddress = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.str;
+        default = "127.0.0.1";
+        description = "The default listener address for the worker";
+      };
+
+      workerStartingPort = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.port;
+        description = "What port should the automatically configured workers start enumerating from";
+        default = 8083;
+      };
+
+      enableMetrics = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+        default = cfg.settings.enable_metrics;
+      };
+
+      metricsStartingPort = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.port;
+        default = 18083;
+      };
+
+      federationSenders = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.ints.unsigned;
+        description = "How many automatically configured federation senders to set up";
+        default = 0;
+      };
+
+      federationReceivers = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.ints.unsigned;
+        description = "How many automatically configured federation recievers to set up";
+        default = 0;
+      };
+
+      initialSyncers = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.ints.unsigned;
+        description = "How many automatically configured intial syncers to set up";
+        default = 0;
+      };
+
+      normalSyncers = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.ints.unsigned;
+        description = "How many automatically configured sync workers to set up";
+        default = 0;
+      };
+
+      eventPersisters = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.ints.unsigned;
+        description = "How many automatically configured event-persisters to set up";
+        default = 0;
+      };
+
+      useUserDirectoryWorker = lib.mkEnableOption "user directory worker";
+
+      instances = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.submodule ({config, ...}: {
+
+          options.isAuto = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.bool;
+            internal = true;
+            default = false;
           };
+
+          options.index = lib.mkOption {
+            internal = true;
+            type = lib.types.ints.positive;
+          };
+
+          # The custom string type here is mainly for the name to use for the metrics of custom worker types
+          options.type = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.either (lib.types.str) (lib.types.enum [ "fed-sender" "fed-receiver" ]);
+          };
+
+          options.settings = let
+            instanceCfg = config;
+            inherit (instanceCfg) type isAuto;
+          in lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.submodule ({config, ...}: {
+              freeformType = format.type;
+            
+              options.worker_app = let
+                mapTypeApp = t: {
+                  "fed-sender"    = "synapse.app.generic_worker";
+                  "fed-receiver"  = "synapse.app.generic_worker";
+                  "initial-sync"  = "synapse.app.generic_worker";
+                  "normal-sync"   = "synapse.app.generic_worker";
+                  "event-persist" = "synapse.app.generic_worker";
+                  "user-dir"      = "synapse.app.generic_worker";
+                }.${t};
+                defaultApp = if (!isAuto)
+                  then "synapse.app.generic_worker"
+                  else mapTypeApp type;
+              in lib.mkOption {
+                type = lib.types.enum [
+                  "synapse.app.generic_worker"
+                  "synapse.app.appservice"
+                  "synapse.app.media_repository"
+                  "synapse.app.user_dir"
+                ];
+                description = "The type of worker application";
+                default = defaultApp;
+              };
+              options.worker_replication_host = lib.mkOption {
+                type = lib.types.str;
+                default = cfg.workers.mainReplicationHost;
+                description = "The replication listeners ip on the main synapse process";
+              };
+              options.worker_replication_http_port = lib.mkOption {
+                type = lib.types.port;
+                default = cfg.workers.mainReplicationPort;
+                description = "The replication listeners port on the main synapse process";
+              };
+              options.worker_listeners = lib.mkOption {
+                type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule {
+                  options.type = lib.mkOption {
+                    type = lib.types.enum [ "http" "metrics" ];
+                    description = "The type of the listener";
+                    default = "http";
+                  };
+                  options.port = lib.mkOption {
+                    type = lib.types.port;
+                    description = "the TCP port to bind to";
+                  };
+                  options.bind_addresses = lib.mkOption {
+                    type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
+                    description = "A list of local addresses to listen on";
+                    default = [ cfg.workers.defaultListenerAddress ];
+                  };
+                  options.tls = lib.mkOption {
+                    type = lib.types.bool;
+                    description = "set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.";
+                    default = false;
+                  };
+                  options.x_forwarded = lib.mkOption {
+                    type = lib.types.bool;
+                    description = ''
+                      Only valid for an 'http' listener. Set to true to use the X-Forwarded-For header as the client IP.
+                      Useful when Synapse is behind a reverse-proxy.
+                    '';
+                    default = true;
+                  };
+                  options.resources = let
+                    typeToResources = t: {
+                      "fed-receiver"  = [ "federation" ];
+                      "fed-sender"    = [ ];
+                      "initial-sync"  = [ "client" ];
+                      "normal-sync"   = [ "client" ];
+                      "event-persist" = [ "replication" ];
+                      "user-dir"      = [ "client" ];
+                    }.${t};
+                  in lib.mkOption {
+                    type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule {
+                      options.names = lib.mkOption {
+                        type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.enum [ "client" "consent" "federation" "keys" "media" "metrics" "openid" "replication" "static" "webclient" ]);
+                        description = "A list of resources to host on this port";
+                        default = lib.optionals isAuto (typeToResources type);
+                      };
+                      options.compress = lib.mkOption {
+                        type = lib.types.bool;
+                        description = "enable HTTP compression for this resource";
+                        default = false;
+                      };
+                    });
+                    default = [{ }];
+                  };
+                });
+                description = "Listener configuration for the worker, similar to the main synapse listener";
+                default = [ ];
+              };
+            });
+            default = { };
+          };
+        }));
+        default = { };
+        description = "Worker configuration";
+        example = {
+          "federation_sender1" = {
+            settings = {
+              worker_name = "federation_sender1";
+              worker_app = "synapse.app.generic_worker";
+
+              worker_replication_host = "127.0.0.1";
+              worker_replication_http_port = 9093;
+              worker_listeners = [ ];
+            };
         };
       };
     };
+    };
 
     settings = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.submodule {
@@ -171,18 +300,11 @@ in
           example = "matrix.org";
         };
 
-        options.pid_file = lib.mkOption {
-          type = lib.types.path;
-          description = "When running as a daemon, the file to store the pid in";
-          default = "/run/matrix-synapse.pid";
-        };
-
         options.use_presence = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.bool;
-          description = "disable presence tracking on this homeserver, if you're having perfomance issues this can have a big impact";
+          description = "disable presence tracking, if you're having perfomance issues this can have a big impact";
           default = true;
         };
-
         options.listeners = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule {
             options.port = lib.mkOption {
@@ -202,7 +324,7 @@ in
             options.tls = lib.mkOption {
               type = lib.types.bool;
               description = "set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.";
-              default = true;
+              default = false;
             };
             options.x_forwarded = lib.mkOption {
               type = lib.types.bool;
@@ -210,7 +332,7 @@ in
                 Only valid for an 'http' listener. Set to true to use the X-Forwarded-For header as the client IP.
                 Useful when Synapse is behind a reverse-proxy.
               '';
-              default = false;
+              default = true;
             };
             options.resources = lib.mkOption {
               type = lib.types.listOf (lib.types.submodule {
@@ -229,15 +351,30 @@ in
           description = "List of ports that Synapse should listen on, their purpose and their configuration";
           default = [
             {
-              port = 8448;
-              bind_addresses = [ "0.0.0.0" "::" ];
+              port = 8008;
+              bind_addresses = [ "127.0.0.1" ];
               resources = [
                 { names = [ "client" ]; compress = true; }
                 { names = [ "federation" ]; compress = false; }
               ];
             }
+            (lib.mkIf (wcfg.instances != { }) {
+              port = 9093;
+              bind_addresses = [ "127.0.0.1" ];
+              resources = [
+                {  names = [ "replication" ]; }
+              ];
+            })
+            (lib.mkIf cfg.settings.enable_metrics {
+              port = 9000;
+              bind_addresses = [ "127.0.0.1" ];
+              resources = [
+                {  names = [ "metrics" ]; }
+              ];
+            })
           ];
         };
+
         options.federation_ip_range_blacklist = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
           description = ''
@@ -280,7 +417,7 @@ in
         options.enable_registration = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.bool;
           description = "Enable registration for new users";
-          default = true;
+          default = false;
         };
 
         options.enable_metrics = lib.mkOption {
@@ -323,18 +460,7 @@ in
             }
           ];
         };
-        options.suppress_key_server_warning = lib.mkOption {
-          type = lib.types.bool;
-          description = "using matrix.org as a trusted key server will generate a warning if this is false";
-          default = false;
-        };
         
-        options.send_federation = lib.mkOption {
-          type = lib.types.bool;
-          description = "Disables sending of outbound federation transactions on the main process. Set to false if using federation senders";
-          default = (lib.lists.count (x: true) cfg.settings.federation_sender_instances) == 0;
-        };
-
         options.federation_sender_instances = lib.mkOption {
           type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
           description = ''
@@ -343,7 +469,22 @@ in
             started, to ensure that all instances are running with the same config (otherwise
             events may be dropped)
           '';
-          default = [];
+          default = [ ];
+        };
+
+        options.redis = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.submodule {
+            freeformType = format.type;
+
+            options.enabled = lib.mkOption {
+              type = lib.types.bool;
+              description = "Enables using redis, required for worker support";
+              default = (lib.lists.count (x: true)
+                (lib.attrsets.attrValues cfg.workers.instances)) > 0;
+            };
+          };
+          default = { };
+          description = "configuration of redis for synapse and workers"; 
         };
       };
     };
@@ -381,7 +522,7 @@ in
       };
     })
 
-    (lib.mkIf cfg.enableMainSynapse {
+    ({
       systemd.services.matrix-synapse = {
         description = "Synapse Matrix homeserver";
         partOf = [ "matrix-synapse.target" ];
@@ -409,9 +550,101 @@ in
       };
     })
 
+    (lib.mkMerge [
+      ({
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.settings.federation_sender_instances = lib.genList (i: "auto-fed-sender${toString (i + 1)}") cfg.workers.federationSenders;
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.workers.instances = genAttrs' (lib.lists.range 1 cfg.workers.federationSenders)
+          (i: "auto-fed-sender${toString i}")
+          (i: {
+            isAuto = true; type = "fed-sender"; index = i;
+            settings.worker_listeners = lib.mkIf wcfg.enableMetrics [
+              { port = cfg.workers.metricsStartingPort + i - 1;
+                resources = [ { names = [ "metrics" ]; } ];
+              }
+            ];
+          });
+      })
+
+      ({
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.workers.instances = genAttrs' (lib.lists.range 1 cfg.workers.federationReceivers)
+          (i: "auto-fed-receiver${toString i}")
+          (i: {
+            isAuto = true; type = "fed-receiver"; index = i;
+            settings.worker_listeners = [{ port = cfg.workers.workerStartingPort + i - 1; }]
+             ++ lib.optional wcfg.enableMetrics { port = cfg.workers.metricsStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationSenders + i;
+               resources = [ { names = [ "metrics" ]; } ];
+             };
+          });
+      })
+
+      
+      ({
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.workers.instances = genAttrs' (lib.lists.range 1 cfg.workers.initialSyncers)
+          (i: "auto-initial-sync${toString i}")
+          (i: {
+            isAuto = true; type = "initial-sync"; index = i;
+            settings.worker_listeners = [{ port = cfg.workers.workerStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + i - 1; }]
+             ++ lib.optional wcfg.enableMetrics { port = cfg.workers.metricsStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationSenders + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + i;
+               resources = [ { names = [ "metrics" ]; } ];
+             };
+          });
+      })
+
+      ({
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.workers.instances = genAttrs' (lib.lists.range 1 cfg.workers.normalSyncers)
+          (i: "auto-normal-sync${toString i}")
+          (i: {
+            isAuto = true; type = "normal-sync"; index = i;
+            settings.worker_listeners = [{ port = cfg.workers.workerStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + cfg.workers.initialSyncers + i - 1; }]
+             ++ lib.optional wcfg.enableMetrics { port = cfg.workers.metricsStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationSenders + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + cfg.workers.initialSyncers + i;
+               resources = [ { names = [ "metrics" ]; } ];
+             };
+          });
+      })
+
+      ({
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.settings.instance_map = genAttrs' (lib.lists.range 1 cfg.workers.eventPersisters)
+          (i: "auto-event-persist${toString i}")
+          (i: let
+            isReplication = l: lib.lists.any (r: lib.lists.any (n: n == "replication") r.names) l.resources;
+            wRL = lib.lists.findFirst isReplication
+              (throw "No replication listener configured!")
+              cfg.workers.instances."auto-event-persist${toString i}".settings.worker_listeners;
+            wRH = lib.findFirst (x: true) (throw "Replication listener had no addresses")
+              wRL.bind_addresses;
+            wRP = wRL.port;
+          in {
+            host = wRH;
+            port = wRP;
+          }
+        );
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.settings.stream_writers.events = lib.mkIf (cfg.workers.eventPersisters > 0) (lib.genList (i: "auto-event-persist${toString (i + 1)}") cfg.workers.eventPersisters); 
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.workers.instances = genAttrs' (lib.lists.range 1 cfg.workers.eventPersisters)
+          (i: "auto-event-persist${toString i}")
+          (i: {
+            isAuto = true; type = "event-persist"; index = i;
+            settings.worker_listeners = [{ port = cfg.workers.workerStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + cfg.workers.initialSyncers + cfg.workers.normalSyncers + i - 1;}]
+              ++ lib.optional wcfg.enableMetrics { port = cfg.workers.metricsStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationSenders + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + cfg.workers.initialSyncers + cfg.workers.normalSyncers + i;
+                resources = [ { names = [ "metrics" ]; } ];
+          };
+        });
+      })
+
+      (lib.mkIf cfg.workers.useUserDirectoryWorker {
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.workers.instances."auto-user-dir" = {
+          isAuto = true; type = "user-dir"; index = 1;
+          settings.worker_listeners = [{ port = cfg.workers.workerStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + cfg.workers.initialSyncers + cfg.workers.normalSyncers + cfg.workers.eventPersisters + 1 - 1;}]
+            ++ lib.optional wcfg.enableMetrics { port = cfg.workers.metricsStartingPort + cfg.workers.federationSenders + cfg.workers.federationReceivers + cfg.workers.initialSyncers + cfg.workers.normalSyncers + cfg.workers.eventPersisters + 1;
+              resources = [ { names = [ "metrics"]; } ];
+            };
+        };
+        services.matrix-synapse-next.settings.update_user_directory_from_worker = "auto-user-dir";
+      })
+    ])
+
     ({
       systemd.services = let
-        workerList = lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: lib.nameValuePair name value ) cfg.workers;
+        workerList = lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: lib.nameValuePair name value ) cfg.workers.instances;
         workerName = worker: worker.name;
         workerSettings = worker: (worker.value.settings // {worker_name = (workerName worker);});
         workerConfig = worker: format.generate "matrix-synapse-worker-${workerName worker}-config.yaml" (workerSettings worker);
@@ -423,6 +656,7 @@ in
             partOf = [ "matrix-synapse.target" ];
             wantedBy = [ "matrix-synapse.target" ];
             after = [ "matrix-synapse.service" ];
+            requires = [ "matrix-synapse.service" ];
             environment.PYTHONPATH = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" cfg.package.python.sitePackages [
               pluginsEnv
             ];
@@ -431,6 +665,12 @@ in
               User = "matrix-synapse";
               Group = "matrix-synapse";
               WorkingDirectory = cfg.dataDir;
+              ExecStartPre = pkgs.writers.writeBash "wait-for-synapse" ''
+                # From https://md.darmstadt.ccc.de/synapse-at-work
+                while ! systemctl is-active -q matrix-synapse.service; do
+                    sleep 1
+                done
+              '';
               ExecStart = ''
                 ${cfg.package}/bin/synapse_worker \
                   ${ lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n  " (x: "--config-path ${x} \\") ([ matrix-synapse-common-config (workerConfig worker) ] ++ cfg.extraConfigFiles) }
@@ -440,6 +680,6 @@ in
           };
         }
       ) workerList);
-    })
+    })    
   ]);
-}
+}
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diff --git a/synapse-module/nginx.nix b/synapse-module/nginx.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6ced1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse-module/nginx.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+{ lib, pkgs, config, ...}:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.matrix-synapse-next;
+
+  getWorkersOfType = type: lib.filterAttrs (_: w: w.type == type) cfg.workers.instances;
+  isListenerType = type: listener: lib.lists.any (r: lib.lists.any (n: n == type) r.names) listener.resources;
+  firstListenerOfType = type: worker: lib.lists.findFirst (isListenerType type) (throw "No federation endpoint on receiver") worker.settings.worker_listeners;
+  wAddressOfType = type: w: lib.lists.findFirst (_: true) (throw "No address in receiver") (firstListenerOfType type w).bind_addresses;
+  wPortOfType = type: w: (firstListenerOfType type w).port;
+  wSocketAddressOfType = type: w: "${wAddressOfType type w}:${builtins.toString (wPortOfType type w)}";
+  generateSocketAddresses = type: workers: lib.mapAttrsToList (_: w: "${wSocketAddressOfType type w}") workers;
+in
+{
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enableNginx {
+  services.nginx.commonHttpConfig = ''
+    # No since argument means its initialSync
+    map $arg_since $synapse_unknown_sync {
+      default synapse_normal_sync;
+      ''' synapse_initial_sync;
+    }
+
+    map $uri $synapse_uri_group {
+      # Sync requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3)/sync$ $synapse_unknown_sync;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/event$ synapse_normal_sync;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/initialSync$ synapse_initial_sync;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/rooms/[^/]+/initialSync$ synapse_initial_sync;
+
+      # Federation requests
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/event/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/state/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/state_ids/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/backfill/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/get_missing_events/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/publicRooms synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/query/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_join/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_leave/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/send_join/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/send_leave/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/invite/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/event_auth/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/timestamp_to_event/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/exchange_third_party_invite/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/user/devices/ synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/key/v2/query synapse_federation;
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/hierarchy/ synapse_federation;
+
+      # Inbound federation transaction request
+      ~^/_matrix/federation/v1/send/ synapse_federation_transaction;
+
+      # Client API requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/createRoom$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/publicRooms$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/joined_members$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/context/.*$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/members$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/state$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/v1/rooms/.*/hierarchy$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(v1|unstable)/rooms/.*/relations/ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/v1/rooms/.*/threads$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc2716/rooms/.*/batch_send$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/unstable/im.nheko.summary/rooms/.*/summary$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/account/3pid$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/account/whoami$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/devices$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/versions$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/voip/turnServer$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/event/ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/joined_rooms$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/v1/rooms/.*/timestamp_to_event$ synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/search$ synapse_client_interaction;
+
+      # Encryption requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/query$ synapse_client_encryption;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/changes$ synapse_client_encryption;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/claim$ synapse_client_encryption;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/room_keys/ synapse_client_encryption;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload/ synapse_client_encryption;
+
+      # Registration/login requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/login$ synapse_client_login;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/register$ synapse_client_login;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/v1/register/m.login.registration_token/validity$ synapse_client_login;
+
+      # Event sending requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/redact synapse_client_transaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/send synapse_client_transaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/state/ synapse_client_transaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/(join|invite|leave|ban|unban|kick)$ synapse_client_transaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/join/ synapse_client_transaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/profile/ synapse_client_transaction;
+
+      # Account data requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/tags synapse_client_data;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/account_data synapse_client_data;
+
+      # Receipts requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/receipt synapse_client_interaction;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/read_markers synapse_client_interaction;
+
+      # Presence requests
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/presence/ synapse_client_presence;
+
+      # User directory search requests;
+      ~^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$ synapse_client_user-dir;
+    }
+
+    #Plugboard for url -> workers
+    map $synapse_uri_group $synapse_backend {
+      default synapse_master;
+
+      synapse_initial_sync synapse_worker_initial_sync;
+      synapse_normal_sync  synapse_worker_normal_sync;
+
+      synapse_federation synapse_worker_federation;
+      synapse_federation_transaction synapse_worker_federation;
+
+      synapse_client_user-dir synapse_worker_user-dir;
+    }
+
+    # from https://github.com/tswfi/synapse/commit/b3704b936663cc692241e978dce4ac623276b1a6
+    map $arg_access_token $accesstoken_from_urlparam {
+      # Defaults to just passing back the whole accesstoken
+      default   $arg_access_token;
+      # Try to extract username part from accesstoken URL parameter
+      "~syt_(?<username>.*?)_.*"           $username;
+    }
+
+    map $http_authorization $mxid_localpart {
+      # Defaults to just passing back the whole accesstoken
+      default                              $http_authorization;
+      # Try to extract username part from accesstoken header
+      "~Bearer syt_(?<username>.*?)_.*"    $username;
+      # if no authorization-header exist, try mapper for URL parameter "access_token"
+      ""                                   $accesstoken_from_urlparam;
+    }
+  '';
+
+  services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_master.servers = let
+    isMainListener = l: isListenerType "client" l && isListenerType "federation" l;
+    firstMainListener = lib.findFirst isMainListener
+      (throw "No cartch-all listener configured") cfg.settings.listeners;
+      address = lib.findFirst (_: true) (throw "No address in main listener") firstMainListener.bind_addresses;
+      port = firstMainListener.port;
+      socketAddress = "${address}:${builtins.toString port}";
+  in {
+    "${socketAddress}" = { };
+  };
+
+  
+  services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_worker_federation = {
+    servers = let
+      fedReceivers = getWorkersOfType "fed-receiver";
+      socketAddresses = generateSocketAddresses "federation" fedReceivers;
+      in if fedReceivers != { } then 
+        lib.genAttrs socketAddresses (_: { })
+    else config.services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_master.servers;
+    extraConfig = ''
+      ip_hash;
+    '';
+  };
+
+
+  services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_worker_initial_sync = {
+    servers = let
+      initialSyncers = getWorkersOfType "initial-sync";
+      socketAddresses = generateSocketAddresses "client" initialSyncers;
+    in if initialSyncers != { } then
+      lib.genAttrs socketAddresses (_: { })
+    else config.services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_master.servers;
+    extraConfig = ''
+      hash $mxid_localpart consistent;
+    '';
+  };
+
+
+  services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_worker_normal_sync = {
+    servers = let
+      normalSyncers = getWorkersOfType "normal-sync";
+      socketAddresses = generateSocketAddresses "client" normalSyncers;
+    in if normalSyncers != { } then
+      lib.genAttrs socketAddresses (_: { })
+    else config.services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_master.servers;
+    extraConfig = ''
+      hash $mxid_localpart consistent;
+    '';
+  };
+
+
+  services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_worker_user-dir = {
+    servers = let
+      workers = getWorkersOfType "user-dir";
+      socketAddresses = generateSocketAddresses "client" workers;
+    in if workers != { } then
+      lib.genAttrs socketAddresses (_: { })
+    else config.services.nginx.upstreams.synapse_master.servers;
+  };
+
+  services.nginx.virtualHosts."${cfg.public_baseurl}" = {
+    enableACME = true;
+    forceSSL = true;
+    locations."/_matrix" = {
+      proxyPass = "http://$synapse_backend";
+      extraConfig = ''
+        add_header X-debug-backend $synapse_backend;
+        add_header X-debug-group $synapse_uri_group;
+        client_max_body_size ${cfg.settings.max_upload_size};
+        proxy_read_timeout 10m;
+      '';
+    };
+    locations."~ ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3)/sync$" = {
+      proxyPass = "http://$synapse_backend";
+      extraConfig = ''
+        proxy_read_timeout 1h;
+      '';
+    };
+    locations."~ ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/initialSync$" = {
+      proxyPass = "http://synapse_worker_initial_sync";
+      extraConfig = ''
+        proxy_read_timeout 1h;
+      '';
+    };
+    locations."~ ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/rooms/[^/]+/initialSync$" = {
+      proxyPass = "http://synapse_worker_initial_sync";
+      extraConfig = ''
+        proxy_read_timeout 1h;
+      '';
+    };
+    locations."/_synapse/client" = {
+      proxyPass = "http://$synapse_backend";
+    };
+  };
+};
+}
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