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Prior to this PR, if a request to create a public (public as in published to the rooms directory) room violated the room list publication rules set in the [config](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#room_list_publication_rules), the request to create the room was denied and the room was not created. This PR changes the behavior such that when a request to create a room published to the directory violates room list publication rules, the room is still created but the room is not published to the directory.
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# Configuring Synapse
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This is intended as a guide to the Synapse configuration. The behavior of a Synapse instance can be modified
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through the many configuration settings documented here — each config option is explained,
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including what the default is, how to change the default and what sort of behaviour the setting governs.
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Also included is an example configuration for each setting. If you don't want to spend a lot of time
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thinking about options, the config as generated sets sensible defaults for all values. Do note however that the
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database defaults to SQLite, which is not recommended for production usage. You can read more on this subject
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[here](../../setup/installation.md#using-postgresql).
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## Config Conventions
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Configuration options that take a time period can be set using a number
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followed by a letter. Letters have the following meanings:
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* `s` = second
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* `m` = minute
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* `h` = hour
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* `d` = day
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* `w` = week
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* `y` = year
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For example, setting `redaction_retention_period: 5m` would remove redacted
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messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months.
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In addition, configuration options referring to size use the following suffixes:
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* `K` = KiB, or 1024 bytes
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* `M` = MiB, or 1,048,576 bytes
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* `G` = GiB, or 1,073,741,824 bytes
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* `T` = TiB, or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
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For example, setting `max_avatar_size: 10M` means that Synapse will not accept files larger than 10,485,760 bytes
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for a user avatar.
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## Config Validation
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The configuration file can be validated with the following command:
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```bash
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python -m synapse.config read <config key to print> -c <path to config>
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```
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To validate the entire file, omit `read <config key to print>`:
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```bash
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python -m synapse.config -c <path to config>
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```
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To see how to set other options, check the help reference:
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```bash
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python -m synapse.config --help
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```
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### YAML
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The configuration file is a [YAML](https://yaml.org/) file, which means that certain syntax rules
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apply if you want your config file to be read properly. A few helpful things to know:
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* `#` before any option in the config will comment out that setting and either a default (if available) will
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be applied or Synapse will ignore the setting. Thus, in example #1 below, the setting will be read and
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applied, but in example #2 the setting will not be read and a default will be applied.
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Example #1:
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```yaml
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pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
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```
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Example #2:
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```yaml
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#pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
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```
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* Indentation matters! The indentation before a setting
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will determine whether a given setting is read as part of another
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setting, or considered on its own. Thus, in example #1, the `enabled` setting
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is read as a sub-option of the `presence` setting, and will be properly applied.
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However, the lack of indentation before the `enabled` setting in example #2 means
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that when reading the config, Synapse will consider both `presence` and `enabled` as
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different settings. In this case, `presence` has no value, and thus a default applied, and `enabled`
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is an option that Synapse doesn't recognize and thus ignores.
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Example #1:
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```yaml
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presence:
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enabled: false
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```
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Example #2:
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```yaml
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presence:
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enabled: false
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```
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In this manual, all top-level settings (ones with no indentation) are identified
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at the beginning of their section (i.e. "### `example_setting`") and
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the sub-options, if any, are identified and listed in the body of the section.
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In addition, each setting has an example of its usage, with the proper indentation
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shown.
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## Modules
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Server admins can expand Synapse's functionality with external modules.
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See [here](../../modules/index.md) for more
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documentation on how to configure or create custom modules for Synapse.
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---
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### `modules`
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Use the `module` sub-option to add modules under this option to extend functionality.
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The `module` setting then has a sub-option, `config`, which can be used to define some configuration
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for the `module`.
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Defaults to none.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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modules:
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- module: my_super_module.MySuperClass
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config:
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do_thing: true
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- module: my_other_super_module.SomeClass
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config: {}
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```
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---
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## Server
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Define your homeserver name and other base options.
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---
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### `server_name`
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This sets the public-facing domain of the server.
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The `server_name` name will appear at the end of usernames and room addresses
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created on your server. For example if the `server_name` was example.com,
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usernames on your server would be in the format `@user:example.com`
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In most cases you should avoid using a matrix specific subdomain such as
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matrix.example.com or synapse.example.com as the `server_name` for the same
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reasons you wouldn't use user@email.example.com as your email address.
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See [here](../../delegate.md)
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for information on how to host Synapse on a subdomain while preserving
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a clean `server_name`.
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The `server_name` cannot be changed later so it is important to
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configure this correctly before you start Synapse. It should be all
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lowercase and may contain an explicit port.
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There is no default for this option.
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Example configuration #1:
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```yaml
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server_name: matrix.org
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```
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Example configuration #2:
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```yaml
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server_name: localhost:8080
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```
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---
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### `pid_file`
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When running Synapse as a daemon, the file to store the pid in. Defaults to none.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
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```
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---
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### `web_client_location`
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The absolute URL to the web client which `/` will redirect to. Defaults to none.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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web_client_location: https://riot.example.com/
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```
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---
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### `public_baseurl`
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The public-facing base URL that clients use to access this Homeserver (not
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including _matrix/...). This is the same URL a user might enter into the
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'Custom Homeserver URL' field on their client. If you use Synapse with a
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reverse proxy, this should be the URL to reach Synapse via the proxy.
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Otherwise, it should be the URL to reach Synapse's client HTTP listener (see
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['listeners'](#listeners) below).
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Defaults to `https://<server_name>/`.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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public_baseurl: https://example.com/
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```
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---
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### `serve_server_wellknown`
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By default, other servers will try to reach our server on port 8448, which can
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be inconvenient in some environments.
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Provided `https://<server_name>/` on port 443 is routed to Synapse, this
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option configures Synapse to serve a file at `https://<server_name>/.well-known/matrix/server`.
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This will tell other servers to send traffic to port 443 instead.
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This option currently defaults to false.
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See [Delegation of incoming federation traffic](../../delegate.md) for more
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information.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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serve_server_wellknown: true
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```
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---
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### `extra_well_known_client_content `
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This option allows server runners to add arbitrary key-value pairs to the [client-facing `.well-known` response](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#well-known-uri).
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Note that the `public_baseurl` config option must be provided for Synapse to serve a response to `/.well-known/matrix/client` at all.
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If this option is provided, it parses the given yaml to json and
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serves it on `/.well-known/matrix/client` endpoint
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alongside the standard properties.
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*Added in Synapse 1.62.0.*
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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extra_well_known_client_content :
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option1: value1
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option2: value2
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```
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---
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### `soft_file_limit`
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Set the soft limit on the number of file descriptors synapse can use.
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Zero is used to indicate synapse should set the soft limit to the hard limit.
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Defaults to 0.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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soft_file_limit: 3
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```
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---
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### `presence`
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Presence tracking allows users to see the state (e.g online/offline)
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of other local and remote users. Set the `enabled` sub-option to false to
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disable presence tracking on this homeserver. Defaults to true.
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This option replaces the previous top-level 'use_presence' option.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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presence:
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enabled: false
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```
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`enabled` can also be set to a special value of "untracked" which ignores updates
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received via clients and federation, while still accepting updates from the
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[module API](../../modules/index.md).
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*The "untracked" option was added in Synapse 1.96.0.*
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---
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### `require_auth_for_profile_requests`
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Whether to require authentication to retrieve profile data (avatars, display names) of other
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users through the client API. Defaults to false. Note that profile data is also available
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via the federation API, unless `allow_profile_lookup_over_federation` is set to false.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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require_auth_for_profile_requests: true
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```
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---
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### `limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms`
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Use this option to require a user to share a room with another user in order
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to retrieve their profile information. Only checked on Client-Server
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requests. Profile requests from other servers should be checked by the
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requesting server. Defaults to false.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms: true
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```
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---
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### `include_profile_data_on_invite`
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Use this option to prevent a user's profile data from being retrieved and
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displayed in a room until they have joined it. By default, a user's
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profile data is included in an invite event, regardless of the values
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of the above two settings, and whether or not the users share a server.
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Defaults to true.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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include_profile_data_on_invite: false
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```
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---
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### `allow_public_rooms_without_auth`
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If set to true, removes the need for authentication to access the server's
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public rooms directory through the client API, meaning that anyone can
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query the room directory. Defaults to false.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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allow_public_rooms_without_auth: true
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```
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---
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### `allow_public_rooms_over_federation`
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If set to true, allows any other homeserver to fetch the server's public
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rooms directory via federation. Defaults to false.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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allow_public_rooms_over_federation: true
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```
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---
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### `default_room_version`
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The default room version for newly created rooms on this server.
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Known room versions are listed [here](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/rooms/#complete-list-of-room-versions)
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For example, for room version 1, `default_room_version` should be set
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to "1".
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Currently defaults to ["10"](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.5/rooms/v10/).
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_Changed in Synapse 1.76:_ the default version room version was increased from [9](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.5/rooms/v9/) to [10](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.5/rooms/v10/).
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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default_room_version: "8"
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```
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---
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### `gc_thresholds`
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The garbage collection threshold parameters to pass to `gc.set_threshold`, if defined.
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Defaults to none.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10]
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```
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---
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### `gc_min_interval`
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The minimum time in seconds between each GC for a generation, regardless of
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the GC thresholds. This ensures that we don't do GC too frequently. A value of `[1s, 10s, 30s]`
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indicates that a second must pass between consecutive generation 0 GCs, etc.
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Defaults to `[1s, 10s, 30s]`.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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gc_min_interval: [0.5s, 30s, 1m]
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```
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---
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### `filter_timeline_limit`
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Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get
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and sync operations. Defaults to 100. A value of -1 means no upper limit.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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filter_timeline_limit: 5000
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```
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---
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### `block_non_admin_invites`
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Whether room invites to users on this server should be blocked
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(except those sent by local server admins). Defaults to false.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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block_non_admin_invites: true
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```
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---
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### `enable_search`
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If set to false, new messages will not be indexed for searching and users
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will receive errors when searching for messages. Defaults to true.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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enable_search: false
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```
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---
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### `ip_range_blacklist`
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This option prevents outgoing requests from being sent to the specified blacklisted IP address
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CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified then it defaults to private IP
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address ranges (see the example below).
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The blacklist applies to the outbound requests for federation, identity servers,
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push servers, and for checking key validity for third-party invite events.
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(0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
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listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
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This option replaces `federation_ip_range_blacklist` in Synapse v1.25.0.
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Note: The value is ignored when an HTTP proxy is in use.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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ip_range_blacklist:
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- '127.0.0.0/8'
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- '10.0.0.0/8'
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- '172.16.0.0/12'
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- '192.168.0.0/16'
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- '100.64.0.0/10'
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- '192.0.0.0/24'
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- '169.254.0.0/16'
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- '192.88.99.0/24'
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- '198.18.0.0/15'
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- '192.0.2.0/24'
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- '198.51.100.0/24'
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- '203.0.113.0/24'
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- '224.0.0.0/4'
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- '::1/128'
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- 'fe80::/10'
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- 'fc00::/7'
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- '2001:db8::/32'
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- 'ff00::/8'
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- 'fec0::/10'
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```
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---
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### `ip_range_whitelist`
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List of IP address CIDR ranges that should be allowed for federation,
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identity servers, push servers, and for checking key validity for
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third-party invite events. This is useful for specifying exceptions to
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wide-ranging blacklisted target IP ranges - e.g. for communication with
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a push server only visible in your network.
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This whitelist overrides `ip_range_blacklist` and defaults to an empty
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list.
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Example configuration:
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```yaml
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ip_range_whitelist:
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- '192.168.1.1'
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```
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---
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### `listeners`
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List of ports that Synapse should listen on, their purpose and their
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configuration.
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Sub-options for each listener include:
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* `port`: the TCP port to bind to.
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* `tag`: An alias for the port in the logger name. If set the tag is logged instead
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of the port. Default to `None`, is optional and only valid for listener with `type: http`.
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See the docs [request log format](../administration/request_log.md).
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* `bind_addresses`: a list of local addresses to listen on. The default is
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'all local interfaces'.
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* `type`: the type of listener. Normally `http`, but other valid options are:
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* `manhole`: (see the docs [here](../../manhole.md)),
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* `metrics`: (see the docs [here](../../metrics-howto.md)),
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* `tls`: set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.
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* `x_forwarded`: Only valid for an 'http' listener. Set to true to use the X-Forwarded-For header as the client IP. Useful when Synapse is
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behind a [reverse-proxy](../../reverse_proxy.md).
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* `request_id_header`: The header extracted from each incoming request that is
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used as the basis for the request ID. The request ID is used in
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[logs](../administration/request_log.md#request-log-format) and tracing to
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correlate and match up requests. When unset, Synapse will automatically
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generate sequential request IDs. This option is useful when Synapse is behind
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a [reverse-proxy](../../reverse_proxy.md).
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_Added in Synapse 1.68.0._
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* `resources`: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A list of resources to host
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on this port. Sub-options for each resource are:
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* `names`: a list of names of HTTP resources. See below for a list of valid resource names.
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* `compress`: set to true to enable gzip compression on HTTP bodies for this resource. This is currently only supported with the
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`client`, `consent`, `metrics` and `federation` resources.
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* `additional_resources`: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A map of
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additional endpoints which should be loaded via dynamic modules.
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Unix socket support (_Added in Synapse 1.89.0_):
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* `path`: A path and filename for a Unix socket. Make sure it is located in a
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directory with read and write permissions, and that it already exists (the directory
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will not be created). Defaults to `None`.
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* **Note**: The use of both `path` and `port` options for the same `listener` is not
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compatible.
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* The `x_forwarded` option defaults to true when using Unix sockets and can be omitted.
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* Other options that would not make sense to use with a UNIX socket, such as
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`bind_addresses` and `tls` will be ignored and can be removed.
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* `mode`: The file permissions to set on the UNIX socket. Defaults to `666`
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* **Note:** Must be set as `type: http` (does not support `metrics` and `manhole`).
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Also make sure that `metrics` is not included in `resources` -> `names`
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Valid resource names are:
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* `client`: the client-server API (/_matrix/client), and the synapse admin API (/_synapse/admin). Also implies `media` and `static`.
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* `consent`: user consent forms (/_matrix/consent). See [here](../../consent_tracking.md) for more.
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* `federation`: the server-server API (/_matrix/federation). Also implies `media`, `keys`, `openid`
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|
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* `keys`: the key discovery API (/_matrix/key).
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|
|
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* `media`: the media API (/_matrix/media).
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|
|
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* `metrics`: the metrics interface. See [here](../../metrics-howto.md). (Not compatible with Unix sockets)
|
|
|
|
* `openid`: OpenID authentication. See [here](../../openid.md).
|
|
|
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* `replication`: the HTTP replication API (/_synapse/replication). See [here](../../workers.md).
|
|
|
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* `static`: static resources under synapse/static (/_matrix/static). (Mostly useful for 'fallback authentication'.)
|
|
|
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* `health`: the [health check endpoint](../../reverse_proxy.md#health-check-endpoint). This endpoint
|
|
is by default active for all other resources and does not have to be activated separately.
|
|
This is only useful if you want to use the health endpoint explicitly on a dedicated port or
|
|
for [workers](../../workers.md) and containers without listener e.g.
|
|
[application services](../../workers.md#notifying-application-services).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration #1:
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|
```yaml
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|
listeners:
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|
# TLS-enabled listener: for when matrix traffic is sent directly to synapse.
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|
#
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|
# (Note that you will also need to give Synapse a TLS key and certificate: see the TLS section
|
|
# below.)
|
|
#
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|
- port: 8448
|
|
type: http
|
|
tls: true
|
|
resources:
|
|
- names: [client, federation]
|
|
```
|
|
Example configuration #2:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
listeners:
|
|
# Insecure HTTP listener: for when matrix traffic passes through a reverse proxy
|
|
# that unwraps TLS.
|
|
#
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|
# If you plan to use a reverse proxy, please see
|
|
# https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/reverse_proxy.html.
|
|
#
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|
- port: 8008
|
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tls: false
|
|
type: http
|
|
x_forwarded: true
|
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bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
|
|
|
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resources:
|
|
- names: [client, federation]
|
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compress: false
|
|
|
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# example additional_resources:
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|
additional_resources:
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|
"/_matrix/my/custom/endpoint":
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|
module: my_module.CustomRequestHandler
|
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config: {}
|
|
|
|
# Turn on the twisted ssh manhole service on localhost on the given
|
|
# port.
|
|
- port: 9000
|
|
bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
|
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type: manhole
|
|
```
|
|
Example configuration #3:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
listeners:
|
|
# Unix socket listener: Ideal for Synapse deployments behind a reverse proxy, offering
|
|
# lightweight interprocess communication without TCP/IP overhead, avoid port
|
|
# conflicts, and providing enhanced security through system file permissions.
|
|
#
|
|
# Note that x_forwarded will default to true, when using a UNIX socket. Please see
|
|
# https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/reverse_proxy.html.
|
|
#
|
|
- path: /run/synapse/main_public.sock
|
|
type: http
|
|
resources:
|
|
- names: [client, federation]
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `manhole_settings`
|
|
|
|
Connection settings for the manhole. You can find more information
|
|
on the manhole [here](../../manhole.md). Manhole sub-options include:
|
|
* `username` : the username for the manhole. This defaults to 'matrix'.
|
|
* `password`: The password for the manhole. This defaults to 'rabbithole'.
|
|
* `ssh_priv_key_path` and `ssh_pub_key_path`: The private and public SSH key pair used to encrypt the manhole traffic.
|
|
If these are left unset, then hardcoded and non-secret keys are used,
|
|
which could allow traffic to be intercepted if sent over a public network.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
manhole_settings:
|
|
username: manhole
|
|
password: mypassword
|
|
ssh_priv_key_path: CONFDIR/id_rsa
|
|
ssh_pub_key_path: CONFDIR/id_rsa.pub
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `dummy_events_threshold`
|
|
|
|
Forward extremities can build up in a room due to networking delays between
|
|
homeservers. Once this happens in a large room, calculation of the state of
|
|
that room can become quite expensive. To mitigate this, once the number of
|
|
forward extremities reaches a given threshold, Synapse will send an
|
|
`org.matrix.dummy_event` event, which will reduce the forward extremities
|
|
in the room.
|
|
|
|
This setting defines the threshold (i.e. number of forward extremities in the room) at which dummy events are sent.
|
|
The default value is 10.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
dummy_events_threshold: 5
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `delete_stale_devices_after`
|
|
|
|
An optional duration. If set, Synapse will run a daily background task to log out and
|
|
delete any device that hasn't been accessed for more than the specified amount of time.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to no duration, which means devices are never pruned.
|
|
|
|
**Note:** This task will always run on the main process, regardless of the value of
|
|
`run_background_tasks_on`. This is due to workers currently not having the ability to
|
|
delete devices.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
delete_stale_devices_after: 1y
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `email`
|
|
|
|
Configuration for sending emails from Synapse.
|
|
|
|
Server admins can configure custom templates for email content. See
|
|
[here](../../templates.md) for more information.
|
|
|
|
This setting has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `smtp_host`: The hostname of the outgoing SMTP server to use. Defaults to 'localhost'.
|
|
* `smtp_port`: The port on the mail server for outgoing SMTP. Defaults to 465 if `force_tls` is true, else 25.
|
|
|
|
_Changed in Synapse 1.64.0:_ the default port is now aware of `force_tls`.
|
|
* `smtp_user` and `smtp_pass`: Username/password for authentication to the SMTP server. By default, no
|
|
authentication is attempted.
|
|
* `force_tls`: By default, Synapse connects over plain text and then optionally upgrades
|
|
to TLS via STARTTLS. If this option is set to true, TLS is used from the start (Implicit TLS),
|
|
and the option `require_transport_security` is ignored.
|
|
It is recommended to enable this if supported by your mail server.
|
|
|
|
_New in Synapse 1.64.0._
|
|
* `require_transport_security`: Set to true to require TLS transport security for SMTP.
|
|
By default, Synapse will connect over plain text, and will then switch to
|
|
TLS via STARTTLS *if the SMTP server supports it*. If this option is set,
|
|
Synapse will refuse to connect unless the server supports STARTTLS.
|
|
* `enable_tls`: By default, if the server supports TLS, it will be used, and the server
|
|
must present a certificate that is valid for 'smtp_host'. If this option
|
|
is set to false, TLS will not be used.
|
|
* `notif_from`: defines the "From" address to use when sending emails.
|
|
It must be set if email sending is enabled. The placeholder '%(app)s' will be replaced by the application name,
|
|
which is normally set in `app_name`, but may be overridden by the
|
|
Matrix client application. Note that the placeholder must be written '%(app)s', including the
|
|
trailing 's'.
|
|
* `app_name`: `app_name` defines the default value for '%(app)s' in `notif_from` and email
|
|
subjects. It defaults to 'Matrix'.
|
|
* `enable_notifs`: Set to true to enable sending emails for messages that the user
|
|
has missed. Disabled by default.
|
|
* `notif_for_new_users`: Set to false to disable automatic subscription to email
|
|
notifications for new users. Enabled by default.
|
|
* `notif_delay_before_mail`: The time to wait before emailing about a notification.
|
|
This gives the user a chance to view the message via push or an open client.
|
|
Defaults to 10 minutes.
|
|
|
|
_New in Synapse 1.99.0._
|
|
* `client_base_url`: Custom URL for client links within the email notifications. By default
|
|
links will be based on "https://matrix.to". (This setting used to be called `riot_base_url`;
|
|
the old name is still supported for backwards-compatibility but is now deprecated.)
|
|
* `validation_token_lifetime`: Configures the time that a validation email will expire after sending.
|
|
Defaults to 1h.
|
|
* `invite_client_location`: The web client location to direct users to during an invite. This is passed
|
|
to the identity server as the `org.matrix.web_client_location` key. Defaults
|
|
to unset, giving no guidance to the identity server.
|
|
* `subjects`: Subjects to use when sending emails from Synapse. The placeholder '%(app)s' will
|
|
be replaced with the value of the `app_name` setting, or by a value dictated by the Matrix client application.
|
|
In addition, each subject can use the following placeholders: '%(person)s', which will be replaced by the displayname
|
|
of the user(s) that sent the message(s), e.g. "Alice and Bob", and '%(room)s', which will be replaced by the name of the room the
|
|
message(s) have been sent to, e.g. "My super room". In addition, emails related to account administration will
|
|
can use the '%(server_name)s' placeholder, which will be replaced by the value of the
|
|
`server_name` setting in your Synapse configuration.
|
|
|
|
Here is a list of subjects for notification emails that can be set:
|
|
* `message_from_person_in_room`: Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
|
|
room which has a name. Defaults to "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s in the %(room)s room..."
|
|
* `message_from_person`: Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
|
|
room which doesn't have a name. Defaults to "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
|
|
* `messages_from_person`: Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from one or more users in
|
|
a room which doesn't have a name. Defaults to "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
|
|
* `messages_in_room`: Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in a room which has a
|
|
name. Defaults to "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room..."
|
|
* `messages_in_room_and_others`: Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in multiple rooms.
|
|
Defaults to "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room and others..."
|
|
* `messages_from_person_and_others`: Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from multiple persons in
|
|
multiple rooms. This is similar to the setting above except it's used when
|
|
the room in which the notification was triggered has no name. Defaults to
|
|
"[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s and others..."
|
|
* `invite_from_person_to_room`: Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which has a name.
|
|
Defaults to "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to join the %(room)s room on %(app)s..."
|
|
* `invite_from_person`: Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which doesn't have a
|
|
name. Defaults to "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to chat on %(app)s..."
|
|
* `password_reset`: Subject to use when sending a password reset email. Defaults to "[%(server_name)s] Password reset"
|
|
* `email_validation`: Subject to use when sending a verification email to assert an address's
|
|
ownership. Defaults to "[%(server_name)s] Validate your email"
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
email:
|
|
smtp_host: mail.server
|
|
smtp_port: 587
|
|
smtp_user: "exampleusername"
|
|
smtp_pass: "examplepassword"
|
|
force_tls: true
|
|
require_transport_security: true
|
|
enable_tls: false
|
|
notif_from: "Your Friendly %(app)s homeserver <noreply@example.com>"
|
|
app_name: my_branded_matrix_server
|
|
enable_notifs: true
|
|
notif_for_new_users: false
|
|
client_base_url: "http://localhost/riot"
|
|
validation_token_lifetime: 15m
|
|
invite_client_location: https://app.element.io
|
|
|
|
subjects:
|
|
message_from_person_in_room: "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s in the %(room)s room..."
|
|
message_from_person: "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
|
|
messages_from_person: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
|
|
messages_in_room: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room..."
|
|
messages_in_room_and_others: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room and others..."
|
|
messages_from_person_and_others: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s and others..."
|
|
invite_from_person_to_room: "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to join the %(room)s room on %(app)s..."
|
|
invite_from_person: "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to chat on %(app)s..."
|
|
password_reset: "[%(server_name)s] Password reset"
|
|
email_validation: "[%(server_name)s] Validate your email"
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
## Homeserver blocking
|
|
Useful options for Synapse admins.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
### `admin_contact`
|
|
|
|
How to reach the server admin, used in `ResourceLimitError`. Defaults to none.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
admin_contact: 'mailto:admin@server.com'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `hs_disabled` and `hs_disabled_message`
|
|
|
|
Blocks users from connecting to the homeserver and provides a human-readable reason
|
|
why the connection was blocked. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
hs_disabled: true
|
|
hs_disabled_message: 'Reason for why the HS is blocked'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `limit_usage_by_mau`
|
|
|
|
This option disables/enables monthly active user blocking. Used in cases where the admin or
|
|
server owner wants to limit to the number of monthly active users. When enabled and a limit is
|
|
reached the server returns a `ResourceLimitError` with error type `Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`.
|
|
Defaults to false. If this is enabled, a value for `max_mau_value` must also be set.
|
|
|
|
See [Monthly Active Users](../administration/monthly_active_users.md) for details on how to configure MAU.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
limit_usage_by_mau: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `max_mau_value`
|
|
|
|
This option sets the hard limit of monthly active users above which the server will start
|
|
blocking user actions if `limit_usage_by_mau` is enabled. Defaults to 0.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
max_mau_value: 50
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `mau_trial_days`
|
|
|
|
The option `mau_trial_days` is a means to add a grace period for active users. It
|
|
means that users must be active for the specified number of days before they
|
|
can be considered active and guards against the case where lots of users
|
|
sign up in a short space of time never to return after their initial
|
|
session. Defaults to 0.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
mau_trial_days: 5
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `mau_appservice_trial_days`
|
|
|
|
The option `mau_appservice_trial_days` is similar to `mau_trial_days`, but applies a different
|
|
trial number if the user was registered by an appservice. A value
|
|
of 0 means no trial days are applied. Appservices not listed in this dictionary
|
|
use the value of `mau_trial_days` instead.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
mau_appservice_trial_days:
|
|
my_appservice_id: 3
|
|
another_appservice_id: 6
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `mau_limit_alerting`
|
|
|
|
The option `mau_limit_alerting` is a means of limiting client-side alerting
|
|
should the mau limit be reached. This is useful for small instances
|
|
where the admin has 5 mau seats (say) for 5 specific people and no
|
|
interest increasing the mau limit further. Defaults to true, which
|
|
means that alerting is enabled.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
mau_limit_alerting: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `mau_stats_only`
|
|
|
|
If enabled, the metrics for the number of monthly active users will
|
|
be populated, however no one will be limited based on these numbers. If `limit_usage_by_mau`
|
|
is true, this is implied to be true. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
mau_stats_only: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `mau_limit_reserved_threepids`
|
|
|
|
Sometimes the server admin will want to ensure certain accounts are
|
|
never blocked by mau checking. These accounts are specified by this option.
|
|
Defaults to none. Add accounts by specifying the `medium` and `address` of the
|
|
reserved threepid (3rd party identifier).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
mau_limit_reserved_threepids:
|
|
- medium: 'email'
|
|
address: 'reserved_user@example.com'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `server_context`
|
|
|
|
This option is used by phonehome stats to group together related servers.
|
|
Defaults to none.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
server_context: context
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `limit_remote_rooms`
|
|
|
|
When this option is enabled, the room "complexity" will be checked before a user
|
|
joins a new remote room. If it is above the complexity limit, the server will
|
|
disallow joining, or will instantly leave. This is useful for homeservers that are
|
|
resource-constrained. Options for this setting include:
|
|
* `enabled`: whether this check is enabled. Defaults to false.
|
|
* `complexity`: the limit above which rooms cannot be joined. The default is 1.0.
|
|
* `complexity_error`: override the error which is returned when the room is too complex with a
|
|
custom message.
|
|
* `admins_can_join`: allow server admins to join complex rooms. Default is false.
|
|
|
|
Room complexity is an arbitrary measure based on factors such as the number of
|
|
users in the room.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
limit_remote_rooms:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
complexity: 0.5
|
|
complexity_error: "I can't let you do that, Dave."
|
|
admins_can_join: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `require_membership_for_aliases`
|
|
|
|
Whether to require a user to be in the room to add an alias to it.
|
|
Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
require_membership_for_aliases: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `allow_per_room_profiles`
|
|
|
|
Whether to allow per-room membership profiles through the sending of membership
|
|
events with profile information that differs from the target's global profile.
|
|
Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
allow_per_room_profiles: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `max_avatar_size`
|
|
|
|
The largest permissible file size in bytes for a user avatar. Defaults to no restriction.
|
|
Use M for MB and K for KB.
|
|
|
|
Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without using Synapse's media repository.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
max_avatar_size: 10M
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `allowed_avatar_mimetypes`
|
|
|
|
The MIME types allowed for user avatars. Defaults to no restriction.
|
|
|
|
Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without
|
|
using Synapse's media repository.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
allowed_avatar_mimetypes: ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif"]
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `redaction_retention_period`
|
|
|
|
How long to keep redacted events in unredacted form in the database. After
|
|
this period redacted events get replaced with their redacted form in the DB.
|
|
|
|
Synapse will check whether the rentention period has concluded for redacted
|
|
events every 5 minutes. Thus, even if this option is set to `0`, Synapse may
|
|
still take up to 5 minutes to purge redacted events from the database.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to `7d`. Set to `null` to disable.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
redaction_retention_period: 28d
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `forgotten_room_retention_period`
|
|
|
|
How long to keep locally forgotten rooms before purging them from the DB.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to `null`, meaning it's disabled.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
forgotten_room_retention_period: 28d
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `user_ips_max_age`
|
|
|
|
How long to track users' last seen time and IPs in the database.
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|
|
|
Defaults to `28d`. Set to `null` to disable clearing out of old rows.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
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user_ips_max_age: 14d
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
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### `request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors`
|
|
|
|
Inhibits the `/requestToken` endpoints from returning an error that might leak
|
|
information about whether an e-mail address is in use or not on this
|
|
homeserver. Defaults to false.
|
|
Note that for some endpoints the error situation is the e-mail already being
|
|
used, and for others the error is entering the e-mail being unused.
|
|
If this option is enabled, instead of returning an error, these endpoints will
|
|
act as if no error happened and return a fake session ID ('sid') to clients.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
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request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `next_link_domain_whitelist`
|
|
|
|
A list of domains that the domain portion of `next_link` parameters
|
|
must match.
|
|
|
|
This parameter is optionally provided by clients while requesting
|
|
validation of an email or phone number, and maps to a link that
|
|
users will be automatically redirected to after validation
|
|
succeeds. Clients can make use this parameter to aid the validation
|
|
process.
|
|
|
|
The whitelist is applied whether the homeserver or an identity server is handling validation.
|
|
|
|
The default value is no whitelist functionality; all domains are
|
|
allowed. Setting this value to an empty list will instead disallow
|
|
all domains.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
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|
next_link_domain_whitelist: ["matrix.org"]
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `templates` and `custom_template_directory`
|
|
|
|
These options define templates to use when generating email or HTML page contents.
|
|
The `custom_template_directory` determines which directory Synapse will try to
|
|
find template files in to use to generate email or HTML page contents.
|
|
If not set, or a file is not found within the template directory, a default
|
|
template from within the Synapse package will be used.
|
|
|
|
See [here](../../templates.md) for more
|
|
information about using custom templates.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
templates:
|
|
custom_template_directory: /path/to/custom/templates/
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `retention`
|
|
|
|
This option and the associated options determine message retention policy at the
|
|
server level.
|
|
|
|
Room admins and mods can define a retention period for their rooms using the
|
|
`m.room.retention` state event, and server admins can cap this period by setting
|
|
the `allowed_lifetime_min` and `allowed_lifetime_max` config options.
|
|
|
|
If this feature is enabled, Synapse will regularly look for and purge events
|
|
which are older than the room's maximum retention period. Synapse will also
|
|
filter events received over federation so that events that should have been
|
|
purged are ignored and not stored again.
|
|
|
|
The message retention policies feature is disabled by default. You can read more
|
|
about this feature [here](../../message_retention_policies.md).
|
|
|
|
This setting has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `default_policy`: Default retention policy. If set, Synapse will apply it to rooms that lack the
|
|
'm.room.retention' state event. This option is further specified by the
|
|
`min_lifetime` and `max_lifetime` sub-options associated with it. Note that the
|
|
value of `min_lifetime` doesn't matter much because Synapse doesn't take it into account yet.
|
|
|
|
* `allowed_lifetime_min` and `allowed_lifetime_max`: Retention policy limits. If
|
|
set, and the state of a room contains a `m.room.retention` event in its state
|
|
which contains a `min_lifetime` or a `max_lifetime` that's out of these bounds,
|
|
Synapse will cap the room's policy to these limits when running purge jobs.
|
|
|
|
* `purge_jobs` and the associated `shortest_max_lifetime` and `longest_max_lifetime` sub-options:
|
|
Server admins can define the settings of the background jobs purging the
|
|
events whose lifetime has expired under the `purge_jobs` section.
|
|
|
|
If no configuration is provided for this option, a single job will be set up to delete
|
|
expired events in every room daily.
|
|
|
|
Each job's configuration defines which range of message lifetimes the job
|
|
takes care of. For example, if `shortest_max_lifetime` is '2d' and
|
|
`longest_max_lifetime` is '3d', the job will handle purging expired events in
|
|
rooms whose state defines a `max_lifetime` that's both higher than 2 days, and
|
|
lower than or equal to 3 days. Both the minimum and the maximum value of a
|
|
range are optional, e.g. a job with no `shortest_max_lifetime` and a
|
|
`longest_max_lifetime` of '3d' will handle every room with a retention policy
|
|
whose `max_lifetime` is lower than or equal to three days.
|
|
|
|
The rationale for this per-job configuration is that some rooms might have a
|
|
retention policy with a low `max_lifetime`, where history needs to be purged
|
|
of outdated messages on a more frequent basis than for the rest of the rooms
|
|
(e.g. every 12h), but not want that purge to be performed by a job that's
|
|
iterating over every room it knows, which could be heavy on the server.
|
|
|
|
If any purge job is configured, it is strongly recommended to have at least
|
|
a single job with neither `shortest_max_lifetime` nor `longest_max_lifetime`
|
|
set, or one job without `shortest_max_lifetime` and one job without
|
|
`longest_max_lifetime` set. Otherwise some rooms might be ignored, even if
|
|
`allowed_lifetime_min` and `allowed_lifetime_max` are set, because capping a
|
|
room's policy to these values is done after the policies are retrieved from
|
|
Synapse's database (which is done using the range specified in a purge job's
|
|
configuration).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
retention:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
default_policy:
|
|
min_lifetime: 1d
|
|
max_lifetime: 1y
|
|
allowed_lifetime_min: 1d
|
|
allowed_lifetime_max: 1y
|
|
purge_jobs:
|
|
- longest_max_lifetime: 3d
|
|
interval: 12h
|
|
- shortest_max_lifetime: 3d
|
|
interval: 1d
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## TLS
|
|
|
|
Options related to TLS.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `tls_certificate_path`
|
|
|
|
This option specifies a PEM-encoded X509 certificate for TLS.
|
|
This certificate, as of Synapse 1.0, will need to be a valid and verifiable
|
|
certificate, signed by a recognised Certificate Authority. Defaults to none.
|
|
|
|
Be sure to use a `.pem` file that includes the full certificate chain including
|
|
any intermediate certificates (for instance, if using certbot, use
|
|
`fullchain.pem` as your certificate, not `cert.pem`).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
tls_certificate_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.tls.crt"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `tls_private_key_path`
|
|
|
|
PEM-encoded private key for TLS. Defaults to none.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
tls_private_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.tls.key"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_verify_certificates`
|
|
Whether to verify TLS server certificates for outbound federation requests.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to true. To disable certificate verification, set the option to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_verify_certificates: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_client_minimum_tls_version`
|
|
|
|
The minimum TLS version that will be used for outbound federation requests.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to `"1"`. Configurable to `"1"`, `"1.1"`, `"1.2"`, or `"1.3"`. Note
|
|
that setting this value higher than `"1.2"` will prevent federation to most
|
|
of the public Matrix network: only configure it to `"1.3"` if you have an
|
|
entirely private federation setup and you can ensure TLS 1.3 support.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_client_minimum_tls_version: "1.2"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_certificate_verification_whitelist`
|
|
|
|
Skip federation certificate verification on a given whitelist
|
|
of domains.
|
|
|
|
This setting should only be used in very specific cases, such as
|
|
federation over Tor hidden services and similar. For private networks
|
|
of homeservers, you likely want to use a private CA instead.
|
|
|
|
Only effective if `federation_verify_certificates` is `true`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_certificate_verification_whitelist:
|
|
- lon.example.com
|
|
- "*.domain.com"
|
|
- "*.onion"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_custom_ca_list`
|
|
|
|
List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic.
|
|
|
|
This setting should only normally be used within a private network of
|
|
homeservers.
|
|
|
|
Note that this list will replace those that are provided by your
|
|
operating environment. Certificates must be in PEM format.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_custom_ca_list:
|
|
- myCA1.pem
|
|
- myCA2.pem
|
|
- myCA3.pem
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Federation
|
|
|
|
Options related to federation.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_domain_whitelist`
|
|
|
|
Restrict federation to the given whitelist of domains.
|
|
N.B. we recommend also firewalling your federation listener to limit
|
|
inbound federation traffic as early as possible, rather than relying
|
|
purely on this application-layer restriction. If not specified, the
|
|
default is to whitelist everything.
|
|
|
|
Note: this does not stop a server from joining rooms that servers not on the
|
|
whitelist are in. As such, this option is really only useful to establish a
|
|
"private federation", where a group of servers all whitelist each other and have
|
|
the same whitelist.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_domain_whitelist:
|
|
- lon.example.com
|
|
- nyc.example.com
|
|
- syd.example.com
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_metrics_domains`
|
|
|
|
Report prometheus metrics on the age of PDUs being sent to and received from
|
|
the given domains. This can be used to give an idea of "delay" on inbound
|
|
and outbound federation, though be aware that any delay can be due to problems
|
|
at either end or with the intermediate network.
|
|
|
|
By default, no domains are monitored in this way.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_metrics_domains:
|
|
- matrix.org
|
|
- example.com
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `allow_profile_lookup_over_federation`
|
|
|
|
Set to false to disable profile lookup over federation. By default, the
|
|
Federation API allows other homeservers to obtain profile data of any user
|
|
on this homeserver.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
allow_profile_lookup_over_federation: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation`
|
|
|
|
Set this option to true to allow device display name lookup over federation. By default, the
|
|
Federation API prevents other homeservers from obtaining the display names of any user devices
|
|
on this homeserver.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation`
|
|
|
|
The federation section defines some sub-options related to federation.
|
|
|
|
The following options are related to configuring timeout and retry logic for one request,
|
|
independently of the others.
|
|
Short retry algorithm is used when something or someone will wait for the request to have an
|
|
answer, while long retry is used for requests that happen in the background,
|
|
like sending a federation transaction.
|
|
|
|
* `client_timeout`: timeout for the federation requests. Default to 60s.
|
|
* `max_short_retry_delay`: maximum delay to be used for the short retry algo. Default to 2s.
|
|
* `max_long_retry_delay`: maximum delay to be used for the short retry algo. Default to 60s.
|
|
* `max_short_retries`: maximum number of retries for the short retry algo. Default to 3 attempts.
|
|
* `max_long_retries`: maximum number of retries for the long retry algo. Default to 10 attempts.
|
|
|
|
The following options control the retry logic when communicating with a specific homeserver destination.
|
|
Unlike the previous configuration options, these values apply across all requests
|
|
for a given destination and the state of the backoff is stored in the database.
|
|
|
|
* `destination_min_retry_interval`: the initial backoff, after the first request fails. Defaults to 10m.
|
|
* `destination_retry_multiplier`: how much we multiply the backoff by after each subsequent fail. Defaults to 2.
|
|
* `destination_max_retry_interval`: a cap on the backoff. Defaults to a week.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation:
|
|
client_timeout: 180s
|
|
max_short_retry_delay: 7s
|
|
max_long_retry_delay: 100s
|
|
max_short_retries: 5
|
|
max_long_retries: 20
|
|
destination_min_retry_interval: 30s
|
|
destination_retry_multiplier: 5
|
|
destination_max_retry_interval: 12h
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Caching
|
|
|
|
Options related to caching.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `event_cache_size`
|
|
|
|
The number of events to cache in memory. Defaults to 10K. Like other caches,
|
|
this is affected by `caches.global_factor` (see below).
|
|
|
|
Note that this option is not part of the `caches` section.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
event_cache_size: 15K
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `caches` and associated values
|
|
|
|
A cache 'factor' is a multiplier that can be applied to each of
|
|
Synapse's caches in order to increase or decrease the maximum
|
|
number of entries that can be stored.
|
|
|
|
`caches` can be configured through the following sub-options:
|
|
|
|
* `global_factor`: Controls the global cache factor, which is the default cache factor
|
|
for all caches if a specific factor for that cache is not otherwise
|
|
set.
|
|
|
|
This can also be set by the `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR` environment
|
|
variable. Setting by environment variable takes priority over
|
|
setting through the config file.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to 0.5, which will halve the size of all caches.
|
|
|
|
* `per_cache_factors`: A dictionary of cache name to cache factor for that individual
|
|
cache. Overrides the global cache factor for a given cache.
|
|
|
|
These can also be set through environment variables comprised
|
|
of `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_` + the name of the cache in capital
|
|
letters and underscores. Setting by environment variable
|
|
takes priority over setting through the config file.
|
|
Ex. `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_GET_USERS_WHO_SHARE_ROOM_WITH_USER=2.0`
|
|
|
|
Some caches have '*' and other characters that are not
|
|
alphanumeric or underscores. These caches can be named with or
|
|
without the special characters stripped. For example, to specify
|
|
the cache factor for `*stateGroupCache*` via an environment
|
|
variable would be `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_STATEGROUPCACHE=2.0`.
|
|
|
|
* `expire_caches`: Controls whether cache entries are evicted after a specified time
|
|
period. Defaults to true. Set to false to disable this feature. Note that never expiring
|
|
caches may result in excessive memory usage.
|
|
|
|
* `cache_entry_ttl`: If `expire_caches` is enabled, this flag controls how long an entry can
|
|
be in a cache without having been accessed before being evicted.
|
|
Defaults to 30m.
|
|
|
|
* `sync_response_cache_duration`: Controls how long the results of a /sync request are
|
|
cached for after a successful response is returned. A higher duration can help clients
|
|
with intermittent connections, at the cost of higher memory usage.
|
|
A value of zero means that sync responses are not cached.
|
|
Defaults to 2m.
|
|
|
|
*Changed in Synapse 1.62.0*: The default was changed from 0 to 2m.
|
|
|
|
* `cache_autotuning` and its sub-options `max_cache_memory_usage`, `target_cache_memory_usage`, and
|
|
`min_cache_ttl` work in conjunction with each other to maintain a balance between cache memory
|
|
usage and cache entry availability. You must be using [jemalloc](../administration/admin_faq.md#help-synapse-is-slow-and-eats-all-my-ramcpu)
|
|
to utilize this option, and all three of the options must be specified for this feature to work. This option
|
|
defaults to off, enable it by providing values for the sub-options listed below. Please note that the feature will not work
|
|
and may cause unstable behavior (such as excessive emptying of caches or exceptions) if all of the values are not provided.
|
|
Please see the [Config Conventions](#config-conventions) for information on how to specify memory size and cache expiry
|
|
durations.
|
|
* `max_cache_memory_usage` sets a ceiling on how much memory the cache can use before caches begin to be continuously evicted.
|
|
They will continue to be evicted until the memory usage drops below the `target_memory_usage`, set in
|
|
the setting below, or until the `min_cache_ttl` is hit. There is no default value for this option.
|
|
* `target_cache_memory_usage` sets a rough target for the desired memory usage of the caches. There is no default value
|
|
for this option.
|
|
* `min_cache_ttl` sets a limit under which newer cache entries are not evicted and is only applied when
|
|
caches are actively being evicted/`max_cache_memory_usage` has been exceeded. This is to protect hot caches
|
|
from being emptied while Synapse is evicting due to memory. There is no default value for this option.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
event_cache_size: 15K
|
|
caches:
|
|
global_factor: 1.0
|
|
per_cache_factors:
|
|
get_users_who_share_room_with_user: 2.0
|
|
sync_response_cache_duration: 2m
|
|
cache_autotuning:
|
|
max_cache_memory_usage: 1024M
|
|
target_cache_memory_usage: 758M
|
|
min_cache_ttl: 5m
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
### Reloading cache factors
|
|
|
|
The cache factors (i.e. `caches.global_factor` and `caches.per_cache_factors`) may be reloaded at any time by sending a
|
|
[`SIGHUP`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGHUP) signal to Synapse using e.g.
|
|
|
|
```commandline
|
|
kill -HUP [PID_OF_SYNAPSE_PROCESS]
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
If you are running multiple workers, you must individually update the worker
|
|
config file and send this signal to each worker process.
|
|
|
|
If you're using the [example systemd service](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/develop/contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service)
|
|
file in Synapse's `contrib` directory, you can send a `SIGHUP` signal by using
|
|
`systemctl reload matrix-synapse`.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
## Database
|
|
Config options related to database settings.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `database`
|
|
|
|
The `database` setting defines the database that synapse uses to store all of
|
|
its data.
|
|
|
|
Associated sub-options:
|
|
|
|
* `name`: this option specifies the database engine to use: either `sqlite3` (for SQLite)
|
|
or `psycopg2` (for PostgreSQL). If no name is specified Synapse will default to SQLite.
|
|
|
|
* `txn_limit` gives the maximum number of transactions to run per connection
|
|
before reconnecting. Defaults to 0, which means no limit.
|
|
|
|
* `allow_unsafe_locale` is an option specific to Postgres. Under the default behavior, Synapse will refuse to
|
|
start if the postgres db is set to a non-C locale. You can override this behavior (which is *not* recommended)
|
|
by setting `allow_unsafe_locale` to true. Note that doing so may corrupt your database. You can find more information
|
|
[here](../../postgres.md#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype) and [here](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes).
|
|
|
|
* `args` gives options which are passed through to the database engine,
|
|
except for options starting with `cp_`, which are used to configure the Twisted
|
|
connection pool. For a reference to valid arguments, see:
|
|
* for [sqlite](https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.connect)
|
|
* for [postgres](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS)
|
|
* for [the connection pool](https://docs.twistedmatrix.com/en/stable/api/twisted.enterprise.adbapi.ConnectionPool.html#__init__)
|
|
|
|
For more information on using Synapse with Postgres,
|
|
see [here](../../postgres.md).
|
|
|
|
Example SQLite configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
database:
|
|
name: sqlite3
|
|
args:
|
|
database: /path/to/homeserver.db
|
|
```
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|
|
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Example Postgres configuration:
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|
```yaml
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database:
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name: psycopg2
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|
txn_limit: 10000
|
|
args:
|
|
user: synapse_user
|
|
password: secretpassword
|
|
dbname: synapse
|
|
host: localhost
|
|
port: 5432
|
|
cp_min: 5
|
|
cp_max: 10
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `databases`
|
|
|
|
The `databases` option allows specifying a mapping between certain database tables and
|
|
database host details, spreading the load of a single Synapse instance across multiple
|
|
database backends. This is often referred to as "database sharding". This option is only
|
|
supported for PostgreSQL database backends.
|
|
|
|
**Important note:** This is a supported option, but is not currently used in production by the
|
|
Matrix.org Foundation. Proceed with caution and always make backups.
|
|
|
|
`databases` is a dictionary of arbitrarily-named database entries. Each entry is equivalent
|
|
to the value of the `database` homeserver config option (see above), with the addition of
|
|
a `data_stores` key. `data_stores` is an array of strings that specifies the data store(s)
|
|
(a defined label for a set of tables) that should be stored on the associated database
|
|
backend entry.
|
|
|
|
The currently defined values for `data_stores` are:
|
|
|
|
* `"state"`: Database that relates to state groups will be stored in this database.
|
|
|
|
Specifically, that means the following tables:
|
|
* `state_groups`
|
|
* `state_group_edges`
|
|
* `state_groups_state`
|
|
|
|
And the following sequences:
|
|
* `state_groups_seq_id`
|
|
|
|
* `"main"`: All other database tables and sequences.
|
|
|
|
All databases will end up with additional tables used for tracking database schema migrations
|
|
and any pending background updates. Synapse will create these automatically on startup when checking for
|
|
and/or performing database schema migrations.
|
|
|
|
To migrate an existing database configuration (e.g. all tables on a single database) to a different
|
|
configuration (e.g. the "main" data store on one database, and "state" on another), do the following:
|
|
|
|
1. Take a backup of your existing database. Things can and do go wrong and database corruption is no joke!
|
|
2. Ensure all pending database migrations have been applied and background updates have run. The simplest
|
|
way to do this is to use the `update_synapse_database` script supplied with your Synapse installation.
|
|
|
|
```sh
|
|
update_synapse_database --database-config homeserver.yaml --run-background-updates
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
3. Copy over the necessary tables and sequences from one database to the other. Tables relating to database
|
|
migrations, schemas, schema versions and background updates should **not** be copied.
|
|
|
|
As an example, say that you'd like to split out the "state" data store from an existing database which
|
|
currently contains all data stores.
|
|
|
|
Simply copy the tables and sequences defined above for the "state" datastore from the existing database
|
|
to the secondary database. As noted above, additional tables will be created in the secondary database
|
|
when Synapse is started.
|
|
|
|
4. Modify/create the `databases` option in your `homeserver.yaml` to match the desired database configuration.
|
|
5. Start Synapse. Check that it starts up successfully and that things generally seem to be working.
|
|
6. Drop the old tables that were copied in step 3.
|
|
|
|
Only one of the options `database` or `databases` may be specified in your config, but not both.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
databases:
|
|
basement_box:
|
|
name: psycopg2
|
|
txn_limit: 10000
|
|
data_stores: ["main"]
|
|
args:
|
|
user: synapse_user
|
|
password: secretpassword
|
|
dbname: synapse_main
|
|
host: localhost
|
|
port: 5432
|
|
cp_min: 5
|
|
cp_max: 10
|
|
|
|
my_other_database:
|
|
name: psycopg2
|
|
txn_limit: 10000
|
|
data_stores: ["state"]
|
|
args:
|
|
user: synapse_user
|
|
password: secretpassword
|
|
dbname: synapse_state
|
|
host: localhost
|
|
port: 5432
|
|
cp_min: 5
|
|
cp_max: 10
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Logging
|
|
Config options related to logging.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `log_config`
|
|
|
|
This option specifies a yaml python logging config file as described
|
|
[here](https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
log_config: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.log.config"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Ratelimiting
|
|
Options related to ratelimiting in Synapse.
|
|
|
|
Each ratelimiting configuration is made of two parameters:
|
|
- `per_second`: number of requests a client can send per second.
|
|
- `burst_count`: number of requests a client can send before being throttled.
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_message`
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratelimiting settings for client messaging.
|
|
|
|
This is a ratelimiting option for messages that ratelimits sending based on the account the client
|
|
is using. It defaults to: `per_second: 0.2`, `burst_count: 10`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_message:
|
|
per_second: 0.5
|
|
burst_count: 15
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_registration`
|
|
|
|
This option ratelimits registration requests based on the client's IP address.
|
|
It defaults to `per_second: 0.17`, `burst_count: 3`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_registration:
|
|
per_second: 0.15
|
|
burst_count: 2
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_registration_token_validity`
|
|
|
|
This option checks the validity of registration tokens that ratelimits requests based on
|
|
the client's IP address.
|
|
Defaults to `per_second: 0.1`, `burst_count: 5`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_registration_token_validity:
|
|
per_second: 0.3
|
|
burst_count: 6
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_login`
|
|
|
|
This option specifies several limits for login:
|
|
* `address` ratelimits login requests based on the client's IP
|
|
address. Defaults to `per_second: 0.003`, `burst_count: 5`.
|
|
|
|
* `account` ratelimits login requests based on the account the
|
|
client is attempting to log into. Defaults to `per_second: 0.003`,
|
|
`burst_count: 5`.
|
|
|
|
* `failed_attempts` ratelimits login requests based on the account the
|
|
client is attempting to log into, based on the amount of failed login
|
|
attempts for this account. Defaults to `per_second: 0.17`, `burst_count: 3`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_login:
|
|
address:
|
|
per_second: 0.15
|
|
burst_count: 5
|
|
account:
|
|
per_second: 0.18
|
|
burst_count: 4
|
|
failed_attempts:
|
|
per_second: 0.19
|
|
burst_count: 7
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_admin_redaction`
|
|
|
|
This option sets ratelimiting redactions by room admins. If this is not explicitly
|
|
set then it uses the same ratelimiting as per `rc_message`. This is useful
|
|
to allow room admins to deal with abuse quickly.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_admin_redaction:
|
|
per_second: 1
|
|
burst_count: 50
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_joins`
|
|
|
|
This option allows for ratelimiting number of rooms a user can join. This setting has the following sub-options:
|
|
|
|
* `local`: ratelimits when users are joining rooms the server is already in.
|
|
Defaults to `per_second: 0.1`, `burst_count: 10`.
|
|
|
|
* `remote`: ratelimits when users are trying to join rooms not on the server (which
|
|
can be more computationally expensive than restricting locally). Defaults to
|
|
`per_second: 0.01`, `burst_count: 10`
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_joins:
|
|
local:
|
|
per_second: 0.2
|
|
burst_count: 15
|
|
remote:
|
|
per_second: 0.03
|
|
burst_count: 12
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_joins_per_room`
|
|
|
|
This option allows admins to ratelimit joins to a room based on the number of recent
|
|
joins (local or remote) to that room. It is intended to mitigate mass-join spam
|
|
waves which target multiple homeservers.
|
|
|
|
By default, one join is permitted to a room every second, with an accumulating
|
|
buffer of up to ten instantaneous joins.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration (default values):
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_joins_per_room:
|
|
per_second: 1
|
|
burst_count: 10
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
_Added in Synapse 1.64.0._
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_3pid_validation`
|
|
|
|
This option ratelimits how often a user or IP can attempt to validate a 3PID.
|
|
Defaults to `per_second: 0.003`, `burst_count: 5`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_3pid_validation:
|
|
per_second: 0.003
|
|
burst_count: 5
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_invites`
|
|
|
|
This option sets ratelimiting how often invites can be sent in a room or to a
|
|
specific user. `per_room` defaults to `per_second: 0.3`, `burst_count: 10` and
|
|
`per_user` defaults to `per_second: 0.003`, `burst_count: 5`.
|
|
|
|
Client requests that invite user(s) when [creating a
|
|
room](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.2/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3createroom)
|
|
will count against the `rc_invites.per_room` limit, whereas
|
|
client requests to [invite a single user to a
|
|
room](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.2/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3roomsroomidinvite)
|
|
will count against both the `rc_invites.per_user` and `rc_invites.per_room` limits.
|
|
|
|
Federation requests to invite a user will count against the `rc_invites.per_user`
|
|
limit only, as Synapse presumes ratelimiting by room will be done by the sending server.
|
|
|
|
The `rc_invites.per_user` limit applies to the *receiver* of the invite, rather than the
|
|
sender, meaning that a `rc_invite.per_user.burst_count` of 5 mandates that a single user
|
|
cannot *receive* more than a burst of 5 invites at a time.
|
|
|
|
In contrast, the `rc_invites.per_issuer` limit applies to the *issuer* of the invite, meaning that a `rc_invite.per_issuer.burst_count` of 5 mandates that single user cannot *send* more than a burst of 5 invites at a time.
|
|
|
|
_Changed in version 1.63:_ added the `per_issuer` limit.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_invites:
|
|
per_room:
|
|
per_second: 0.5
|
|
burst_count: 5
|
|
per_user:
|
|
per_second: 0.004
|
|
burst_count: 3
|
|
per_issuer:
|
|
per_second: 0.5
|
|
burst_count: 5
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_third_party_invite`
|
|
|
|
This option ratelimits 3PID invites (i.e. invites sent to a third-party ID
|
|
such as an email address or a phone number) based on the account that's
|
|
sending the invite. Defaults to `per_second: 0.2`, `burst_count: 10`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_third_party_invite:
|
|
per_second: 0.2
|
|
burst_count: 10
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_media_create`
|
|
|
|
This option ratelimits creation of MXC URIs via the `/_matrix/media/v1/create`
|
|
endpoint based on the account that's creating the media. Defaults to
|
|
`per_second: 10`, `burst_count: 50`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_media_create:
|
|
per_second: 10
|
|
burst_count: 50
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `rc_federation`
|
|
|
|
Defines limits on federation requests.
|
|
|
|
The `rc_federation` configuration has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `window_size`: window size in milliseconds. Defaults to 1000.
|
|
* `sleep_limit`: number of federation requests from a single server in
|
|
a window before the server will delay processing the request. Defaults to 10.
|
|
* `sleep_delay`: duration in milliseconds to delay processing events
|
|
from remote servers by if they go over the sleep limit. Defaults to 500.
|
|
* `reject_limit`: maximum number of concurrent federation requests
|
|
allowed from a single server. Defaults to 50.
|
|
* `concurrent`: number of federation requests to concurrently process
|
|
from a single server. Defaults to 3.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
rc_federation:
|
|
window_size: 750
|
|
sleep_limit: 15
|
|
sleep_delay: 400
|
|
reject_limit: 40
|
|
concurrent: 5
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second`
|
|
|
|
Sets outgoing federation transaction frequency for sending read-receipts,
|
|
per-room.
|
|
|
|
If we end up trying to send out more read-receipts, they will get buffered up
|
|
into fewer transactions. Defaults to 50.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second: 40
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Media Store
|
|
Config options related to Synapse's media store.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_media_repo`
|
|
|
|
Enable the media store service in the Synapse master. Defaults to true.
|
|
Set to false if you are using a separate media store worker.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_media_repo: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `media_store_path`
|
|
|
|
Directory where uploaded images and attachments are stored.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
media_store_path: "DATADIR/media_store"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `max_pending_media_uploads`
|
|
|
|
How many *pending media uploads* can a given user have? A pending media upload
|
|
is a created MXC URI that (a) is not expired (the `unused_expires_at` timestamp
|
|
has not passed) and (b) the media has not yet been uploaded for. Defaults to 5.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
max_pending_media_uploads: 5
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `unused_expiration_time`
|
|
|
|
How long to wait in milliseconds before expiring created media IDs. Defaults to
|
|
"24h"
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
unused_expiration_time: "1h"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `media_storage_providers`
|
|
|
|
Media storage providers allow media to be stored in different
|
|
locations. Defaults to none. Associated sub-options are:
|
|
* `module`: type of resource, e.g. `file_system`.
|
|
* `store_local`: whether to store newly uploaded local files
|
|
* `store_remote`: whether to store newly downloaded local files
|
|
* `store_synchronous`: whether to wait for successful storage for local uploads
|
|
* `config`: sets a path to the resource through the `directory` option
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
media_storage_providers:
|
|
- module: file_system
|
|
store_local: false
|
|
store_remote: false
|
|
store_synchronous: false
|
|
config:
|
|
directory: /mnt/some/other/directory
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `max_upload_size`
|
|
|
|
The largest allowed upload size in bytes.
|
|
|
|
If you are using a reverse proxy you may also need to set this value in
|
|
your reverse proxy's config. Defaults to 50M. Notably Nginx has a small max body size by default.
|
|
See [here](../../reverse_proxy.md) for more on using a reverse proxy with Synapse.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
max_upload_size: 60M
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `max_image_pixels`
|
|
|
|
Maximum number of pixels that will be thumbnailed. Defaults to 32M.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
max_image_pixels: 35M
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `prevent_media_downloads_from`
|
|
|
|
A list of domains to never download media from. Media from these
|
|
domains that is already downloaded will not be deleted, but will be
|
|
inaccessible to users. This option does not affect admin APIs trying
|
|
to download/operate on media.
|
|
|
|
This will not prevent the listed domains from accessing media themselves.
|
|
It simply prevents users on this server from downloading media originating
|
|
from the listed servers.
|
|
|
|
This will have no effect on media originating from the local server.
|
|
This only affects media downloaded from other Matrix servers, to
|
|
block domains from URL previews see [`url_preview_url_blacklist`](#url_preview_url_blacklist).
|
|
|
|
Defaults to an empty list (nothing blocked).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
prevent_media_downloads_from:
|
|
- evil.example.org
|
|
- evil2.example.org
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `dynamic_thumbnails`
|
|
|
|
Whether to generate new thumbnails on the fly to precisely match
|
|
the resolution requested by the client. If true then whenever
|
|
a new resolution is requested by the client the server will
|
|
generate a new thumbnail. If false the server will pick a thumbnail
|
|
from a precalculated list. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
dynamic_thumbnails: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `thumbnail_sizes`
|
|
|
|
List of thumbnails to precalculate when an image is uploaded. Associated sub-options are:
|
|
* `width`
|
|
* `height`
|
|
* `method`: i.e. `crop`, `scale`, etc.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
thumbnail_sizes:
|
|
- width: 32
|
|
height: 32
|
|
method: crop
|
|
- width: 96
|
|
height: 96
|
|
method: crop
|
|
- width: 320
|
|
height: 240
|
|
method: scale
|
|
- width: 640
|
|
height: 480
|
|
method: scale
|
|
- width: 800
|
|
height: 600
|
|
method: scale
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `media_retention`
|
|
|
|
Controls whether local media and entries in the remote media cache
|
|
(media that is downloaded from other homeservers) should be removed
|
|
under certain conditions, typically for the purpose of saving space.
|
|
|
|
Purging media files will be the carried out by the media worker
|
|
(that is, the worker that has the `enable_media_repo` homeserver config
|
|
option set to 'true'). This may be the main process.
|
|
|
|
The `media_retention.local_media_lifetime` and
|
|
`media_retention.remote_media_lifetime` config options control whether
|
|
media will be purged if it has not been accessed in a given amount of
|
|
time. Note that media is 'accessed' when loaded in a room in a client, or
|
|
otherwise downloaded by a local or remote user. If the media has never
|
|
been accessed, the media's creation time is used instead. Both thumbnails
|
|
and the original media will be removed. If either of these options are unset,
|
|
then media of that type will not be purged.
|
|
|
|
Local or cached remote media that has been
|
|
[quarantined](../../admin_api/media_admin_api.md#quarantining-media-in-a-room)
|
|
will not be deleted. Similarly, local media that has been marked as
|
|
[protected from quarantine](../../admin_api/media_admin_api.md#protecting-media-from-being-quarantined)
|
|
will not be deleted.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
media_retention:
|
|
local_media_lifetime: 90d
|
|
remote_media_lifetime: 14d
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `url_preview_enabled`
|
|
|
|
This setting determines whether the preview URL API is enabled.
|
|
It is disabled by default. Set to true to enable. If enabled you must specify a
|
|
`url_preview_ip_range_blacklist` blacklist.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
url_preview_enabled: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `url_preview_ip_range_blacklist`
|
|
|
|
List of IP address CIDR ranges that the URL preview spider is denied
|
|
from accessing. There are no defaults: you must explicitly
|
|
specify a list for URL previewing to work. You should specify any
|
|
internal services in your network that you do not want synapse to try
|
|
to connect to, otherwise anyone in any Matrix room could cause your
|
|
synapse to issue arbitrary GET requests to your internal services,
|
|
causing serious security issues.
|
|
|
|
(0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
|
|
listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
|
|
|
|
This must be specified if `url_preview_enabled` is set. It is recommended that
|
|
you use the following example list as a starting point.
|
|
|
|
Note: The value is ignored when an HTTP proxy is in use.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
url_preview_ip_range_blacklist:
|
|
- '127.0.0.0/8'
|
|
- '10.0.0.0/8'
|
|
- '172.16.0.0/12'
|
|
- '192.168.0.0/16'
|
|
- '100.64.0.0/10'
|
|
- '192.0.0.0/24'
|
|
- '169.254.0.0/16'
|
|
- '192.88.99.0/24'
|
|
- '198.18.0.0/15'
|
|
- '192.0.2.0/24'
|
|
- '198.51.100.0/24'
|
|
- '203.0.113.0/24'
|
|
- '224.0.0.0/4'
|
|
- '::1/128'
|
|
- 'fe80::/10'
|
|
- 'fc00::/7'
|
|
- '2001:db8::/32'
|
|
- 'ff00::/8'
|
|
- 'fec0::/10'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `url_preview_ip_range_whitelist`
|
|
|
|
This option sets a list of IP address CIDR ranges that the URL preview spider is allowed
|
|
to access even if they are specified in `url_preview_ip_range_blacklist`.
|
|
This is useful for specifying exceptions to wide-ranging blacklisted
|
|
target IP ranges - e.g. for enabling URL previews for a specific private
|
|
website only visible in your network. Defaults to none.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
url_preview_ip_range_whitelist:
|
|
- '192.168.1.1'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `url_preview_url_blacklist`
|
|
|
|
Optional list of URL matches that the URL preview spider is
|
|
denied from accessing. You should use `url_preview_ip_range_blacklist`
|
|
in preference to this, otherwise someone could define a public DNS
|
|
entry that points to a private IP address and circumvent the blacklist.
|
|
This is more useful if you know there is an entire shape of URL that
|
|
you know that will never want synapse to try to spider.
|
|
|
|
Each list entry is a dictionary of url component attributes as returned
|
|
by urlparse.urlsplit as applied to the absolute form of the URL. See
|
|
[here](https://docs.python.org/2/library/urlparse.html#urlparse.urlsplit) for more
|
|
information. Some examples are:
|
|
|
|
* `username`
|
|
* `netloc`
|
|
* `scheme`
|
|
* `path`
|
|
|
|
The values of the dictionary are treated as a filename match pattern
|
|
applied to that component of URLs, unless they start with a ^ in which
|
|
case they are treated as a regular expression match. If all the
|
|
specified component matches for a given list item succeed, the URL is
|
|
blacklisted.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
url_preview_url_blacklist:
|
|
# blacklist any URL with a username in its URI
|
|
- username: '*'
|
|
|
|
# blacklist all *.google.com URLs
|
|
- netloc: 'google.com'
|
|
- netloc: '*.google.com'
|
|
|
|
# blacklist all plain HTTP URLs
|
|
- scheme: 'http'
|
|
|
|
# blacklist http(s)://www.acme.com/foo
|
|
- netloc: 'www.acme.com'
|
|
path: '/foo'
|
|
|
|
# blacklist any URL with a literal IPv4 address
|
|
- netloc: '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `max_spider_size`
|
|
|
|
The largest allowed URL preview spidering size in bytes. Defaults to 10M.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
max_spider_size: 8M
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `url_preview_accept_language`
|
|
|
|
A list of values for the Accept-Language HTTP header used when
|
|
downloading webpages during URL preview generation. This allows
|
|
Synapse to specify the preferred languages that URL previews should
|
|
be in when communicating with remote servers.
|
|
|
|
Each value is a IETF language tag; a 2-3 letter identifier for a
|
|
language, optionally followed by subtags separated by '-', specifying
|
|
a country or region variant.
|
|
|
|
Multiple values can be provided, and a weight can be added to each by
|
|
using quality value syntax (;q=). '*' translates to any language.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to "en".
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
url_preview_accept_language:
|
|
- 'en-UK'
|
|
- 'en-US;q=0.9'
|
|
- 'fr;q=0.8'
|
|
- '*;q=0.7'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `oembed`
|
|
|
|
oEmbed allows for easier embedding content from a website. It can be
|
|
used for generating URLs previews of services which support it. A default list of oEmbed providers
|
|
is included with Synapse. Set `disable_default_providers` to true to disable using
|
|
these default oEmbed URLs. Use `additional_providers` to specify additional files with oEmbed configuration (each
|
|
should be in the form of providers.json). By default this list is empty.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
oembed:
|
|
disable_default_providers: true
|
|
additional_providers:
|
|
- oembed/my_providers.json
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Captcha
|
|
|
|
See [here](../../CAPTCHA_SETUP.md) for full details on setting up captcha.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `recaptcha_public_key`
|
|
|
|
This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA public key. Must be specified if
|
|
[`enable_registration_captcha`](#enable_registration_captcha) is enabled.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
recaptcha_public_key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `recaptcha_private_key`
|
|
|
|
This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA private key. Must be specified if
|
|
[`enable_registration_captcha`](#enable_registration_captcha) is
|
|
enabled.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
recaptcha_private_key: "YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_registration_captcha`
|
|
|
|
Set to `true` to require users to complete a CAPTCHA test when registering an account.
|
|
Requires a valid ReCaptcha public/private key.
|
|
Defaults to `false`.
|
|
|
|
Note that [`enable_registration`](#enable_registration) must also be set to allow account registration.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_registration_captcha: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `recaptcha_siteverify_api`
|
|
|
|
The API endpoint to use for verifying `m.login.recaptcha` responses.
|
|
Defaults to `https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api/siteverify`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
recaptcha_siteverify_api: "https://my.recaptcha.site"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## TURN
|
|
Options related to adding a TURN server to Synapse.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `turn_uris`
|
|
|
|
The public URIs of the TURN server to give to clients.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
turn_uris: [turn:example.org]
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `turn_shared_secret`
|
|
|
|
The shared secret used to compute passwords for the TURN server.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
turn_shared_secret: "YOUR_SHARED_SECRET"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `turn_username` and `turn_password`
|
|
|
|
The Username and password if the TURN server needs them and does not use a token.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
turn_username: "TURNSERVER_USERNAME"
|
|
turn_password: "TURNSERVER_PASSWORD"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `turn_user_lifetime`
|
|
|
|
How long generated TURN credentials last. Defaults to 1h.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
turn_user_lifetime: 2h
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `turn_allow_guests`
|
|
|
|
Whether guests should be allowed to use the TURN server. This defaults to true, otherwise
|
|
VoIP will be unreliable for guests. However, it does introduce a slight security risk as
|
|
it allows users to connect to arbitrary endpoints without having first signed up for a valid account (e.g. by passing a CAPTCHA).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
turn_allow_guests: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Registration ##
|
|
|
|
Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the [Ratelimiting](#ratelimiting) section of this manual.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_registration`
|
|
|
|
Enable registration for new users. Defaults to `false`.
|
|
|
|
It is highly recommended that if you enable registration, you set one or more
|
|
or the following options, to avoid abuse of your server by "bots":
|
|
|
|
* [`enable_registration_captcha`](#enable_registration_captcha)
|
|
* [`registrations_require_3pid`](#registrations_require_3pid)
|
|
* [`registration_requires_token`](#registration_requires_token)
|
|
|
|
(In order to enable registration without any verification, you must also set
|
|
[`enable_registration_without_verification`](#enable_registration_without_verification).)
|
|
|
|
Note that even if this setting is disabled, new accounts can still be created
|
|
via the admin API if
|
|
[`registration_shared_secret`](#registration_shared_secret) is set.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_registration: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_registration_without_verification`
|
|
|
|
Enable registration without email or captcha verification. Note: this option is *not* recommended,
|
|
as registration without verification is a known vector for spam and abuse. Defaults to `false`. Has no effect
|
|
unless [`enable_registration`](#enable_registration) is also enabled.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_registration_without_verification: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `registrations_require_3pid`
|
|
|
|
If this is set, users must provide all of the specified types of 3PID when registering an account.
|
|
|
|
Note that [`enable_registration`](#enable_registration) must also be set to allow account registration.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
registrations_require_3pid:
|
|
- email
|
|
- msisdn
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `disable_msisdn_registration`
|
|
|
|
Explicitly disable asking for MSISDNs from the registration
|
|
flow (overrides `registrations_require_3pid` if MSISDNs are set as required).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
disable_msisdn_registration: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `allowed_local_3pids`
|
|
|
|
Mandate that users are only allowed to associate certain formats of
|
|
3PIDs with accounts on this server, as specified by the `medium` and `pattern` sub-options.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
allowed_local_3pids:
|
|
- medium: email
|
|
pattern: '^[^@]+@matrix\.org$'
|
|
- medium: email
|
|
pattern: '^[^@]+@vector\.im$'
|
|
- medium: msisdn
|
|
pattern: '\+44'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_3pid_lookup`
|
|
|
|
Enable 3PIDs lookup requests to identity servers from this server. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_3pid_lookup: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `registration_requires_token`
|
|
|
|
Require users to submit a token during registration.
|
|
Tokens can be managed using the admin [API](../administration/admin_api/registration_tokens.md).
|
|
Disabling this option will not delete any tokens previously generated.
|
|
Defaults to `false`. Set to `true` to enable.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that [`enable_registration`](#enable_registration) must also be set to allow account registration.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
registration_requires_token: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `registration_shared_secret`
|
|
|
|
If set, allows registration of standard or admin accounts by anyone who has the
|
|
shared secret, even if [`enable_registration`](#enable_registration) is not
|
|
set.
|
|
|
|
This is primarily intended for use with the `register_new_matrix_user` script
|
|
(see [Registering a user](../../setup/installation.md#registering-a-user));
|
|
however, the interface is [documented](../../admin_api/register_api.html).
|
|
|
|
See also [`registration_shared_secret_path`](#registration_shared_secret_path).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
registration_shared_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `registration_shared_secret_path`
|
|
|
|
An alternative to [`registration_shared_secret`](#registration_shared_secret):
|
|
allows the shared secret to be specified in an external file.
|
|
|
|
The file should be a plain text file, containing only the shared secret.
|
|
|
|
If this file does not exist, Synapse will create a new shared
|
|
secret on startup and store it in this file.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
registration_shared_secret_path: /path/to/secrets/file
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
_Added in Synapse 1.67.0._
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `bcrypt_rounds`
|
|
|
|
Set the number of bcrypt rounds used to generate password hash.
|
|
Larger numbers increase the work factor needed to generate the hash.
|
|
The default number is 12 (which equates to 2^12 rounds).
|
|
N.B. that increasing this will exponentially increase the time required
|
|
to register or login - e.g. 24 => 2^24 rounds which will take >20 mins.
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
bcrypt_rounds: 14
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `allow_guest_access`
|
|
|
|
Allows users to register as guests without a password/email/etc, and
|
|
participate in rooms hosted on this server which have been made
|
|
accessible to anonymous users. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
allow_guest_access: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `default_identity_server`
|
|
|
|
The identity server which we suggest that clients should use when users log
|
|
in on this server.
|
|
|
|
(By default, no suggestion is made, so it is left up to the client.
|
|
This setting is ignored unless `public_baseurl` is also explicitly set.)
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
default_identity_server: https://matrix.org
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `account_threepid_delegates`
|
|
|
|
Delegate verification of phone numbers to an identity server.
|
|
|
|
When a user wishes to add a phone number to their account, we need to verify that they
|
|
actually own that phone number, which requires sending them a text message (SMS).
|
|
Currently Synapse does not support sending those texts itself and instead delegates the
|
|
task to an identity server. The base URI for the identity server to be used is
|
|
specified by the `account_threepid_delegates.msisdn` option.
|
|
|
|
If this is left unspecified, Synapse will not allow users to add phone numbers to
|
|
their account.
|
|
|
|
(Servers handling the these requests must answer the `/requestToken` endpoints defined
|
|
by the Matrix Identity Service API
|
|
[specification](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest).)
|
|
|
|
*Deprecated in Synapse 1.64.0*: The `email` option is deprecated.
|
|
|
|
*Removed in Synapse 1.66.0*: The `email` option has been removed.
|
|
If present, Synapse will report a configuration error on startup.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
account_threepid_delegates:
|
|
msisdn: http://localhost:8090 # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_set_displayname`
|
|
|
|
Whether users are allowed to change their displayname after it has
|
|
been initially set. Useful when provisioning users based on the
|
|
contents of a third-party directory.
|
|
|
|
Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_set_displayname: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_set_avatar_url`
|
|
|
|
Whether users are allowed to change their avatar after it has been
|
|
initially set. Useful when provisioning users based on the contents
|
|
of a third-party directory.
|
|
|
|
Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_set_avatar_url: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_3pid_changes`
|
|
|
|
Whether users can change the third-party IDs associated with their accounts
|
|
(email address and msisdn).
|
|
|
|
Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_3pid_changes: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `auto_join_rooms`
|
|
|
|
Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
|
|
to the rooms listed under this option.
|
|
|
|
By default, any room aliases included in this list will be created
|
|
as a publicly joinable room when the first user registers for the
|
|
homeserver. If the room already exists, make certain it is a publicly joinable
|
|
room, i.e. the join rule of the room must be set to 'public'. You can find more options
|
|
relating to auto-joining rooms below.
|
|
|
|
As Spaces are just rooms under the hood, Space aliases may also be
|
|
used.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
auto_join_rooms:
|
|
- "#exampleroom:example.com"
|
|
- "#anotherexampleroom:example.com"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `autocreate_auto_join_rooms`
|
|
|
|
Where `auto_join_rooms` are specified, setting this flag ensures that
|
|
the rooms exist by creating them when the first user on the
|
|
homeserver registers. This option will not create Spaces.
|
|
|
|
By default the auto-created rooms are publicly joinable from any federated
|
|
server. Use the `autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated` and
|
|
`autocreate_auto_join_room_preset` settings to customise this behaviour.
|
|
|
|
Setting to false means that if the rooms are not manually created,
|
|
users cannot be auto-joined since they do not exist.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
autocreate_auto_join_rooms: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated`
|
|
|
|
Whether the rooms listed in `auto_join_rooms` that are auto-created are available
|
|
via federation. Only has an effect if `autocreate_auto_join_rooms` is true.
|
|
|
|
Note that whether a room is federated cannot be modified after
|
|
creation.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to true: the room will be joinable from other servers.
|
|
Set to false to prevent users from other homeservers from
|
|
joining these rooms.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `autocreate_auto_join_room_preset`
|
|
|
|
The room preset to use when auto-creating one of `auto_join_rooms`. Only has an
|
|
effect if `autocreate_auto_join_rooms` is true.
|
|
|
|
Possible values for this option are:
|
|
* "public_chat": the room is joinable by anyone, including
|
|
federated servers if `autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated` is true (the default).
|
|
* "private_chat": an invitation is required to join these rooms.
|
|
* "trusted_private_chat": an invitation is required to join this room and the invitee is
|
|
assigned a power level of 100 upon joining the room.
|
|
|
|
If a value of "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat" is used then
|
|
`auto_join_mxid_localpart` must also be configured.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to "public_chat".
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
autocreate_auto_join_room_preset: private_chat
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `auto_join_mxid_localpart`
|
|
|
|
The local part of the user id which is used to create `auto_join_rooms` if
|
|
`autocreate_auto_join_rooms` is true. If this is not provided then the
|
|
initial user account that registers will be used to create the rooms.
|
|
|
|
The user id is also used to invite new users to any auto-join rooms which
|
|
are set to invite-only.
|
|
|
|
It *must* be configured if `autocreate_auto_join_room_preset` is set to
|
|
"private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat".
|
|
|
|
Note that this must be specified in order for new users to be correctly
|
|
invited to any auto-join rooms which have been set to invite-only (either
|
|
at the time of creation or subsequently).
|
|
|
|
Note that, if the room already exists, this user must be joined and
|
|
have the appropriate permissions to invite new members.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
auto_join_mxid_localpart: system
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `auto_join_rooms_for_guests`
|
|
|
|
When `auto_join_rooms` is specified, setting this flag to false prevents
|
|
guest accounts from being automatically joined to the rooms.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
auto_join_rooms_for_guests: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `inhibit_user_in_use_error`
|
|
|
|
Whether to inhibit errors raised when registering a new account if the user ID
|
|
already exists. If turned on, requests to `/register/available` will always
|
|
show a user ID as available, and Synapse won't raise an error when starting
|
|
a registration with a user ID that already exists. However, Synapse will still
|
|
raise an error if the registration completes and the username conflicts.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
inhibit_user_in_use_error: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## User session management
|
|
---
|
|
### `session_lifetime`
|
|
|
|
Time that a user's session remains valid for, after they log in.
|
|
|
|
Note that this is not currently compatible with guest logins.
|
|
|
|
Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied retrospectively to users who have already
|
|
logged in.
|
|
|
|
By default, this is infinite.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
session_lifetime: 24h
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `refresh_access_token_lifetime`
|
|
|
|
Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is using refresh tokens.
|
|
|
|
For more information about refresh tokens, please see the [manual](user_authentication/refresh_tokens.md).
|
|
|
|
Note that this only applies to clients which advertise support for refresh tokens.
|
|
|
|
Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time: changes are not applied to
|
|
existing sessions until they are refreshed.
|
|
|
|
By default, this is 5 minutes.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
refreshable_access_token_lifetime: 10m
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `refresh_token_lifetime`
|
|
|
|
Time that a refresh token remains valid for (provided that it is not
|
|
exchanged for another one first).
|
|
This option can be used to automatically log-out inactive sessions.
|
|
Please see the manual for more information.
|
|
|
|
Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time:
|
|
changes are not applied to existing sessions until they are refreshed.
|
|
|
|
By default, this is infinite.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
refresh_token_lifetime: 24h
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime`
|
|
|
|
Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is NOT
|
|
using refresh tokens.
|
|
|
|
Please note that not all clients support refresh tokens, so setting
|
|
this to a short value may be inconvenient for some users who will
|
|
then be logged out frequently.
|
|
|
|
Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied
|
|
retrospectively to existing sessions for users that have already logged in.
|
|
|
|
By default, this is infinite.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime: 24h
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `ui_auth`
|
|
|
|
The amount of time to allow a user-interactive authentication session to be active.
|
|
|
|
This defaults to 0, meaning the user is queried for their credentials
|
|
before every action, but this can be overridden to allow a single
|
|
validation to be re-used. This weakens the protections afforded by
|
|
the user-interactive authentication process, by allowing for multiple
|
|
(and potentially different) operations to use the same validation session.
|
|
|
|
This is ignored for potentially "dangerous" operations (including
|
|
deactivating an account, modifying an account password, adding a 3PID,
|
|
and minting additional login tokens).
|
|
|
|
Use the `session_timeout` sub-option here to change the time allowed for credential validation.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
ui_auth:
|
|
session_timeout: "15s"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `login_via_existing_session`
|
|
|
|
Matrix supports the ability of an existing session to mint a login token for
|
|
another client.
|
|
|
|
Synapse disables this by default as it has security ramifications -- a malicious
|
|
client could use the mechanism to spawn more than one session.
|
|
|
|
The duration of time the generated token is valid for can be configured with the
|
|
`token_timeout` sub-option.
|
|
|
|
User-interactive authentication is required when this is enabled unless the
|
|
`require_ui_auth` sub-option is set to `False`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
login_via_existing_session:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
require_ui_auth: false
|
|
token_timeout: "5m"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Metrics
|
|
Config options related to metrics.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_metrics`
|
|
|
|
Set to true to enable collection and rendering of performance metrics.
|
|
Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_metrics: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `sentry`
|
|
|
|
Use this option to enable sentry integration. Provide the DSN assigned to you by sentry
|
|
with the `dsn` setting.
|
|
|
|
An optional `environment` field can be used to specify an environment. This allows
|
|
for log maintenance based on different environments, ensuring better organization
|
|
and analysis..
|
|
|
|
NOTE: While attempts are made to ensure that the logs don't contain
|
|
any sensitive information, this cannot be guaranteed. By enabling
|
|
this option the sentry server may therefore receive sensitive
|
|
information, and it in turn may then disseminate sensitive information
|
|
through insecure notification channels if so configured.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
sentry:
|
|
environment: "production"
|
|
dsn: "..."
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `metrics_flags`
|
|
|
|
Flags to enable Prometheus metrics which are not suitable to be
|
|
enabled by default, either for performance reasons or limited use.
|
|
Currently the only option is `known_servers`, which publishes
|
|
`synapse_federation_known_servers`, a gauge of the number of
|
|
servers this homeserver knows about, including itself. May cause
|
|
performance problems on large homeservers.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
metrics_flags:
|
|
known_servers: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `report_stats`
|
|
|
|
Whether or not to report homeserver usage statistics. This is originally
|
|
set when generating the config. Set this option to true or false to change the current
|
|
behavior. See
|
|
[Reporting Homeserver Usage Statistics](../administration/monitoring/reporting_homeserver_usage_statistics.md)
|
|
for information on what data is reported.
|
|
|
|
Statistics will be reported 5 minutes after Synapse starts, and then every 3 hours
|
|
after that.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
report_stats: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `report_stats_endpoint`
|
|
|
|
The endpoint to report homeserver usage statistics to.
|
|
Defaults to https://matrix.org/report-usage-stats/push
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
report_stats_endpoint: https://example.com/report-usage-stats/push
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## API Configuration
|
|
Config settings related to the client/server API
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `room_prejoin_state`
|
|
|
|
This setting controls the state that is shared with users upon receiving an
|
|
invite to a room, or in reply to a knock on a room. By default, the following
|
|
state events are shared with users:
|
|
|
|
- `m.room.join_rules`
|
|
- `m.room.canonical_alias`
|
|
- `m.room.avatar`
|
|
- `m.room.encryption`
|
|
- `m.room.name`
|
|
- `m.room.create`
|
|
- `m.room.topic`
|
|
|
|
To change the default behavior, use the following sub-options:
|
|
* `disable_default_event_types`: boolean. Set to `true` to disable the above
|
|
defaults. If this is enabled, only the event types listed in
|
|
`additional_event_types` are shared. Defaults to `false`.
|
|
* `additional_event_types`: A list of additional state events to include in the
|
|
events to be shared. By default, this list is empty (so only the default event
|
|
types are shared).
|
|
|
|
Each entry in this list should be either a single string or a list of two
|
|
strings.
|
|
* A standalone string `t` represents all events with type `t` (i.e.
|
|
with no restrictions on state keys).
|
|
* A pair of strings `[t, s]` represents a single event with type `t` and
|
|
state key `s`. The same type can appear in two entries with different state
|
|
keys: in this situation, both state keys are included in prejoin state.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
room_prejoin_state:
|
|
disable_default_event_types: false
|
|
additional_event_types:
|
|
# Share all events of type `org.example.custom.event.typeA`
|
|
- org.example.custom.event.typeA
|
|
# Share only events of type `org.example.custom.event.typeB` whose
|
|
# state_key is "foo"
|
|
- ["org.example.custom.event.typeB", "foo"]
|
|
# Share only events of type `org.example.custom.event.typeC` whose
|
|
# state_key is "bar" or "baz"
|
|
- ["org.example.custom.event.typeC", "bar"]
|
|
- ["org.example.custom.event.typeC", "baz"]
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
*Changed in Synapse 1.74:* admins can filter the events in prejoin state based
|
|
on their state key.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `track_puppeted_user_ips`
|
|
|
|
We record the IP address of clients used to access the API for various
|
|
reasons, including displaying it to the user in the "Where you're signed in"
|
|
dialog.
|
|
|
|
By default, when puppeting another user via the admin API, the client IP
|
|
address is recorded against the user who created the access token (ie, the
|
|
admin user), and *not* the puppeted user.
|
|
|
|
Set this option to true to also record the IP address against the puppeted
|
|
user. (This also means that the puppeted user will count as an "active" user
|
|
for the purpose of monthly active user tracking - see `limit_usage_by_mau` etc
|
|
above.)
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
track_puppeted_user_ips: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `app_service_config_files`
|
|
|
|
A list of application service config files to use.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
app_service_config_files:
|
|
- app_service_1.yaml
|
|
- app_service_2.yaml
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `track_appservice_user_ips`
|
|
|
|
Defaults to false. Set to true to enable tracking of application service IP addresses.
|
|
Implicitly enables MAU tracking for application service users.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
track_appservice_user_ips: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `use_appservice_legacy_authorization`
|
|
|
|
Whether to send the application service access tokens via the `access_token` query parameter
|
|
per older versions of the Matrix specification. Defaults to false. Set to true to enable sending
|
|
access tokens via a query parameter.
|
|
|
|
**Enabling this option is considered insecure and is not recommended. **
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
use_appservice_legacy_authorization: true
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `macaroon_secret_key`
|
|
|
|
A secret which is used to sign
|
|
- access token for guest users,
|
|
- short-term login token used during SSO logins (OIDC or SAML2) and
|
|
- token used for unsubscribing from email notifications.
|
|
|
|
If none is specified, the `registration_shared_secret` is used, if one is given;
|
|
otherwise, a secret key is derived from the signing key.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
macaroon_secret_key: <PRIVATE STRING>
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `form_secret`
|
|
|
|
A secret which is used to calculate HMACs for form values, to stop
|
|
falsification of values. Must be specified for the User Consent
|
|
forms to work.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
form_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Signing Keys
|
|
Config options relating to signing keys
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `signing_key_path`
|
|
|
|
Path to the signing key to sign events and federation requests with.
|
|
|
|
*New in Synapse 1.67*: If this file does not exist, Synapse will create a new signing
|
|
key on startup and store it in this file.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `old_signing_keys`
|
|
|
|
The keys that the server used to sign messages with but won't use
|
|
to sign new messages. For each key, `key` should be the base64-encoded public key, and
|
|
`expired_ts`should be the time (in milliseconds since the unix epoch) that
|
|
it was last used.
|
|
|
|
It is possible to build an entry from an old `signing.key` file using the
|
|
`export_signing_key` script which is provided with synapse.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
old_signing_keys:
|
|
"ed25519:id": { key: "base64string", expired_ts: 123456789123 }
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `key_refresh_interval`
|
|
|
|
How long key response published by this server is valid for.
|
|
Used to set the `valid_until_ts` in `/key/v2` APIs.
|
|
Determines how quickly servers will query to check which keys
|
|
are still valid. Defaults to 1d.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
key_refresh_interval: 2d
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `trusted_key_servers`
|
|
|
|
The trusted servers to download signing keys from.
|
|
|
|
When we need to fetch a signing key, each server is tried in parallel.
|
|
|
|
Normally, the connection to the key server is validated via TLS certificates.
|
|
Additional security can be provided by configuring a `verify key`, which
|
|
will make synapse check that the response is signed by that key.
|
|
|
|
This setting supersedes an older setting named `perspectives`. The old format
|
|
is still supported for backwards-compatibility, but it is deprecated.
|
|
|
|
`trusted_key_servers` defaults to matrix.org, but using it will generate a
|
|
warning on start-up. To suppress this warning, set
|
|
`suppress_key_server_warning` to true.
|
|
|
|
If the use of a trusted key server has to be deactivated, e.g. in a private
|
|
federation or for privacy reasons, this can be realised by setting
|
|
an empty array (`trusted_key_servers: []`). Then Synapse will request the keys
|
|
directly from the server that owns the keys. If Synapse does not get keys directly
|
|
from the server, the events of this server will be rejected.
|
|
|
|
Options for each entry in the list include:
|
|
* `server_name`: the name of the server. Required.
|
|
* `verify_keys`: an optional map from key id to base64-encoded public key.
|
|
If specified, we will check that the response is signed by at least
|
|
one of the given keys.
|
|
* `accept_keys_insecurely`: a boolean. Normally, if `verify_keys` is unset,
|
|
and `federation_verify_certificates` is not `true`, synapse will refuse
|
|
to start, because this would allow anyone who can spoof DNS responses
|
|
to masquerade as the trusted key server. If you know what you are doing
|
|
and are sure that your network environment provides a secure connection
|
|
to the key server, you can set this to `true` to override this behaviour.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration #1:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
trusted_key_servers:
|
|
- server_name: "my_trusted_server.example.com"
|
|
verify_keys:
|
|
"ed25519:auto": "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmopqr"
|
|
- server_name: "my_other_trusted_server.example.com"
|
|
```
|
|
Example configuration #2:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
trusted_key_servers:
|
|
- server_name: "matrix.org"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `suppress_key_server_warning`
|
|
|
|
Set the following to true to disable the warning that is emitted when the
|
|
`trusted_key_servers` include 'matrix.org'. See above.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
suppress_key_server_warning: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `key_server_signing_keys_path`
|
|
|
|
The signing keys to use when acting as a trusted key server. If not specified
|
|
defaults to the server signing key.
|
|
|
|
Can contain multiple keys, one per line.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
key_server_signing_keys_path: "key_server_signing_keys.key"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Single sign-on integration
|
|
|
|
The following settings can be used to make Synapse use a single sign-on
|
|
provider for authentication, instead of its internal password database.
|
|
|
|
You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
|
|
disable the regular login/registration flows:
|
|
* [`enable_registration`](#enable_registration)
|
|
* [`password_config.enabled`](#password_config)
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `saml2_config`
|
|
|
|
Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2. To learn more about pysaml and
|
|
to find a full list options for configuring pysaml, read the docs [here](https://pysaml2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
|
|
|
|
At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
|
|
enable SAML login. You can either put your entire pysaml config inline using the `sp_config`
|
|
option, or you can specify a path to a psyaml config file with the sub-option `config_path`.
|
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This setting has the following sub-options:
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|
|
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* `idp_name`: A user-facing name for this identity provider, which is used to
|
|
offer the user a choice of login mechanisms.
|
|
* `idp_icon`: An optional icon for this identity provider, which is presented
|
|
by clients and Synapse's own IdP picker page. If given, must be an
|
|
MXC URI of the format `mxc://<server-name>/<media-id>`. (An easy way to
|
|
obtain such an MXC URI is to upload an image to an (unencrypted) room
|
|
and then copy the "url" from the source of the event.)
|
|
* `idp_brand`: An optional brand for this identity provider, allowing clients
|
|
to style the login flow according to the identity provider in question.
|
|
See the [spec](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/) for possible options here.
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* `sp_config`: the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider. See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
|
|
Default values will be used for the `entityid` and `service` settings,
|
|
so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
|
|
override them. Here are a few useful sub-options for configuring pysaml:
|
|
* `metadata`: Point this to the IdP's metadata. You must provide either a local
|
|
file via the `local` attribute or (preferably) a URL via the
|
|
`remote` attribute.
|
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* `accepted_time_diff: 3`: Allowed clock difference in seconds between the homeserver and IdP.
|
|
Defaults to 0.
|
|
* `service`: By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
|
|
to allow IdP-initiated login, set `allow_unsolicited` to true under `sp` in the `service`
|
|
section.
|
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* `config_path`: specify a separate pysaml2 configuration file thusly:
|
|
`config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"`
|
|
* `saml_session_lifetime`: The lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
|
|
complete the authentication process, if `allow_unsolicited` is unset. The default is 15 minutes.
|
|
* `user_mapping_provider`: Using this option, an external module can be provided as a
|
|
custom solution to mapping attributes returned from a saml provider onto a matrix user. The
|
|
`user_mapping_provider` has the following attributes:
|
|
* `module`: The custom module's class.
|
|
* `config`: Custom configuration values for the module. Use the values provided in the
|
|
example if you are using the built-in user_mapping_provider, or provide your own
|
|
config values for a custom class if you are using one. This section will be passed as a Python
|
|
dictionary to the module's `parse_config` method. The built-in provider takes the following two
|
|
options:
|
|
* `mxid_source_attribute`: The SAML attribute (after mapping via the attribute maps) to use
|
|
to derive the Matrix ID from. It is 'uid' by default. Note: This used to be configured by the
|
|
`saml2_config.mxid_source_attribute option`. If that is still defined, its value will be used instead.
|
|
* `mxid_mapping`: The mapping system to use for mapping the saml attribute onto a
|
|
matrix ID. Options include: `hexencode` (which maps unpermitted characters to '=xx')
|
|
and `dotreplace` (which replaces unpermitted characters with '.').
|
|
The default is `hexencode`. Note: This used to be configured by the
|
|
`saml2_config.mxid_mapping option`. If that is still defined, its value will be used instead.
|
|
* `grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute`: In previous versions of synapse, the mapping from SAML attribute to
|
|
MXID was always calculated dynamically rather than stored in a table. For backwards- compatibility, we will look for `user_ids`
|
|
matching such a pattern before creating a new account. This setting controls the SAML attribute which will be used for this
|
|
backwards-compatibility lookup. Typically it should be 'uid', but if the attribute maps are changed, it may be necessary to change it.
|
|
The default is 'uid'.
|
|
* `attribute_requirements`: It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if SAML attributes
|
|
match particular values. The requirements can be listed under
|
|
`attribute_requirements` as shown in the example. All of the listed attributes must
|
|
match for the login to be permitted.
|
|
* `idp_entityid`: If the metadata XML contains multiple IdP entities then the `idp_entityid`
|
|
option must be set to the entity to redirect users to.
|
|
Most deployments only have a single IdP entity and so should omit this option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
|
|
`https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/metadata.xml`, which you may be able to
|
|
use to configure your SAML IdP with. Alternatively, you can manually configure
|
|
the IdP to use an ACS location of
|
|
`https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
saml2_config:
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|
sp_config:
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|
metadata:
|
|
local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
|
|
remote:
|
|
- url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
|
|
accepted_time_diff: 3
|
|
|
|
service:
|
|
sp:
|
|
allow_unsolicited: true
|
|
|
|
# The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
|
|
# may well not need them, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
|
|
# may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
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|
description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
|
|
name: ["Test SP", "en"]
|
|
|
|
ui_info:
|
|
display_name:
|
|
- lang: en
|
|
text: "Display Name is the descriptive name of your service."
|
|
description:
|
|
- lang: en
|
|
text: "Description should be a short paragraph explaining the purpose of the service."
|
|
information_url:
|
|
- lang: en
|
|
text: "https://example.com/terms-of-service"
|
|
privacy_statement_url:
|
|
- lang: en
|
|
text: "https://example.com/privacy-policy"
|
|
keywords:
|
|
- lang: en
|
|
text: ["Matrix", "Element"]
|
|
logo:
|
|
- lang: en
|
|
text: "https://example.com/logo.svg"
|
|
width: "200"
|
|
height: "80"
|
|
|
|
organization:
|
|
name: Example com
|
|
display_name:
|
|
- ["Example co", "en"]
|
|
url: "http://example.com"
|
|
|
|
contact_person:
|
|
- given_name: Bob
|
|
sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
|
|
email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
|
|
contact_type": technical
|
|
|
|
saml_session_lifetime: 5m
|
|
|
|
user_mapping_provider:
|
|
# Below options are intended for the built-in provider, they should be
|
|
# changed if using a custom module.
|
|
config:
|
|
mxid_source_attribute: displayName
|
|
mxid_mapping: dotreplace
|
|
|
|
grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute: upn
|
|
|
|
attribute_requirements:
|
|
- attribute: userGroup
|
|
value: "staff"
|
|
- attribute: department
|
|
value: "sales"
|
|
|
|
idp_entityid: 'https://our_idp/entityid'
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `oidc_providers`
|
|
|
|
List of OpenID Connect (OIDC) / OAuth 2.0 identity providers, for registration
|
|
and login. See [here](../../openid.md)
|
|
for information on how to configure these options.
|
|
|
|
For backwards compatibility, it is also possible to configure a single OIDC
|
|
provider via an `oidc_config` setting. This is now deprecated and admins are
|
|
advised to migrate to the `oidc_providers` format. (When doing that migration,
|
|
use `oidc` for the `idp_id` to ensure that existing users continue to be
|
|
recognised.)
|
|
|
|
Options for each entry include:
|
|
* `idp_id`: a unique identifier for this identity provider. Used internally
|
|
by Synapse; should be a single word such as 'github'.
|
|
Note that, if this is changed, users authenticating via that provider
|
|
will no longer be recognised as the same user!
|
|
(Use "oidc" here if you are migrating from an old `oidc_config` configuration.)
|
|
|
|
* `idp_name`: A user-facing name for this identity provider, which is used to
|
|
offer the user a choice of login mechanisms.
|
|
|
|
* `idp_icon`: An optional icon for this identity provider, which is presented
|
|
by clients and Synapse's own IdP picker page. If given, must be an
|
|
MXC URI of the format `mxc://<server-name>/<media-id>`. (An easy way to
|
|
obtain such an MXC URI is to upload an image to an (unencrypted) room
|
|
and then copy the "url" from the source of the event.)
|
|
|
|
* `idp_brand`: An optional brand for this identity provider, allowing clients
|
|
to style the login flow according to the identity provider in question.
|
|
See the [spec](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/) for possible options here.
|
|
|
|
* `discover`: set to false to disable the use of the OIDC discovery mechanism
|
|
to discover endpoints. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
* `issuer`: Required. The OIDC issuer. Used to validate tokens and (if discovery
|
|
is enabled) to discover the provider's endpoints.
|
|
|
|
* `client_id`: Required. oauth2 client id to use.
|
|
|
|
* `client_secret`: oauth2 client secret to use. May be omitted if
|
|
`client_secret_jwt_key` is given, or if `client_auth_method` is 'none'.
|
|
Must be omitted if `client_secret_path` is specified.
|
|
|
|
* `client_secret_path`: path to the oauth2 client secret to use. With that
|
|
it's not necessary to leak secrets into the config file itself.
|
|
Mutually exclusive with `client_secret`. Can be omitted if
|
|
`client_secret_jwt_key` is specified.
|
|
|
|
*Added in Synapse 1.91.0.*
|
|
|
|
* `client_secret_jwt_key`: Alternative to client_secret: details of a key used
|
|
to create a JSON Web Token to be used as an OAuth2 client secret. If
|
|
given, must be a dictionary with the following properties:
|
|
|
|
* `key`: a pem-encoded signing key. Must be a suitable key for the
|
|
algorithm specified. Required unless `key_file` is given.
|
|
|
|
* `key_file`: the path to file containing a pem-encoded signing key file.
|
|
Required unless `key` is given.
|
|
|
|
* `jwt_header`: a dictionary giving properties to include in the JWT
|
|
header. Must include the key `alg`, giving the algorithm used to
|
|
sign the JWT, such as "ES256", using the JWA identifiers in
|
|
RFC7518.
|
|
|
|
* `jwt_payload`: an optional dictionary giving properties to include in
|
|
the JWT payload. Normally this should include an `iss` key.
|
|
|
|
* `client_auth_method`: auth method to use when exchanging the token. Valid
|
|
values are `client_secret_basic` (default), `client_secret_post` and
|
|
`none`.
|
|
|
|
* `pkce_method`: Whether to use proof key for code exchange when requesting
|
|
and exchanging the token. Valid values are: `auto`, `always`, or `never`. Defaults
|
|
to `auto`, which uses PKCE if supported during metadata discovery. Set to `always`
|
|
to force enable PKCE or `never` to force disable PKCE.
|
|
|
|
* `scopes`: list of scopes to request. This should normally include the "openid"
|
|
scope. Defaults to `["openid"]`.
|
|
|
|
* `authorization_endpoint`: the oauth2 authorization endpoint. Required if
|
|
provider discovery is disabled.
|
|
|
|
* `token_endpoint`: the oauth2 token endpoint. Required if provider discovery is
|
|
disabled.
|
|
|
|
* `userinfo_endpoint`: the OIDC userinfo endpoint. Required if discovery is
|
|
disabled and the 'openid' scope is not requested.
|
|
|
|
* `jwks_uri`: URI where to fetch the JWKS. Required if discovery is disabled and
|
|
the 'openid' scope is used.
|
|
|
|
* `skip_verification`: set to 'true' to skip metadata verification. Use this if
|
|
you are connecting to a provider that is not OpenID Connect compliant.
|
|
Defaults to false. Avoid this in production.
|
|
|
|
* `user_profile_method`: Whether to fetch the user profile from the userinfo
|
|
endpoint, or to rely on the data returned in the id_token from the `token_endpoint`.
|
|
Valid values are: `auto` or `userinfo_endpoint`.
|
|
Defaults to `auto`, which uses the userinfo endpoint if `openid` is
|
|
not included in `scopes`. Set to `userinfo_endpoint` to always use the
|
|
userinfo endpoint.
|
|
|
|
* `allow_existing_users`: set to true to allow a user logging in via OIDC to
|
|
match a pre-existing account instead of failing. This could be used if
|
|
switching from password logins to OIDC. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
* `enable_registration`: set to 'false' to disable automatic registration of new
|
|
users. This allows the OIDC SSO flow to be limited to sign in only, rather than
|
|
automatically registering users that have a valid SSO login but do not have
|
|
a pre-registered account. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
* `user_mapping_provider`: Configuration for how attributes returned from a OIDC
|
|
provider are mapped onto a matrix user. This setting has the following
|
|
sub-properties:
|
|
|
|
* `module`: The class name of a custom mapping module. Default is
|
|
`synapse.handlers.oidc.JinjaOidcMappingProvider`.
|
|
See [OpenID Mapping Providers](../../sso_mapping_providers.md#openid-mapping-providers)
|
|
for information on implementing a custom mapping provider.
|
|
|
|
* `config`: Configuration for the mapping provider module. This section will
|
|
be passed as a Python dictionary to the user mapping provider
|
|
module's `parse_config` method.
|
|
|
|
For the default provider, the following settings are available:
|
|
|
|
* `subject_template`: Jinja2 template for a unique identifier for the user.
|
|
Defaults to `{{ user.sub }}`, which OpenID Connect compliant providers should provide.
|
|
|
|
This replaces and overrides `subject_claim`.
|
|
|
|
* `subject_claim`: name of the claim containing a unique identifier
|
|
for the user. Defaults to 'sub', which OpenID Connect
|
|
compliant providers should provide.
|
|
|
|
*Deprecated in Synapse v1.75.0.*
|
|
|
|
* `picture_template`: Jinja2 template for an url for the user's profile picture.
|
|
Defaults to `{{ user.picture }}`, which OpenID Connect compliant providers should
|
|
provide and has to refer to a direct image file such as PNG, JPEG, or GIF image file.
|
|
|
|
This replaces and overrides `picture_claim`.
|
|
|
|
Currently only supported in monolithic (single-process) server configurations
|
|
where the media repository runs within the Synapse process.
|
|
|
|
* `picture_claim`: name of the claim containing an url for the user's profile picture.
|
|
Defaults to 'picture', which OpenID Connect compliant providers should provide
|
|
and has to refer to a direct image file such as PNG, JPEG, or GIF image file.
|
|
|
|
Currently only supported in monolithic (single-process) server configurations
|
|
where the media repository runs within the Synapse process.
|
|
|
|
*Deprecated in Synapse v1.75.0.*
|
|
|
|
* `localpart_template`: Jinja2 template for the localpart of the MXID.
|
|
If this is not set, the user will be prompted to choose their
|
|
own username (see the documentation for the `sso_auth_account_details.html`
|
|
template). This template can use the `localpart_from_email` filter.
|
|
|
|
* `confirm_localpart`: Whether to prompt the user to validate (or
|
|
change) the generated localpart (see the documentation for the
|
|
'sso_auth_account_details.html' template), instead of
|
|
registering the account right away.
|
|
|
|
* `display_name_template`: Jinja2 template for the display name to set
|
|
on first login. If unset, no displayname will be set.
|
|
|
|
* `email_template`: Jinja2 template for the email address of the user.
|
|
If unset, no email address will be added to the account.
|
|
|
|
* `extra_attributes`: a map of Jinja2 templates for extra attributes
|
|
to send back to the client during login. Note that these are non-standard and clients will ignore them
|
|
without modifications.
|
|
|
|
When rendering, the Jinja2 templates are given a 'user' variable,
|
|
which is set to the claims returned by the UserInfo Endpoint and/or
|
|
in the ID Token.
|
|
|
|
* `backchannel_logout_enabled`: set to `true` to process OIDC Back-Channel Logout notifications.
|
|
Those notifications are expected to be received on `/_synapse/client/oidc/backchannel_logout`.
|
|
Defaults to `false`.
|
|
|
|
* `backchannel_logout_ignore_sub`: by default, the OIDC Back-Channel Logout feature checks that the
|
|
`sub` claim matches the subject claim received during login. This check can be disabled by setting
|
|
this to `true`. Defaults to `false`.
|
|
|
|
You might want to disable this if the `subject_claim` returned by the mapping provider is not `sub`.
|
|
|
|
It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if certain attributes
|
|
match particular values in the OIDC userinfo. The requirements can be listed under
|
|
`attribute_requirements` as shown here:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
attribute_requirements:
|
|
- attribute: family_name
|
|
value: "Stephensson"
|
|
- attribute: groups
|
|
value: "admin"
|
|
```
|
|
All of the listed attributes must match for the login to be permitted. Additional attributes can be added to
|
|
userinfo by expanding the `scopes` section of the OIDC config to retrieve
|
|
additional information from the OIDC provider.
|
|
|
|
If the OIDC claim is a list, then the attribute must match any value in the list.
|
|
Otherwise, it must exactly match the value of the claim. Using the example
|
|
above, the `family_name` claim MUST be "Stephensson", but the `groups`
|
|
claim MUST contain "admin".
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
oidc_providers:
|
|
# Generic example
|
|
#
|
|
- idp_id: my_idp
|
|
idp_name: "My OpenID provider"
|
|
idp_icon: "mxc://example.com/mediaid"
|
|
discover: false
|
|
issuer: "https://accounts.example.com/"
|
|
client_id: "provided-by-your-issuer"
|
|
client_secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
|
|
client_auth_method: client_secret_post
|
|
scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
|
|
authorization_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/auth"
|
|
token_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/token"
|
|
userinfo_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/userinfo"
|
|
jwks_uri: "https://accounts.example.com/.well-known/jwks.json"
|
|
skip_verification: true
|
|
enable_registration: true
|
|
user_mapping_provider:
|
|
config:
|
|
subject_claim: "id"
|
|
localpart_template: "{{ user.login }}"
|
|
display_name_template: "{{ user.name }}"
|
|
email_template: "{{ user.email }}"
|
|
attribute_requirements:
|
|
- attribute: userGroup
|
|
value: "synapseUsers"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `cas_config`
|
|
|
|
Enable Central Authentication Service (CAS) for registration and login.
|
|
Has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `enabled`: Set this to true to enable authorization against a CAS server.
|
|
Defaults to false.
|
|
* `idp_name`: A user-facing name for this identity provider, which is used to
|
|
offer the user a choice of login mechanisms.
|
|
* `idp_icon`: An optional icon for this identity provider, which is presented
|
|
by clients and Synapse's own IdP picker page. If given, must be an
|
|
MXC URI of the format `mxc://<server-name>/<media-id>`. (An easy way to
|
|
obtain such an MXC URI is to upload an image to an (unencrypted) room
|
|
and then copy the "url" from the source of the event.)
|
|
* `idp_brand`: An optional brand for this identity provider, allowing clients
|
|
to style the login flow according to the identity provider in question.
|
|
See the [spec](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/) for possible options here.
|
|
* `server_url`: The URL of the CAS authorization endpoint.
|
|
* `protocol_version`: The CAS protocol version, defaults to none (version 3 is required if you want to use "required_attributes").
|
|
* `displayname_attribute`: The attribute of the CAS response to use as the display name.
|
|
If no name is given here, no displayname will be set.
|
|
* `required_attributes`: It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if CAS attributes
|
|
match particular values. All of the keys given below must exist
|
|
and the values must match the given value. Alternately if the given value
|
|
is `None` then any value is allowed (the attribute just must exist).
|
|
All of the listed attributes must match for the login to be permitted.
|
|
* `enable_registration`: set to 'false' to disable automatic registration of new
|
|
users. This allows the CAS SSO flow to be limited to sign in only, rather than
|
|
automatically registering users that have a valid SSO login but do not have
|
|
a pre-registered account. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
*Added in Synapse 1.93.0.*
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
cas_config:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
server_url: "https://cas-server.com"
|
|
protocol_version: 3
|
|
displayname_attribute: name
|
|
required_attributes:
|
|
userGroup: "staff"
|
|
department: None
|
|
enable_registration: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `sso`
|
|
|
|
Additional settings to use with single-sign on systems such as OpenID Connect,
|
|
SAML2 and CAS.
|
|
|
|
Server admins can configure custom templates for pages related to SSO. See
|
|
[here](../../templates.md) for more information.
|
|
|
|
Options include:
|
|
* `client_whitelist`: A list of client URLs which are whitelisted so that the user does not
|
|
have to confirm giving access to their account to the URL. Any client
|
|
whose URL starts with an entry in the following list will not be subject
|
|
to an additional confirmation step after the SSO login is completed.
|
|
WARNING: An entry such as "https://my.client" is insecure, because it
|
|
will also match "https://my.client.evil.site", exposing your users to
|
|
phishing attacks from evil.site. To avoid this, include a slash after the
|
|
hostname: "https://my.client/".
|
|
The login fallback page (used by clients that don't natively support the
|
|
required login flows) is whitelisted in addition to any URLs in this list.
|
|
By default, this list contains only the login fallback page.
|
|
* `update_profile_information`: Use this setting to keep a user's profile fields in sync with information from
|
|
the identity provider. Currently only syncing the displayname is supported. Fields
|
|
are checked on every SSO login, and are updated if necessary.
|
|
Note that enabling this option will override user profile information,
|
|
regardless of whether users have opted-out of syncing that
|
|
information when first signing in. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
sso:
|
|
client_whitelist:
|
|
- https://riot.im/develop
|
|
- https://my.custom.client/
|
|
update_profile_information: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `jwt_config`
|
|
|
|
JSON web token integration. The following settings can be used to make
|
|
Synapse JSON web tokens for authentication, instead of its internal
|
|
password database.
|
|
|
|
Each JSON Web Token needs to contain a "sub" (subject) claim, which is
|
|
used as the localpart of the mxid.
|
|
|
|
Additionally, the expiration time ("exp"), not before time ("nbf"),
|
|
and issued at ("iat") claims are validated if present.
|
|
|
|
Note that this is a non-standard login type and client support is
|
|
expected to be non-existent.
|
|
|
|
See [here](../../jwt.md) for more.
|
|
|
|
Additional sub-options for this setting include:
|
|
* `enabled`: Set to true to enable authorization using JSON web
|
|
tokens. Defaults to false.
|
|
* `secret`: This is either the private shared secret or the public key used to
|
|
decode the contents of the JSON web token. Required if `enabled` is set to true.
|
|
* `algorithm`: The algorithm used to sign (or HMAC) the JSON web token.
|
|
Supported algorithms are listed
|
|
[here (section JWS)](https://docs.authlib.org/en/latest/specs/rfc7518.html).
|
|
Required if `enabled` is set to true.
|
|
* `subject_claim`: Name of the claim containing a unique identifier for the user.
|
|
Optional, defaults to `sub`.
|
|
* `issuer`: The issuer to validate the "iss" claim against. Optional. If provided the
|
|
"iss" claim will be required and validated for all JSON web tokens.
|
|
* `audiences`: A list of audiences to validate the "aud" claim against. Optional.
|
|
If provided the "aud" claim will be required and validated for all JSON web tokens.
|
|
Note that if the "aud" claim is included in a JSON web token then
|
|
validation will fail without configuring audiences.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
jwt_config:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
|
|
algorithm: "provided-by-your-issuer"
|
|
subject_claim: "name_of_claim"
|
|
issuer: "provided-by-your-issuer"
|
|
audiences:
|
|
- "provided-by-your-issuer"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `password_config`
|
|
|
|
Use this setting to enable password-based logins.
|
|
|
|
This setting has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `enabled`: Defaults to true.
|
|
Set to false to disable password authentication.
|
|
Set to `only_for_reauth` to allow users with existing passwords to use them
|
|
to reauthenticate (not log in), whilst preventing new users from setting passwords.
|
|
* `localdb_enabled`: Set to false to disable authentication against the local password
|
|
database. This is ignored if `enabled` is false, and is only useful
|
|
if you have other `password_providers`. Defaults to true.
|
|
* `pepper`: Set the value here to a secret random string for extra security.
|
|
DO NOT CHANGE THIS AFTER INITIAL SETUP!
|
|
* `policy`: Define and enforce a password policy, such as minimum lengths for passwords, etc.
|
|
Each parameter is optional. This is an implementation of MSC2000. Parameters are as follows:
|
|
* `enabled`: Defaults to false. Set to true to enable.
|
|
* `minimum_length`: Minimum accepted length for a password. Defaults to 0.
|
|
* `require_digit`: Whether a password must contain at least one digit.
|
|
Defaults to false.
|
|
* `require_symbol`: Whether a password must contain at least one symbol.
|
|
A symbol is any character that's not a number or a letter. Defaults to false.
|
|
* `require_lowercase`: Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
|
|
Defaults to false.
|
|
* `require_uppercase`: Whether a password must contain at least one uppercase letter.
|
|
Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
password_config:
|
|
enabled: false
|
|
localdb_enabled: false
|
|
pepper: "EVEN_MORE_SECRET"
|
|
|
|
policy:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
minimum_length: 15
|
|
require_digit: true
|
|
require_symbol: true
|
|
require_lowercase: true
|
|
require_uppercase: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Push
|
|
Configuration settings related to push notifications
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `push`
|
|
|
|
This setting defines options for push notifications.
|
|
|
|
This option has a number of sub-options. They are as follows:
|
|
* `enabled`: Enables or disables push notification calculation. Note, disabling this will also
|
|
stop unread counts being calculated for rooms. This mode of operation is intended
|
|
for homeservers which may only have bots or appservice users connected, or are otherwise
|
|
not interested in push/unread counters. This is enabled by default.
|
|
* `include_content`: Clients requesting push notifications can either have the body of
|
|
the message sent in the notification poke along with other details
|
|
like the sender, or just the event ID and room ID (`event_id_only`).
|
|
If clients choose the to have the body sent, this option controls whether the
|
|
notification request includes the content of the event (other details
|
|
like the sender are still included). If `event_id_only` is enabled, it
|
|
has no effect.
|
|
For modern android devices the notification content will still appear
|
|
because it is loaded by the app. iPhone, however will send a
|
|
notification saying only that a message arrived and who it came from.
|
|
Defaults to true. Set to false to only include the event ID and room ID in push notification payloads.
|
|
* `group_unread_count_by_room: false`: When a push notification is received, an unread count is also sent.
|
|
This number can either be calculated as the number of unread messages for the user, or the number of *rooms* the
|
|
user has unread messages in. Defaults to true, meaning push clients will see the number of
|
|
rooms with unread messages in them. Set to false to instead send the number
|
|
of unread messages.
|
|
* `jitter_delay`: Delays push notifications by a random amount up to the given
|
|
duration. Useful for mitigating timing attacks. Optional, defaults to no
|
|
delay. _Added in Synapse 1.84.0._
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
push:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
include_content: false
|
|
group_unread_count_by_room: false
|
|
jitter_delay: "10s"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Rooms
|
|
Config options relating to rooms.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_type`
|
|
|
|
Controls whether locally-created rooms should be end-to-end encrypted by
|
|
default.
|
|
|
|
Possible options are "all", "invite", and "off". They are defined as:
|
|
|
|
* "all": any locally-created room
|
|
* "invite": any room created with the `private_chat` or `trusted_private_chat`
|
|
room creation presets
|
|
* "off": this option will take no effect
|
|
|
|
The default value is "off".
|
|
|
|
Note that this option will only affect rooms created after it is set. It
|
|
will also not affect rooms created by other servers.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_type: invite
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `user_directory`
|
|
|
|
This setting defines options related to the user directory.
|
|
|
|
This option has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `enabled`: Defines whether users can search the user directory. If false then
|
|
empty responses are returned to all queries. Defaults to true.
|
|
* `search_all_users`: Defines whether to search all users visible to your HS at the time the search is performed. If set to true, will return all users who share a room with the user from the homeserver.
|
|
If false, search results will only contain users
|
|
visible in public rooms and users sharing a room with the requester.
|
|
Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
NB. If you set this to true, and the last time the user_directory search
|
|
indexes were (re)built was before Synapse 1.44, you'll have to
|
|
rebuild the indexes in order to search through all known users.
|
|
|
|
These indexes are built the first time Synapse starts; admins can
|
|
manually trigger a rebuild via the API following the instructions
|
|
[for running background updates](../administration/admin_api/background_updates.md#run),
|
|
set to true to return search results containing all known users, even if that
|
|
user does not share a room with the requester.
|
|
* `prefer_local_users`: Defines whether to prefer local users in search query results.
|
|
If set to true, local users are more likely to appear above remote users when searching the
|
|
user directory. Defaults to false.
|
|
* `show_locked_users`: Defines whether to show locked users in search query results. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
user_directory:
|
|
enabled: false
|
|
search_all_users: true
|
|
prefer_local_users: true
|
|
show_locked_users: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `user_consent`
|
|
|
|
For detailed instructions on user consent configuration, see [here](../../consent_tracking.md).
|
|
|
|
Parts of this section are required if enabling the `consent` resource under
|
|
[`listeners`](#listeners), in particular `template_dir` and `version`.
|
|
|
|
* `template_dir`: gives the location of the templates for the HTML forms.
|
|
This directory should contain one subdirectory per language (eg, `en`, `fr`),
|
|
and each language directory should contain the policy document (named as
|
|
<version>.html) and a success page (success.html).
|
|
|
|
* `version`: specifies the 'current' version of the policy document. It defines
|
|
the version to be served by the consent resource if there is no 'v'
|
|
parameter.
|
|
|
|
* `server_notice_content`: if enabled, will send a user a "Server Notice"
|
|
asking them to consent to the privacy policy. The [`server_notices` section](#server_notices)
|
|
must also be configured for this to work. Notices will *not* be sent to
|
|
guest users unless `send_server_notice_to_guests` is set to true.
|
|
|
|
* `block_events_error`, if set, will block any attempts to send events
|
|
until the user consents to the privacy policy. The value of the setting is
|
|
used as the text of the error.
|
|
|
|
* `require_at_registration`, if enabled, will add a step to the registration
|
|
process, similar to how captcha works. Users will be required to accept the
|
|
policy before their account is created.
|
|
|
|
* `policy_name` is the display name of the policy users will see when registering
|
|
for an account. Has no effect unless `require_at_registration` is enabled.
|
|
Defaults to "Privacy Policy".
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
user_consent:
|
|
template_dir: res/templates/privacy
|
|
version: 1.0
|
|
server_notice_content:
|
|
msgtype: m.text
|
|
body: >-
|
|
To continue using this homeserver you must review and agree to the
|
|
terms and conditions at %(consent_uri)s
|
|
send_server_notice_to_guests: true
|
|
block_events_error: >-
|
|
To continue using this homeserver you must review and agree to the
|
|
terms and conditions at %(consent_uri)s
|
|
require_at_registration: false
|
|
policy_name: Privacy Policy
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `stats`
|
|
|
|
Settings for local room and user statistics collection. See [here](../../room_and_user_statistics.md)
|
|
for more.
|
|
|
|
* `enabled`: Set to false to disable room and user statistics. Note that doing
|
|
so may cause certain features (such as the room directory) not to work
|
|
correctly. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
stats:
|
|
enabled: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `server_notices`
|
|
|
|
Use this setting to enable a room which can be used to send notices
|
|
from the server to users. It is a special room which users cannot leave; notices
|
|
in the room come from a special "notices" user id.
|
|
|
|
If you use this setting, you *must* define the `system_mxid_localpart`
|
|
sub-setting, which defines the id of the user which will be used to send the
|
|
notices.
|
|
|
|
Sub-options for this setting include:
|
|
* `system_mxid_display_name`: set the display name of the "notices" user
|
|
* `system_mxid_avatar_url`: set the avatar for the "notices" user
|
|
* `room_name`: set the room name of the server notices room
|
|
* `room_avatar_url`: optional string. The room avatar to use for server notice rooms. If set to the empty string `""`, notice rooms will not be given an avatar. Defaults to the empty string. _Added in Synapse 1.99.0._
|
|
* `room_topic`: optional string. The topic to use for server notice rooms. If set to the empty string `""`, notice rooms will not be given a topic. Defaults to the empty string. _Added in Synapse 1.99.0._
|
|
* `auto_join`: boolean. If true, the user will be automatically joined to the room instead of being invited.
|
|
Defaults to false. _Added in Synapse 1.98.0._
|
|
|
|
Note that the name, topic and avatar of existing server notice rooms will only be updated when a new notice event is sent.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
server_notices:
|
|
system_mxid_localpart: notices
|
|
system_mxid_display_name: "Server Notices"
|
|
system_mxid_avatar_url: "mxc://example.com/oumMVlgDnLYFaPVkExemNVVZ"
|
|
room_name: "Server Notices"
|
|
room_avatar_url: "mxc://example.com/oumMVlgDnLYFaPVkExemNVVZ"
|
|
room_topic: "Room used by your server admin to notice you of important information"
|
|
auto_join: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `enable_room_list_search`
|
|
|
|
Set to false to disable searching the public room list. When disabled
|
|
blocks searching local and remote room lists for local and remote
|
|
users by always returning an empty list for all queries. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
enable_room_list_search: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `alias_creation_rules`
|
|
|
|
The `alias_creation_rules` option allows server admins to prevent unwanted
|
|
alias creation on this server.
|
|
|
|
This setting is an optional list of 0 or more rules. By default, no list is
|
|
provided, meaning that all alias creations are permitted.
|
|
|
|
Otherwise, requests to create aliases are matched against each rule in order.
|
|
The first rule that matches decides if the request is allowed or denied. If no
|
|
rule matches, the request is denied. In particular, this means that configuring
|
|
an empty list of rules will deny every alias creation request.
|
|
|
|
Each rule is a YAML object containing four fields, each of which is an optional string:
|
|
|
|
* `user_id`: a glob pattern that matches against the creator of the alias.
|
|
* `alias`: a glob pattern that matches against the alias being created.
|
|
* `room_id`: a glob pattern that matches against the room ID the alias is being pointed at.
|
|
* `action`: either `allow` or `deny`. What to do with the request if the rule matches. Defaults to `allow`.
|
|
|
|
Each of the glob patterns is optional, defaulting to `*` ("match anything").
|
|
Note that the patterns match against fully qualified IDs, e.g. against
|
|
`@alice:example.com`, `#room:example.com` and `!abcdefghijk:example.com` instead
|
|
of `alice`, `room` and `abcedgghijk`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# No rule list specified. All alias creations are allowed.
|
|
# This is the default behaviour.
|
|
alias_creation_rules:
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# A list of one rule which allows everything.
|
|
# This has the same effect as the previous example.
|
|
alias_creation_rules:
|
|
- "action": "allow"
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# An empty list of rules. All alias creations are denied.
|
|
alias_creation_rules: []
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# A list of one rule which denies everything.
|
|
# This has the same effect as the previous example.
|
|
alias_creation_rules:
|
|
- "action": "deny"
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# Prevent a specific user from creating aliases.
|
|
# Allow other users to create any alias
|
|
alias_creation_rules:
|
|
- user_id: "@bad_user:example.com"
|
|
action: deny
|
|
|
|
- action: allow
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# Prevent aliases being created which point to a specific room.
|
|
alias_creation_rules:
|
|
- room_id: "!forbiddenRoom:example.com"
|
|
action: deny
|
|
|
|
- action: allow
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `room_list_publication_rules`
|
|
|
|
The `room_list_publication_rules` option allows server admins to prevent
|
|
unwanted entries from being published in the public room list.
|
|
|
|
The format of this option is the same as that for
|
|
[`alias_creation_rules`](#alias_creation_rules): an optional list of 0 or more
|
|
rules. By default, no list is provided, meaning that all rooms may be
|
|
published to the room list.
|
|
|
|
Otherwise, requests to publish a room are matched against each rule in order.
|
|
The first rule that matches decides if the request is allowed or denied. If no
|
|
rule matches, the request is denied. In particular, this means that configuring
|
|
an empty list of rules will deny every alias creation request.
|
|
|
|
Requests to create a public (public as in published to the room directory) room which violates
|
|
the configured rules will result in the room being created but not published to the room directory.
|
|
|
|
Each rule is a YAML object containing four fields, each of which is an optional string:
|
|
|
|
* `user_id`: a glob pattern that matches against the user publishing the room.
|
|
* `alias`: a glob pattern that matches against one of published room's aliases.
|
|
- If the room has no aliases, the alias match fails unless `alias` is unspecified or `*`.
|
|
- If the room has exactly one alias, the alias match succeeds if the `alias` pattern matches that alias.
|
|
- If the room has two or more aliases, the alias match succeeds if the pattern matches at least one of the aliases.
|
|
* `room_id`: a glob pattern that matches against the room ID of the room being published.
|
|
* `action`: either `allow` or `deny`. What to do with the request if the rule matches. Defaults to `allow`.
|
|
|
|
Each of the glob patterns is optional, defaulting to `*` ("match anything").
|
|
Note that the patterns match against fully qualified IDs, e.g. against
|
|
`@alice:example.com`, `#room:example.com` and `!abcdefghijk:example.com` instead
|
|
of `alice`, `room` and `abcedgghijk`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# No rule list specified. Anyone may publish any room to the public list.
|
|
# This is the default behaviour.
|
|
room_list_publication_rules:
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# A list of one rule which allows everything.
|
|
# This has the same effect as the previous example.
|
|
room_list_publication_rules:
|
|
- "action": "allow"
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# An empty list of rules. No-one may publish to the room list.
|
|
room_list_publication_rules: []
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# A list of one rule which denies everything.
|
|
# This has the same effect as the previous example.
|
|
room_list_publication_rules:
|
|
- "action": "deny"
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# Prevent a specific user from publishing rooms.
|
|
# Allow other users to publish anything.
|
|
room_list_publication_rules:
|
|
- user_id: "@bad_user:example.com"
|
|
action: deny
|
|
|
|
- action: allow
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# Prevent publication of a specific room.
|
|
room_list_publication_rules:
|
|
- room_id: "!forbiddenRoom:example.com"
|
|
action: deny
|
|
|
|
- action: allow
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# Prevent publication of rooms with at least one alias containing the word "potato".
|
|
room_list_publication_rules:
|
|
- alias: "#*potato*:example.com"
|
|
action: deny
|
|
|
|
- action: allow
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `default_power_level_content_override`
|
|
|
|
The `default_power_level_content_override` option controls the default power
|
|
levels for rooms.
|
|
|
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Useful if you know that your users need special permissions in rooms
|
|
that they create (e.g. to send particular types of state events without
|
|
needing an elevated power level). This takes the same shape as the
|
|
`power_level_content_override` parameter in the /createRoom API, but
|
|
is applied before that parameter.
|
|
|
|
Note that each key provided inside a preset (for example `events` in the example
|
|
below) will overwrite all existing defaults inside that key. So in the example
|
|
below, newly-created private_chat rooms will have no rules for any event types
|
|
except `com.example.foo`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
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|
default_power_level_content_override:
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|
private_chat: { "events": { "com.example.foo" : 0 } }
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|
trusted_private_chat: null
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|
public_chat: null
|
|
```
|
|
---
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### `forget_rooms_on_leave`
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|
|
|
Set to true to automatically forget rooms for users when they leave them, either
|
|
normally or via a kick or ban. Defaults to false.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
forget_rooms_on_leave: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `exclude_rooms_from_sync`
|
|
A list of rooms to exclude from sync responses. This is useful for server
|
|
administrators wishing to group users into a room without these users being able
|
|
to see it from their client.
|
|
|
|
By default, no room is excluded.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
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|
exclude_rooms_from_sync:
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|
- !foo:example.com
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
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## Opentracing
|
|
Configuration options related to Opentracing support.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `opentracing`
|
|
|
|
These settings enable and configure opentracing, which implements distributed tracing.
|
|
This allows you to observe the causal chains of events across servers
|
|
including requests, key lookups etc., across any server running
|
|
synapse or any other services which support opentracing
|
|
(specifically those implemented with Jaeger).
|
|
|
|
Sub-options include:
|
|
* `enabled`: whether tracing is enabled. Set to true to enable. Disabled by default.
|
|
* `homeserver_whitelist`: The list of homeservers we wish to send and receive span contexts and span baggage.
|
|
See [here](../../opentracing.md) for more.
|
|
This is a list of regexes which are matched against the `server_name` of the homeserver.
|
|
By default, it is empty, so no servers are matched.
|
|
* `force_tracing_for_users`: # A list of the matrix IDs of users whose requests will always be traced,
|
|
even if the tracing system would otherwise drop the traces due to probabilistic sampling.
|
|
By default, the list is empty.
|
|
* `jaeger_config`: Jaeger can be configured to sample traces at different rates.
|
|
All configuration options provided by Jaeger can be set here. Jaeger's configuration is
|
|
mostly related to trace sampling which is documented [here](https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
opentracing:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
homeserver_whitelist:
|
|
- ".*"
|
|
force_tracing_for_users:
|
|
- "@user1:server_name"
|
|
- "@user2:server_name"
|
|
|
|
jaeger_config:
|
|
sampler:
|
|
type: const
|
|
param: 1
|
|
logging:
|
|
false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Coordinating workers
|
|
Configuration options related to workers which belong in the main config file
|
|
(usually called `homeserver.yaml`).
|
|
A Synapse deployment can scale horizontally by running multiple Synapse processes
|
|
called _workers_. Incoming requests are distributed between workers to handle higher
|
|
loads. Some workers are privileged and can accept requests from other workers.
|
|
|
|
As a result, the worker configuration is divided into two parts.
|
|
|
|
1. The first part (in this section of the manual) defines which shardable tasks
|
|
are delegated to privileged workers. This allows unprivileged workers to make
|
|
requests to a privileged worker to act on their behalf.
|
|
1. [The second part](#individual-worker-configuration)
|
|
controls the behaviour of individual workers in isolation.
|
|
|
|
For guidance on setting up workers, see the [worker documentation](../../workers.md).
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_replication_secret`
|
|
|
|
A shared secret used by the replication APIs on the main process to authenticate
|
|
HTTP requests from workers.
|
|
|
|
The default, this value is omitted (equivalently `null`), which means that
|
|
traffic between the workers and the main process is not authenticated.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_replication_secret: "secret_secret"
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `start_pushers`
|
|
|
|
Unnecessary to set if using [`pusher_instances`](#pusher_instances) with [`generic_workers`](../../workers.md#synapseappgeneric_worker).
|
|
|
|
Controls sending of push notifications on the main process. Set to `false`
|
|
if using a [pusher worker](../../workers.md#synapseapppusher). Defaults to `true`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
start_pushers: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `pusher_instances`
|
|
|
|
It is possible to scale the processes that handle sending push notifications to [sygnal](https://github.com/matrix-org/sygnal)
|
|
and email by running a [`generic_worker`](../../workers.md#synapseappgeneric_worker) and adding it's [`worker_name`](#worker_name) to
|
|
a `pusher_instances` map. Doing so will remove handling of this function from the main
|
|
process. Multiple workers can be added to this map, in which case the work is balanced
|
|
across them. Ensure the main process and all pusher workers are restarted after changing
|
|
this option.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration for a single worker:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
pusher_instances:
|
|
- pusher_worker1
|
|
```
|
|
And for multiple workers:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
pusher_instances:
|
|
- pusher_worker1
|
|
- pusher_worker2
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `send_federation`
|
|
|
|
Unnecessary to set if using [`federation_sender_instances`](#federation_sender_instances) with [`generic_workers`](../../workers.md#synapseappgeneric_worker).
|
|
|
|
Controls sending of outbound federation transactions on the main process.
|
|
Set to `false` if using a [federation sender worker](../../workers.md#synapseappfederation_sender).
|
|
Defaults to `true`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
send_federation: false
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `federation_sender_instances`
|
|
|
|
It is possible to scale the processes that handle sending outbound federation requests
|
|
by running a [`generic_worker`](../../workers.md#synapseappgeneric_worker) and adding it's [`worker_name`](#worker_name) to
|
|
a `federation_sender_instances` map. Doing so will remove handling of this function from
|
|
the main process. Multiple workers can be added to this map, in which case the work is
|
|
balanced across them.
|
|
|
|
This configuration setting must be shared between all workers handling federation
|
|
sending, and if changed all federation sender workers must be stopped at the same time
|
|
and then started, to ensure that all instances are running with the same config (otherwise
|
|
events may be dropped).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration for a single worker:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_sender_instances:
|
|
- federation_sender1
|
|
```
|
|
And for multiple workers:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
federation_sender_instances:
|
|
- federation_sender1
|
|
- federation_sender2
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `instance_map`
|
|
|
|
When using workers this should be a map from [`worker_name`](#worker_name) to the HTTP
|
|
replication listener of the worker, if configured, and to the main process. Each worker
|
|
declared under [`stream_writers`](../../workers.md#stream-writers) and
|
|
[`outbound_federation_restricted_to`](#outbound_federation_restricted_to) needs a HTTP
|
|
replication listener, and that listener should be included in the `instance_map`. The
|
|
main process also needs an entry on the `instance_map`, and it should be listed under
|
|
`main` **if even one other worker exists**. Ensure the port matches with what is
|
|
declared inside the `listener` block for a `replication` listener.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
instance_map:
|
|
main:
|
|
host: localhost
|
|
port: 8030
|
|
worker1:
|
|
host: localhost
|
|
port: 8034
|
|
```
|
|
Example configuration(#2, for UNIX sockets):
|
|
```yaml
|
|
instance_map:
|
|
main:
|
|
path: /run/synapse/main_replication.sock
|
|
worker1:
|
|
path: /run/synapse/worker1_replication.sock
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `stream_writers`
|
|
|
|
Experimental: When using workers you can define which workers should
|
|
handle writing to streams such as event persistence and typing notifications.
|
|
Any worker specified here must also be in the [`instance_map`](#instance_map).
|
|
|
|
See the list of available streams in the
|
|
[worker documentation](../../workers.md#stream-writers).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
stream_writers:
|
|
events: worker1
|
|
typing: worker1
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `outbound_federation_restricted_to`
|
|
|
|
When using workers, you can restrict outbound federation traffic to only go through a
|
|
specific subset of workers. Any worker specified here must also be in the
|
|
[`instance_map`](#instance_map).
|
|
[`worker_replication_secret`](#worker_replication_secret) must also be configured to
|
|
authorize inter-worker communication.
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
outbound_federation_restricted_to:
|
|
- federation_sender1
|
|
- federation_sender2
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Also see the [worker
|
|
documentation](../../workers.md#restrict-outbound-federation-traffic-to-a-specific-set-of-workers)
|
|
for more info.
|
|
|
|
_Added in Synapse 1.89.0._
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `run_background_tasks_on`
|
|
|
|
The [worker](../../workers.md#background-tasks) that is used to run
|
|
background tasks (e.g. cleaning up expired data). If not provided this
|
|
defaults to the main process.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
run_background_tasks_on: worker1
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `update_user_directory_from_worker`
|
|
|
|
The [worker](../../workers.md#updating-the-user-directory) that is used to
|
|
update the user directory. If not provided this defaults to the main process.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
update_user_directory_from_worker: worker1
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
_Added in Synapse 1.59.0._
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `notify_appservices_from_worker`
|
|
|
|
The [worker](../../workers.md#notifying-application-services) that is used to
|
|
send output traffic to Application Services. If not provided this defaults
|
|
to the main process.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
notify_appservices_from_worker: worker1
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
_Added in Synapse 1.59.0._
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `media_instance_running_background_jobs`
|
|
|
|
The [worker](../../workers.md#synapseappmedia_repository) that is used to run
|
|
background tasks for media repository. If running multiple media repositories
|
|
you must configure a single instance to run the background tasks. If not provided
|
|
this defaults to the main process or your single `media_repository` worker.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
media_instance_running_background_jobs: worker1
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
_Added in Synapse 1.16.0._
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `redis`
|
|
|
|
Configuration for Redis when using workers. This *must* be enabled when using workers.
|
|
This setting has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `enabled`: whether to use Redis support. Defaults to false.
|
|
* `host` and `port`: Optional host and port to use to connect to redis. Defaults to
|
|
localhost and 6379
|
|
* `path`: The full path to a local Unix socket file. **If this is used, `host` and
|
|
`port` are ignored.** Defaults to `/tmp/redis.sock'
|
|
* `password`: Optional password if configured on the Redis instance.
|
|
* `dbid`: Optional redis dbid if needs to connect to specific redis logical db.
|
|
* `use_tls`: Whether to use tls connection. Defaults to false.
|
|
* `certificate_file`: Optional path to the certificate file
|
|
* `private_key_file`: Optional path to the private key file
|
|
* `ca_file`: Optional path to the CA certificate file. Use this one or:
|
|
* `ca_path`: Optional path to the folder containing the CA certificate file
|
|
|
|
_Added in Synapse 1.78.0._
|
|
|
|
_Changed in Synapse 1.84.0: Added use\_tls, certificate\_file, private\_key\_file, ca\_file and ca\_path attributes_
|
|
|
|
_Changed in Synapse 1.85.0: Added path option to use a local Unix socket_
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
redis:
|
|
enabled: true
|
|
host: localhost
|
|
port: 6379
|
|
password: <secret_password>
|
|
dbid: <dbid>
|
|
#use_tls: True
|
|
#certificate_file: <path_to_the_certificate_file>
|
|
#private_key_file: <path_to_the_private_key_file>
|
|
#ca_file: <path_to_the_ca_certificate_file>
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Individual worker configuration
|
|
These options configure an individual worker, in its worker configuration file.
|
|
They should be not be provided when configuring the main process.
|
|
|
|
Note also the configuration above for
|
|
[coordinating a cluster of workers](#coordinating-workers).
|
|
|
|
For guidance on setting up workers, see the [worker documentation](../../workers.md).
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_app`
|
|
|
|
The type of worker. The currently available worker applications are listed
|
|
in [worker documentation](../../workers.md#available-worker-applications).
|
|
|
|
The most common worker is the
|
|
[`synapse.app.generic_worker`](../../workers.md#synapseappgeneric_worker).
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_name`
|
|
|
|
A unique name for the worker. The worker needs a name to be addressed in
|
|
further parameters and identification in log files. We strongly recommend
|
|
giving each worker a unique `worker_name`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_name: generic_worker1
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_listeners`
|
|
|
|
A worker can handle HTTP requests. To do so, a `worker_listeners` option
|
|
must be declared, in the same way as the [`listeners` option](#listeners)
|
|
in the shared config.
|
|
|
|
Workers declared in [`stream_writers`](#stream_writers) and [`instance_map`](#instance_map)
|
|
will need to include a `replication` listener here, in order to accept internal HTTP
|
|
requests from other workers.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_listeners:
|
|
- type: http
|
|
port: 8083
|
|
resources:
|
|
- names: [client, federation]
|
|
```
|
|
Example configuration(#2, using UNIX sockets with a `replication` listener):
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_listeners:
|
|
- type: http
|
|
path: /run/synapse/worker_replication.sock
|
|
resources:
|
|
- names: [replication]
|
|
- type: http
|
|
path: /run/synapse/worker_public.sock
|
|
resources:
|
|
- names: [client, federation]
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_manhole`
|
|
|
|
A worker may have a listener for [`manhole`](../../manhole.md).
|
|
It allows server administrators to access a Python shell on the worker.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_manhole: 9000
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
This is a short form for:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_listeners:
|
|
- port: 9000
|
|
bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']
|
|
type: manhole
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
It needs also an additional [`manhole_settings`](#manhole_settings) configuration.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_daemonize`
|
|
|
|
Specifies whether the worker should be started as a daemon process.
|
|
If Synapse is being managed by [systemd](../../systemd-with-workers/), this option
|
|
must be omitted or set to `false`.
|
|
|
|
Defaults to `false`.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_daemonize: true
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_pid_file`
|
|
|
|
When running a worker as a daemon, we need a place to store the
|
|
[PID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_identifier) of the worker.
|
|
This option defines the location of that "pid file".
|
|
|
|
This option is required if `worker_daemonize` is `true` and ignored
|
|
otherwise. It has no default.
|
|
|
|
See also the [`pid_file` option](#pid_file) option for the main Synapse process.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_pid_file: DATADIR/generic_worker1.pid
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
### `worker_log_config`
|
|
|
|
This option specifies a yaml python logging config file as described
|
|
[here](https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema).
|
|
See also the [`log_config` option](#log_config) option for the main Synapse process.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/generic-worker-log.yaml
|
|
```
|
|
---
|
|
## Background Updates
|
|
Configuration settings related to background updates.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
### `background_updates`
|
|
|
|
Background updates are database updates that are run in the background in batches.
|
|
The duration, minimum batch size, default batch size, whether to sleep between batches and if so, how long to
|
|
sleep can all be configured. This is helpful to speed up or slow down the updates.
|
|
This setting has the following sub-options:
|
|
* `background_update_duration_ms`: How long in milliseconds to run a batch of background updates for. Defaults to 100.
|
|
Set a different time to change the default.
|
|
* `sleep_enabled`: Whether to sleep between updates. Defaults to true. Set to false to change the default.
|
|
* `sleep_duration_ms`: If sleeping between updates, how long in milliseconds to sleep for. Defaults to 1000.
|
|
Set a duration to change the default.
|
|
* `min_batch_size`: Minimum size a batch of background updates can be. Must be greater than 0. Defaults to 1.
|
|
Set a size to change the default.
|
|
* `default_batch_size`: The batch size to use for the first iteration of a new background update. The default is 100.
|
|
Set a size to change the default.
|
|
|
|
Example configuration:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
background_updates:
|
|
background_update_duration_ms: 500
|
|
sleep_enabled: false
|
|
sleep_duration_ms: 300
|
|
min_batch_size: 10
|
|
default_batch_size: 50
|
|
```
|