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- <h1 id="configuring-synapse"><a class="header" href="#configuring-synapse">Configuring Synapse</a></h1>
- <p>This is intended as a guide to the Synapse configuration. The behavior of a Synapse instance can be modified
- through the many configuration settings documented here — each config option is explained,
- including what the default is, how to change the default and what sort of behaviour the setting governs.
- Also included is an example configuration for each setting. If you don't want to spend a lot of time
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- database defaults to SQLite, which is not recommended for production usage. You can read more on this subject
- <a href="../../setup/installation.html#using-postgresql">here</a>.</p>
- <h2 id="config-conventions"><a class="header" href="#config-conventions">Config Conventions</a></h2>
- <p>Configuration options that take a time period can be set using a number
- followed by a letter. Letters have the following meanings:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>s</code> = second</li>
- <li><code>m</code> = minute</li>
- <li><code>h</code> = hour</li>
- <li><code>d</code> = day</li>
- <li><code>w</code> = week</li>
- <li><code>y</code> = year</li>
- </ul>
- <p>For example, setting <code>redaction_retention_period: 5m</code> would remove redacted
- messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months.</p>
- <p>In addition, configuration options referring to size use the following suffixes:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>M</code> = MiB, or 1,048,576 bytes</li>
- <li><code>K</code> = KiB, or 1024 bytes</li>
- </ul>
- <p>For example, setting <code>max_avatar_size: 10M</code> means that Synapse will not accept files larger than 10,485,760 bytes
- for a user avatar.</p>
- <h3 id="yaml"><a class="header" href="#yaml">YAML</a></h3>
- <p>The configuration file is a <a href="https://yaml.org/">YAML</a> file, which means that certain syntax rules
- apply if you want your config file to be read properly. A few helpful things to know:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>#</code> before any option in the config will comment out that setting and either a default (if available) will
- be applied or Synapse will ignore the setting. Thus, in example #1 below, the setting will be read and
- applied, but in example #2 the setting will not be read and a default will be applied.</p>
- <p>Example #1:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
- </code></pre>
- <p>Example #2:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">#pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
- </code></pre>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>Indentation matters! The indentation before a setting
- will determine whether a given setting is read as part of another
- setting, or considered on its own. Thus, in example #1, the <code>enabled</code> setting
- is read as a sub-option of the <code>presence</code> setting, and will be properly applied.</p>
- <p>However, the lack of indentation before the <code>enabled</code> setting in example #2 means
- that when reading the config, Synapse will consider both <code>presence</code> and <code>enabled</code> as
- different settings. In this case, <code>presence</code> has no value, and thus a default applied, and <code>enabled</code>
- is an option that Synapse doesn't recognize and thus ignores.</p>
- <p>Example #1:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">presence:
- enabled: false
- </code></pre>
- <p>Example #2:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">presence:
- enabled: false
- </code></pre>
- <p>In this manual, all top-level settings (ones with no indentation) are identified
- at the beginning of their section (i.e. "### <code>example_setting</code>") and
- the sub-options, if any, are identified and listed in the body of the section.
- In addition, each setting has an example of its usage, with the proper indentation
- shown.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <h2 id="modules"><a class="header" href="#modules">Modules</a></h2>
- <p>Server admins can expand Synapse's functionality with external modules.</p>
- <p>See <a href="../../modules/index.html">here</a> for more
- documentation on how to configure or create custom modules for Synapse.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="modules-1"><a class="header" href="#modules-1"><code>modules</code></a></h3>
- <p>Use the <code>module</code> sub-option to add modules under this option to extend functionality.
- The <code>module</code> setting then has a sub-option, <code>config</code>, which can be used to define some configuration
- for the <code>module</code>.</p>
- <p>Defaults to none.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">modules:
- - module: my_super_module.MySuperClass
- config:
- do_thing: true
- - module: my_other_super_module.SomeClass
- config: {}
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="server"><a class="header" href="#server">Server</a></h2>
- <p>Define your homeserver name and other base options.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="server_name"><a class="header" href="#server_name"><code>server_name</code></a></h3>
- <p>This sets the public-facing domain of the server.</p>
- <p>The <code>server_name</code> name will appear at the end of usernames and room addresses
- created on your server. For example if the <code>server_name</code> was example.com,
- usernames on your server would be in the format <code>@user:example.com</code></p>
- <p>In most cases you should avoid using a matrix specific subdomain such as
- matrix.example.com or synapse.example.com as the <code>server_name</code> for the same
- reasons you wouldn't use user@email.example.com as your email address.
- See <a href="../../delegate.html">here</a>
- for information on how to host Synapse on a subdomain while preserving
- a clean <code>server_name</code>.</p>
- <p>The <code>server_name</code> cannot be changed later so it is important to
- configure this correctly before you start Synapse. It should be all
- lowercase and may contain an explicit port.</p>
- <p>There is no default for this option.</p>
- <p>Example configuration #1:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">server_name: matrix.org
- </code></pre>
- <p>Example configuration #2:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">server_name: localhost:8080
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="pid_file"><a class="header" href="#pid_file"><code>pid_file</code></a></h3>
- <p>When running Synapse as a daemon, the file to store the pid in. Defaults to none.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="web_client_location"><a class="header" href="#web_client_location"><code>web_client_location</code></a></h3>
- <p>The absolute URL to the web client which <code>/</code> will redirect to. Defaults to none.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">web_client_location: https://riot.example.com/
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="public_baseurl"><a class="header" href="#public_baseurl"><code>public_baseurl</code></a></h3>
- <p>The public-facing base URL that clients use to access this Homeserver (not
- including _matrix/...). This is the same URL a user might enter into the
- 'Custom Homeserver URL' field on their client. If you use Synapse with a
- reverse proxy, this should be the URL to reach Synapse via the proxy.
- Otherwise, it should be the URL to reach Synapse's client HTTP listener (see
- 'listeners' below).</p>
- <p>Defaults to <code>https://<server_name>/</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">public_baseurl: https://example.com/
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="serve_server_wellknown"><a class="header" href="#serve_server_wellknown"><code>serve_server_wellknown</code></a></h3>
- <p>By default, other servers will try to reach our server on port 8448, which can
- be inconvenient in some environments.</p>
- <p>Provided <code>https://<server_name>/</code> on port 443 is routed to Synapse, this
- option configures Synapse to serve a file at <code>https://<server_name>/.well-known/matrix/server</code>.
- This will tell other servers to send traffic to port 443 instead.</p>
- <p>This option currently defaults to false.</p>
- <p>See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/delegate.html for more
- information.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">serve_server_wellknown: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="extra_well_known_client_content"><a class="header" href="#extra_well_known_client_content"><code>extra_well_known_client_content </code></a></h3>
- <p>This option allows server runners to add arbitrary key-value pairs to the <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#well-known-uri">client-facing <code>.well-known</code> response</a>.
- Note that the <code>public_baseurl</code> config option must be provided for Synapse to serve a response to <code>/.well-known/matrix/client</code> at all.</p>
- <p>If this option is provided, it parses the given yaml to json and
- serves it on <code>/.well-known/matrix/client</code> endpoint
- alongside the standard properties.</p>
- <p><em>Added in Synapse 1.62.0.</em></p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">extra_well_known_client_content :
- option1: value1
- option2: value2
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="soft_file_limit"><a class="header" href="#soft_file_limit"><code>soft_file_limit</code></a></h3>
- <p>Set the soft limit on the number of file descriptors synapse can use.
- Zero is used to indicate synapse should set the soft limit to the hard limit.
- Defaults to 0.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">soft_file_limit: 3
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="presence"><a class="header" href="#presence"><code>presence</code></a></h3>
- <p>Presence tracking allows users to see the state (e.g online/offline)
- of other local and remote users. Set the <code>enabled</code> sub-option to false to
- disable presence tracking on this homeserver. Defaults to true.
- This option replaces the previous top-level 'use_presence' option.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">presence:
- enabled: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="require_auth_for_profile_requests"><a class="header" href="#require_auth_for_profile_requests"><code>require_auth_for_profile_requests</code></a></h3>
- <p>Whether to require authentication to retrieve profile data (avatars, display names) of other
- users through the client API. Defaults to false. Note that profile data is also available
- via the federation API, unless <code>allow_profile_lookup_over_federation</code> is set to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">require_auth_for_profile_requests: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms"><a class="header" href="#limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms"><code>limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms</code></a></h3>
- <p>Use this option to require a user to share a room with another user in order
- to retrieve their profile information. Only checked on Client-Server
- requests. Profile requests from other servers should be checked by the
- requesting server. Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="include_profile_data_on_invite"><a class="header" href="#include_profile_data_on_invite"><code>include_profile_data_on_invite</code></a></h3>
- <p>Use this option to prevent a user's profile data from being retrieved and
- displayed in a room until they have joined it. By default, a user's
- profile data is included in an invite event, regardless of the values
- of the above two settings, and whether or not the users share a server.
- Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">include_profile_data_on_invite: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allow_public_rooms_without_auth"><a class="header" href="#allow_public_rooms_without_auth"><code>allow_public_rooms_without_auth</code></a></h3>
- <p>If set to true, removes the need for authentication to access the server's
- public rooms directory through the client API, meaning that anyone can
- query the room directory. Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allow_public_rooms_without_auth: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allow_public_rooms_over_federation"><a class="header" href="#allow_public_rooms_over_federation"><code>allow_public_rooms_over_federation</code></a></h3>
- <p>If set to true, allows any other homeserver to fetch the server's public
- rooms directory via federation. Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allow_public_rooms_over_federation: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="default_room_version"><a class="header" href="#default_room_version"><code>default_room_version</code></a></h3>
- <p>The default room version for newly created rooms on this server.</p>
- <p>Known room versions are listed <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/latest/rooms/#complete-list-of-room-versions">here</a></p>
- <p>For example, for room version 1, <code>default_room_version</code> should be set
- to "1".</p>
- <p>Currently defaults to "9".</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">default_room_version: "8"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="gc_thresholds"><a class="header" href="#gc_thresholds"><code>gc_thresholds</code></a></h3>
- <p>The garbage collection threshold parameters to pass to <code>gc.set_threshold</code>, if defined.
- Defaults to none.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10]
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="gc_min_interval"><a class="header" href="#gc_min_interval"><code>gc_min_interval</code></a></h3>
- <p>The minimum time in seconds between each GC for a generation, regardless of
- the GC thresholds. This ensures that we don't do GC too frequently. A value of <code>[1s, 10s, 30s]</code>
- indicates that a second must pass between consecutive generation 0 GCs, etc.</p>
- <p>Defaults to <code>[1s, 10s, 30s]</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">gc_min_interval: [0.5s, 30s, 1m]
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="filter_timeline_limit"><a class="header" href="#filter_timeline_limit"><code>filter_timeline_limit</code></a></h3>
- <p>Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get
- and sync operations. Defaults to 100. A value of -1 means no upper limit.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">filter_timeline_limit: 5000
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="block_non_admin_invites"><a class="header" href="#block_non_admin_invites"><code>block_non_admin_invites</code></a></h3>
- <p>Whether room invites to users on this server should be blocked
- (except those sent by local server admins). Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">block_non_admin_invites: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_search"><a class="header" href="#enable_search"><code>enable_search</code></a></h3>
- <p>If set to false, new messages will not be indexed for searching and users
- will receive errors when searching for messages. Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_search: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="ip_range_blacklist"><a class="header" href="#ip_range_blacklist"><code>ip_range_blacklist</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option prevents outgoing requests from being sent to the specified blacklisted IP address
- CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified then it defaults to private IP
- address ranges (see the example below).</p>
- <p>The blacklist applies to the outbound requests for federation, identity servers,
- push servers, and for checking key validity for third-party invite events.</p>
- <p>(0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
- listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)</p>
- <p>This option replaces <code>federation_ip_range_blacklist</code> in Synapse v1.25.0.</p>
- <p>Note: The value is ignored when an HTTP proxy is in use.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">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'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="ip_range_whitelist"><a class="header" href="#ip_range_whitelist"><code>ip_range_whitelist</code></a></h3>
- <p>List of IP address CIDR ranges that should be allowed for federation,
- identity servers, push servers, and for checking key validity for
- third-party invite events. This is useful for specifying exceptions to
- wide-ranging blacklisted target IP ranges - e.g. for communication with
- a push server only visible in your network.</p>
- <p>This whitelist overrides <code>ip_range_blacklist</code> and defaults to an empty
- list.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">ip_range_whitelist:
- - '192.168.1.1'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="listeners"><a class="header" href="#listeners"><code>listeners</code></a></h3>
- <p>List of ports that Synapse should listen on, their purpose and their
- configuration.</p>
- <p>Sub-options for each listener include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>port</code>: the TCP port to bind to.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>bind_addresses</code>: a list of local addresses to listen on. The default is
- 'all local interfaces'.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>type</code>: the type of listener. Normally <code>http</code>, but other valid options are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>manhole</code>: (see the docs <a href="../../manhole.html">here</a>),</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>metrics</code>: (see the docs <a href="../../metrics-howto.html">here</a>),</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>replication</code>: (deprecated as of Synapse 1.18, see the docs <a href="../../workers.html">here</a>).</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>tls</code>: set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>x_forwarded</code>: Only valid for an 'http' listener. Set to true to use the X-Forwarded-For header as the client IP. Useful when Synapse is
- behind a reverse-proxy.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>resources</code>: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A list of resources to host
- on this port. Sub-options for each resource are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>names</code>: a list of names of HTTP resources. See below for a list of valid resource names.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>compress</code>: set to true to enable gzip compression on HTTP bodies for this resource. This is currently only supported with the
- <code>client</code>, <code>consent</code>, <code>metrics</code> and <code>federation</code> resources.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>additional_resources</code>: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A map of
- additional endpoints which should be loaded via dynamic modules.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Valid resource names are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>client</code>: the client-server API (/_matrix/client), and the synapse admin API (/_synapse/admin). Also implies <code>media</code> and <code>static</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>consent</code>: user consent forms (/_matrix/consent). See <a href="../../consent_tracking.html">here</a> for more.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>federation</code>: the server-server API (/_matrix/federation). Also implies <code>media</code>, <code>keys</code>, <code>openid</code></p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>keys</code>: the key discovery API (/_matrix/key).</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>media</code>: the media API (/_matrix/media).</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>metrics</code>: the metrics interface. See <a href="../../metrics-howto.html">here</a>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>openid</code>: OpenID authentication. See <a href="../../openid.html">here</a>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>replication</code>: the HTTP replication API (/_synapse/replication). See <a href="../../workers.html">here</a>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>static</code>: static resources under synapse/static (/_matrix/static). (Mostly useful for 'fallback authentication'.)</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration #1:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">listeners:
- # TLS-enabled listener: for when matrix traffic is sent directly to synapse.
- #
- # (Note that you will also need to give Synapse a TLS key and certificate: see the TLS section
- # below.)
- #
- - port: 8448
- type: http
- tls: true
- resources:
- - names: [client, federation]
- </code></pre>
- <p>Example configuration #2:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">listeners:
- # Unsecure HTTP listener: for when matrix traffic passes through a reverse proxy
- # that unwraps TLS.
- #
- # If you plan to use a reverse proxy, please see
- # https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/reverse_proxy.html.
- #
- - port: 8008
- tls: false
- type: http
- x_forwarded: true
- bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
- resources:
- - names: [client, federation]
- compress: false
- # example additional_resources:
- additional_resources:
- "/_matrix/my/custom/endpoint":
- module: my_module.CustomRequestHandler
- config: {}
- # Turn on the twisted ssh manhole service on localhost on the given
- # port.
- - port: 9000
- bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
- type: manhole
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="manhole_settings"><a class="header" href="#manhole_settings"><code>manhole_settings</code></a></h3>
- <p>Connection settings for the manhole. You can find more information
- on the manhole <a href="../../manhole.html">here</a>. Manhole sub-options include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>username</code> : the username for the manhole. This defaults to 'matrix'.</li>
- <li><code>password</code>: The password for the manhole. This defaults to 'rabbithole'.</li>
- <li><code>ssh_priv_key_path</code> and <code>ssh_pub_key_path</code>: 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">manhole_settings:
- username: manhole
- password: mypassword
- ssh_priv_key_path: CONFDIR/id_rsa
- ssh_pub_key_path: CONFDIR/id_rsa.pub
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="dummy_events_threshold"><a class="header" href="#dummy_events_threshold"><code>dummy_events_threshold</code></a></h3>
- <p>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
- <code>org.matrix.dummy_event</code> event, which will reduce the forward extremities
- in the room.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">dummy_events_threshold: 5
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="delete_stale_devices_after"><a class="header" href="#delete_stale_devices_after"><code>delete_stale_devices_after</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Defaults to no duration, which means devices are never pruned.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">delete_stale_devices_after: 1y
- </code></pre>
- <h2 id="homeserver-blocking"><a class="header" href="#homeserver-blocking">Homeserver blocking</a></h2>
- <p>Useful options for Synapse admins.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="admin_contact"><a class="header" href="#admin_contact"><code>admin_contact</code></a></h3>
- <p>How to reach the server admin, used in <code>ResourceLimitError</code>. Defaults to none.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">admin_contact: 'mailto:admin@server.com'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="hs_disabled-and-hs_disabled_message"><a class="header" href="#hs_disabled-and-hs_disabled_message"><code>hs_disabled</code> and <code>hs_disabled_message</code></a></h3>
- <p>Blocks users from connecting to the homeserver and provides a human-readable reason
- why the connection was blocked. Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">hs_disabled: true
- hs_disabled_message: 'Reason for why the HS is blocked'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="limit_usage_by_mau"><a class="header" href="#limit_usage_by_mau"><code>limit_usage_by_mau</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <code>ResourceLimitError</code> with error type <code>Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED</code>.
- Defaults to false. If this is enabled, a value for <code>max_mau_value</code> must also be set.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">limit_usage_by_mau: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="max_mau_value"><a class="header" href="#max_mau_value"><code>max_mau_value</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option sets the hard limit of monthly active users above which the server will start
- blocking user actions if <code>limit_usage_by_mau</code> is enabled. Defaults to 0.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">max_mau_value: 50
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="mau_trial_days"><a class="header" href="#mau_trial_days"><code>mau_trial_days</code></a></h3>
- <p>The option <code>mau_trial_days</code> 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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">mau_trial_days: 5
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="mau_appservice_trial_days"><a class="header" href="#mau_appservice_trial_days"><code>mau_appservice_trial_days</code></a></h3>
- <p>The option <code>mau_appservice_trial_days</code> is similar to <code>mau_trial_days</code>, 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 <code>mau_trial_days</code> instead.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">mau_appservice_trial_days:
- my_appservice_id: 3
- another_appservice_id: 6
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="mau_limit_alerting"><a class="header" href="#mau_limit_alerting"><code>mau_limit_alerting</code></a></h3>
- <p>The option <code>mau_limit_alerting</code> 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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">mau_limit_alerting: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="mau_stats_only"><a class="header" href="#mau_stats_only"><code>mau_stats_only</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <code>limit_usage_by_mau</code>
- is true, this is implied to be true. Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">mau_stats_only: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="mau_limit_reserved_threepids"><a class="header" href="#mau_limit_reserved_threepids"><code>mau_limit_reserved_threepids</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <code>medium</code> and <code>address</code> of the
- reserved threepid (3rd party identifier).</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">mau_limit_reserved_threepids:
- - medium: 'email'
- address: 'reserved_user@example.com'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="server_context"><a class="header" href="#server_context"><code>server_context</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option is used by phonehome stats to group together related servers.
- Defaults to none.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">server_context: context
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="limit_remote_rooms"><a class="header" href="#limit_remote_rooms"><code>limit_remote_rooms</code></a></h3>
- <p>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:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: whether this check is enabled. Defaults to false.</li>
- <li><code>complexity</code>: the limit above which rooms cannot be joined. The default is 1.0.</li>
- <li><code>complexity_error</code>: override the error which is returned when the room is too complex with a
- custom message.</li>
- <li><code>admins_can_join</code>: allow server admins to join complex rooms. Default is false.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Room complexity is an arbitrary measure based on factors such as the number of
- users in the room.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">limit_remote_rooms:
- enabled: true
- complexity: 0.5
- complexity_error: "I can't let you do that, Dave."
- admins_can_join: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="require_membership_for_aliases"><a class="header" href="#require_membership_for_aliases"><code>require_membership_for_aliases</code></a></h3>
- <p>Whether to require a user to be in the room to add an alias to it.
- Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">require_membership_for_aliases: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allow_per_room_profiles"><a class="header" href="#allow_per_room_profiles"><code>allow_per_room_profiles</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allow_per_room_profiles: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="max_avatar_size"><a class="header" href="#max_avatar_size"><code>max_avatar_size</code></a></h3>
- <p>The largest permissible file size in bytes for a user avatar. Defaults to no restriction.
- Use M for MB and K for KB.</p>
- <p>Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without using Synapse's media repository.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">max_avatar_size: 10M
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allowed_avatar_mimetypes"><a class="header" href="#allowed_avatar_mimetypes"><code>allowed_avatar_mimetypes</code></a></h3>
- <p>The MIME types allowed for user avatars. Defaults to no restriction.</p>
- <p>Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without
- using Synapse's media repository.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allowed_avatar_mimetypes: ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif"]
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="redaction_retention_period"><a class="header" href="#redaction_retention_period"><code>redaction_retention_period</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Synapse will check whether the rentention period has concluded for redacted
- events every 5 minutes. Thus, even if this option is set to <code>0</code>, Synapse may
- still take up to 5 minutes to purge redacted events from the database.</p>
- <p>Defaults to <code>7d</code>. Set to <code>null</code> to disable.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">redaction_retention_period: 28d
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="user_ips_max_age"><a class="header" href="#user_ips_max_age"><code>user_ips_max_age</code></a></h3>
- <p>How long to track users' last seen time and IPs in the database.</p>
- <p>Defaults to <code>28d</code>. Set to <code>null</code> to disable clearing out of old rows.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">user_ips_max_age: 14d
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors"><a class="header" href="#request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors"><code>request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors</code></a></h3>
- <p>Inhibits the <code>/requestToken</code> 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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="next_link_domain_whitelist"><a class="header" href="#next_link_domain_whitelist"><code>next_link_domain_whitelist</code></a></h3>
- <p>A list of domains that the domain portion of <code>next_link</code> parameters
- must match.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>The whitelist is applied whether the homeserver or an identity server is handling validation.</p>
- <p>The default value is no whitelist functionality; all domains are
- allowed. Setting this value to an empty list will instead disallow
- all domains.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">next_link_domain_whitelist: ["matrix.org"]
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="templates-and-custom_template_directory"><a class="header" href="#templates-and-custom_template_directory"><code>templates</code> and <code>custom_template_directory</code></a></h3>
- <p>These options define templates to use when generating email or HTML page contents.
- The <code>custom_template_directory</code> 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.</p>
- <p>See <a href="../../templates.html">here</a> for more
- information about using custom templates.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">templates:
- custom_template_directory: /path/to/custom/templates/
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="retention"><a class="header" href="#retention"><code>retention</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option and the associated options determine message retention policy at the
- server level.</p>
- <p>Room admins and mods can define a retention period for their rooms using the
- <code>m.room.retention</code> state event, and server admins can cap this period by setting
- the <code>allowed_lifetime_min</code> and <code>allowed_lifetime_max</code> config options.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>The message retention policies feature is disabled by default. Please be advised
- that enabling this feature carries some risk. There are known bugs with the implementation
- which can cause database corruption. Setting retention to delete older history
- is less risky than deleting newer history but in general caution is advised when enabling this
- experimental feature. You can read more about this feature <a href="../../message_retention_policies.html">here</a>.</p>
- <p>This setting has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>default_policy</code>: 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
- <code>min_lifetime</code> and <code>max_lifetime</code> sub-options associated with it. Note that the
- value of <code>min_lifetime</code> doesn't matter much because Synapse doesn't take it into account yet.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>allowed_lifetime_min</code> and <code>allowed_lifetime_max</code>: Retention policy limits. If
- set, and the state of a room contains a <code>m.room.retention</code> event in its state
- which contains a <code>min_lifetime</code> or a <code>max_lifetime</code> that's out of these bounds,
- Synapse will cap the room's policy to these limits when running purge jobs.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>purge_jobs</code> and the associated <code>shortest_max_lifetime</code> and <code>longest_max_lifetime</code> sub-options:
- Server admins can define the settings of the background jobs purging the
- events whose lifetime has expired under the <code>purge_jobs</code> section.</p>
- <p>If no configuration is provided for this option, a single job will be set up to delete
- expired events in every room daily.</p>
- <p>Each job's configuration defines which range of message lifetimes the job
- takes care of. For example, if <code>shortest_max_lifetime</code> is '2d' and
- <code>longest_max_lifetime</code> is '3d', the job will handle purging expired events in
- rooms whose state defines a <code>max_lifetime</code> 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 <code>shortest_max_lifetime</code> and a
- <code>longest_max_lifetime</code> of '3d' will handle every room with a retention policy
- whose <code>max_lifetime</code> is lower than or equal to three days.</p>
- <p>The rationale for this per-job configuration is that some rooms might have a
- retention policy with a low <code>max_lifetime</code>, 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.</p>
- <p>If any purge job is configured, it is strongly recommended to have at least
- a single job with neither <code>shortest_max_lifetime</code> nor <code>longest_max_lifetime</code>
- set, or one job without <code>shortest_max_lifetime</code> and one job without
- <code>longest_max_lifetime</code> set. Otherwise some rooms might be ignored, even if
- <code>allowed_lifetime_min</code> and <code>allowed_lifetime_max</code> 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).</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="tls"><a class="header" href="#tls">TLS</a></h2>
- <p>Options related to TLS.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="tls_certificate_path"><a class="header" href="#tls_certificate_path"><code>tls_certificate_path</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Be sure to use a <code>.pem</code> file that includes the full certificate chain including
- any intermediate certificates (for instance, if using certbot, use
- <code>fullchain.pem</code> as your certificate, not <code>cert.pem</code>).</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">tls_certificate_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.tls.crt"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="tls_private_key_path"><a class="header" href="#tls_private_key_path"><code>tls_private_key_path</code></a></h3>
- <p>PEM-encoded private key for TLS. Defaults to none.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">tls_private_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.tls.key"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_verify_certificates"><a class="header" href="#federation_verify_certificates"><code>federation_verify_certificates</code></a></h3>
- <p>Whether to verify TLS server certificates for outbound federation requests.</p>
- <p>Defaults to true. To disable certificate verification, set the option to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_verify_certificates: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_client_minimum_tls_version"><a class="header" href="#federation_client_minimum_tls_version"><code>federation_client_minimum_tls_version</code></a></h3>
- <p>The minimum TLS version that will be used for outbound federation requests.</p>
- <p>Defaults to <code>1</code>. Configurable to <code>1</code>, <code>1.1</code>, <code>1.2</code>, or <code>1.3</code>. Note
- that setting this value higher than <code>1.2</code> will prevent federation to most
- of the public Matrix network: only configure it to <code>1.3</code> if you have an
- entirely private federation setup and you can ensure TLS 1.3 support.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_client_minimum_tls_version: 1.2
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_certificate_verification_whitelist"><a class="header" href="#federation_certificate_verification_whitelist"><code>federation_certificate_verification_whitelist</code></a></h3>
- <p>Skip federation certificate verification on a given whitelist
- of domains.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Only effective if <code>federation_verify_certicates</code> is <code>true</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_certificate_verification_whitelist:
- - lon.example.com
- - "*.domain.com"
- - "*.onion"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_custom_ca_list"><a class="header" href="#federation_custom_ca_list"><code>federation_custom_ca_list</code></a></h3>
- <p>List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic.</p>
- <p>This setting should only normally be used within a private network of
- homeservers.</p>
- <p>Note that this list will replace those that are provided by your
- operating environment. Certificates must be in PEM format.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_custom_ca_list:
- - myCA1.pem
- - myCA2.pem
- - myCA3.pem
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="federation"><a class="header" href="#federation">Federation</a></h2>
- <p>Options related to federation.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_domain_whitelist"><a class="header" href="#federation_domain_whitelist"><code>federation_domain_whitelist</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_domain_whitelist:
- - lon.example.com
- - nyc.example.com
- - syd.example.com
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_metrics_domains"><a class="header" href="#federation_metrics_domains"><code>federation_metrics_domains</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>By default, no domains are monitored in this way.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_metrics_domains:
- - matrix.org
- - example.com
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allow_profile_lookup_over_federation"><a class="header" href="#allow_profile_lookup_over_federation"><code>allow_profile_lookup_over_federation</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allow_profile_lookup_over_federation: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation"><a class="header" href="#allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation"><code>allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="caching"><a class="header" href="#caching">Caching</a></h2>
- <p>Options related to caching.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="event_cache_size"><a class="header" href="#event_cache_size"><code>event_cache_size</code></a></h3>
- <p>The number of events to cache in memory. Not affected by
- <code>caches.global_factor</code> and is not part of the <code>caches</code> section. Defaults to 10K.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">event_cache_size: 15K
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="caches-and-associated-values"><a class="header" href="#caches-and-associated-values"><code>caches</code> and associated values</a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p><code>caches</code> can be configured through the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>global_factor</code>: 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.</p>
- <p>This can also be set by the <code>SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR</code> environment
- variable. Setting by environment variable takes priority over
- setting through the config file.</p>
- <p>Defaults to 0.5, which will halve the size of all caches.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>per_cache_factors</code>: A dictionary of cache name to cache factor for that individual
- cache. Overrides the global cache factor for a given cache.</p>
- <p>These can also be set through environment variables comprised
- of <code>SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_</code> + the name of the cache in capital
- letters and underscores. Setting by environment variable
- takes priority over setting through the config file.
- Ex. <code>SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_GET_USERS_WHO_SHARE_ROOM_WITH_USER=2.0</code></p>
- <p>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 <code>*stateGroupCache*</code> via an environment
- variable would be <code>SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_STATEGROUPCACHE=2.0</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>expire_caches</code>: 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>cache_entry_ttl</code>: If <code>expire_caches</code> is enabled, this flag controls how long an entry can
- be in a cache without having been accessed before being evicted.
- Defaults to 30m.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>sync_response_cache_duration</code>: 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.</p>
- <p><em>Changed in Synapse 1.62.0</em>: The default was changed from 0 to 2m.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>cache_autotuning</code> and its sub-options <code>max_cache_memory_usage</code>, <code>target_cache_memory_usage</code>, and
- <code>min_cache_ttl</code> work in conjunction with each other to maintain a balance between cache memory
- usage and cache entry availability. You must be using <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#help-synapse-is-slow-and-eats-all-my-ramcpu">jemalloc</a>
- 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 <a href="#config-conventions">Config Conventions</a> for information on how to specify memory size and cache expiry
- durations.</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>max_cache_memory_usage</code> 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 <code>target_memory_usage</code>, set in
- the setting below, or until the <code>min_cache_ttl</code> is hit. There is no default value for this option.</li>
- <li><code>target_memory_usage</code> sets a rough target for the desired memory usage of the caches. There is no default value
- for this option.</li>
- <li><code>min_cache_ttl</code> sets a limit under which newer cache entries are not evicted and is only applied when
- caches are actively being evicted/<code>max_cache_memory_usage</code> 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.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="reloading-cache-factors"><a class="header" href="#reloading-cache-factors">Reloading cache factors</a></h3>
- <p>The cache factors (i.e. <code>caches.global_factor</code> and <code>caches.per_cache_factors</code>) may be reloaded at any time by sending a
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGHUP"><code>SIGHUP</code></a> signal to Synapse using e.g.</p>
- <pre><code class="language-commandline">kill -HUP [PID_OF_SYNAPSE_PROCESS]
- </code></pre>
- <p>If you are running multiple workers, you must individually update the worker
- config file and send this signal to each worker process.</p>
- <p>If you're using the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service">example systemd service</a>
- file in Synapse's <code>contrib</code> directory, you can send a <code>SIGHUP</code> signal by using
- <code>systemctl reload matrix-synapse</code>.</p>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="database"><a class="header" href="#database">Database</a></h2>
- <p>Config options related to database settings.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="database-1"><a class="header" href="#database-1"><code>database</code></a></h3>
- <p>The <code>database</code> setting defines the database that synapse uses to store all of
- its data.</p>
- <p>Associated sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>name</code>: this option specifies the database engine to use: either <code>sqlite3</code> (for SQLite)
- or <code>psycopg2</code> (for PostgreSQL). If no name is specified Synapse will default to SQLite.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>txn_limit</code> gives the maximum number of transactions to run per connection
- before reconnecting. Defaults to 0, which means no limit.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>allow_unsafe_locale</code> 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 <em>not</em> recommended)
- by setting <code>allow_unsafe_locale</code> to true. Note that doing so may corrupt your database. You can find more information
- <a href="../../postgres.html#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype">here</a> and <a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes">here</a>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>args</code> gives options which are passed through to the database engine,
- except for options starting with <code>cp_</code>, which are used to configure the Twisted
- connection pool. For a reference to valid arguments, see:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>for <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.connect">sqlite</a></li>
- <li>for <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS">postgres</a></li>
- <li>for <a href="https://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.enterprise.adbapi.ConnectionPool.html#__init__">the connection pool</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>For more information on using Synapse with Postgres,
- see <a href="../../postgres.html">here</a>.</p>
- <p>Example SQLite configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">database:
- name: sqlite3
- args:
- database: /path/to/homeserver.db
- </code></pre>
- <p>Example Postgres configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">database:
- name: psycopg2
- txn_limit: 10000
- args:
- user: synapse_user
- password: secretpassword
- database: synapse
- host: localhost
- port: 5432
- cp_min: 5
- cp_max: 10
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="databases"><a class="header" href="#databases"><code>databases</code></a></h3>
- <p>The <code>databases</code> 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.</p>
- <p><strong>Important note:</strong> This is a supported option, but is not currently used in production by the
- Matrix.org Foundation. Proceed with caution and always make backups.</p>
- <p><code>databases</code> is a dictionary of arbitrarily-named database entries. Each entry is equivalent
- to the value of the <code>database</code> homeserver config option (see above), with the addition of
- a <code>data_stores</code> key. <code>data_stores</code> 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.</p>
- <p>The currently defined values for <code>data_stores</code> are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>"state"</code>: Database that relates to state groups will be stored in this database.</p>
- <p>Specifically, that means the following tables:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>state_groups</code></li>
- <li><code>state_group_edges</code></li>
- <li><code>state_groups_state</code></li>
- </ul>
- <p>And the following sequences:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>state_groups_seq_id</code></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>"main"</code>: All other database tables and sequences.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>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:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>
- <p>Take a backup of your existing database. Things can and do go wrong and database corruption is no joke!</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>Ensure all pending database migrations have been applied and background updates have run. The simplest
- way to do this is to use the <code>update_synapse_database</code> script supplied with your Synapse installation.</p>
- <pre><code class="language-sh">update_synapse_database --database-config homeserver.yaml --run-background-updates
- </code></pre>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>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 <strong>not</strong> be copied.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>Modify/create the <code>databases</code> option in your <code>homeserver.yaml</code> to match the desired database configuration.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>Start Synapse. Check that it starts up successfully and that things generally seem to be working.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>Drop the old tables that were copied in step 3.</p>
- </li>
- </ol>
- <p>Only one of the options <code>database</code> or <code>databases</code> may be specified in your config, but not both.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">databases:
- basement_box:
- name: psycopg2
- txn_limit: 10000
- data_stores: ["main"]
- args:
- user: synapse_user
- password: secretpassword
- database: 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
- database: synapse_state
- host: localhost
- port: 5432
- cp_min: 5
- cp_max: 10
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="logging"><a class="header" href="#logging">Logging</a></h2>
- <p>Config options related to logging.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="log_config"><a class="header" href="#log_config"><code>log_config</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option specifies a yaml python logging config file as described <a href="https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema">here</a>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">log_config: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.log.config"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="ratelimiting"><a class="header" href="#ratelimiting">Ratelimiting</a></h2>
- <p>Options related to ratelimiting in Synapse.</p>
- <p>Each ratelimiting configuration is made of two parameters:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>per_second</code>: number of requests a client can send per second.</li>
- <li><code>burst_count</code>: number of requests a client can send before being throttled.</li>
- </ul>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_message"><a class="header" href="#rc_message"><code>rc_message</code></a></h3>
- <p>Ratelimiting settings for client messaging.</p>
- <p>This is a ratelimiting option for messages that ratelimits sending based on the account the client
- is using. It defaults to: <code>per_second: 0.2</code>, <code>burst_count: 10</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_message:
- per_second: 0.5
- burst_count: 15
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_registration"><a class="header" href="#rc_registration"><code>rc_registration</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option ratelimits registration requests based on the client's IP address.
- It defaults to <code>per_second: 0.17</code>, <code>burst_count: 3</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_registration:
- per_second: 0.15
- burst_count: 2
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_registration_token_validity"><a class="header" href="#rc_registration_token_validity"><code>rc_registration_token_validity</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option checks the validity of registration tokens that ratelimits requests based on
- the client's IP address.
- Defaults to <code>per_second: 0.1</code>, <code>burst_count: 5</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_registration_token_validity:
- per_second: 0.3
- burst_count: 6
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_login"><a class="header" href="#rc_login"><code>rc_login</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option specifies several limits for login:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>address</code> ratelimits login requests based on the client's IP
- address. Defaults to <code>per_second: 0.17</code>, <code>burst_count: 3</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>account</code> ratelimits login requests based on the account the
- client is attempting to log into. Defaults to <code>per_second: 0.17</code>,
- <code>burst_count: 3</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>failted_attempts</code> 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 <code>per_second: 0.17</code>, <code>burst_count: 3</code>.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_admin_redaction"><a class="header" href="#rc_admin_redaction"><code>rc_admin_redaction</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option sets ratelimiting redactions by room admins. If this is not explicitly
- set then it uses the same ratelimiting as per <code>rc_message</code>. This is useful
- to allow room admins to deal with abuse quickly.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_admin_redaction:
- per_second: 1
- burst_count: 50
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_joins"><a class="header" href="#rc_joins"><code>rc_joins</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option allows for ratelimiting number of rooms a user can join. This setting has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>local</code>: ratelimits when users are joining rooms the server is already in.
- Defaults to <code>per_second: 0.1</code>, <code>burst_count: 10</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>remote</code>: ratelimits when users are trying to join rooms not on the server (which
- can be more computationally expensive than restricting locally). Defaults to
- <code>per_second: 0.01</code>, <code>burst_count: 10</code></p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_joins:
- local:
- per_second: 0.2
- burst_count: 15
- remote:
- per_second: 0.03
- burst_count: 12
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_joins_per_room"><a class="header" href="#rc_joins_per_room"><code>rc_joins_per_room</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>By default, one join is permitted to a room every second, with an accumulating
- buffer of up to ten instantaneous joins.</p>
- <p>Example configuration (default values):</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_joins_per_room:
- per_second: 1
- burst_count: 10
- </code></pre>
- <p><em>Added in Synapse 1.64.0.</em></p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_3pid_validation"><a class="header" href="#rc_3pid_validation"><code>rc_3pid_validation</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option ratelimits how often a user or IP can attempt to validate a 3PID.
- Defaults to <code>per_second: 0.003</code>, <code>burst_count: 5</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_3pid_validation:
- per_second: 0.003
- burst_count: 5
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_invites"><a class="header" href="#rc_invites"><code>rc_invites</code></a></h3>
- <p>This option sets ratelimiting how often invites can be sent in a room or to a
- specific user. <code>per_room</code> defaults to <code>per_second: 0.3</code>, <code>burst_count: 10</code> and
- <code>per_user</code> defaults to <code>per_second: 0.003</code>, <code>burst_count: 5</code>.</p>
- <p>Client requests that invite user(s) when <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.2/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3createroom">creating a
- room</a>
- will count against the <code>rc_invites.per_room</code> limit, whereas
- client requests to <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.2/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3roomsroomidinvite">invite a single user to a
- room</a>
- will count against both the <code>rc_invites.per_user</code> and <code>rc_invites.per_room</code> limits.</p>
- <p>Federation requests to invite a user will count against the <code>rc_invites.per_user</code>
- limit only, as Synapse presumes ratelimiting by room will be done by the sending server.</p>
- <p>The <code>rc_invites.per_user</code> limit applies to the <em>receiver</em> of the invite, rather than the
- sender, meaning that a <code>rc_invite.per_user.burst_count</code> of 5 mandates that a single user
- cannot <em>receive</em> more than a burst of 5 invites at a time.</p>
- <p>In contrast, the <code>rc_invites.per_issuer</code> limit applies to the <em>issuer</em> of the invite, meaning that a <code>rc_invite.per_issuer.burst_count</code> of 5 mandates that single user cannot <em>send</em> more than a burst of 5 invites at a time.</p>
- <p><em>Changed in version 1.63:</em> added the <code>per_issuer</code> limit.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_third_party_invite"><a class="header" href="#rc_third_party_invite"><code>rc_third_party_invite</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <code>per_second: 0.2</code>, <code>burst_count: 10</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_third_party_invite:
- per_second: 0.2
- burst_count: 10
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="rc_federation"><a class="header" href="#rc_federation"><code>rc_federation</code></a></h3>
- <p>Defines limits on federation requests.</p>
- <p>The <code>rc_federation</code> configuration has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>window_size</code>: window size in milliseconds. Defaults to 1000.</li>
- <li><code>sleep_limit</code>: number of federation requests from a single server in
- a window before the server will delay processing the request. Defaults to 10.</li>
- <li><code>sleep_delay</code>: duration in milliseconds to delay processing events
- from remote servers by if they go over the sleep limit. Defaults to 500.</li>
- <li><code>reject_limit</code>: maximum number of concurrent federation requests
- allowed from a single server. Defaults to 50.</li>
- <li><code>concurrent</code>: number of federation requests to concurrently process
- from a single server. Defaults to 3.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">rc_federation:
- window_size: 750
- sleep_limit: 15
- sleep_delay: 400
- reject_limit: 40
- concurrent: 5
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second"><a class="header" href="#federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second"><code>federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second</code></a></h3>
- <p>Sets outgoing federation transaction frequency for sending read-receipts,
- per-room.</p>
- <p>If we end up trying to send out more read-receipts, they will get buffered up
- into fewer transactions. Defaults to 50.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second: 40
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="media-store"><a class="header" href="#media-store">Media Store</a></h2>
- <p>Config options related to Synapse's media store.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_media_repo"><a class="header" href="#enable_media_repo"><code>enable_media_repo</code></a></h3>
- <p>Enable the media store service in the Synapse master. Defaults to true.
- Set to false if you are using a separate media store worker.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_media_repo: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="media_store_path"><a class="header" href="#media_store_path"><code>media_store_path</code></a></h3>
- <p>Directory where uploaded images and attachments are stored.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">media_store_path: "DATADIR/media_store"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="media_storage_providers"><a class="header" href="#media_storage_providers"><code>media_storage_providers</code></a></h3>
- <p>Media storage providers allow media to be stored in different
- locations. Defaults to none. Associated sub-options are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>module</code>: type of resource, e.g. <code>file_system</code>.</li>
- <li><code>store_local</code>: whether to store newly uploaded local files</li>
- <li><code>store_remote</code>: whether to store newly downloaded local files</li>
- <li><code>store_synchronous</code>: whether to wait for successful storage for local uploads</li>
- <li><code>config</code>: sets a path to the resource through the <code>directory</code> option</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">media_storage_providers:
- - module: file_system
- store_local: false
- store_remote: false
- store_synchronous: false
- config:
- directory: /mnt/some/other/directory
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="max_upload_size"><a class="header" href="#max_upload_size"><code>max_upload_size</code></a></h3>
- <p>The largest allowed upload size in bytes.</p>
- <p>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 <a href="../../reverse_proxy.html">here</a> for more on using a reverse proxy with Synapse.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">max_upload_size: 60M
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="max_image_pixels"><a class="header" href="#max_image_pixels"><code>max_image_pixels</code></a></h3>
- <p>Maximum number of pixels that will be thumbnailed. Defaults to 32M.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">max_image_pixels: 35M
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="dynamic_thumbnails"><a class="header" href="#dynamic_thumbnails"><code>dynamic_thumbnails</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">dynamic_thumbnails: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="thumbnail_sizes"><a class="header" href="#thumbnail_sizes"><code>thumbnail_sizes</code></a></h3>
- <p>List of thumbnails to precalculate when an image is uploaded. Associated sub-options are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>width</code></li>
- <li><code>height</code></li>
- <li><code>method</code>: i.e. <code>crop</code>, <code>scale</code>, etc.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="media_retention"><a class="header" href="#media_retention"><code>media_retention</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Purging media files will be the carried out by the media worker
- (that is, the worker that has the <code>enable_media_repo</code> homeserver config
- option set to 'true'). This may be the main process.</p>
- <p>The <code>media_retention.local_media_lifetime</code> and
- <code>media_retention.remote_media_lifetime</code> 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.</p>
- <p>Local or cached remote media that has been
- <a href="../../admin_api/media_admin_api.html#quarantining-media-in-a-room">quarantined</a>
- will not be deleted. Similarly, local media that has been marked as
- <a href="../../admin_api/media_admin_api.html#protecting-media-from-being-quarantined">protected from quarantine</a>
- will not be deleted.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">media_retention:
- local_media_lifetime: 90d
- remote_media_lifetime: 14d
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="url_preview_enabled"><a class="header" href="#url_preview_enabled"><code>url_preview_enabled</code></a></h3>
- <p>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
- <code>url_preview_ip_range_blacklist</code> blacklist.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">url_preview_enabled: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="url_preview_ip_range_blacklist"><a class="header" href="#url_preview_ip_range_blacklist"><code>url_preview_ip_range_blacklist</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>(0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
- listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)</p>
- <p>This must be specified if <code>url_preview_enabled</code> is set. It is recommended that
- you use the following example list as a starting point.</p>
- <p>Note: The value is ignored when an HTTP proxy is in use.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="url_preview_ip_range_whitelist"><a class="header" href="#url_preview_ip_range_whitelist"><code>url_preview_ip_range_whitelist</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <code>url_preview_ip_range_blacklist</code>.
- 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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">url_preview_ip_range_whitelist:
- - '192.168.1.1'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="url_preview_url_blacklist"><a class="header" href="#url_preview_url_blacklist"><code>url_preview_url_blacklist</code></a></h3>
- <p>Optional list of URL matches that the URL preview spider is
- denied from accessing. You should use <code>url_preview_ip_range_blacklist</code>
- 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.</p>
- <p>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
- <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/urlparse.html#urlparse.urlsplit">here</a> for more
- information. Some examples are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>username</code></li>
- <li><code>netloc</code></li>
- <li><code>scheme</code></li>
- <li><code>path</code></li>
- </ul>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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]+$'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="max_spider_size"><a class="header" href="#max_spider_size"><code>max_spider_size</code></a></h3>
- <p>The largest allowed URL preview spidering size in bytes. Defaults to 10M.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">max_spider_size: 8M
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="url_preview_accept_language"><a class="header" href="#url_preview_accept_language"><code>url_preview_accept_language</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Multiple values can be provided, and a weight can be added to each by
- using quality value syntax (;q=). '*' translates to any language.</p>
- <p>Defaults to "en".</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml"> url_preview_accept_language:
- - 'en-UK'
- - 'en-US;q=0.9'
- - 'fr;q=0.8'
- - '*;q=0.7'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="oembed"><a class="header" href="#oembed"><code>oembed</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <code>disable_default_providers</code> to true to disable using
- these default oEmbed URLs. Use <code>additional_providers</code> to specify additional files with oEmbed configuration (each
- should be in the form of providers.json). By default this list is empty.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">oembed:
- disable_default_providers: true
- additional_providers:
- - oembed/my_providers.json
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="captcha"><a class="header" href="#captcha">Captcha</a></h2>
- <p>See <a href="../../CAPTCHA_SETUP.html">here</a> for full details on setting up captcha.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="recaptcha_public_key"><a class="header" href="#recaptcha_public_key"><code>recaptcha_public_key</code></a></h3>
- <p>This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA public key. Must be specified if <code>enable_registration_captcha</code> is
- enabled.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">recaptcha_public_key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="recaptcha_private_key"><a class="header" href="#recaptcha_private_key"><code>recaptcha_private_key</code></a></h3>
- <p>This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA private key. Must be specified if <code>enable_registration_captcha</code> is
- enabled.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">recaptcha_private_key: "YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_registration_captcha"><a class="header" href="#enable_registration_captcha"><code>enable_registration_captcha</code></a></h3>
- <p>Set to true to enable ReCaptcha checks when registering, preventing signup
- unless a captcha is answered. Requires a valid ReCaptcha public/private key.
- Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_registration_captcha: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="recaptcha_siteverify_api"><a class="header" href="#recaptcha_siteverify_api"><code>recaptcha_siteverify_api</code></a></h3>
- <p>The API endpoint to use for verifying <code>m.login.recaptcha</code> responses.
- Defaults to <code>https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api/siteverify</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">recaptcha_siteverify_api: "https://my.recaptcha.site"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="turn"><a class="header" href="#turn">TURN</a></h2>
- <p>Options related to adding a TURN server to Synapse.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="turn_uris"><a class="header" href="#turn_uris"><code>turn_uris</code></a></h3>
- <p>The public URIs of the TURN server to give to clients.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">turn_uris: [turn:example.org]
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="turn_shared_secret"><a class="header" href="#turn_shared_secret"><code>turn_shared_secret</code></a></h3>
- <p>The shared secret used to compute passwords for the TURN server.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">turn_shared_secret: "YOUR_SHARED_SECRET"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="turn_username-and-turn_password"><a class="header" href="#turn_username-and-turn_password"><code>turn_username</code> and <code>turn_password</code></a></h3>
- <p>The Username and password if the TURN server needs them and does not use a token.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">turn_username: "TURNSERVER_USERNAME"
- turn_password: "TURNSERVER_PASSWORD"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="turn_user_lifetime"><a class="header" href="#turn_user_lifetime"><code>turn_user_lifetime</code></a></h3>
- <p>How long generated TURN credentials last. Defaults to 1h.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">turn_user_lifetime: 2h
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="turn_allow_guests"><a class="header" href="#turn_allow_guests"><code>turn_allow_guests</code></a></h3>
- <p>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).</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">turn_allow_guests: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="registration"><a class="header" href="#registration">Registration</a></h2>
- <p>Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the <a href="#ratelimiting">Ratelimiting</a> section of this manual.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_registration"><a class="header" href="#enable_registration"><code>enable_registration</code></a></h3>
- <p>Enable registration for new users. Defaults to false. It is highly recommended that if you enable registration,
- you use either captcha, email, or token-based verification to verify that new users are not bots. In order to enable registration
- without any verification, you must also set <code>enable_registration_without_verification</code> to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_registration: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_registration_without_verification"><a class="header" href="#enable_registration_without_verification"><code>enable_registration_without_verification</code></a></h3>
- <p>Enable registration without email or captcha verification. Note: this option is <em>not</em> recommended,
- as registration without verification is a known vector for spam and abuse. Defaults to false. Has no effect
- unless <code>enable_registration</code> is also enabled.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_registration_without_verification: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="session_lifetime"><a class="header" href="#session_lifetime"><code>session_lifetime</code></a></h3>
- <p>Time that a user's session remains valid for, after they log in.</p>
- <p>Note that this is not currently compatible with guest logins.</p>
- <p>Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied retrospectively to users who have already
- logged in.</p>
- <p>By default, this is infinite.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">session_lifetime: 24h
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="refresh_access_token_lifetime"><a class="header" href="#refresh_access_token_lifetime"><code>refresh_access_token_lifetime</code></a></h3>
- <p>Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is using refresh tokens.</p>
- <p>For more information about refresh tokens, please see the <a href="user_authentication/refresh_tokens.html">manual</a>.</p>
- <p>Note that this only applies to clients which advertise support for refresh tokens.</p>
- <p>Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time: changes are not applied to
- existing sessions until they are refreshed.</p>
- <p>By default, this is 5 minutes.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">refreshable_access_token_lifetime: 10m
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="refresh_token_lifetime-24h"><a class="header" href="#refresh_token_lifetime-24h"><code>refresh_token_lifetime: 24h</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time:
- changes are not applied to existing sessions until they are refreshed.</p>
- <p>By default, this is infinite.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">refresh_token_lifetime: 24h
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime"><a class="header" href="#nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime"><code>nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime</code></a></h3>
- <p>Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is NOT
- using refresh tokens.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied
- retrospectively to existing sessions for users that have already logged in.</p>
- <p>By default, this is infinite.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime: 24h
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="registrations_require_3pid"><a class="header" href="#registrations_require_3pid"><code>registrations_require_3pid</code></a></h3>
- <p>If this is set, the user must provide all of the specified types of 3PID when registering.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">registrations_require_3pid:
- - email
- - msisdn
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="disable_msisdn_registration"><a class="header" href="#disable_msisdn_registration"><code>disable_msisdn_registration</code></a></h3>
- <p>Explicitly disable asking for MSISDNs from the registration
- flow (overrides <code>registrations_require_3pid</code> if MSISDNs are set as required).</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">disable_msisdn_registration: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allowed_local_3pids"><a class="header" href="#allowed_local_3pids"><code>allowed_local_3pids</code></a></h3>
- <p>Mandate that users are only allowed to associate certain formats of
- 3PIDs with accounts on this server, as specified by the <code>medium</code> and <code>pattern</code> sub-options.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allowed_local_3pids:
- - medium: email
- pattern: '^[^@]+@matrix\.org$'
- - medium: email
- pattern: '^[^@]+@vector\.im$'
- - medium: msisdn
- pattern: '\+44'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_3pid_lookup"><a class="header" href="#enable_3pid_lookup"><code>enable_3pid_lookup</code></a></h3>
- <p>Enable 3PIDs lookup requests to identity servers from this server. Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_3pid_lookup: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="registration_requires_token"><a class="header" href="#registration_requires_token"><code>registration_requires_token</code></a></h3>
- <p>Require users to submit a token during registration.
- Tokens can be managed using the admin <a href="../administration/admin_api/registration_tokens.html">API</a>.
- Note that <code>enable_registration</code> must be set to true.
- Disabling this option will not delete any tokens previously generated.
- Defaults to false. Set to true to enable.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">registration_requires_token: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="registration_shared_secret"><a class="header" href="#registration_shared_secret"><code>registration_shared_secret</code></a></h3>
- <p>If set, allows registration of standard or admin accounts by anyone who
- has the shared secret, even if registration is otherwise disabled.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">registration_shared_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="bcrypt_rounds"><a class="header" href="#bcrypt_rounds"><code>bcrypt_rounds</code></a></h3>
- <p>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:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">bcrypt_rounds: 14
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="allow_guest_access"><a class="header" href="#allow_guest_access"><code>allow_guest_access</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">allow_guest_access: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="default_identity_server"><a class="header" href="#default_identity_server"><code>default_identity_server</code></a></h3>
- <p>The identity server which we suggest that clients should use when users log
- in on this server.</p>
- <p>(By default, no suggestion is made, so it is left up to the client.
- This setting is ignored unless <code>public_baseurl</code> is also explicitly set.)</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">default_identity_server: https://matrix.org
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="account_threepid_delegates"><a class="header" href="#account_threepid_delegates"><code>account_threepid_delegates</code></a></h3>
- <p>Delegate verification of phone numbers to an identity server.</p>
- <p>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 <code>account_threepid_delegates.msisdn</code> option.</p>
- <p>If this is left unspecified, Synapse will not allow users to add phone numbers to
- their account.</p>
- <p>(Servers handling the these requests must answer the <code>/requestToken</code> endpoints defined
- by the Matrix Identity Service API
- <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest">specification</a>.)</p>
- <p><em>Deprecated in Synapse 1.64.0</em>: The <code>email</code> option is deprecated.</p>
- <p><em>Removed in Synapse 1.66.0</em>: The <code>email</code> option has been removed.
- If present, Synapse will report a configuration error on startup.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">account_threepid_delegates:
- msisdn: http://localhost:8090 # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_set_displayname"><a class="header" href="#enable_set_displayname"><code>enable_set_displayname</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_set_displayname: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_set_avatar_url"><a class="header" href="#enable_set_avatar_url"><code>enable_set_avatar_url</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_set_avatar_url: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_3pid_changes"><a class="header" href="#enable_3pid_changes"><code>enable_3pid_changes</code></a></h3>
- <p>Whether users can change the third-party IDs associated with their accounts
- (email address and msisdn).</p>
- <p>Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_3pid_changes: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="auto_join_rooms"><a class="header" href="#auto_join_rooms"><code>auto_join_rooms</code></a></h3>
- <p>Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
- to the rooms listed under this option.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">auto_join_rooms:
- - "#exampleroom:example.com"
- - "#anotherexampleroom:example.com"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="autocreate_auto_join_rooms"><a class="header" href="#autocreate_auto_join_rooms"><code>autocreate_auto_join_rooms</code></a></h3>
- <p>Where <code>auto_join_rooms</code> are specified, setting this flag ensures that
- the rooms exist by creating them when the first user on the
- homeserver registers.</p>
- <p>By default the auto-created rooms are publicly joinable from any federated
- server. Use the <code>autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated</code> and
- <code>autocreate_auto_join_room_preset</code> settings to customise this behaviour.</p>
- <p>Setting to false means that if the rooms are not manually created,
- users cannot be auto-joined since they do not exist.</p>
- <p>Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">autocreate_auto_join_rooms: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated"><a class="header" href="#autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated"><code>autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated</code></a></h3>
- <p>Whether the rooms listen in <code>auto_join_rooms</code> that are auto-created are available
- via federation. Only has an effect if <code>autocreate_auto_join_rooms</code> is true.</p>
- <p>Note that whether a room is federated cannot be modified after
- creation.</p>
- <p>Defaults to true: the room will be joinable from other servers.
- Set to false to prevent users from other homeservers from
- joining these rooms.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="autocreate_auto_join_room_preset"><a class="header" href="#autocreate_auto_join_room_preset"><code>autocreate_auto_join_room_preset</code></a></h3>
- <p>The room preset to use when auto-creating one of <code>auto_join_rooms</code>. Only has an
- effect if <code>autocreate_auto_join_rooms</code> is true.</p>
- <p>Possible values for this option are:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>"public_chat": the room is joinable by anyone, including
- federated servers if <code>autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated</code> is true (the default).</li>
- <li>"private_chat": an invitation is required to join these rooms.</li>
- <li>"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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>If a value of "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat" is used then
- <code>auto_join_mxid_localpart</code> must also be configured.</p>
- <p>Defaults to "public_chat".</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">autocreate_auto_join_room_preset: private_chat
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="auto_join_mxid_localpart"><a class="header" href="#auto_join_mxid_localpart"><code>auto_join_mxid_localpart</code></a></h3>
- <p>The local part of the user id which is used to create <code>auto_join_rooms</code> if
- <code>autocreate_auto_join_rooms</code> is true. If this is not provided then the
- initial user account that registers will be used to create the rooms.</p>
- <p>The user id is also used to invite new users to any auto-join rooms which
- are set to invite-only.</p>
- <p>It <em>must</em> be configured if <code>autocreate_auto_join_room_preset</code> is set to
- "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat".</p>
- <p>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).</p>
- <p>Note that, if the room already exists, this user must be joined and
- have the appropriate permissions to invite new members.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">auto_join_mxid_localpart: system
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="auto_join_rooms_for_guests"><a class="header" href="#auto_join_rooms_for_guests"><code>auto_join_rooms_for_guests</code></a></h3>
- <p>When <code>auto_join_rooms</code> is specified, setting this flag to false prevents
- guest accounts from being automatically joined to the rooms.</p>
- <p>Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">auto_join_rooms_for_guests: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="inhibit_user_in_use_error"><a class="header" href="#inhibit_user_in_use_error"><code>inhibit_user_in_use_error</code></a></h3>
- <p>Whether to inhibit errors raised when registering a new account if the user ID
- already exists. If turned on, requests to <code>/register/available</code> 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.</p>
- <p>Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">inhibit_user_in_use_error: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="metrics"><a class="header" href="#metrics">Metrics</a></h2>
- <p>Config options related to metrics.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_metrics"><a class="header" href="#enable_metrics"><code>enable_metrics</code></a></h3>
- <p>Set to true to enable collection and rendering of performance metrics.
- Defaults to false.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_metrics: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="sentry"><a class="header" href="#sentry"><code>sentry</code></a></h3>
- <p>Use this option to enable sentry integration. Provide the DSN assigned to you by sentry
- with the <code>dsn</code> setting.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">sentry:
- dsn: "..."
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="metrics_flags"><a class="header" href="#metrics_flags"><code>metrics_flags</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <code>known_servers</code>, which publishes
- <code>synapse_federation_known_servers</code>, a gauge of the number of
- servers this homeserver knows about, including itself. May cause
- performance problems on large homeservers.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">metrics_flags:
- known_servers: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="report_stats"><a class="header" href="#report_stats"><code>report_stats</code></a></h3>
- <p>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
- <a href="../administration/monitoring/reporting_homeserver_usage_statistics.html">Reporting Homeserver Usage Statistics</a>
- for information on what data is reported.</p>
- <p>Statistics will be reported 5 minutes after Synapse starts, and then every 3 hours
- after that.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">report_stats: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="report_stats_endpoint"><a class="header" href="#report_stats_endpoint"><code>report_stats_endpoint</code></a></h3>
- <p>The endpoint to report homeserver usage statistics to.
- Defaults to https://matrix.org/report-usage-stats/push</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">report_stats_endpoint: https://example.com/report-usage-stats/push
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="api-configuration"><a class="header" href="#api-configuration">API Configuration</a></h2>
- <p>Config settings related to the client/server API</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="room_prejoin_state"><a class="header" href="#room_prejoin_state"><code>room_prejoin_state:</code></a></h3>
- <p>Controls for the state that is shared with users who receive an invite
- to a room. By default, the following state event types are shared with users who
- receive invites to the room:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>m.room.join_rules</li>
- <li>m.room.canonical_alias</li>
- <li>m.room.avatar</li>
- <li>m.room.encryption</li>
- <li>m.room.name</li>
- <li>m.room.create</li>
- <li>m.room.topic</li>
- </ul>
- <p>To change the default behavior, use the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>disable_default_event_types</code>: set to true to disable the above defaults. If this
- is enabled, only the event types listed in <code>additional_event_types</code> are shared.
- Defaults to false.</li>
- <li><code>additional_event_types</code>: Additional state event types to share with users when they are invited
- to a room. By default, this list is empty (so only the default event types are shared).</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">room_prejoin_state:
- disable_default_event_types: true
- additional_event_types:
- - org.example.custom.event.type
- - m.room.join_rules
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="track_puppeted_user_ips"><a class="header" href="#track_puppeted_user_ips"><code>track_puppeted_user_ips</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>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 <em>not</em> the puppeted user.</p>
- <p>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 <code>limit_usage_by_mau</code> etc
- above.)</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">track_puppeted_user_ips: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="app_service_config_files"><a class="header" href="#app_service_config_files"><code>app_service_config_files</code></a></h3>
- <p>A list of application service config files to use.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">app_service_config_files:
- - app_service_1.yaml
- - app_service_2.yaml
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="track_appservice_user_ips"><a class="header" href="#track_appservice_user_ips"><code>track_appservice_user_ips</code></a></h3>
- <p>Defaults to false. Set to true to enable tracking of application service IP addresses.
- Implicitly enables MAU tracking for application service users.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">track_appservice_user_ips: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="macaroon_secret_key"><a class="header" href="#macaroon_secret_key"><code>macaroon_secret_key</code></a></h3>
- <p>A secret which is used to sign</p>
- <ul>
- <li>access token for guest users,</li>
- <li>short-term login token used during SSO logins (OIDC or SAML2) and</li>
- <li>token used for unsubscribing from email notifications.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>If none is specified, the <code>registration_shared_secret</code> is used, if one is given;
- otherwise, a secret key is derived from the signing key.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">macaroon_secret_key: <PRIVATE STRING>
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="form_secret"><a class="header" href="#form_secret"><code>form_secret</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">form_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="signing-keys"><a class="header" href="#signing-keys">Signing Keys</a></h2>
- <p>Config options relating to signing keys</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="signing_key_path"><a class="header" href="#signing_key_path"><code>signing_key_path</code></a></h3>
- <p>Path to the signing key to sign messages with.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="old_signing_keys"><a class="header" href="#old_signing_keys"><code>old_signing_keys</code></a></h3>
- <p>The keys that the server used to sign messages with but won't use
- to sign new messages. For each key, <code>key</code> should be the base64-encoded public key, and
- <code>expired_ts</code>should be the time (in milliseconds since the unix epoch) that
- it was last used.</p>
- <p>It is possible to build an entry from an old <code>signing.key</code> file using the
- <code>export_signing_key</code> script which is provided with synapse.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">old_signing_keys:
- "ed25519:id": { key: "base64string", expired_ts: 123456789123 }
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="key_refresh_interval"><a class="header" href="#key_refresh_interval"><code>key_refresh_interval</code></a></h3>
- <p>How long key response published by this server is valid for.
- Used to set the <code>valid_until_ts</code> in <code>/key/v2</code> APIs.
- Determines how quickly servers will query to check which keys
- are still valid. Defaults to 1d.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">key_refresh_interval: 2d
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="trusted_key_servers"><a class="header" href="#trusted_key_servers"><code>trusted_key_servers:</code></a></h3>
- <p>The trusted servers to download signing keys from.</p>
- <p>When we need to fetch a signing key, each server is tried in parallel.</p>
- <p>Normally, the connection to the key server is validated via TLS certificates.
- Additional security can be provided by configuring a <code>verify key</code>, which
- will make synapse check that the response is signed by that key.</p>
- <p>This setting supercedes an older setting named <code>perspectives</code>. The old format
- is still supported for backwards-compatibility, but it is deprecated.</p>
- <p><code>trusted_key_servers</code> defaults to matrix.org, but using it will generate a
- warning on start-up. To suppress this warning, set
- <code>suppress_key_server_warning</code> to true.</p>
- <p>Options for each entry in the list include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>server_name</code>: the name of the server. Required.</li>
- <li><code>verify_keys</code>: 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.</li>
- <li><code>accept_keys_insecurely</code>: a boolean. Normally, if <code>verify_keys</code> is unset,
- and <code>federation_verify_certificates</code> is not <code>true</code>, 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 <code>true</code> to override this behaviour.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration #1:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">trusted_key_servers:
- - server_name: "my_trusted_server.example.com"
- verify_keys:
- "ed25519:auto": "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmopqr"
- - server_name: "my_other_trusted_server.example.com"
- </code></pre>
- <p>Example configuration #2:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">trusted_key_servers:
- - server_name: "matrix.org"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="suppress_key_server_warning"><a class="header" href="#suppress_key_server_warning"><code>suppress_key_server_warning</code></a></h3>
- <p>Set the following to true to disable the warning that is emitted when the
- <code>trusted_key_servers</code> include 'matrix.org'. See above.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">suppress_key_server_warning: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="key_server_signing_keys_path"><a class="header" href="#key_server_signing_keys_path"><code>key_server_signing_keys_path</code></a></h3>
- <p>The signing keys to use when acting as a trusted key server. If not specified
- defaults to the server signing key.</p>
- <p>Can contain multiple keys, one per line.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">key_server_signing_keys_path: "key_server_signing_keys.key"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="single-sign-on-integration"><a class="header" href="#single-sign-on-integration">Single sign-on integration</a></h2>
- <p>The following settings can be used to make Synapse use a single sign-on
- provider for authentication, instead of its internal password database.</p>
- <p>You will probably also want to set the following options to false to
- disable the regular login/registration flows:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enable_registration</code></li>
- <li><code>password_config.enabled</code></li>
- </ul>
- <p>You will also want to investigate the settings under the "sso" configuration
- section below.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="saml2_config"><a class="header" href="#saml2_config"><code>saml2_config</code></a></h3>
- <p>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 <a href="https://pysaml2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">here</a>.</p>
- <p>At least one of <code>sp_config</code> or <code>config_path</code> must be set in this section to
- enable SAML login. You can either put your entire pysaml config inline using the <code>sp_config</code>
- option, or you can specify a path to a psyaml config file with the sub-option <code>config_path</code>.
- This setting has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>sp_config</code>: the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider. See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
- Default values will be used for the <code>entityid</code> and <code>service</code> 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:
- <ul>
- <li><code>metadata</code>: Point this to the IdP's metadata. You must provide either a local
- file via the <code>local</code> attribute or (preferably) a URL via the
- <code>remote</code> attribute.</li>
- <li><code>accepted_time_diff: 3</code>: Allowed clock difference in seconds between the homeserver and IdP.
- Defaults to 0.</li>
- <li><code>service</code>: By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
- to allow IdP-initiated login, set <code>allow_unsolicited</code> to true under <code>sp</code> in the <code>service</code>
- section.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li><code>config_path</code>: specify a separate pysaml2 configuration file thusly:
- <code>config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"</code></li>
- <li><code>saml_session_lifetime</code>: The lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
- complete the authentication process, if <code>allow_unsolicited</code> is unset. The default is 15 minutes.</li>
- <li><code>user_mapping_provider</code>: 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
- <code>user_mapping_provider</code> has the following attributes:
- <ul>
- <li><code>module</code>: The custom module's class.</li>
- <li><code>config</code>: 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 <code>parse_config</code> method. The built-in provider takes the following two
- options:
- <ul>
- <li><code>mxid_source_attribute</code>: 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
- <code>saml2_config.mxid_source_attribute option</code>. If that is still defined, its value will be used instead.</li>
- <li><code>mxid_mapping</code>: The mapping system to use for mapping the saml attribute onto a
- matrix ID. Options include: <code>hexencode</code> (which maps unpermitted characters to '=xx')
- and <code>dotreplace</code> (which replaces unpermitted characters with '.').
- The default is <code>hexencode</code>. Note: This used to be configured by the
- <code>saml2_config.mxid_mapping option</code>. If that is still defined, its value will be used instead.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li><code>grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute</code>: 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 <code>user_ids</code>
- 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'.</li>
- <li><code>attribute_requirements</code>: It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if SAML attributes
- match particular values. The requirements can be listed under
- <code>attribute_requirements</code> as shown in the example. All of the listed attributes must
- match for the login to be permitted.</li>
- <li><code>idp_entityid</code>: If the metadata XML contains multiple IdP entities then the <code>idp_entityid</code>
- 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
- <code>https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/metadata.xml</code>, 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
- <code>https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">saml2_config:
- sp_config:
- 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!
- 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'
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="oidc_providers"><a class="header" href="#oidc_providers"><code>oidc_providers</code></a></h3>
- <p>List of OpenID Connect (OIDC) / OAuth 2.0 identity providers, for registration
- and login. See <a href="../../openid.html">here</a>
- for information on how to configure these options.</p>
- <p>For backwards compatibility, it is also possible to configure a single OIDC
- provider via an <code>oidc_config</code> setting. This is now deprecated and admins are
- advised to migrate to the <code>oidc_providers</code> format. (When doing that migration,
- use <code>oidc</code> for the <code>idp_id</code> to ensure that existing users continue to be
- recognised.)</p>
- <p>Options for each entry include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>idp_id</code>: 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 <code>oidc_config</code> configuration.)</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>idp_name</code>: A user-facing name for this identity provider, which is used to
- offer the user a choice of login mechanisms.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>idp_icon</code>: 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.)</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>idp_brand</code>: An optional brand for this identity provider, allowing clients
- to style the login flow according to the identity provider in question.
- See the <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/latest/">spec</a> for possible options here.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>discover</code>: set to false to disable the use of the OIDC discovery mechanism
- to discover endpoints. Defaults to true.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>issuer</code>: Required. The OIDC issuer. Used to validate tokens and (if discovery
- is enabled) to discover the provider's endpoints.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>client_id</code>: Required. oauth2 client id to use.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>client_secret</code>: oauth2 client secret to use. May be omitted if
- <code>client_secret_jwt_key</code> is given, or if <code>client_auth_method</code> is 'none'.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>client_secret_jwt_key</code>: 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:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>key</code>: a pem-encoded signing key. Must be a suitable key for the
- algorithm specified. Required unless <code>key_file</code> is given.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>key_file</code>: the path to file containing a pem-encoded signing key file.
- Required unless <code>key</code> is given.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>jwt_header</code>: a dictionary giving properties to include in the JWT
- header. Must include the key <code>alg</code>, giving the algorithm used to
- sign the JWT, such as "ES256", using the JWA identifiers in
- RFC7518.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>jwt_payload</code>: an optional dictionary giving properties to include in
- the JWT payload. Normally this should include an <code>iss</code> key.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>client_auth_method</code>: auth method to use when exchanging the token. Valid
- values are <code>client_secret_basic</code> (default), <code>client_secret_post</code> and
- <code>none</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>scopes</code>: list of scopes to request. This should normally include the "openid"
- scope. Defaults to ["openid"].</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>authorization_endpoint</code>: the oauth2 authorization endpoint. Required if
- provider discovery is disabled.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>token_endpoint</code>: the oauth2 token endpoint. Required if provider discovery is
- disabled.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>userinfo_endpoint</code>: the OIDC userinfo endpoint. Required if discovery is
- disabled and the 'openid' scope is not requested.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>jwks_uri</code>: URI where to fetch the JWKS. Required if discovery is disabled and
- the 'openid' scope is used.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>skip_verification</code>: 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>user_profile_method</code>: Whether to fetch the user profile from the userinfo
- endpoint, or to rely on the data returned in the id_token from the <code>token_endpoint</code>.
- Valid values are: <code>auto</code> or <code>userinfo_endpoint</code>.
- Defaults to <code>auto</code>, which uses the userinfo endpoint if <code>openid</code> is
- not included in <code>scopes</code>. Set to <code>userinfo_endpoint</code> to always use the
- userinfo endpoint.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>allow_existing_users</code>: 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>user_mapping_provider</code>: Configuration for how attributes returned from a OIDC
- provider are mapped onto a matrix user. This setting has the following
- sub-properties:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>module</code>: The class name of a custom mapping module. Default is
- <code>synapse.handlers.oidc.JinjaOidcMappingProvider</code>.
- See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/sso_mapping_providers.html#openid-mapping-providers
- for information on implementing a custom mapping provider.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>config</code>: Configuration for the mapping provider module. This section will
- be passed as a Python dictionary to the user mapping provider
- module's <code>parse_config</code> method.</p>
- <p>For the default provider, the following settings are available:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>subject_claim: name of the claim containing a unique identifier
- for the user. Defaults to 'sub', which OpenID Connect
- compliant providers should provide.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>localpart_template</code>: 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 <code>sso_auth_account_details.html</code>
- template). This template can use the <code>localpart_from_email</code> filter.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>confirm_localpart</code>: 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>display_name_template</code>: Jinja2 template for the display name to set
- on first login. If unset, no displayname will be set.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>email_template</code>: Jinja2 template for the email address of the user.
- If unset, no email address will be added to the account.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>extra_attributes</code>: 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.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>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.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>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
- <code>attribute_requirements</code> as shown here:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">attribute_requirements:
- - attribute: family_name
- value: "Stephensson"
- - attribute: groups
- value: "admin"
- </code></pre>
- <p>All of the listed attributes must match for the login to be permitted. Additional attributes can be added to
- userinfo by expanding the <code>scopes</code> section of the OIDC config to retrieve
- additional information from the OIDC provider.</p>
- <p>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 <code>family_name</code> claim MUST be "Stephensson", but the <code>groups</code>
- claim MUST contain "admin".</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- 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"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="cas_config"><a class="header" href="#cas_config"><code>cas_config</code></a></h3>
- <p>Enable Central Authentication Service (CAS) for registration and login.
- Has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: Set this to true to enable authorization against a CAS server.
- Defaults to false.</li>
- <li><code>server_url</code>: The URL of the CAS authorization endpoint.</li>
- <li><code>displayname_attribute</code>: The attribute of the CAS response to use as the display name.
- If no name is given here, no displayname will be set.</li>
- <li><code>required_attributes</code>: 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 <code>None</code> then any value is allowed (the attribute just must exist).
- All of the listed attributes must match for the login to be permitted.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">cas_config:
- enabled: true
- server_url: "https://cas-server.com"
- displayname_attribute: name
- required_attributes:
- userGroup: "staff"
- department: None
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="sso"><a class="header" href="#sso"><code>sso</code></a></h3>
- <p>Additional settings to use with single-sign on systems such as OpenID Connect,
- SAML2 and CAS.</p>
- <p>Server admins can configure custom templates for pages related to SSO. See
- <a href="../../templates.html">here</a> for more information.</p>
- <p>Options include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>client_whitelist</code>: 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.</li>
- <li><code>update_profile_information</code>: 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">sso:
- client_whitelist:
- - https://riot.im/develop
- - https://my.custom.client/
- update_profile_information: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="jwt_config"><a class="header" href="#jwt_config"><code>jwt_config</code></a></h3>
- <p>JSON web token integration. The following settings can be used to make
- Synapse JSON web tokens for authentication, instead of its internal
- password database.</p>
- <p>Each JSON Web Token needs to contain a "sub" (subject) claim, which is
- used as the localpart of the mxid.</p>
- <p>Additionally, the expiration time ("exp"), not before time ("nbf"),
- and issued at ("iat") claims are validated if present.</p>
- <p>Note that this is a non-standard login type and client support is
- expected to be non-existent.</p>
- <p>See <a href="../../jwt.html">here</a> for more.</p>
- <p>Additional sub-options for this setting include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: Set to true to enable authorization using JSON web
- tokens. Defaults to false.</li>
- <li><code>secret</code>: This is either the private shared secret or the public key used to
- decode the contents of the JSON web token. Required if <code>enabled</code> is set to true.</li>
- <li><code>algorithm</code>: The algorithm used to sign (or HMAC) the JSON web token.
- Supported algorithms are listed
- <a href="https://docs.authlib.org/en/latest/specs/rfc7518.html">here (section JWS)</a>.
- Required if <code>enabled</code> is set to true.</li>
- <li><code>subject_claim</code>: Name of the claim containing a unique identifier for the user.
- Optional, defaults to <code>sub</code>.</li>
- <li><code>issuer</code>: The issuer to validate the "iss" claim against. Optional. If provided the
- "iss" claim will be required and validated for all JSON web tokens.</li>
- <li><code>audiences</code>: 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="password_config"><a class="header" href="#password_config"><code>password_config</code></a></h3>
- <p>Use this setting to enable password-based logins.</p>
- <p>This setting has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: Defaults to true.
- Set to false to disable password authentication.
- Set to <code>only_for_reauth</code> to allow users with existing passwords to use them
- to log in and reauthenticate, whilst preventing new users from setting passwords.</li>
- <li><code>localdb_enabled</code>: Set to false to disable authentication against the local password
- database. This is ignored if <code>enabled</code> is false, and is only useful
- if you have other <code>password_providers</code>. Defaults to true.</li>
- <li><code>pepper</code>: Set the value here to a secret random string for extra security.
- DO NOT CHANGE THIS AFTER INITIAL SETUP!</li>
- <li><code>policy</code>: 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:
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: Defaults to false. Set to true to enable.</li>
- <li><code>minimum_length</code>: Minimum accepted length for a password. Defaults to 0.</li>
- <li><code>require_digit</code>: Whether a password must contain at least one digit.
- Defaults to false.</li>
- <li><code>require_symbol</code>: 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.</li>
- <li><code>require_lowercase</code>: Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
- Defaults to false.</li>
- <li><code>require_uppercase</code>: Whether a password must contain at least one uppercase letter.
- Defaults to false.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="ui_auth"><a class="header" href="#ui_auth"><code>ui_auth</code></a></h3>
- <p>The amount of time to allow a user-interactive authentication session to be active.</p>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>This is ignored for potentially "dangerous" operations (including
- deactivating an account, modifying an account password, and
- adding a 3PID).</p>
- <p>Use the <code>session_timeout</code> sub-option here to change the time allowed for credential validation.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">ui_auth:
- session_timeout: "15s"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="email"><a class="header" href="#email"><code>email</code></a></h3>
- <p>Configuration for sending emails from Synapse.</p>
- <p>Server admins can configure custom templates for email content. See
- <a href="../../templates.html">here</a> for more information.</p>
- <p>This setting has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>smtp_host</code>: The hostname of the outgoing SMTP server to use. Defaults to 'localhost'.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>smtp_port</code>: The port on the mail server for outgoing SMTP. Defaults to 465 if <code>force_tls</code> is true, else 25.</p>
- <p><em>Changed in Synapse 1.64.0:</em> the default port is now aware of <code>force_tls</code>.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>smtp_user</code> and <code>smtp_pass</code>: Username/password for authentication to the SMTP server. By default, no
- authentication is attempted.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>force_tls</code>: 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 <code>require_transport_security</code> is ignored.
- It is recommended to enable this if supported by your mail server.</p>
- <p><em>New in Synapse 1.64.0.</em></p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>require_transport_security</code>: 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 <em>if the SMTP server supports it</em>. If this option is set,
- Synapse will refuse to connect unless the server supports STARTTLS.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>enable_tls</code>: 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>notif_from</code>: 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 <code>app_name</code>, but may be overridden by the
- Matrix client application. Note that the placeholder must be written '%(app)s', including the
- trailing 's'.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>app_name</code>: <code>app_name</code> defines the default value for '%(app)s' in <code>notif_from</code> and email
- subjects. It defaults to 'Matrix'.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>enable_notifs</code>: Set to true to enable sending emails for messages that the user
- has missed. Disabled by default.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>notif_for_new_users</code>: Set to false to disable automatic subscription to email
- notifications for new users. Enabled by default.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>client_base_url</code>: 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 <code>riot_base_url</code>;
- the old name is still supported for backwards-compatibility but is now deprecated.)</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>validation_token_lifetime</code>: Configures the time that a validation email will expire after sending.
- Defaults to 1h.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>invite_client_location</code>: The web client location to direct users to during an invite. This is passed
- to the identity server as the <code>org.matrix.web_client_location</code> key. Defaults
- to unset, giving no guidance to the identity server.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>subjects</code>: Subjects to use when sending emails from Synapse. The placeholder '%(app)s' will
- be replaced with the value of the <code>app_name</code> 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
- <code>server_name</code> setting in your Synapse configuration.</p>
- <p>Here is a list of subjects for notification emails that can be set:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>message_from_person_in_room</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>message_from_person</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>messages_from_person</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>messages_in_room</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>messages_in_room_and_others</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>messages_from_person_and_others</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>invite_from_person_to_room</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>invite_from_person</code>: 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..."</li>
- <li><code>password_reset</code>: Subject to use when sending a password reset email. Defaults to "[%(server_name)s] Password reset"</li>
- <li><code>email_validation</code>: Subject to use when sending a verification email to assert an address's
- ownership. Defaults to "[%(server_name)s] Validate your email"</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="push"><a class="header" href="#push">Push</a></h2>
- <p>Configuration settings related to push notifications</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="push-1"><a class="header" href="#push-1"><code>push</code></a></h3>
- <p>This setting defines options for push notifications.</p>
- <p>This option has a number of sub-options. They are as follows:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>include_content</code>: 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 (<code>event_id_only</code>).
- 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 <code>event_id_only</code> 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.</li>
- <li><code>group_unread_count_by_room: false</code>: 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 <em>rooms</em> 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">push:
- include_content: false
- group_unread_count_by_room: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="rooms"><a class="header" href="#rooms">Rooms</a></h2>
- <p>Config options relating to rooms.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="encryption_enabled_by_default"><a class="header" href="#encryption_enabled_by_default"><code>encryption_enabled_by_default</code></a></h3>
- <p>Controls whether locally-created rooms should be end-to-end encrypted by
- default.</p>
- <p>Possible options are "all", "invite", and "off". They are defined as:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>"all": any locally-created room</li>
- <li>"invite": any room created with the <code>private_chat</code> or <code>trusted_private_chat</code>
- room creation presets</li>
- <li>"off": this option will take no effect</li>
- </ul>
- <p>The default value is "off".</p>
- <p>Note that this option will only affect rooms created after it is set. It
- will also not affect rooms created by other servers.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_type: invite
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="user_directory"><a class="header" href="#user_directory"><code>user_directory</code></a></h3>
- <p>This setting defines options related to the user directory.</p>
- <p>This option has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: Defines whether users can search the user directory. If false then
- empty responses are returned to all queries. Defaults to true.</li>
- <li><code>search_all_users</code>: Defines whether to search all users visible to your HS when searching
- the user directory. 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 API following the instructions at
- https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html#run
- Set to true to return search results containing all known users, even if that
- user does not share a room with the requester.</li>
- <li><code>prefer_local_users</code>: 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">user_directory:
- enabled: false
- search_all_users: true
- prefer_local_users: true
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="user_consent"><a class="header" href="#user_consent"><code>user_consent</code></a></h3>
- <p>For detailed instructions on user consent configuration, see <a href="../../consent_tracking.html">here</a>.</p>
- <p>Parts of this section are required if enabling the <code>consent</code> resource under
- <a href="#listeners"><code>listeners</code></a>, in particular <code>template_dir</code> and <code>version</code>.</p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p><code>template_dir</code>: gives the location of the templates for the HTML forms.
- This directory should contain one subdirectory per language (eg, <code>en</code>, <code>fr</code>),
- and each language directory should contain the policy document (named as
- <version>.html) and a success page (success.html).</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>version</code>: 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>server_notice_content</code>: if enabled, will send a user a "Server Notice"
- asking them to consent to the privacy policy. The <a href="#server_notices"><code>server_notices</code> section</a>
- must also be configured for this to work. Notices will <em>not</em> be sent to
- guest users unless <code>send_server_notice_to_guests</code> is set to true.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>block_events_error</code>, 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>require_at_registration</code>, 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.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p><code>policy_name</code> is the display name of the policy users will see when registering
- for an account. Has no effect unless <code>require_at_registration</code> is enabled.
- Defaults to "Privacy Policy".</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="stats"><a class="header" href="#stats"><code>stats</code></a></h3>
- <p>Settings for local room and user statistics collection. See <a href="../../room_and_user_statistics.html">here</a>
- for more.</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">stats:
- enabled: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="server_notices"><a class="header" href="#server_notices"><code>server_notices</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>If you use this setting, you <em>must</em> define the <code>system_mxid_localpart</code>
- sub-setting, which defines the id of the user which will be used to send the
- notices.</p>
- <p>Sub-options for this setting include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>system_mxid_display_name</code>: set the display name of the "notices" user</li>
- <li><code>system_mxid_avatar_url</code>: set the avatar for the "notices" user</li>
- <li><code>room_name</code>: set the room name of the server notices room</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">server_notices:
- system_mxid_localpart: notices
- system_mxid_display_name: "Server Notices"
- system_mxid_avatar_url: "mxc://server.com/oumMVlgDnLYFaPVkExemNVVZ"
- room_name: "Server Notices"
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="enable_room_list_search"><a class="header" href="#enable_room_list_search"><code>enable_room_list_search</code></a></h3>
- <p>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.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">enable_room_list_search: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="alias_creation"><a class="header" href="#alias_creation"><code>alias_creation</code></a></h3>
- <p>The <code>alias_creation</code> option controls who is allowed to create aliases
- on this server.</p>
- <p>The format of this option is a list of rules that contain globs that
- match against user_id, room_id and the new alias (fully qualified with
- server name). The action in the first rule that matches is taken,
- which can currently either be "allow" or "deny".</p>
- <p>Missing user_id/room_id/alias fields default to "*".</p>
- <p>If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one
- can create aliases.</p>
- <p>Options for the rules include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>user_id</code>: Matches against the creator of the alias. Defaults to "*".</li>
- <li><code>alias</code>: Matches against the alias being created. Defaults to "*".</li>
- <li><code>room_id</code>: Matches against the room ID the alias is being pointed at. Defaults to "*"</li>
- <li><code>action</code>: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches. Defaults to allow.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">alias_creation_rules:
- - user_id: "bad_user"
- alias: "spammy_alias"
- room_id: "*"
- action: deny
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="room_list_publication_rules"><a class="header" href="#room_list_publication_rules"><code>room_list_publication_rules</code></a></h3>
- <p>The <code>room_list_publication_rules</code> option controls who can publish and
- which rooms can be published in the public room list.</p>
- <p>The format of this option is the same as that for
- <code>alias_creation_rules</code>.</p>
- <p>If the room has one or more aliases associated with it, only one of
- the aliases needs to match the alias rule. If there are no aliases
- then only rules with <code>alias: *</code> match.</p>
- <p>If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one
- can publish rooms.</p>
- <p>Options for the rules include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>user_id</code>: Matches against the creator of the alias. Defaults to "*".</li>
- <li><code>alias</code>: Matches against any current local or canonical aliases associated with the room. Defaults to "*".</li>
- <li><code>room_id</code>: Matches against the room ID being published. Defaults to "*".</li>
- <li><code>action</code>: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches. Defaults to allow.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">room_list_publication_rules:
- - user_id: "*"
- alias: "*"
- room_id: "*"
- action: allow
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="default_power_level_content_override"><a class="header" href="#default_power_level_content_override"><code>default_power_level_content_override</code></a></h3>
- <p>The <code>default_power_level_content_override</code> option controls the default power
- levels for rooms.</p>
- <p>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
- <code>power_level_content_override</code> parameter in the /createRoom API, but
- is applied before that parameter.</p>
- <p>Note that each key provided inside a preset (for example <code>events</code> 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 <code>com.example.foo</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">default_power_level_content_override:
- private_chat: { "events": { "com.example.foo" : 0 } }
- trusted_private_chat: null
- public_chat: null
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="opentracing"><a class="header" href="#opentracing">Opentracing</a></h2>
- <p>Configuration options related to Opentracing support.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="opentracing-1"><a class="header" href="#opentracing-1"><code>opentracing</code></a></h3>
- <p>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).</p>
- <p>Sub-options include:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: whether tracing is enabled. Set to true to enable. Disabled by default.</li>
- <li><code>homeserver_whitelist</code>: The list of homeservers we wish to send and receive span contexts and span baggage.
- See <a href="../../opentracing.html">here</a> for more.
- This is a list of regexes which are matched against the <code>server_name</code> of the homeserver.
- By default, it is empty, so no servers are matched.</li>
- <li><code>force_tracing_for_users</code>: # 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.</li>
- <li><code>jaeger_config</code>: 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 <a href="https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/">here</a>.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-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
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h2 id="workers"><a class="header" href="#workers">Workers</a></h2>
- <p>Configuration options related to workers.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="send_federation"><a class="header" href="#send_federation"><code>send_federation</code></a></h3>
- <p>Controls sending of outbound federation transactions on the main process.
- Set to false if using a federation sender worker. Defaults to true.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">send_federation: false
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="federation_sender_instances"><a class="header" href="#federation_sender_instances"><code>federation_sender_instances</code></a></h3>
- <p>It is possible to run multiple federation sender workers, in which case the
- work is balanced across them. Use this setting to list the senders.</p>
- <p>This configuration setting must be shared between all federation sender workers, 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).</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">federation_sender_instances:
- - federation_sender1
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="instance_map"><a class="header" href="#instance_map"><code>instance_map</code></a></h3>
- <p>When using workers this should be a map from worker name to the
- HTTP replication listener of the worker, if configured.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">instance_map:
- worker1:
- host: localhost
- port: 8034
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="stream_writers"><a class="header" href="#stream_writers"><code>stream_writers</code></a></h3>
- <p>Experimental: When using workers you can define which workers should
- handle event persistence and typing notifications. Any worker
- specified here must also be in the <code>instance_map</code>.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">stream_writers:
- events: worker1
- typing: worker1
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="run_background_tasks_on"><a class="header" href="#run_background_tasks_on"><code>run_background_tasks_on</code></a></h3>
- <p>The worker that is used to run background tasks (e.g. cleaning up expired
- data). If not provided this defaults to the main process.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">run_background_tasks_on: worker1
- </code></pre>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="worker_replication_secret"><a class="header" href="#worker_replication_secret"><code>worker_replication_secret</code></a></h3>
- <p>A shared secret used by the replication APIs to authenticate HTTP requests
- from workers.</p>
- <p>By default this is unused and traffic is not authenticated.</p>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_replication_secret: "secret_secret"
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="redis"><a class="header" href="#redis"><code>redis</code></a></h3>
- <p>Configuration for Redis when using workers. This <em>must</em> be enabled when
- using workers (unless using old style direct TCP configuration).
- This setting has the following sub-options:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>enabled</code>: whether to use Redis support. Defaults to false.</li>
- <li><code>host</code> and <code>port</code>: Optional host and port to use to connect to redis. Defaults to
- localhost and 6379</li>
- <li><code>password</code>: Optional password if configured on the Redis instance.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">redis:
- enabled: true
- host: localhost
- port: 6379
- password: <secret_password>
- </code></pre>
- <h2 id="background-updates"><a class="header" href="#background-updates">Background Updates</a></h2>
- <p>Configuration settings related to background updates.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3 id="background_updates"><a class="header" href="#background_updates"><code>background_updates</code></a></h3>
- <p>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:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>background_update_duration_ms</code>: How long in milliseconds to run a batch of background updates for. Defaults to 100.
- Set a different time to change the default.</li>
- <li><code>sleep_enabled</code>: Whether to sleep between updates. Defaults to true. Set to false to change the default.</li>
- <li><code>sleep_duration_ms</code>: If sleeping between updates, how long in milliseconds to sleep for. Defaults to 1000.
- Set a duration to change the default.</li>
- <li><code>min_batch_size</code>: Minimum size a batch of background updates can be. Must be greater than 0. Defaults to 1.
- Set a size to change the default.</li>
- <li><code>default_batch_size</code>: 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.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Example configuration:</p>
- <pre><code class="language-yaml">background_updates:
- background_update_duration_ms: 500
- sleep_enabled: false
- sleep_duration_ms: 300
- min_batch_size: 10
- default_batch_size: 50
- </code></pre>
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