summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRichard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>2016-12-01 12:01:54 +0000
committerRichard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>2016-12-01 12:08:03 +0000
commit971edd04affd484168b3dbec43783afe03d55a4e (patch)
tree97cfcba43d1439a151f71231dd9accc9be39ce0e /docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.rst
parentMerge branch 'release-v0.18.4' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse (diff)
downloadsynapse-971edd04affd484168b3dbec43783afe03d55a4e.tar.xz
rename CAPTCHA_SETUP
this is rst so name it accordingly
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.rst')
-rw-r--r--docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.rst30
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.rst b/docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.rst
new file mode 100644

index 0000000000..db621aedfc --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Captcha can be enabled for this home server. This file explains how to do that. +The captcha mechanism used is Google's ReCaptcha. This requires API keys from Google. + +Getting keys +------------ +Requires a public/private key pair from: + +https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/ + + +Setting ReCaptcha Keys +---------------------- +The keys are a config option on the home server config. If they are not +visible, you can generate them via --generate-config. Set the following value:: + + recaptcha_public_key: YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY + recaptcha_private_key: YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY + +In addition, you MUST enable captchas via:: + + enable_registration_captcha: true + +Configuring IP used for auth +---------------------------- +The ReCaptcha API requires that the IP address of the user who solved the +captcha is sent. If the client is connecting through a proxy or load balancer, +it may be required to use the X-Forwarded-For (XFF) header instead of the origin +IP address. This can be configured as an option on the home server like so:: + + captcha_ip_origin_is_x_forwarded: true