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authorRichard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>2019-09-13 12:07:03 +0100
committerRichard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>2019-09-13 12:07:03 +0100
commit785cbd3999ab011440b453e07992d3b0c92a4059 (patch)
treecc7570a38e671462a22975558a350f16376f77b4 /docs
parent1.3.1 (diff)
downloadsynapse-785cbd3999ab011440b453e07992d3b0c92a4059.tar.xz
Make the sample saml config closer to our standards
It' still not great, thanks to the nested dictionaries, but it's better.
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1 files changed, 59 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 0c6be30e51..8cfc5c312a 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -1031,12 +1031,13 @@ signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
 
 # Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
 #
-# `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
-# See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+# At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
+# enable SAML login.
 #
-# Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
-# so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
-# override them.
+# (You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
+# disable the regular login/registration flows:
+#   * enable_registration
+#   * password_config.enabled
 #
 # Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
 # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/metadata.xml, which you may be able to
@@ -1044,52 +1045,59 @@ signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
 # the IdP to use an ACS location of
 # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/authn_response.
 #
-#saml2_config:
-#  sp_config:
-#    # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
-#    # (preferably) a URL.
-#    metadata:
-#      #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
-#      remote:
-#        - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
-#
-#    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like to
-#    # allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
-#    # 'service.sp' section:
-#    #
-#    #service:
-#    #  sp:
-#    #    allow_unsolicited: True
-#
-#    # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
-#    # may well not need it, 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"]
-#
-#    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
-#
-#  # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
-#  # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
-#  #
-#  config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"
-#
-#  # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
-#  # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
-#  # The default is 5 minutes.
-#  #
-#  # saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+saml2_config:
+  # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
+  # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+  #
+  # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
+  # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
+  # override them.
+  #
+  #sp_config:
+  #  # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
+  #  # (preferably) a URL.
+  #  metadata:
+  #    #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
+  #    remote:
+  #      - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
+  #
+  #    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
+  #    # to allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
+  #    # 'service.sp' section:
+  #    #
+  #    #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"]
+  #
+  #    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
+
+  # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
+  # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
+  #
+  #config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"
+
+  # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
+  # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
+  # The default is 5 minutes.
+  #
+  #saml_session_lifetime: 5m