Merge pull request #4678 from matrix-org/rav/tls_install_instructions

Attempt to clarify installation/config instructions

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/key.py b/synapse/config/key.py
index 499ffd4e06..35f05fa974 100644
--- a/synapse/config/key.py
+++ b/synapse/config/key.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config):
         self.signing_key = self.read_signing_key(config["signing_key_path"])
         self.old_signing_keys = self.read_old_signing_keys(
-            config["old_signing_keys"]
+            config.get("old_signing_keys", {})
         )
         self.key_refresh_interval = self.parse_duration(
             config["key_refresh_interval"]
@@ -83,24 +83,29 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
         # a secret which is used to sign access tokens. If none is specified,
         # the registration_shared_secret is used, if one is given; otherwise,
         # a secret key is derived from the signing key.
+        #
         %(macaroon_secret_key)s
 
         # Used to enable access token expiration.
+        #
         expire_access_token: False
 
         # 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.
+        #
         %(form_secret)s
 
         ## Signing Keys ##
 
         # Path to the signing key to sign messages with
+        #
         signing_key_path: "%(base_key_name)s.signing.key"
 
         # The keys that the server used to sign messages with but won't use
         # to sign new messages. E.g. it has lost its private key
-        old_signing_keys: {}
+        #
+        #old_signing_keys:
         #  "ed25519:auto":
         #    # Base64 encoded public key
         #    key: "The public part of your old signing key."
@@ -111,9 +116,11 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
         # Used to set the valid_until_ts in /key/v2 APIs.
         # Determines how quickly servers will query to check which keys
         # are still valid.
+        #
         key_refresh_interval: "1d" # 1 Day.
 
         # The trusted servers to download signing keys from.
+        #
         perspectives:
           servers:
             "matrix.org":