Allow guests to register and call /events?room_id=

This follows the same flows-based flow as regular registration, but as
the only implemented flow has no requirements, it auto-succeeds. In the
future, other flows (e.g. captcha) may be required, so clients should
treat this like the regular registration flow choices.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index f5ef36a9f4..dca391f7af 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         self.registration_shared_secret = config.get("registration_shared_secret")
         self.macaroon_secret_key = config.get("macaroon_secret_key")
         self.bcrypt_rounds = config.get("bcrypt_rounds", 12)
+        self.allow_guest_access = config.get("allow_guest_access", False)
 
     def default_config(self, **kwargs):
         registration_shared_secret = random_string_with_symbols(50)
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         # Larger numbers increase the work factor needed to generate the hash.
         # The default number of rounds is 12.
         bcrypt_rounds: 12
+
+        # 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.
+        allow_guest_access: False
         """ % locals()
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):