diff --git a/synapse/config/saml2_config.py b/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
index 6a8161547a..c46ac087db 100644
--- a/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
+++ b/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
if not saml2_config or not saml2_config.get("enabled", True):
return
+ if not saml2_config.get("sp_config") and not saml2_config.get("config_path"):
+ return
+
try:
check_requirements("saml2")
except DependencyException as e:
@@ -76,12 +79,13 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
return """\
# 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
@@ -89,52 +93,59 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
# 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: "%(config_dir_path)s/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: "%(config_dir_path)s/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
""" % {
"config_dir_path": config_dir_path
}
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