diff --git a/synapse/config/account_validity.py b/synapse/config/account_validity.py
index b56c2a24df..c533452cab 100644
--- a/synapse/config/account_validity.py
+++ b/synapse/config/account_validity.py
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ class AccountValidityConfig(Config):
self.account_validity_period * 10.0 / 100.0
)
- if self.account_validity_renew_by_email_enabled:
- if not self.root.server.public_baseurl:
- raise ConfigError("Can't send renewal emails without 'public_baseurl'")
-
# Load account validity templates.
account_validity_template_dir = account_validity_config.get("template_dir")
if account_validity_template_dir is not None:
diff --git a/synapse/config/cas.py b/synapse/config/cas.py
index 9b58ecf3d8..3f81814043 100644
--- a/synapse/config/cas.py
+++ b/synapse/config/cas.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from typing import Any, List
from synapse.config.sso import SsoAttributeRequirement
-from ._base import Config, ConfigError
+from ._base import Config
from ._util import validate_config
@@ -35,14 +35,10 @@ class CasConfig(Config):
if self.cas_enabled:
self.cas_server_url = cas_config["server_url"]
- # The public baseurl is required because it is used by the redirect
- # template.
- public_baseurl = self.root.server.public_baseurl
- if not public_baseurl:
- raise ConfigError("cas_config requires a public_baseurl to be set")
-
# TODO Update this to a _synapse URL.
+ public_baseurl = self.root.server.public_baseurl
self.cas_service_url = public_baseurl + "_matrix/client/r0/login/cas/ticket"
+
self.cas_displayname_attribute = cas_config.get("displayname_attribute")
required_attributes = cas_config.get("required_attributes") or {}
self.cas_required_attributes = _parsed_required_attributes_def(
diff --git a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
index 8ff59aa2f8..afd65fecd3 100644
--- a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
+++ b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
@@ -186,11 +186,6 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
if not self.email_notif_from:
missing.append("email.notif_from")
- # public_baseurl is required to build password reset and validation links that
- # will be emailed to users
- if config.get("public_baseurl") is None:
- missing.append("public_baseurl")
-
if missing:
raise ConfigError(
MISSING_PASSWORD_RESET_CONFIG_ERROR % (", ".join(missing),)
@@ -296,9 +291,6 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
if not self.email_notif_from:
missing.append("email.notif_from")
- if config.get("public_baseurl") is None:
- missing.append("public_baseurl")
-
if missing:
raise ConfigError(
"email.enable_notifs is True but required keys are missing: %s"
diff --git a/synapse/config/oidc.py b/synapse/config/oidc.py
index 10f5796330..42f113cd24 100644
--- a/synapse/config/oidc.py
+++ b/synapse/config/oidc.py
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ class OIDCConfig(Config):
)
public_baseurl = self.root.server.public_baseurl
- if public_baseurl is None:
- raise ConfigError("oidc_config requires a public_baseurl to be set")
self.oidc_callback_url = public_baseurl + "_synapse/client/oidc/callback"
@property
diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index a3d2a38c4c..5379e80715 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -45,17 +45,6 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
account_threepid_delegates = config.get("account_threepid_delegates") or {}
self.account_threepid_delegate_email = account_threepid_delegates.get("email")
self.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn = account_threepid_delegates.get("msisdn")
- if (
- self.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn
- and not self.root.server.public_baseurl
- ):
- raise ConfigError(
- "The configuration option `public_baseurl` is required if "
- "`account_threepid_delegate.msisdn` is set, such that "
- "clients know where to submit validation tokens to. Please "
- "configure `public_baseurl`."
- )
-
self.default_identity_server = config.get("default_identity_server")
self.allow_guest_access = config.get("allow_guest_access", False)
@@ -240,7 +229,7 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
# in on this server.
#
# (By default, no suggestion is made, so it is left up to the client.
- # This setting is ignored unless public_baseurl is also set.)
+ # This setting is ignored unless public_baseurl is also explicitly set.)
#
#default_identity_server: https://matrix.org
@@ -265,8 +254,6 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
# by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
# https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
#
- # If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
- #
account_threepid_delegates:
#email: https://example.com # Delegate email sending to example.com
#msisdn: http://localhost:8090 # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
diff --git a/synapse/config/saml2.py b/synapse/config/saml2.py
index 9c51b6a25a..ba2b0905ff 100644
--- a/synapse/config/saml2.py
+++ b/synapse/config/saml2.py
@@ -199,14 +199,11 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
"""
import saml2
- public_baseurl = self.root.server.public_baseurl
- if public_baseurl is None:
- raise ConfigError("saml2_config requires a public_baseurl to be set")
-
if self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute:
optional_attributes.add(self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute)
optional_attributes -= required_attributes
+ public_baseurl = self.root.server.public_baseurl
metadata_url = public_baseurl + "_synapse/client/saml2/metadata.xml"
response_url = public_baseurl + "_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response"
return {
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index a387fd9310..7bc0030a9e 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import itertools
import logging
import os.path
import re
+import urllib.parse
from textwrap import indent
from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
@@ -264,10 +265,44 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
self.use_frozen_dicts = config.get("use_frozen_dicts", False)
self.serve_server_wellknown = config.get("serve_server_wellknown", False)
- self.public_baseurl = config.get("public_baseurl")
- if self.public_baseurl is not None:
- if self.public_baseurl[-1] != "/":
- self.public_baseurl += "/"
+ # Whether we should serve a "client well-known":
+ # (a) at .well-known/matrix/client on our client HTTP listener
+ # (b) in the response to /login
+ #
+ # ... which together help ensure that clients use our public_baseurl instead of
+ # whatever they were told by the user.
+ #
+ # For the sake of backwards compatibility with existing installations, this is
+ # True if public_baseurl is specified explicitly, and otherwise False. (The
+ # reasoning here is that we have no way of knowing that the default
+ # public_baseurl is actually correct for existing installations - many things
+ # will not work correctly, but that's (probably?) better than sending clients
+ # to a completely broken URL.
+ self.serve_client_wellknown = False
+
+ public_baseurl = config.get("public_baseurl")
+ if public_baseurl is None:
+ public_baseurl = f"https://{self.server_name}/"
+ logger.info("Using default public_baseurl %s", public_baseurl)
+ else:
+ self.serve_client_wellknown = True
+ if public_baseurl[-1] != "/":
+ public_baseurl += "/"
+ self.public_baseurl = public_baseurl
+
+ # check that public_baseurl is valid
+ try:
+ splits = urllib.parse.urlsplit(self.public_baseurl)
+ except Exception as e:
+ raise ConfigError(f"Unable to parse URL: {e}", ("public_baseurl",))
+ if splits.scheme not in ("https", "http"):
+ raise ConfigError(
+ f"Invalid scheme '{splits.scheme}': only https and http are supported"
+ )
+ if splits.query or splits.fragment:
+ raise ConfigError(
+ "public_baseurl cannot contain query parameters or a #-fragment"
+ )
# Whether to enable user presence.
presence_config = config.get("presence") or {}
@@ -773,6 +808,8 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
# Otherwise, it should be the URL to reach Synapse's client HTTP listener (see
# 'listeners' below).
#
+ # Defaults to 'https://<server_name>/'.
+ #
#public_baseurl: https://example.com/
# Uncomment the following to tell other servers to send federation traffic on
diff --git a/synapse/config/sso.py b/synapse/config/sso.py
index 11a9b76aa0..60aacb13ea 100644
--- a/synapse/config/sso.py
+++ b/synapse/config/sso.py
@@ -101,13 +101,10 @@ class SSOConfig(Config):
# gracefully to the client). This would make it pointless to ask the user for
# confirmation, since the URL the confirmation page would be showing wouldn't be
# the client's.
- # public_baseurl is an optional setting, so we only add the fallback's URL to the
- # list if it's provided (because we can't figure out what that URL is otherwise).
- if self.root.server.public_baseurl:
- login_fallback_url = (
- self.root.server.public_baseurl + "_matrix/static/client/login"
- )
- self.sso_client_whitelist.append(login_fallback_url)
+ login_fallback_url = (
+ self.root.server.public_baseurl + "_matrix/static/client/login"
+ )
+ self.sso_client_whitelist.append(login_fallback_url)
def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs):
return """\
@@ -128,11 +125,10 @@ class SSOConfig(Config):
# phishing attacks from evil.site. To avoid this, include a slash after the
# hostname: "https://my.client/".
#
- # If public_baseurl is set, then the login fallback page (used by clients
- # that don't natively support the required login flows) is whitelisted in
- # addition to any URLs in this list.
+ # The login fallback page (used by clients that don't natively support the
+ # required login flows) is whitelisted in addition to any URLs in this list.
#
- # By default, this list is empty.
+ # By default, this list contains only the login fallback page.
#
#client_whitelist:
# - https://riot.im/develop
|