6 files changed, 116 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/4566.feature b/changelog.d/4566.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11fc07476e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4566.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable ACME support in the docker image
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index d212334844..c35da67a2a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Dockerfile to build the matrixdotorg/synapse docker images.
+#
+# To build the image, run `docker build` command from the root of the
+# synapse repository:
+#
+#    docker build -f docker/Dockerfile .
+#
+# There is an optional PYTHON_VERSION build argument which sets the
+# version of python to build against: for example:
+#
+#    docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.6 .
+#
+
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=2
 
 ###
@@ -59,6 +72,6 @@ COPY ./docker/conf /conf
 
 VOLUME ["/data"]
 
-EXPOSE 8008/tcp 8448/tcp
+EXPOSE 8008/tcp 8009/tcp 8448/tcp
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/start.py"]
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 3c00d1e948..3faedf629f 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 # Synapse Docker
 
-This Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. It does not provide a database
-server or a TURN server, you should run these separately.
+This Docker image will run Synapse as a single process. By default it uses a
+sqlite database; for production use you should connect it to a separate
+postgres database.
 
-## Run
+The image also does *not* provide a TURN server.
 
-We do not currently offer a `latest` image, as this has somewhat undefined semantics.
-We instead release only tagged versions so upgrading between releases is entirely
-within your control.
+## Run
 
 ### Using docker-compose (easier)
 
-This image is designed to run either with an automatically generated configuration
-file or with a custom configuration that requires manual editing.
+This image is designed to run either with an automatically generated
+configuration file or with a custom configuration that requires manual editing.
 
 An easy way to make use of this image is via docker-compose. See the
-[contrib/docker](../contrib/docker)
-section of the synapse project for examples.
+[contrib/docker](../contrib/docker) section of the synapse project for
+examples.
 
 ### Without Compose (harder)
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ docker run \
     -v ${DATA_PATH}:/data \
     -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host \
     -e SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=yes \
-    docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
+    matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
 ```
 
 ## Volumes
@@ -53,6 +52,28 @@ In order to setup an application service, simply create an ``appservices``
 directory in the data volume and write the application service Yaml
 configuration file there. Multiple application services are supported.
 
+## TLS certificates
+
+Synapse requires a valid TLS certificate. You can do one of the following:
+
+ * Provide your own certificate and key (as
+   `${DATA_PATH}/${SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME}.crt` and
+   `${DATA_PATH}/${SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME}.key`, or elsewhere by providing an
+   entire config as `${SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH}`).
+
+ * Use a reverse proxy to terminate incoming TLS, and forward the plain http
+   traffic to port 8008 in the container. In this case you should set `-e
+   SYNAPSE_NO_TLS=1`.
+
+ * Use the ACME (Let's Encrypt) support built into Synapse. This requires
+   `${SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME}` port 80 to be forwarded to port 8009 in the
+   container, for example with `-p 80:8009`. To enable it in the docker
+   container, set `-e SYNAPSE_ACME=1`.
+
+If you don't do any of these, Synapse will fail to start with an error similar to:
+
+    synapse.config._base.ConfigError: Error accessing file '/data/<server_name>.tls.crt' (config for tls_certificate): No such file or directory
+
 ## Environment
 
 Unless you specify a custom path for the configuration file, a very generic
@@ -71,7 +92,7 @@ then customize it manually. No other environment variable is required.
 Otherwise, a dynamic configuration file will be used. The following environment
 variables are available for configuration:
 
-* ``SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME`` (mandatory), the current server public hostname.
+* ``SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME`` (mandatory), the server public hostname.
 * ``SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS``, (mandatory, ``yes`` or ``no``), enable anonymous
   statistics reporting back to the Matrix project which helps us to get funding.
 * ``SYNAPSE_NO_TLS``, set this variable to disable TLS in Synapse (use this if
@@ -80,7 +101,6 @@ variables are available for configuration:
   the Synapse instance.
 * ``SYNAPSE_ALLOW_GUEST``, set this variable to allow guest joining this server.
 * ``SYNAPSE_EVENT_CACHE_SIZE``, the event cache size [default `10K`].
-* ``SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR``, the cache factor [default `0.5`].
 * ``SYNAPSE_RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY``, set this variable to the recaptcha public
   key in order to enable recaptcha upon registration.
 * ``SYNAPSE_RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY``, set this variable to the recaptcha private
@@ -88,7 +108,9 @@ variables are available for configuration:
 * ``SYNAPSE_TURN_URIS``, set this variable to the coma-separated list of TURN
   uris to enable TURN for this homeserver.
 * ``SYNAPSE_TURN_SECRET``, set this to the TURN shared secret if required.
-* ``SYNAPSE_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE``, set this variable to change the max upload size [default `10M`].
+* ``SYNAPSE_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE``, set this variable to change the max upload size
+  [default `10M`].
+* ``SYNAPSE_ACME``: set this to enable the ACME certificate renewal support.
 
 Shared secrets, that will be initialized to random values if not set:
 
@@ -99,27 +121,25 @@ Shared secrets, that will be initialized to random values if not set:
 
 Database specific values (will use SQLite if not set):
 
-* `POSTGRES_DB` - The database name for the synapse postgres database. [default: `synapse`]
-* `POSTGRES_HOST` - The host of the postgres database if you wish to use postgresql instead of sqlite3. [default: `db` which is useful when using a container on the same docker network in a compose file where the postgres service is called `db`]
-* `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` - The password for the synapse postgres database. **If this is set then postgres will be used instead of sqlite3.** [default: none] **NOTE**: You are highly encouraged to use postgresql! Please use the compose file to make it easier to deploy.
-* `POSTGRES_USER` - The user for the synapse postgres database. [default: `matrix`]
+* `POSTGRES_DB` - The database name for the synapse postgres
+  database. [default: `synapse`]
+* `POSTGRES_HOST` - The host of the postgres database if you wish to use
+  postgresql instead of sqlite3. [default: `db` which is useful when using a
+  container on the same docker network in a compose file where the postgres
+  service is called `db`]
+* `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` - The password for the synapse postgres database. **If
+  this is set then postgres will be used instead of sqlite3.** [default: none]
+  **NOTE**: You are highly encouraged to use postgresql! Please use the compose
+  file to make it easier to deploy.
+* `POSTGRES_USER` - The user for the synapse postgres database. [default:
+  `matrix`]
 
 Mail server specific values (will not send emails if not set):
 
 * ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_HOST``, hostname to the mail server.
-* ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_PORT``, TCP port for accessing the mail server [default ``25``].
-* ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_USER``, username for authenticating against the mail server if any.
-* ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_PASSWORD``, password for authenticating against the mail server if any.
-
-## Build
-
-Build the docker image with the `docker build` command from the root of the synapse repository.
-
-```
-docker build -t docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse . -f docker/Dockerfile
-```
-
-The `-t` option sets the image tag. Official images are tagged `matrixdotorg/synapse:<version>` where `<version>` is the same as the release tag in the synapse git repository.
-
-You may have a local Python wheel cache available, in which case copy the relevant
-packages in the ``cache/`` directory at the root of the project.
+* ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_PORT``, TCP port for accessing the mail server [default
+  ``25``].
+* ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_USER``, username for authenticating against the mail server if
+  any.
+* ``SYNAPSE_SMTP_PASSWORD``, password for authenticating against the mail
+  server if any.
diff --git a/docker/conf/dummy.tls.crt b/docker/conf/dummy.tls.crt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e3b1a9aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/conf/dummy.tls.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml b/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml
index 529118d184..f07d5c1001 100644
--- a/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml
+++ b/docker/conf/homeserver.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,24 @@
 
 ## TLS ##
 
+{% if SYNAPSE_NO_TLS %}
+no_tls: True
+
+# workaround for https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4554
+tls_certificate_path: "/conf/dummy.tls.crt"
+
+{% else %}
+
 tls_certificate_path: "/data/{{ SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME }}.tls.crt"
 tls_private_key_path: "/data/{{ SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME }}.tls.key"
-no_tls: {{ "True" if SYNAPSE_NO_TLS else "False" }}
-tls_fingerprints: []
+
+{% if SYNAPSE_ACME %}
+acme:
+    enabled: true
+    port: 8009
+{% endif %}
+
+{% endif %}
 
 ## Server ##
 
diff --git a/docker/start.py b/docker/start.py
index 346df8c87f..941d9996a8 100755
--- a/docker/start.py
+++ b/docker/start.py
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ if mode == "generate":
 
 # In normal mode, generate missing keys if any, then run synapse
 else:
-    # Parse the configuration file
     if "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH" in environ:
-        args += ["--config-path", environ["SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH"]]
+        config_path = environ["SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH"]
     else:
         check_arguments(environ, ("SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME", "SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS"))
         generate_secrets(environ, {
@@ -58,10 +57,21 @@ else:
         })
         environ["SYNAPSE_APPSERVICES"] = glob.glob("/data/appservices/*.yaml")
         if not os.path.exists("/compiled"): os.mkdir("/compiled")
-        convert("/conf/homeserver.yaml", "/compiled/homeserver.yaml", environ)
+
+        config_path = "/compiled/homeserver.yaml"
+
+        convert("/conf/homeserver.yaml", config_path, environ)
         convert("/conf/log.config", "/compiled/log.config", environ)
         subprocess.check_output(["chown", "-R", ownership, "/data"])
-        args += ["--config-path", "/compiled/homeserver.yaml"]
+
+
+    args += [
+        "--config-path", config_path,
+
+        # tell synapse to put any generated keys in /data rather than /compiled
+        "--keys-directory", "/data",
+    ]
+
     # Generate missing keys and start synapse
     subprocess.check_output(args + ["--generate-keys"])
     os.execv("/sbin/su-exec", ["su-exec", ownership] + args)