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-rw-r--r--docs/reverse_proxy.md23
-rw-r--r--docs/sample_config.yaml28
-rw-r--r--docs/workers.md1
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reverse_proxy.md b/docs/reverse_proxy.md
index fd48ba0874..edd109fa7b 100644
--- a/docs/reverse_proxy.md
+++ b/docs/reverse_proxy.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ privileges.
 
 **NOTE**: Your reverse proxy must not `canonicalise` or `normalise`
 the requested URI in any way (for example, by decoding `%xx` escapes).
-Beware that Apache *will* canonicalise URIs unless you specifify
+Beware that Apache *will* canonicalise URIs unless you specify
 `nocanon`.
 
 When setting up a reverse proxy, remember that Matrix clients and other
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ specification](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/latest#resolving-serve
 for more details of the algorithm used for federation connections, and
 [delegate.md](<delegate.md>) for instructions on setting up delegation.
 
+Endpoints that are part of the standardised Matrix specification are
+located under `/_matrix`, whereas endpoints specific to Synapse are
+located under `/_synapse/client`.
+
 Let's assume that we expect clients to connect to our server at
 `https://matrix.example.com`, and other servers to connect at
 `https://example.com:8448`.  The following sections detail the configuration of
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ server {
 
     server_name matrix.example.com;
 
-    location /_matrix {
+    location ~* ^(\/_matrix|\/_synapse\/client) {
         proxy_pass http://localhost:8008;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
         # Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ matrix.example.com {
   proxy /_matrix http://localhost:8008 {
     transparent
   }
+
+  proxy /_synapse/client http://localhost:8008 {
+    transparent
+  }
 }
 
 example.com:8448 {
@@ -79,6 +87,7 @@ example.com:8448 {
 ```
 matrix.example.com {
   reverse_proxy /_matrix/* http://localhost:8008
+  reverse_proxy /_synapse/client/* http://localhost:8008
 }
 
 example.com:8448 {
@@ -96,6 +105,8 @@ example.com:8448 {
     AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
     ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon
     ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix
+    ProxyPass /_synapse/client http://127.0.0.1:8008/_synapse/client nocanon
+    ProxyPassReverse /_synapse/client http://127.0.0.1:8008/_synapse/client
 </VirtualHost>
 
 <VirtualHost *:8448>
@@ -119,6 +130,7 @@ frontend https
   # Matrix client traffic
   acl matrix-host hdr(host) -i matrix.example.com
   acl matrix-path path_beg /_matrix
+  acl matrix-path path_beg /_synapse/client
 
   use_backend matrix if matrix-host matrix-path
 
@@ -146,3 +158,10 @@ connecting to Synapse from a client.
 Synapse exposes a health check endpoint for use by reverse proxies.
 Each configured HTTP listener has a `/health` endpoint which always returns
 200 OK (and doesn't get logged).
+
+## Synapse administration endpoints
+
+Endpoints for administering your Synapse instance are placed under
+`/_synapse/admin`. These require authentication through an access token of an
+admin user. However as access to these endpoints grants the caller a lot of power,
+we do not recommend exposing them to the public internet without good reason.
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 3528d9e11f..2a5b2e0935 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -432,6 +432,24 @@ retention:
 #
 #request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors: true
 
+# A list of domains that the domain portion of 'next_link' parameters
+# must match.
+#
+# This parameter is optionally provided by clients while requesting
+# validation of an email or phone number, and maps to a link that
+# users will be automatically redirected to after validation
+# succeeds. Clients can make use this parameter to aid the validation
+# process.
+#
+# The whitelist is applied whether the homeserver or an
+# identity server is handling validation.
+#
+# The default value is no whitelist functionality; all domains are
+# allowed. Setting this value to an empty list will instead disallow
+# all domains.
+#
+#next_link_domain_whitelist: ["matrix.org"]
+
 
 ## TLS ##
 
@@ -2021,9 +2039,13 @@ email:
   # * The contents of password reset emails sent by the homeserver:
   #   'password_reset.html' and 'password_reset.txt'
   #
-  # * HTML pages for success and failure that a user will see when they follow
-  #   the link in the password reset email: 'password_reset_success.html' and
-  #   'password_reset_failure.html'
+  # * An HTML page that a user will see when they follow the link in the password
+  #   reset email. The user will be asked to confirm the action before their
+  #   password is reset: 'password_reset_confirmation.html'
+  #
+  # * HTML pages for success and failure that a user will see when they confirm
+  #   the password reset flow using the page above: 'password_reset_success.html'
+  #   and 'password_reset_failure.html'
   #
   # * The contents of address verification emails sent during registration:
   #   'registration.html' and 'registration.txt'
diff --git a/docs/workers.md b/docs/workers.md
index bfec745897..df0ac84d94 100644
--- a/docs/workers.md
+++ b/docs/workers.md
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ expressions:
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/joined_groups$
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/publicised_groups$
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/publicised_groups/
+    ^/_synapse/client/password_reset/email/submit_token$
 
     # Registration/login requests
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/login$