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+# This file is maintained as an up-to-date snapshot of the default
+# homeserver.yaml configuration generated by Synapse.
+#
+# It is intended to act as a reference for the default configuration,
+# helping admins keep track of new options and other changes, and compare
+# their configs with the current default.  As such, many of the actual
+# config values shown are placeholders.
+#
+# It is *not* intended to be copied and used as the basis for a real
+# homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate
+# a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md.
+
+# Configuration options that take a time period can be set using a number
+# followed by a letter. Letters have the following meanings:
+# s = second
+# m = minute
+# h = hour
+# d = day
+# w = week
+# y = year
+# For example, setting redaction_retention_period: 5m would remove redacted
+# messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months.
+
+################################################################################
+
+# Configuration file for Synapse.
+#
+# This is a YAML file: see [1] for a quick introduction. Note in particular
+# that *indentation is important*: all the elements of a list or dictionary
+# should have the same indentation.
+#
+# [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
+
+
+## Modules ##
+
+# Server admins can expand Synapse's functionality with external modules.
+#
+# See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/modules.html for more
+# documentation on how to configure or create custom modules for Synapse.
+#
+modules:
+    # - module: my_super_module.MySuperClass
+    #   config:
+    #       do_thing: true
+    # - module: my_other_super_module.SomeClass
+    #   config: {}
+
+
+## Server ##
+
+# The public-facing domain of the server
+#
+# The server_name name will appear at the end of usernames and room addresses
+# created on this server. For example if the server_name was example.com,
+# usernames on this server would be in the format @user:example.com
+#
+# In most cases you should avoid using a matrix specific subdomain such as
+# matrix.example.com or synapse.example.com as the server_name for the same
+# reasons you wouldn't use user@email.example.com as your email address.
+# See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/delegate.md
+# for information on how to host Synapse on a subdomain while preserving
+# a clean server_name.
+#
+# The server_name cannot be changed later so it is important to
+# configure this correctly before you start Synapse. It should be all
+# lowercase and may contain an explicit port.
+# Examples: matrix.org, localhost:8080
+#
+server_name: "SERVERNAME"
+
+# When running as a daemon, the file to store the pid in
+#
+pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
+
+# The absolute URL to the web client which /_matrix/client will redirect
+# to if 'webclient' is configured under the 'listeners' configuration.
+#
+# This option can be also set to the filesystem path to the web client
+# which will be served at /_matrix/client/ if 'webclient' is configured
+# under the 'listeners' configuration, however this is a security risk:
+# https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#security-note
+#
+#web_client_location: https://riot.example.com/
+
+# The public-facing base URL that clients use to access this Homeserver (not
+# including _matrix/...). This is the same URL a user might enter into the
+# 'Custom Homeserver URL' field on their client. If you use Synapse with a
+# reverse proxy, this should be the URL to reach Synapse via the proxy.
+# Otherwise, it should be the URL to reach Synapse's client HTTP listener (see
+# 'listeners' below).
+#
+#public_baseurl: https://example.com/
+
+# Set the soft limit on the number of file descriptors synapse can use
+# Zero is used to indicate synapse should set the soft limit to the
+# hard limit.
+#
+#soft_file_limit: 0
+
+# Presence tracking allows users to see the state (e.g online/offline)
+# of other local and remote users.
+#
+presence:
+  # Uncomment to disable presence tracking on this homeserver. This option
+  # replaces the previous top-level 'use_presence' option.
+  #
+  #enabled: false
+
+  # Presence routers are third-party modules that can specify additional logic
+  # to where presence updates from users are routed.
+  #
+  presence_router:
+    # The custom module's class. Uncomment to use a custom presence router module.
+    #
+    #module: "my_custom_router.PresenceRouter"
+
+    # Configuration options of the custom module. Refer to your module's
+    # documentation for available options.
+    #
+    #config:
+    #  example_option: 'something'
+
+# Whether to require authentication to retrieve profile data (avatars,
+# display names) of other users through the client API. Defaults to
+# 'false'. Note that profile data is also available via the federation
+# API, unless allow_profile_lookup_over_federation is set to false.
+#
+#require_auth_for_profile_requests: true
+
+# Uncomment to require a user to share a room with another user in order
+# to retrieve their profile information. Only checked on Client-Server
+# requests. Profile requests from other servers should be checked by the
+# requesting server. Defaults to 'false'.
+#
+#limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms: true
+
+# Uncomment to prevent a user's profile data from being retrieved and
+# displayed in a room until they have joined it. By default, a user's
+# profile data is included in an invite event, regardless of the values
+# of the above two settings, and whether or not the users share a server.
+# Defaults to 'true'.
+#
+#include_profile_data_on_invite: false
+
+# If set to 'true', removes the need for authentication to access the server's
+# public rooms directory through the client API, meaning that anyone can
+# query the room directory. Defaults to 'false'.
+#
+#allow_public_rooms_without_auth: true
+
+# If set to 'true', allows any other homeserver to fetch the server's public
+# rooms directory via federation. Defaults to 'false'.
+#
+#allow_public_rooms_over_federation: true
+
+# The default room version for newly created rooms.
+#
+# Known room versions are listed here:
+# https://matrix.org/docs/spec/#complete-list-of-room-versions
+#
+# For example, for room version 1, default_room_version should be set
+# to "1".
+#
+#default_room_version: "6"
+
+# The GC threshold parameters to pass to `gc.set_threshold`, if defined
+#
+#gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10]
+
+# The minimum time in seconds between each GC for a generation, regardless of
+# the GC thresholds. This ensures that we don't do GC too frequently.
+#
+# A value of `[1s, 10s, 30s]` indicates that a second must pass between consecutive
+# generation 0 GCs, etc.
+#
+# Defaults to `[1s, 10s, 30s]`.
+#
+#gc_min_interval: [0.5s, 30s, 1m]
+
+# Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get
+# and sync operations. The default value is 100. -1 means no upper limit.
+#
+# Uncomment the following to increase the limit to 5000.
+#
+#filter_timeline_limit: 5000
+
+# Whether room invites to users on this server should be blocked
+# (except those sent by local server admins). The default is False.
+#
+#block_non_admin_invites: true
+
+# Room searching
+#
+# If disabled, new messages will not be indexed for searching and users
+# will receive errors when searching for messages. Defaults to enabled.
+#
+#enable_search: false
+
+# Prevent outgoing requests from being sent to the following blacklisted IP address
+# CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified then it defaults to private IP
+# address ranges (see the example below).
+#
+# The blacklist applies to the outbound requests for federation, identity servers,
+# push servers, and for checking key validity for third-party invite events.
+#
+# (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
+# listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
+#
+# This option replaces federation_ip_range_blacklist in Synapse v1.25.0.
+#
+#ip_range_blacklist:
+#  - '127.0.0.0/8'
+#  - '10.0.0.0/8'
+#  - '172.16.0.0/12'
+#  - '192.168.0.0/16'
+#  - '100.64.0.0/10'
+#  - '192.0.0.0/24'
+#  - '169.254.0.0/16'
+#  - '192.88.99.0/24'
+#  - '198.18.0.0/15'
+#  - '192.0.2.0/24'
+#  - '198.51.100.0/24'
+#  - '203.0.113.0/24'
+#  - '224.0.0.0/4'
+#  - '::1/128'
+#  - 'fe80::/10'
+#  - 'fc00::/7'
+#  - '2001:db8::/32'
+#  - 'ff00::/8'
+#  - 'fec0::/10'
+
+# List of IP address CIDR ranges that should be allowed for federation,
+# identity servers, push servers, and for checking key validity for
+# third-party invite events. This is useful for specifying exceptions to
+# wide-ranging blacklisted target IP ranges - e.g. for communication with
+# a push server only visible in your network.
+#
+# This whitelist overrides ip_range_blacklist and defaults to an empty
+# list.
+#
+#ip_range_whitelist:
+#   - '192.168.1.1'
+
+# List of ports that Synapse should listen on, their purpose and their
+# configuration.
+#
+# Options for each listener include:
+#
+#   port: the TCP port to bind to
+#
+#   bind_addresses: a list of local addresses to listen on. The default is
+#       'all local interfaces'.
+#
+#   type: the type of listener. Normally 'http', but other valid options are:
+#       'manhole' (see docs/manhole.md),
+#       'metrics' (see docs/metrics-howto.md),
+#       'replication' (see docs/workers.md).
+#
+#   tls: set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS
+#       key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.
+#
+#   x_forwarded: Only valid for an 'http' listener. Set to true to use the
+#       X-Forwarded-For header as the client IP. Useful when Synapse is
+#       behind a reverse-proxy.
+#
+#   resources: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A list of resources to host
+#       on this port. Options for each resource are:
+#
+#       names: a list of names of HTTP resources. See below for a list of
+#           valid resource names.
+#
+#       compress: set to true to enable HTTP compression for this resource.
+#
+#   additional_resources: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A map of
+#        additional endpoints which should be loaded via dynamic modules.
+#
+# Valid resource names are:
+#
+#   client: the client-server API (/_matrix/client), and the synapse admin
+#       API (/_synapse/admin). Also implies 'media' and 'static'.
+#
+#   consent: user consent forms (/_matrix/consent). See
+#       docs/consent_tracking.md.
+#
+#   federation: the server-server API (/_matrix/federation). Also implies
+#       'media', 'keys', 'openid'
+#
+#   keys: the key discovery API (/_matrix/keys).
+#
+#   media: the media API (/_matrix/media).
+#
+#   metrics: the metrics interface. See docs/metrics-howto.md.
+#
+#   openid: OpenID authentication.
+#
+#   replication: the HTTP replication API (/_synapse/replication). See
+#       docs/workers.md.
+#
+#   static: static resources under synapse/static (/_matrix/static). (Mostly
+#       useful for 'fallback authentication'.)
+#
+#   webclient: A web client. Requires web_client_location to be set.
+#
+listeners:
+  # TLS-enabled listener: for when matrix traffic is sent directly to synapse.
+  #
+  # Disabled by default. To enable it, uncomment the following. (Note that you
+  # will also need to give Synapse a TLS key and certificate: see the TLS section
+  # below.)
+  #
+  #- port: 8448
+  #  type: http
+  #  tls: true
+  #  resources:
+  #    - names: [client, federation]
+
+  # Unsecure HTTP listener: for when matrix traffic passes through a reverse proxy
+  # that unwraps TLS.
+  #
+  # If you plan to use a reverse proxy, please see
+  # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/reverse_proxy.md.
+  #
+  - port: 8008
+    tls: false
+    type: http
+    x_forwarded: true
+    bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
+
+    resources:
+      - names: [client, federation]
+        compress: false
+
+    # example additional_resources:
+    #
+    #additional_resources:
+    #  "/_matrix/my/custom/endpoint":
+    #    module: my_module.CustomRequestHandler
+    #    config: {}
+
+  # Turn on the twisted ssh manhole service on localhost on the given
+  # port.
+  #
+  #- port: 9000
+  #  bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
+  #  type: manhole
+
+# Forward extremities can build up in a room due to networking delays between
+# homeservers. Once this happens in a large room, calculation of the state of
+# that room can become quite expensive. To mitigate this, once the number of
+# forward extremities reaches a given threshold, Synapse will send an
+# org.matrix.dummy_event event, which will reduce the forward extremities
+# in the room.
+#
+# This setting defines the threshold (i.e. number of forward extremities in the
+# room) at which dummy events are sent. The default value is 10.
+#
+#dummy_events_threshold: 5
+
+
+## Homeserver blocking ##
+
+# How to reach the server admin, used in ResourceLimitError
+#
+#admin_contact: 'mailto:admin@server.com'
+
+# Global blocking
+#
+#hs_disabled: false
+#hs_disabled_message: 'Human readable reason for why the HS is blocked'
+
+# Monthly Active User Blocking
+#
+# Used in cases where the admin or server owner wants to limit to the
+# number of monthly active users.
+#
+# 'limit_usage_by_mau' disables/enables monthly active user blocking. When
+# enabled and a limit is reached the server returns a 'ResourceLimitError'
+# with error type Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
+#
+# 'max_mau_value' is the hard limit of monthly active users above which
+# the server will start blocking user actions.
+#
+# 'mau_trial_days' is a means to add a grace period for active users. It
+# means that users must be active for this number of days before they
+# can be considered active and guards against the case where lots of users
+# sign up in a short space of time never to return after their initial
+# session.
+#
+# 'mau_limit_alerting' is a means of limiting client side alerting
+# should the mau limit be reached. This is useful for small instances
+# where the admin has 5 mau seats (say) for 5 specific people and no
+# interest increasing the mau limit further. Defaults to True, which
+# means that alerting is enabled
+#
+#limit_usage_by_mau: false
+#max_mau_value: 50
+#mau_trial_days: 2
+#mau_limit_alerting: false
+
+# If enabled, the metrics for the number of monthly active users will
+# be populated, however no one will be limited. If limit_usage_by_mau
+# is true, this is implied to be true.
+#
+#mau_stats_only: false
+
+# Sometimes the server admin will want to ensure certain accounts are
+# never blocked by mau checking. These accounts are specified here.
+#
+#mau_limit_reserved_threepids:
+#  - medium: 'email'
+#    address: 'reserved_user@example.com'
+
+# Used by phonehome stats to group together related servers.
+#server_context: context
+
+# Resource-constrained homeserver settings
+#
+# When this is enabled, the room "complexity" will be checked before a user
+# joins a new remote room. If it is above the complexity limit, the server will
+# disallow joining, or will instantly leave.
+#
+# Room complexity is an arbitrary measure based on factors such as the number of
+# users in the room.
+#
+limit_remote_rooms:
+  # Uncomment to enable room complexity checking.
+  #
+  #enabled: true
+
+  # the limit above which rooms cannot be joined. The default is 1.0.
+  #
+  #complexity: 0.5
+
+  # override the error which is returned when the room is too complex.
+  #
+  #complexity_error: "This room is too complex."
+
+  # allow server admins to join complex rooms. Default is false.
+  #
+  #admins_can_join: true
+
+# Whether to require a user to be in the room to add an alias to it.
+# Defaults to 'true'.
+#
+#require_membership_for_aliases: false
+
+# Whether to allow per-room membership profiles through the send of membership
+# events with profile information that differ from the target's global profile.
+# Defaults to 'true'.
+#
+#allow_per_room_profiles: false
+
+# How long to keep redacted events in unredacted form in the database. After
+# this period redacted events get replaced with their redacted form in the DB.
+#
+# Defaults to `7d`. Set to `null` to disable.
+#
+#redaction_retention_period: 28d
+
+# How long to track users' last seen time and IPs in the database.
+#
+# Defaults to `28d`. Set to `null` to disable clearing out of old rows.
+#
+#user_ips_max_age: 14d
+
+# Message retention policy at the server level.
+#
+# Room admins and mods can define a retention period for their rooms using the
+# 'm.room.retention' state event, and server admins can cap this period by setting
+# the 'allowed_lifetime_min' and 'allowed_lifetime_max' config options.
+#
+# If this feature is enabled, Synapse will regularly look for and purge events
+# which are older than the room's maximum retention period. Synapse will also
+# filter events received over federation so that events that should have been
+# purged are ignored and not stored again.
+#
+retention:
+  # The message retention policies feature is disabled by default. Uncomment the
+  # following line to enable it.
+  #
+  #enabled: true
+
+  # Default retention policy. If set, Synapse will apply it to rooms that lack the
+  # 'm.room.retention' state event. Currently, the value of 'min_lifetime' doesn't
+  # matter much because Synapse doesn't take it into account yet.
+  #
+  #default_policy:
+  #  min_lifetime: 1d
+  #  max_lifetime: 1y
+
+  # Retention policy limits. If set, and the state of a room contains a
+  # 'm.room.retention' event in its state which contains a 'min_lifetime' or a
+  # 'max_lifetime' that's out of these bounds, Synapse will cap the room's policy
+  # to these limits when running purge jobs.
+  #
+  #allowed_lifetime_min: 1d
+  #allowed_lifetime_max: 1y
+
+  # Server admins can define the settings of the background jobs purging the
+  # events which lifetime has expired under the 'purge_jobs' section.
+  #
+  # If no configuration is provided, a single job will be set up to delete expired
+  # events in every room daily.
+  #
+  # Each job's configuration defines which range of message lifetimes the job
+  # takes care of. For example, if 'shortest_max_lifetime' is '2d' and
+  # 'longest_max_lifetime' is '3d', the job will handle purging expired events in
+  # rooms whose state defines a 'max_lifetime' that's both higher than 2 days, and
+  # lower than or equal to 3 days. Both the minimum and the maximum value of a
+  # range are optional, e.g. a job with no 'shortest_max_lifetime' and a
+  # 'longest_max_lifetime' of '3d' will handle every room with a retention policy
+  # which 'max_lifetime' is lower than or equal to three days.
+  #
+  # The rationale for this per-job configuration is that some rooms might have a
+  # retention policy with a low 'max_lifetime', where history needs to be purged
+  # of outdated messages on a more frequent basis than for the rest of the rooms
+  # (e.g. every 12h), but not want that purge to be performed by a job that's
+  # iterating over every room it knows, which could be heavy on the server.
+  #
+  # If any purge job is configured, it is strongly recommended to have at least
+  # a single job with neither 'shortest_max_lifetime' nor 'longest_max_lifetime'
+  # set, or one job without 'shortest_max_lifetime' and one job without
+  # 'longest_max_lifetime' set. Otherwise some rooms might be ignored, even if
+  # 'allowed_lifetime_min' and 'allowed_lifetime_max' are set, because capping a
+  # room's policy to these values is done after the policies are retrieved from
+  # Synapse's database (which is done using the range specified in a purge job's
+  # configuration).
+  #
+  #purge_jobs:
+  #  - longest_max_lifetime: 3d
+  #    interval: 12h
+  #  - shortest_max_lifetime: 3d
+  #    interval: 1d
+
+# Inhibits the /requestToken endpoints from returning an error that might leak
+# information about whether an e-mail address is in use or not on this
+# homeserver.
+# Note that for some endpoints the error situation is the e-mail already being
+# used, and for others the error is entering the e-mail being unused.
+# If this option is enabled, instead of returning an error, these endpoints will
+# act as if no error happened and return a fake session ID ('sid') to clients.
+#
+#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 ##
+
+# PEM-encoded X509 certificate for TLS.
+# This certificate, as of Synapse 1.0, will need to be a valid and verifiable
+# certificate, signed by a recognised Certificate Authority.
+#
+# Be sure to use a `.pem` file that includes the full certificate chain including
+# any intermediate certificates (for instance, if using certbot, use
+# `fullchain.pem` as your certificate, not `cert.pem`).
+#
+#tls_certificate_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.tls.crt"
+
+# PEM-encoded private key for TLS
+#
+#tls_private_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.tls.key"
+
+# Whether to verify TLS server certificates for outbound federation requests.
+#
+# Defaults to `true`. To disable certificate verification, uncomment the
+# following line.
+#
+#federation_verify_certificates: false
+
+# The minimum TLS version that will be used for outbound federation requests.
+#
+# Defaults to `1`. Configurable to `1`, `1.1`, `1.2`, or `1.3`. Note
+# that setting this value higher than `1.2` will prevent federation to most
+# of the public Matrix network: only configure it to `1.3` if you have an
+# entirely private federation setup and you can ensure TLS 1.3 support.
+#
+#federation_client_minimum_tls_version: 1.2
+
+# Skip federation certificate verification on the following whitelist
+# of domains.
+#
+# This setting should only be used in very specific cases, such as
+# federation over Tor hidden services and similar. For private networks
+# of homeservers, you likely want to use a private CA instead.
+#
+# Only effective if federation_verify_certicates is `true`.
+#
+#federation_certificate_verification_whitelist:
+#  - lon.example.com
+#  - *.domain.com
+#  - *.onion
+
+# List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic.
+#
+# This setting should only normally be used within a private network of
+# homeservers.
+#
+# Note that this list will replace those that are provided by your
+# operating environment. Certificates must be in PEM format.
+#
+#federation_custom_ca_list:
+#  - myCA1.pem
+#  - myCA2.pem
+#  - myCA3.pem
+
+
+## Federation ##
+
+# Restrict federation to the following whitelist of domains.
+# N.B. we recommend also firewalling your federation listener to limit
+# inbound federation traffic as early as possible, rather than relying
+# purely on this application-layer restriction.  If not specified, the
+# default is to whitelist everything.
+#
+#federation_domain_whitelist:
+#  - lon.example.com
+#  - nyc.example.com
+#  - syd.example.com
+
+# Report prometheus metrics on the age of PDUs being sent to and received from
+# the following domains. This can be used to give an idea of "delay" on inbound
+# and outbound federation, though be aware that any delay can be due to problems
+# at either end or with the intermediate network.
+#
+# By default, no domains are monitored in this way.
+#
+#federation_metrics_domains:
+#  - matrix.org
+#  - example.com
+
+# Uncomment to disable profile lookup over federation. By default, the
+# Federation API allows other homeservers to obtain profile data of any user
+# on this homeserver. Defaults to 'true'.
+#
+#allow_profile_lookup_over_federation: false
+
+# Uncomment to disable device display name lookup over federation. By default, the
+# Federation API allows other homeservers to obtain device display names of any user
+# on this homeserver. Defaults to 'true'.
+#
+#allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation: false
+
+
+## Caching ##
+
+# Caching can be configured through the following options.
+#
+# A cache 'factor' is a multiplier that can be applied to each of
+# Synapse's caches in order to increase or decrease the maximum
+# number of entries that can be stored.
+
+# The number of events to cache in memory. Not affected by
+# caches.global_factor.
+#
+#event_cache_size: 10K
+
+caches:
+   # Controls the global cache factor, which is the default cache factor
+   # for all caches if a specific factor for that cache is not otherwise
+   # set.
+   #
+   # This can also be set by the "SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR" environment
+   # variable. Setting by environment variable takes priority over
+   # setting through the config file.
+   #
+   # Defaults to 0.5, which will half the size of all caches.
+   #
+   #global_factor: 1.0
+
+   # A dictionary of cache name to cache factor for that individual
+   # cache. Overrides the global cache factor for a given cache.
+   #
+   # These can also be set through environment variables comprised
+   # of "SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_" + the name of the cache in capital
+   # letters and underscores. Setting by environment variable
+   # takes priority over setting through the config file.
+   # Ex. SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_GET_USERS_WHO_SHARE_ROOM_WITH_USER=2.0
+   #
+   # Some caches have '*' and other characters that are not
+   # alphanumeric or underscores. These caches can be named with or
+   # without the special characters stripped. For example, to specify
+   # the cache factor for `*stateGroupCache*` via an environment
+   # variable would be `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_STATEGROUPCACHE=2.0`.
+   #
+   per_cache_factors:
+     #get_users_who_share_room_with_user: 2.0
+
+
+## Database ##
+
+# The 'database' setting defines the database that synapse uses to store all of
+# its data.
+#
+# 'name' gives the database engine to use: either 'sqlite3' (for SQLite) or
+# 'psycopg2' (for PostgreSQL).
+#
+# 'args' gives options which are passed through to the database engine,
+# except for options starting 'cp_', which are used to configure the Twisted
+# connection pool. For a reference to valid arguments, see:
+#   * for sqlite: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.connect
+#   * for postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS
+#   * for the connection pool: https://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.enterprise.adbapi.ConnectionPool.html#__init__
+#
+#
+# Example SQLite configuration:
+#
+#database:
+#  name: sqlite3
+#  args:
+#    database: /path/to/homeserver.db
+#
+#
+# Example Postgres configuration:
+#
+#database:
+#  name: psycopg2
+#  args:
+#    user: synapse_user
+#    password: secretpassword
+#    database: synapse
+#    host: localhost
+#    port: 5432
+#    cp_min: 5
+#    cp_max: 10
+#
+# For more information on using Synapse with Postgres, see `docs/postgres.md`.
+#
+database:
+  name: sqlite3
+  args:
+    database: DATADIR/homeserver.db
+
+
+## Logging ##
+
+# A yaml python logging config file as described by
+# https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema
+#
+log_config: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.log.config"
+
+
+## Ratelimiting ##
+
+# Ratelimiting settings for client actions (registration, login, messaging).
+#
+# Each ratelimiting configuration is made of two parameters:
+#   - per_second: number of requests a client can send per second.
+#   - burst_count: number of requests a client can send before being throttled.
+#
+# Synapse currently uses the following configurations:
+#   - one for messages that ratelimits sending based on the account the client
+#     is using
+#   - one for registration that ratelimits registration requests based on the
+#     client's IP address.
+#   - one for login that ratelimits login requests based on the client's IP
+#     address.
+#   - one for login that ratelimits login requests based on the account the
+#     client is attempting to log into.
+#   - one for login that ratelimits login requests based on the account the
+#     client is attempting to log into, based on the amount of failed login
+#     attempts for this account.
+#   - one for ratelimiting redactions by room admins. If this is not explicitly
+#     set then it uses the same ratelimiting as per rc_message. This is useful
+#     to allow room admins to deal with abuse quickly.
+#   - two for ratelimiting number of rooms a user can join, "local" for when
+#     users are joining rooms the server is already in (this is cheap) vs
+#     "remote" for when users are trying to join rooms not on the server (which
+#     can be more expensive)
+#   - one for ratelimiting how often a user or IP can attempt to validate a 3PID.
+#   - two for ratelimiting how often invites can be sent in a room or to a
+#     specific user.
+#
+# The defaults are as shown below.
+#
+#rc_message:
+#  per_second: 0.2
+#  burst_count: 10
+#
+#rc_registration:
+#  per_second: 0.17
+#  burst_count: 3
+#
+#rc_login:
+#  address:
+#    per_second: 0.17
+#    burst_count: 3
+#  account:
+#    per_second: 0.17
+#    burst_count: 3
+#  failed_attempts:
+#    per_second: 0.17
+#    burst_count: 3
+#
+#rc_admin_redaction:
+#  per_second: 1
+#  burst_count: 50
+#
+#rc_joins:
+#  local:
+#    per_second: 0.1
+#    burst_count: 10
+#  remote:
+#    per_second: 0.01
+#    burst_count: 10
+#
+#rc_3pid_validation:
+#  per_second: 0.003
+#  burst_count: 5
+#
+#rc_invites:
+#  per_room:
+#    per_second: 0.3
+#    burst_count: 10
+#  per_user:
+#    per_second: 0.003
+#    burst_count: 5
+
+# Ratelimiting settings for incoming federation
+#
+# The rc_federation configuration is made up of the following settings:
+#   - window_size: window size in milliseconds
+#   - sleep_limit: number of federation requests from a single server in
+#     a window before the server will delay processing the request.
+#   - sleep_delay: duration in milliseconds to delay processing events
+#     from remote servers by if they go over the sleep limit.
+#   - reject_limit: maximum number of concurrent federation requests
+#     allowed from a single server
+#   - concurrent: number of federation requests to concurrently process
+#     from a single server
+#
+# The defaults are as shown below.
+#
+#rc_federation:
+#  window_size: 1000
+#  sleep_limit: 10
+#  sleep_delay: 500
+#  reject_limit: 50
+#  concurrent: 3
+
+# Target outgoing federation transaction frequency for sending read-receipts,
+# per-room.
+#
+# If we end up trying to send out more read-receipts, they will get buffered up
+# into fewer transactions.
+#
+#federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second: 50
+
+
+
+## Media Store ##
+
+# Enable the media store service in the Synapse master. Uncomment the
+# following if you are using a separate media store worker.
+#
+#enable_media_repo: false
+
+# Directory where uploaded images and attachments are stored.
+#
+media_store_path: "DATADIR/media_store"
+
+# Media storage providers allow media to be stored in different
+# locations.
+#
+#media_storage_providers:
+#  - module: file_system
+#    # Whether to store newly uploaded local files
+#    store_local: false
+#    # Whether to store newly downloaded remote files
+#    store_remote: false
+#    # Whether to wait for successful storage for local uploads
+#    store_synchronous: false
+#    config:
+#       directory: /mnt/some/other/directory
+
+# The largest allowed upload size in bytes
+#
+# If you are using a reverse proxy you may also need to set this value in
+# your reverse proxy's config. Notably Nginx has a small max body size by default.
+# See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/reverse_proxy.html.
+#
+#max_upload_size: 50M
+
+# Maximum number of pixels that will be thumbnailed
+#
+#max_image_pixels: 32M
+
+# Whether to generate new thumbnails on the fly to precisely match
+# the resolution requested by the client. If true then whenever
+# a new resolution is requested by the client the server will
+# generate a new thumbnail. If false the server will pick a thumbnail
+# from a precalculated list.
+#
+#dynamic_thumbnails: false
+
+# List of thumbnails to precalculate when an image is uploaded.
+#
+#thumbnail_sizes:
+#  - width: 32
+#    height: 32
+#    method: crop
+#  - width: 96
+#    height: 96
+#    method: crop
+#  - width: 320
+#    height: 240
+#    method: scale
+#  - width: 640
+#    height: 480
+#    method: scale
+#  - width: 800
+#    height: 600
+#    method: scale
+
+# Is the preview URL API enabled?
+#
+# 'false' by default: uncomment the following to enable it (and specify a
+# url_preview_ip_range_blacklist blacklist).
+#
+#url_preview_enabled: true
+
+# List of IP address CIDR ranges that the URL preview spider is denied
+# from accessing.  There are no defaults: you must explicitly
+# specify a list for URL previewing to work.  You should specify any
+# internal services in your network that you do not want synapse to try
+# to connect to, otherwise anyone in any Matrix room could cause your
+# synapse to issue arbitrary GET requests to your internal services,
+# causing serious security issues.
+#
+# (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
+# listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
+#
+# This must be specified if url_preview_enabled is set. It is recommended that
+# you uncomment the following list as a starting point.
+#
+#url_preview_ip_range_blacklist:
+#  - '127.0.0.0/8'
+#  - '10.0.0.0/8'
+#  - '172.16.0.0/12'
+#  - '192.168.0.0/16'
+#  - '100.64.0.0/10'
+#  - '192.0.0.0/24'
+#  - '169.254.0.0/16'
+#  - '192.88.99.0/24'
+#  - '198.18.0.0/15'
+#  - '192.0.2.0/24'
+#  - '198.51.100.0/24'
+#  - '203.0.113.0/24'
+#  - '224.0.0.0/4'
+#  - '::1/128'
+#  - 'fe80::/10'
+#  - 'fc00::/7'
+#  - '2001:db8::/32'
+#  - 'ff00::/8'
+#  - 'fec0::/10'
+
+# List of IP address CIDR ranges that the URL preview spider is allowed
+# to access even if they are specified in url_preview_ip_range_blacklist.
+# This is useful for specifying exceptions to wide-ranging blacklisted
+# target IP ranges - e.g. for enabling URL previews for a specific private
+# website only visible in your network.
+#
+#url_preview_ip_range_whitelist:
+#   - '192.168.1.1'
+
+# Optional list of URL matches that the URL preview spider is
+# denied from accessing.  You should use url_preview_ip_range_blacklist
+# in preference to this, otherwise someone could define a public DNS
+# entry that points to a private IP address and circumvent the blacklist.
+# This is more useful if you know there is an entire shape of URL that
+# you know that will never want synapse to try to spider.
+#
+# Each list entry is a dictionary of url component attributes as returned
+# by urlparse.urlsplit as applied to the absolute form of the URL.  See
+# https://docs.python.org/2/library/urlparse.html#urlparse.urlsplit
+# The values of the dictionary are treated as an filename match pattern
+# applied to that component of URLs, unless they start with a ^ in which
+# case they are treated as a regular expression match.  If all the
+# specified component matches for a given list item succeed, the URL is
+# blacklisted.
+#
+#url_preview_url_blacklist:
+#  # blacklist any URL with a username in its URI
+#  - username: '*'
+#
+#  # blacklist all *.google.com URLs
+#  - netloc: 'google.com'
+#  - netloc: '*.google.com'
+#
+#  # blacklist all plain HTTP URLs
+#  - scheme: 'http'
+#
+#  # blacklist http(s)://www.acme.com/foo
+#  - netloc: 'www.acme.com'
+#    path: '/foo'
+#
+#  # blacklist any URL with a literal IPv4 address
+#  - netloc: '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
+
+# The largest allowed URL preview spidering size in bytes
+#
+#max_spider_size: 10M
+
+# A list of values for the Accept-Language HTTP header used when
+# downloading webpages during URL preview generation. This allows
+# Synapse to specify the preferred languages that URL previews should
+# be in when communicating with remote servers.
+#
+# Each value is a IETF language tag; a 2-3 letter identifier for a
+# language, optionally followed by subtags separated by '-', specifying
+# a country or region variant.
+#
+# Multiple values can be provided, and a weight can be added to each by
+# using quality value syntax (;q=). '*' translates to any language.
+#
+# Defaults to "en".
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# url_preview_accept_language:
+#   - en-UK
+#   - en-US;q=0.9
+#   - fr;q=0.8
+#   - *;q=0.7
+#
+url_preview_accept_language:
+#   - en
+
+
+## Captcha ##
+# See docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.md for full details of configuring this.
+
+# This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA public key. Must be specified if
+# enable_registration_captcha is enabled.
+#
+#recaptcha_public_key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY"
+
+# This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA private key. Must be specified if
+# enable_registration_captcha is enabled.
+#
+#recaptcha_private_key: "YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY"
+
+# Uncomment to enable ReCaptcha checks when registering, preventing signup
+# unless a captcha is answered. Requires a valid ReCaptcha
+# public/private key. Defaults to 'false'.
+#
+#enable_registration_captcha: true
+
+# The API endpoint to use for verifying m.login.recaptcha responses.
+# Defaults to "https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api/siteverify".
+#
+#recaptcha_siteverify_api: "https://my.recaptcha.site"
+
+
+## TURN ##
+
+# The public URIs of the TURN server to give to clients
+#
+#turn_uris: []
+
+# The shared secret used to compute passwords for the TURN server
+#
+#turn_shared_secret: "YOUR_SHARED_SECRET"
+
+# The Username and password if the TURN server needs them and
+# does not use a token
+#
+#turn_username: "TURNSERVER_USERNAME"
+#turn_password: "TURNSERVER_PASSWORD"
+
+# How long generated TURN credentials last
+#
+#turn_user_lifetime: 1h
+
+# Whether guests should be allowed to use the TURN server.
+# This defaults to True, otherwise VoIP will be unreliable for guests.
+# However, it does introduce a slight security risk as it allows users to
+# connect to arbitrary endpoints without having first signed up for a
+# valid account (e.g. by passing a CAPTCHA).
+#
+#turn_allow_guests: true
+
+
+## Registration ##
+#
+# Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the "Ratelimiting"
+# section of this file.
+
+# Enable registration for new users.
+#
+#enable_registration: false
+
+# Time that a user's session remains valid for, after they log in.
+#
+# Note that this is not currently compatible with guest logins.
+#
+# Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied
+# retrospectively to users who have already logged in.
+#
+# By default, this is infinite.
+#
+#session_lifetime: 24h
+
+# The user must provide all of the below types of 3PID when registering.
+#
+#registrations_require_3pid:
+#  - email
+#  - msisdn
+
+# Explicitly disable asking for MSISDNs from the registration
+# flow (overrides registrations_require_3pid if MSISDNs are set as required)
+#
+#disable_msisdn_registration: true
+
+# Mandate that users are only allowed to associate certain formats of
+# 3PIDs with accounts on this server.
+#
+#allowed_local_3pids:
+#  - medium: email
+#    pattern: '^[^@]+@matrix\.org$'
+#  - medium: email
+#    pattern: '^[^@]+@vector\.im$'
+#  - medium: msisdn
+#    pattern: '\+44'
+
+# Enable 3PIDs lookup requests to identity servers from this server.
+#
+#enable_3pid_lookup: true
+
+# If set, allows registration of standard or admin accounts by anyone who
+# has the shared secret, even if registration is otherwise disabled.
+#
+#registration_shared_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>
+
+# Set the number of bcrypt rounds used to generate password hash.
+# Larger numbers increase the work factor needed to generate the hash.
+# The default number is 12 (which equates to 2^12 rounds).
+# N.B. that increasing this will exponentially increase the time required
+# to register or login - e.g. 24 => 2^24 rounds which will take >20 mins.
+#
+#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
+
+# The identity server which we suggest that clients should use when users log
+# 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.)
+#
+#default_identity_server: https://matrix.org
+
+# Handle threepid (email/phone etc) registration and password resets through a set of
+# *trusted* identity servers. Note that this allows the configured identity server to
+# reset passwords for accounts!
+#
+# Be aware that if `email` is not set, and SMTP options have not been
+# configured in the email config block, registration and user password resets via
+# email will be globally disabled.
+#
+# Additionally, if `msisdn` is not set, registration and password resets via msisdn
+# will be disabled regardless, and users will not be able to associate an msisdn
+# identifier to their account. This is due to Synapse currently not supporting
+# any method of sending SMS messages on its own.
+#
+# To enable using an identity server for operations regarding a particular third-party
+# identifier type, set the value to the URL of that identity server as shown in the
+# examples below.
+#
+# Servers handling the these requests must answer the `/requestToken` endpoints defined
+# 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
+
+# Whether users are allowed to change their displayname after it has
+# been initially set. Useful when provisioning users based on the
+# contents of a third-party directory.
+#
+# Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to 'true'
+#
+#enable_set_displayname: false
+
+# Whether users are allowed to change their avatar after it has been
+# initially set. Useful when provisioning users based on the contents
+# of a third-party directory.
+#
+# Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to 'true'
+#
+#enable_set_avatar_url: false
+
+# Whether users can change the 3PIDs associated with their accounts
+# (email address and msisdn).
+#
+# Defaults to 'true'
+#
+#enable_3pid_changes: false
+
+# Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
+# to these rooms.
+#
+# By default, any room aliases included in this list will be created
+# as a publicly joinable room when the first user registers for the
+# homeserver. This behaviour can be customised with the settings below.
+# If the room already exists, make certain it is a publicly joinable
+# room. The join rule of the room must be set to 'public'.
+#
+#auto_join_rooms:
+#  - "#example:example.com"
+
+# Where auto_join_rooms are specified, setting this flag ensures that the
+# the rooms exist by creating them when the first user on the
+# homeserver registers.
+#
+# By default the auto-created rooms are publicly joinable from any federated
+# server. Use the autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated and
+# autocreate_auto_join_room_preset settings below to customise this behaviour.
+#
+# Setting to false means that if the rooms are not manually created,
+# users cannot be auto-joined since they do not exist.
+#
+# Defaults to true. Uncomment the following line to disable automatically
+# creating auto-join rooms.
+#
+#autocreate_auto_join_rooms: false
+
+# Whether the auto_join_rooms that are auto-created are available via
+# federation. Only has an effect if autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true.
+#
+# Note that whether a room is federated cannot be modified after
+# creation.
+#
+# Defaults to true: the room will be joinable from other servers.
+# Uncomment the following to prevent users from other homeservers from
+# joining these rooms.
+#
+#autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated: false
+
+# The room preset to use when auto-creating one of auto_join_rooms. Only has an
+# effect if autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true.
+#
+# This can be one of "public_chat", "private_chat", or "trusted_private_chat".
+# If a value of "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat" is used then
+# auto_join_mxid_localpart must also be configured.
+#
+# Defaults to "public_chat", meaning that the room is joinable by anyone, including
+# federated servers if autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated is true (the default).
+# Uncomment the following to require an invitation to join these rooms.
+#
+#autocreate_auto_join_room_preset: private_chat
+
+# The local part of the user id which is used to create auto_join_rooms if
+# autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true. If this is not provided then the
+# initial user account that registers will be used to create the rooms.
+#
+# The user id is also used to invite new users to any auto-join rooms which
+# are set to invite-only.
+#
+# It *must* be configured if autocreate_auto_join_room_preset is set to
+# "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat".
+#
+# Note that this must be specified in order for new users to be correctly
+# invited to any auto-join rooms which have been set to invite-only (either
+# at the time of creation or subsequently).
+#
+# Note that, if the room already exists, this user must be joined and
+# have the appropriate permissions to invite new members.
+#
+#auto_join_mxid_localpart: system
+
+# When auto_join_rooms is specified, setting this flag to false prevents
+# guest accounts from being automatically joined to the rooms.
+#
+# Defaults to true.
+#
+#auto_join_rooms_for_guests: false
+
+
+## Account Validity ##
+
+# Optional account validity configuration. This allows for accounts to be denied
+# any request after a given period.
+#
+# Once this feature is enabled, Synapse will look for registered users without an
+# expiration date at startup and will add one to every account it found using the
+# current settings at that time.
+# This means that, if a validity period is set, and Synapse is restarted (it will
+# then derive an expiration date from the current validity period), and some time
+# after that the validity period changes and Synapse is restarted, the users'
+# expiration dates won't be updated unless their account is manually renewed. This
+# date will be randomly selected within a range [now + period - d ; now + period],
+# where d is equal to 10% of the validity period.
+#
+account_validity:
+  # The account validity feature is disabled by default. Uncomment the
+  # following line to enable it.
+  #
+  #enabled: true
+
+  # The period after which an account is valid after its registration. When
+  # renewing the account, its validity period will be extended by this amount
+  # of time. This parameter is required when using the account validity
+  # feature.
+  #
+  #period: 6w
+
+  # The amount of time before an account's expiry date at which Synapse will
+  # send an email to the account's email address with a renewal link. By
+  # default, no such emails are sent.
+  #
+  # If you enable this setting, you will also need to fill out the 'email' and
+  # 'public_baseurl' configuration sections.
+  #
+  #renew_at: 1w
+
+  # The subject of the email sent out with the renewal link. '%(app)s' can be
+  # used as a placeholder for the 'app_name' parameter from the 'email'
+  # section.
+  #
+  # Note that the placeholder must be written '%(app)s', including the
+  # trailing 's'.
+  #
+  # If this is not set, a default value is used.
+  #
+  #renew_email_subject: "Renew your %(app)s account"
+
+  # Directory in which Synapse will try to find templates for the HTML files to
+  # serve to the user when trying to renew an account. If not set, default
+  # templates from within the Synapse package will be used.
+  #
+  # The currently available templates are:
+  #
+  # * account_renewed.html: Displayed to the user after they have successfully
+  #       renewed their account.
+  #
+  # * account_previously_renewed.html: Displayed to the user if they attempt to
+  #       renew their account with a token that is valid, but that has already
+  #       been used. In this case the account is not renewed again.
+  #
+  # * invalid_token.html: Displayed to the user when they try to renew an account
+  #       with an unknown or invalid renewal token.
+  #
+  # See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates for
+  # default template contents.
+  #
+  # The file name of some of these templates can be configured below for legacy
+  # reasons.
+  #
+  #template_dir: "res/templates"
+
+  # A custom file name for the 'account_renewed.html' template.
+  #
+  # If not set, the file is assumed to be named "account_renewed.html".
+  #
+  #account_renewed_html_path: "account_renewed.html"
+
+  # A custom file name for the 'invalid_token.html' template.
+  #
+  # If not set, the file is assumed to be named "invalid_token.html".
+  #
+  #invalid_token_html_path: "invalid_token.html"
+
+
+## Metrics ###
+
+# Enable collection and rendering of performance metrics
+#
+#enable_metrics: false
+
+# Enable sentry integration
+# NOTE: While attempts are made to ensure that the logs don't contain
+# any sensitive information, this cannot be guaranteed. By enabling
+# this option the sentry server may therefore receive sensitive
+# information, and it in turn may then diseminate sensitive information
+# through insecure notification channels if so configured.
+#
+#sentry:
+#    dsn: "..."
+
+# Flags to enable Prometheus metrics which are not suitable to be
+# enabled by default, either for performance reasons or limited use.
+#
+metrics_flags:
+    # Publish synapse_federation_known_servers, a gauge of the number of
+    # servers this homeserver knows about, including itself. May cause
+    # performance problems on large homeservers.
+    #
+    #known_servers: true
+
+# Whether or not to report anonymized homeserver usage statistics.
+#
+#report_stats: true|false
+
+# The endpoint to report the anonymized homeserver usage statistics to.
+# Defaults to https://matrix.org/report-usage-stats/push
+#
+#report_stats_endpoint: https://example.com/report-usage-stats/push
+
+
+## API Configuration ##
+
+# Controls for the state that is shared with users who receive an invite
+# to a room
+#
+room_prejoin_state:
+   # By default, the following state event types are shared with users who
+   # receive invites to the room:
+   #
+   # - m.room.join_rules
+   # - m.room.canonical_alias
+   # - m.room.avatar
+   # - m.room.encryption
+   # - m.room.name
+   # - m.room.create
+   #
+   # Uncomment the following to disable these defaults (so that only the event
+   # types listed in 'additional_event_types' are shared). Defaults to 'false'.
+   #
+   #disable_default_event_types: true
+
+   # Additional state event types to share with users when they are invited
+   # to a room.
+   #
+   # By default, this list is empty (so only the default event types are shared).
+   #
+   #additional_event_types:
+   #  - org.example.custom.event.type
+
+
+# A list of application service config files to use
+#
+#app_service_config_files:
+#  - app_service_1.yaml
+#  - app_service_2.yaml
+
+# Uncomment to enable tracking of application service IP addresses. Implicitly
+# enables MAU tracking for application service users.
+#
+#track_appservice_user_ips: true
+
+
+# a secret which is used to sign access tokens. If none is specified,
+# the registration_shared_secret is used, if one is given; otherwise,
+# a secret key is derived from the signing key.
+#
+#macaroon_secret_key: <PRIVATE STRING>
+
+# a secret which is used to calculate HMACs for form values, to stop
+# falsification of values. Must be specified for the User Consent
+# forms to work.
+#
+#form_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>
+
+## Signing Keys ##
+
+# Path to the signing key to sign messages with
+#
+signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
+
+# The keys that the server used to sign messages with but won't use
+# to sign new messages.
+#
+old_signing_keys:
+  # For each key, `key` should be the base64-encoded public key, and
+  # `expired_ts`should be the time (in milliseconds since the unix epoch) that
+  # it was last used.
+  #
+  # It is possible to build an entry from an old signing.key file using the
+  # `export_signing_key` script which is provided with synapse.
+  #
+  # For example:
+  #
+  #"ed25519:id": { key: "base64string", expired_ts: 123456789123 }
+
+# How long key response published by this server is valid for.
+# Used to set the valid_until_ts in /key/v2 APIs.
+# Determines how quickly servers will query to check which keys
+# are still valid.
+#
+#key_refresh_interval: 1d
+
+# The trusted servers to download signing keys from.
+#
+# When we need to fetch a signing key, each server is tried in parallel.
+#
+# Normally, the connection to the key server is validated via TLS certificates.
+# Additional security can be provided by configuring a `verify key`, which
+# will make synapse check that the response is signed by that key.
+#
+# This setting supercedes an older setting named `perspectives`. The old format
+# is still supported for backwards-compatibility, but it is deprecated.
+#
+# 'trusted_key_servers' defaults to matrix.org, but using it will generate a
+# warning on start-up. To suppress this warning, set
+# 'suppress_key_server_warning' to true.
+#
+# Options for each entry in the list include:
+#
+#    server_name: the name of the server. required.
+#
+#    verify_keys: an optional map from key id to base64-encoded public key.
+#       If specified, we will check that the response is signed by at least
+#       one of the given keys.
+#
+#    accept_keys_insecurely: a boolean. Normally, if `verify_keys` is unset,
+#       and federation_verify_certificates is not `true`, synapse will refuse
+#       to start, because this would allow anyone who can spoof DNS responses
+#       to masquerade as the trusted key server. If you know what you are doing
+#       and are sure that your network environment provides a secure connection
+#       to the key server, you can set this to `true` to override this
+#       behaviour.
+#
+# An example configuration might look like:
+#
+#trusted_key_servers:
+#  - server_name: "my_trusted_server.example.com"
+#    verify_keys:
+#      "ed25519:auto": "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmopqr"
+#  - server_name: "my_other_trusted_server.example.com"
+#
+trusted_key_servers:
+  - server_name: "matrix.org"
+
+# Uncomment the following to disable the warning that is emitted when the
+# trusted_key_servers include 'matrix.org'. See above.
+#
+#suppress_key_server_warning: true
+
+# The signing keys to use when acting as a trusted key server. If not specified
+# defaults to the server signing key.
+#
+# Can contain multiple keys, one per line.
+#
+#key_server_signing_keys_path: "key_server_signing_keys.key"
+
+
+## Single sign-on integration ##
+
+# The following settings can be used to make Synapse use a single sign-on
+# provider for authentication, instead of its internal password database.
+#
+# You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
+# disable the regular login/registration flows:
+#   * enable_registration
+#   * password_config.enabled
+#
+# You will also want to investigate the settings under the "sso" configuration
+# section below.
+
+# Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
+#
+# At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
+# enable SAML login.
+#
+# Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
+# https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/metadata.xml, which you may be able to
+# use to configure your SAML IdP with. Alternatively, you can manually configure
+# the IdP to use an ACS location of
+# https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response.
+#
+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 must provide either a local
+    # file via the `local` attribute or (preferably) a URL via the
+    # `remote` attribute.
+    #
+    #metadata:
+    #  local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
+    #  remote:
+    #    - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
+
+    # Allowed clock difference in seconds between the homeserver and IdP.
+    #
+    # Uncomment the below to increase the accepted time difference from 0 to 3 seconds.
+    #
+    #accepted_time_diff: 3
+
+    # 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"]
+
+    #ui_info:
+    #  display_name:
+    #    - lang: en
+    #      text: "Display Name is the descriptive name of your service."
+    #  description:
+    #    - lang: en
+    #      text: "Description should be a short paragraph explaining the purpose of the service."
+    #  information_url:
+    #    - lang: en
+    #      text: "https://example.com/terms-of-service"
+    #  privacy_statement_url:
+    #    - lang: en
+    #      text: "https://example.com/privacy-policy"
+    #  keywords:
+    #    - lang: en
+    #      text: ["Matrix", "Element"]
+    #  logo:
+    #    - lang: en
+    #      text: "https://example.com/logo.svg"
+    #      width: "200"
+    #      height: "80"
+
+    #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: "CONFDIR/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 15 minutes.
+  #
+  #saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+
+  # An external module can be provided here as a custom solution to
+  # mapping attributes returned from a saml provider onto a matrix user.
+  #
+  user_mapping_provider:
+    # The custom module's class. Uncomment to use a custom module.
+    #
+    #module: mapping_provider.SamlMappingProvider
+
+    # Custom configuration values for the module. Below options are
+    # intended for the built-in provider, they should be changed if
+    # using a custom module. This section will be passed as a Python
+    # dictionary to the module's `parse_config` method.
+    #
+    config:
+      # The SAML attribute (after mapping via the attribute maps) to use
+      # to derive the Matrix ID from. 'uid' by default.
+      #
+      # Note: This used to be configured by the
+      # saml2_config.mxid_source_attribute option. If that is still
+      # defined, its value will be used instead.
+      #
+      #mxid_source_attribute: displayName
+
+      # The mapping system to use for mapping the saml attribute onto a
+      # matrix ID.
+      #
+      # Options include:
+      #  * 'hexencode' (which maps unpermitted characters to '=xx')
+      #  * 'dotreplace' (which replaces unpermitted characters with
+      #     '.').
+      # The default is 'hexencode'.
+      #
+      # Note: This used to be configured by the
+      # saml2_config.mxid_mapping option. If that is still defined, its
+      # value will be used instead.
+      #
+      #mxid_mapping: dotreplace
+
+  # In previous versions of synapse, the mapping from SAML attribute to
+  # MXID was always calculated dynamically rather than stored in a
+  # table. For backwards- compatibility, we will look for user_ids
+  # matching such a pattern before creating a new account.
+  #
+  # This setting controls the SAML attribute which will be used for this
+  # backwards-compatibility lookup. Typically it should be 'uid', but if
+  # the attribute maps are changed, it may be necessary to change it.
+  #
+  # The default is 'uid'.
+  #
+  #grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute: upn
+
+  # It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if SAML attributes
+  # match particular values. The requirements can be listed under
+  # `attribute_requirements` as shown below. All of the listed attributes must
+  # match for the login to be permitted.
+  #
+  #attribute_requirements:
+  #  - attribute: userGroup
+  #    value: "staff"
+  #  - attribute: department
+  #    value: "sales"
+
+  # If the metadata XML contains multiple IdP entities then the `idp_entityid`
+  # option must be set to the entity to redirect users to.
+  #
+  # Most deployments only have a single IdP entity and so should omit this
+  # option.
+  #
+  #idp_entityid: 'https://our_idp/entityid'
+
+
+# List of OpenID Connect (OIDC) / OAuth 2.0 identity providers, for registration
+# and login.
+#
+# Options for each entry include:
+#
+#   idp_id: a unique identifier for this identity provider. Used internally
+#       by Synapse; should be a single word such as 'github'.
+#
+#       Note that, if this is changed, users authenticating via that provider
+#       will no longer be recognised as the same user!
+#
+#       (Use "oidc" here if you are migrating from an old "oidc_config"
+#       configuration.)
+#
+#   idp_name: A user-facing name for this identity provider, which is used to
+#       offer the user a choice of login mechanisms.
+#
+#   idp_icon: An optional icon for this identity provider, which is presented
+#       by clients and Synapse's own IdP picker page. If given, must be an
+#       MXC URI of the format mxc://<server-name>/<media-id>. (An easy way to
+#       obtain such an MXC URI is to upload an image to an (unencrypted) room
+#       and then copy the "url" from the source of the event.)
+#
+#   idp_brand: An optional brand for this identity provider, allowing clients
+#       to style the login flow according to the identity provider in question.
+#       See the spec for possible options here.
+#
+#   discover: set to 'false' to disable the use of the OIDC discovery mechanism
+#       to discover endpoints. Defaults to true.
+#
+#   issuer: Required. The OIDC issuer. Used to validate tokens and (if discovery
+#       is enabled) to discover the provider's endpoints.
+#
+#   client_id: Required. oauth2 client id to use.
+#
+#   client_secret: oauth2 client secret to use. May be omitted if
+#        client_secret_jwt_key is given, or if client_auth_method is 'none'.
+#
+#   client_secret_jwt_key: Alternative to client_secret: details of a key used
+#      to create a JSON Web Token to be used as an OAuth2 client secret. If
+#      given, must be a dictionary with the following properties:
+#
+#          key: a pem-encoded signing key. Must be a suitable key for the
+#              algorithm specified. Required unless 'key_file' is given.
+#
+#          key_file: the path to file containing a pem-encoded signing key file.
+#              Required unless 'key' is given.
+#
+#          jwt_header: a dictionary giving properties to include in the JWT
+#              header. Must include the key 'alg', giving the algorithm used to
+#              sign the JWT, such as "ES256", using the JWA identifiers in
+#              RFC7518.
+#
+#          jwt_payload: an optional dictionary giving properties to include in
+#              the JWT payload. Normally this should include an 'iss' key.
+#
+#   client_auth_method: auth method to use when exchanging the token. Valid
+#       values are 'client_secret_basic' (default), 'client_secret_post' and
+#       'none'.
+#
+#   scopes: list of scopes to request. This should normally include the "openid"
+#       scope. Defaults to ["openid"].
+#
+#   authorization_endpoint: the oauth2 authorization endpoint. Required if
+#       provider discovery is disabled.
+#
+#   token_endpoint: the oauth2 token endpoint. Required if provider discovery is
+#       disabled.
+#
+#   userinfo_endpoint: the OIDC userinfo endpoint. Required if discovery is
+#       disabled and the 'openid' scope is not requested.
+#
+#   jwks_uri: URI where to fetch the JWKS. Required if discovery is disabled and
+#       the 'openid' scope is used.
+#
+#   skip_verification: set to 'true' to skip metadata verification. Use this if
+#       you are connecting to a provider that is not OpenID Connect compliant.
+#       Defaults to false. Avoid this in production.
+#
+#   user_profile_method: Whether to fetch the user profile from the userinfo
+#       endpoint. Valid values are: 'auto' or 'userinfo_endpoint'.
+#
+#       Defaults to 'auto', which fetches the userinfo endpoint if 'openid' is
+#       included in 'scopes'. Set to 'userinfo_endpoint' to always fetch the
+#       userinfo endpoint.
+#
+#   allow_existing_users: set to 'true' to allow a user logging in via OIDC to
+#       match a pre-existing account instead of failing. This could be used if
+#       switching from password logins to OIDC. Defaults to false.
+#
+#   user_mapping_provider: Configuration for how attributes returned from a OIDC
+#       provider are mapped onto a matrix user. This setting has the following
+#       sub-properties:
+#
+#       module: The class name of a custom mapping module. Default is
+#           'synapse.handlers.oidc.JinjaOidcMappingProvider'.
+#           See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/sso_mapping_providers.md#openid-mapping-providers
+#           for information on implementing a custom mapping provider.
+#
+#       config: Configuration for the mapping provider module. This section will
+#           be passed as a Python dictionary to the user mapping provider
+#           module's `parse_config` method.
+#
+#           For the default provider, the following settings are available:
+#
+#             subject_claim: name of the claim containing a unique identifier
+#                 for the user. Defaults to 'sub', which OpenID Connect
+#                 compliant providers should provide.
+#
+#             localpart_template: Jinja2 template for the localpart of the MXID.
+#                 If this is not set, the user will be prompted to choose their
+#                 own username (see 'sso_auth_account_details.html' in the 'sso'
+#                 section of this file).
+#
+#             display_name_template: Jinja2 template for the display name to set
+#                 on first login. If unset, no displayname will be set.
+#
+#             email_template: Jinja2 template for the email address of the user.
+#                 If unset, no email address will be added to the account.
+#
+#             extra_attributes: a map of Jinja2 templates for extra attributes
+#                 to send back to the client during login.
+#                 Note that these are non-standard and clients will ignore them
+#                 without modifications.
+#
+#           When rendering, the Jinja2 templates are given a 'user' variable,
+#           which is set to the claims returned by the UserInfo Endpoint and/or
+#           in the ID Token.
+#
+#   It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if certain attributes
+#   match particular values in the OIDC userinfo. The requirements can be listed under
+#   `attribute_requirements` as shown below. All of the listed attributes must
+#   match for the login to be permitted. Additional attributes can be added to
+#   userinfo by expanding the `scopes` section of the OIDC config to retrieve
+#   additional information from the OIDC provider.
+#
+#   If the OIDC claim is a list, then the attribute must match any value in the list.
+#   Otherwise, it must exactly match the value of the claim. Using the example
+#   below, the `family_name` claim MUST be "Stephensson", but the `groups`
+#   claim MUST contain "admin".
+#
+#   attribute_requirements:
+#     - attribute: family_name
+#       value: "Stephensson"
+#     - attribute: groups
+#       value: "admin"
+#
+# See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/openid.md
+# for information on how to configure these options.
+#
+# For backwards compatibility, it is also possible to configure a single OIDC
+# provider via an 'oidc_config' setting. This is now deprecated and admins are
+# advised to migrate to the 'oidc_providers' format. (When doing that migration,
+# use 'oidc' for the idp_id to ensure that existing users continue to be
+# recognised.)
+#
+oidc_providers:
+  # Generic example
+  #
+  #- idp_id: my_idp
+  #  idp_name: "My OpenID provider"
+  #  idp_icon: "mxc://example.com/mediaid"
+  #  discover: false
+  #  issuer: "https://accounts.example.com/"
+  #  client_id: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+  #  client_secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+  #  client_auth_method: client_secret_post
+  #  scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
+  #  authorization_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/auth"
+  #  token_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/token"
+  #  userinfo_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/userinfo"
+  #  jwks_uri: "https://accounts.example.com/.well-known/jwks.json"
+  #  skip_verification: true
+  #  user_mapping_provider:
+  #    config:
+  #      subject_claim: "id"
+  #      localpart_template: "{{ user.login }}"
+  #      display_name_template: "{{ user.name }}"
+  #      email_template: "{{ user.email }}"
+  #  attribute_requirements:
+  #    - attribute: userGroup
+  #      value: "synapseUsers"
+
+
+# Enable Central Authentication Service (CAS) for registration and login.
+#
+cas_config:
+  # Uncomment the following to enable authorization against a CAS server.
+  # Defaults to false.
+  #
+  #enabled: true
+
+  # The URL of the CAS authorization endpoint.
+  #
+  #server_url: "https://cas-server.com"
+
+  # The attribute of the CAS response to use as the display name.
+  #
+  # If unset, no displayname will be set.
+  #
+  #displayname_attribute: name
+
+  # It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if CAS attributes
+  # match particular values. All of the keys in the mapping below must exist
+  # and the values must match the given value. Alternately if the given value
+  # is None then any value is allowed (the attribute just must exist).
+  # All of the listed attributes must match for the login to be permitted.
+  #
+  #required_attributes:
+  #  userGroup: "staff"
+  #  department: None
+
+
+# Additional settings to use with single-sign on systems such as OpenID Connect,
+# SAML2 and CAS.
+#
+sso:
+    # A list of client URLs which are whitelisted so that the user does not
+    # have to confirm giving access to their account to the URL. Any client
+    # whose URL starts with an entry in the following list will not be subject
+    # to an additional confirmation step after the SSO login is completed.
+    #
+    # WARNING: An entry such as "https://my.client" is insecure, because it
+    # will also match "https://my.client.evil.site", exposing your users to
+    # 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.
+    #
+    # By default, this list is empty.
+    #
+    #client_whitelist:
+    #  - https://riot.im/develop
+    #  - https://my.custom.client/
+
+    # Uncomment to keep a user's profile fields in sync with information from
+    # the identity provider. Currently only syncing the displayname is
+    # supported. Fields are checked on every SSO login, and are updated
+    # if necessary.
+    #
+    # Note that enabling this option will override user profile information,
+    # regardless of whether users have opted-out of syncing that
+    # information when first signing in. Defaults to false.
+    #
+    #update_profile_information: true
+
+    # Directory in which Synapse will try to find the template files below.
+    # If not set, or the files named below are not found within the template
+    # directory, default templates from within the Synapse package will be used.
+    #
+    # Synapse will look for the following templates in this directory:
+    #
+    # * HTML page to prompt the user to choose an Identity Provider during
+    #   login: 'sso_login_idp_picker.html'.
+    #
+    #   This is only used if multiple SSO Identity Providers are configured.
+    #
+    #   When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+    #     * redirect_url: the URL that the user will be redirected to after
+    #       login.
+    #
+    #     * server_name: the homeserver's name.
+    #
+    #     * providers: a list of available Identity Providers. Each element is
+    #       an object with the following attributes:
+    #
+    #         * idp_id: unique identifier for the IdP
+    #         * idp_name: user-facing name for the IdP
+    #         * idp_icon: if specified in the IdP config, an MXC URI for an icon
+    #              for the IdP
+    #         * idp_brand: if specified in the IdP config, a textual identifier
+    #              for the brand of the IdP
+    #
+    #   The rendered HTML page should contain a form which submits its results
+    #   back as a GET request, with the following query parameters:
+    #
+    #     * redirectUrl: the client redirect URI (ie, the `redirect_url` passed
+    #       to the template)
+    #
+    #     * idp: the 'idp_id' of the chosen IDP.
+    #
+    # * HTML page to prompt new users to enter a userid and confirm other
+    #   details: 'sso_auth_account_details.html'. This is only shown if the
+    #   SSO implementation (with any user_mapping_provider) does not return
+    #   a localpart.
+    #
+    #   When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+    #
+    #     * server_name: the homeserver's name.
+    #
+    #     * idp: details of the SSO Identity Provider that the user logged in
+    #       with: an object with the following attributes:
+    #
+    #         * idp_id: unique identifier for the IdP
+    #         * idp_name: user-facing name for the IdP
+    #         * idp_icon: if specified in the IdP config, an MXC URI for an icon
+    #              for the IdP
+    #         * idp_brand: if specified in the IdP config, a textual identifier
+    #              for the brand of the IdP
+    #
+    #     * user_attributes: an object containing details about the user that
+    #       we received from the IdP. May have the following attributes:
+    #
+    #         * display_name: the user's display_name
+    #         * emails: a list of email addresses
+    #
+    #   The template should render a form which submits the following fields:
+    #
+    #     * username: the localpart of the user's chosen user id
+    #
+    # * HTML page allowing the user to consent to the server's terms and
+    #   conditions. This is only shown for new users, and only if
+    #   `user_consent.require_at_registration` is set.
+    #
+    #   When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+    #
+    #     * server_name: the homeserver's name.
+    #
+    #     * user_id: the user's matrix proposed ID.
+    #
+    #     * user_profile.display_name: the user's proposed display name, if any.
+    #
+    #     * consent_version: the version of the terms that the user will be
+    #       shown
+    #
+    #     * terms_url: a link to the page showing the terms.
+    #
+    #   The template should render a form which submits the following fields:
+    #
+    #     * accepted_version: the version of the terms accepted by the user
+    #       (ie, 'consent_version' from the input variables).
+    #
+    # * HTML page for a confirmation step before redirecting back to the client
+    #   with the login token: 'sso_redirect_confirm.html'.
+    #
+    #   When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+    #
+    #     * redirect_url: the URL the user is about to be redirected to.
+    #
+    #     * display_url: the same as `redirect_url`, but with the query
+    #                    parameters stripped. The intention is to have a
+    #                    human-readable URL to show to users, not to use it as
+    #                    the final address to redirect to.
+    #
+    #     * server_name: the homeserver's name.
+    #
+    #     * new_user: a boolean indicating whether this is the user's first time
+    #          logging in.
+    #
+    #     * user_id: the user's matrix ID.
+    #
+    #     * user_profile.avatar_url: an MXC URI for the user's avatar, if any.
+    #           None if the user has not set an avatar.
+    #
+    #     * user_profile.display_name: the user's display name. None if the user
+    #           has not set a display name.
+    #
+    # * HTML page which notifies the user that they are authenticating to confirm
+    #   an operation on their account during the user interactive authentication
+    #   process: 'sso_auth_confirm.html'.
+    #
+    #   When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+    #     * redirect_url: the URL the user is about to be redirected to.
+    #
+    #     * description: the operation which the user is being asked to confirm
+    #
+    #     * idp: details of the Identity Provider that we will use to confirm
+    #       the user's identity: an object with the following attributes:
+    #
+    #         * idp_id: unique identifier for the IdP
+    #         * idp_name: user-facing name for the IdP
+    #         * idp_icon: if specified in the IdP config, an MXC URI for an icon
+    #              for the IdP
+    #         * idp_brand: if specified in the IdP config, a textual identifier
+    #              for the brand of the IdP
+    #
+    # * HTML page shown after a successful user interactive authentication session:
+    #   'sso_auth_success.html'.
+    #
+    #   Note that this page must include the JavaScript which notifies of a successful authentication
+    #   (see https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#fallback).
+    #
+    #   This template has no additional variables.
+    #
+    # * HTML page shown after a user-interactive authentication session which
+    #   does not map correctly onto the expected user: 'sso_auth_bad_user.html'.
+    #
+    #   When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+    #     * server_name: the homeserver's name.
+    #     * user_id_to_verify: the MXID of the user that we are trying to
+    #       validate.
+    #
+    # * HTML page shown during single sign-on if a deactivated user (according to Synapse's database)
+    #   attempts to login: 'sso_account_deactivated.html'.
+    #
+    #   This template has no additional variables.
+    #
+    # * HTML page to display to users if something goes wrong during the
+    #   OpenID Connect authentication process: 'sso_error.html'.
+    #
+    #   When rendering, this template is given two variables:
+    #     * error: the technical name of the error
+    #     * error_description: a human-readable message for the error
+    #
+    # You can see the default templates at:
+    # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates
+    #
+    #template_dir: "res/templates"
+
+
+# JSON web token integration. The following settings can be used to make
+# Synapse JSON web tokens for authentication, instead of its internal
+# password database.
+#
+# Each JSON Web Token needs to contain a "sub" (subject) claim, which is
+# used as the localpart of the mxid.
+#
+# Additionally, the expiration time ("exp"), not before time ("nbf"),
+# and issued at ("iat") claims are validated if present.
+#
+# Note that this is a non-standard login type and client support is
+# expected to be non-existent.
+#
+# See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/jwt.md.
+#
+#jwt_config:
+    # Uncomment the following to enable authorization using JSON web
+    # tokens. Defaults to false.
+    #
+    #enabled: true
+
+    # This is either the private shared secret or the public key used to
+    # decode the contents of the JSON web token.
+    #
+    # Required if 'enabled' is true.
+    #
+    #secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+
+    # The algorithm used to sign the JSON web token.
+    #
+    # Supported algorithms are listed at
+    # https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/algorithms.html
+    #
+    # Required if 'enabled' is true.
+    #
+    #algorithm: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+
+    # The issuer to validate the "iss" claim against.
+    #
+    # Optional, if provided the "iss" claim will be required and
+    # validated for all JSON web tokens.
+    #
+    #issuer: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+
+    # A list of audiences to validate the "aud" claim against.
+    #
+    # Optional, if provided the "aud" claim will be required and
+    # validated for all JSON web tokens.
+    #
+    # Note that if the "aud" claim is included in a JSON web token then
+    # validation will fail without configuring audiences.
+    #
+    #audiences:
+    #    - "provided-by-your-issuer"
+
+
+password_config:
+   # Uncomment to disable password login
+   #
+   #enabled: false
+
+   # Uncomment to disable authentication against the local password
+   # database. This is ignored if `enabled` is false, and is only useful
+   # if you have other password_providers.
+   #
+   #localdb_enabled: false
+
+   # Uncomment and change to a secret random string for extra security.
+   # DO NOT CHANGE THIS AFTER INITIAL SETUP!
+   #
+   #pepper: "EVEN_MORE_SECRET"
+
+   # Define and enforce a password policy. Each parameter is optional.
+   # This is an implementation of MSC2000.
+   #
+   policy:
+      # Whether to enforce the password policy.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #enabled: true
+
+      # Minimum accepted length for a password.
+      # Defaults to 0.
+      #
+      #minimum_length: 15
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one digit.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_digit: true
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one symbol.
+      # A symbol is any character that's not a number or a letter.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_symbol: true
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_lowercase: true
+
+      # Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
+      # Defaults to 'false'.
+      #
+      #require_uppercase: true
+
+ui_auth:
+    # The amount of time to allow a user-interactive authentication session
+    # to be active.
+    #
+    # This defaults to 0, meaning the user is queried for their credentials
+    # before every action, but this can be overridden to allow a single
+    # validation to be re-used.  This weakens the protections afforded by
+    # the user-interactive authentication process, by allowing for multiple
+    # (and potentially different) operations to use the same validation session.
+    #
+    # This is ignored for potentially "dangerous" operations (including
+    # deactivating an account, modifying an account password, and
+    # adding a 3PID).
+    #
+    # Uncomment below to allow for credential validation to last for 15
+    # seconds.
+    #
+    #session_timeout: "15s"
+
+
+# Configuration for sending emails from Synapse.
+#
+email:
+  # The hostname of the outgoing SMTP server to use. Defaults to 'localhost'.
+  #
+  #smtp_host: mail.server
+
+  # The port on the mail server for outgoing SMTP. Defaults to 25.
+  #
+  #smtp_port: 587
+
+  # Username/password for authentication to the SMTP server. By default, no
+  # authentication is attempted.
+  #
+  #smtp_user: "exampleusername"
+  #smtp_pass: "examplepassword"
+
+  # Uncomment the following to require TLS transport security for SMTP.
+  # By default, Synapse will connect over plain text, and will then switch to
+  # TLS via STARTTLS *if the SMTP server supports it*. If this option is set,
+  # Synapse will refuse to connect unless the server supports STARTTLS.
+  #
+  #require_transport_security: true
+
+  # notif_from defines the "From" address to use when sending emails.
+  # It must be set if email sending is enabled.
+  #
+  # The placeholder '%(app)s' will be replaced by the application name,
+  # which is normally 'app_name' (below), but may be overridden by the
+  # Matrix client application.
+  #
+  # Note that the placeholder must be written '%(app)s', including the
+  # trailing 's'.
+  #
+  #notif_from: "Your Friendly %(app)s homeserver <noreply@example.com>"
+
+  # app_name defines the default value for '%(app)s' in notif_from and email
+  # subjects. It defaults to 'Matrix'.
+  #
+  #app_name: my_branded_matrix_server
+
+  # Uncomment the following to enable sending emails for messages that the user
+  # has missed. Disabled by default.
+  #
+  #enable_notifs: true
+
+  # Uncomment the following to disable automatic subscription to email
+  # notifications for new users. Enabled by default.
+  #
+  #notif_for_new_users: false
+
+  # Custom URL for client links within the email notifications. By default
+  # links will be based on "https://matrix.to".
+  #
+  # (This setting used to be called riot_base_url; the old name is still
+  # supported for backwards-compatibility but is now deprecated.)
+  #
+  #client_base_url: "http://localhost/riot"
+
+  # Configure the time that a validation email will expire after sending.
+  # Defaults to 1h.
+  #
+  #validation_token_lifetime: 15m
+
+  # The web client location to direct users to during an invite. This is passed
+  # to the identity server as the org.matrix.web_client_location key. Defaults
+  # to unset, giving no guidance to the identity server.
+  #
+  #invite_client_location: https://app.element.io
+
+  # Directory in which Synapse will try to find the template files below.
+  # If not set, or the files named below are not found within the template
+  # directory, default templates from within the Synapse package will be used.
+  #
+  # Synapse will look for the following templates in this directory:
+  #
+  # * The contents of email notifications of missed events: 'notif_mail.html' and
+  #   'notif_mail.txt'.
+  #
+  # * The contents of account expiry notice emails: 'notice_expiry.html' and
+  #   'notice_expiry.txt'.
+  #
+  # * The contents of password reset emails sent by the homeserver:
+  #   'password_reset.html' and 'password_reset.txt'
+  #
+  # * 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'
+  #
+  # * HTML pages for success and failure that a user will see when they follow
+  #   the link in an address verification email sent during registration:
+  #   'registration_success.html' and 'registration_failure.html'
+  #
+  # * The contents of address verification emails sent when an address is added
+  #   to a Matrix account: 'add_threepid.html' and 'add_threepid.txt'
+  #
+  # * HTML pages for success and failure that a user will see when they follow
+  #   the link in an address verification email sent when an address is added
+  #   to a Matrix account: 'add_threepid_success.html' and
+  #   'add_threepid_failure.html'
+  #
+  # You can see the default templates at:
+  # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates
+  #
+  #template_dir: "res/templates"
+
+  # Subjects to use when sending emails from Synapse.
+  #
+  # The placeholder '%(app)s' will be replaced with the value of the 'app_name'
+  # setting above, or by a value dictated by the Matrix client application.
+  #
+  # If a subject isn't overridden in this configuration file, the value used as
+  # its example will be used.
+  #
+  #subjects:
+
+    # Subjects for notification emails.
+    #
+    # On top of the '%(app)s' placeholder, these can use the following
+    # placeholders:
+    #
+    #   * '%(person)s', which will be replaced by the display name of the user(s)
+    #      that sent the message(s), e.g. "Alice and Bob".
+    #   * '%(room)s', which will be replaced by the name of the room the
+    #      message(s) have been sent to, e.g. "My super room".
+    #
+    # See the example provided for each setting to see which placeholder can be
+    # used and how to use them.
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
+    # room which has a name.
+    #message_from_person_in_room: "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s in the %(room)s room..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
+    # room which doesn't have a name.
+    #message_from_person: "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from one or more users in
+    # a room which doesn't have a name.
+    #messages_from_person: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in a room which has a
+    # name.
+    #messages_in_room: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in multiple rooms.
+    #messages_in_room_and_others: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room and others..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from multiple persons in
+    # multiple rooms. This is similar to the setting above except it's used when
+    # the room in which the notification was triggered has no name.
+    #messages_from_person_and_others: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s and others..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which has a name.
+    #invite_from_person_to_room: "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to join the %(room)s room on %(app)s..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which doesn't have a
+    # name.
+    #invite_from_person: "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to chat on %(app)s..."
+
+    # Subject for emails related to account administration.
+    #
+    # On top of the '%(app)s' placeholder, these one can use the
+    # '%(server_name)s' placeholder, which will be replaced by the value of the
+    # 'server_name' setting in your Synapse configuration.
+    #
+    # Subject to use when sending a password reset email.
+    #password_reset: "[%(server_name)s] Password reset"
+    #
+    # Subject to use when sending a verification email to assert an address's
+    # ownership.
+    #email_validation: "[%(server_name)s] Validate your email"
+
+
+# Password providers allow homeserver administrators to integrate
+# their Synapse installation with existing authentication methods
+# ex. LDAP, external tokens, etc.
+#
+# For more information and known implementations, please see
+# https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/password_auth_providers.md
+#
+# Note: instances wishing to use SAML or CAS authentication should
+# instead use the `saml2_config` or `cas_config` options,
+# respectively.
+#
+password_providers:
+#    # Example config for an LDAP auth provider
+#    - module: "ldap_auth_provider.LdapAuthProvider"
+#      config:
+#        enabled: true
+#        uri: "ldap://ldap.example.com:389"
+#        start_tls: true
+#        base: "ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
+#        attributes:
+#           uid: "cn"
+#           mail: "email"
+#           name: "givenName"
+#        #bind_dn:
+#        #bind_password:
+#        #filter: "(objectClass=posixAccount)"
+
+
+
+## Push ##
+
+push:
+  # Clients requesting push notifications can either have the body of
+  # the message sent in the notification poke along with other details
+  # like the sender, or just the event ID and room ID (`event_id_only`).
+  # If clients choose the former, this option controls whether the
+  # notification request includes the content of the event (other details
+  # like the sender are still included). For `event_id_only` push, it
+  # has no effect.
+  #
+  # For modern android devices the notification content will still appear
+  # because it is loaded by the app. iPhone, however will send a
+  # notification saying only that a message arrived and who it came from.
+  #
+  # The default value is "true" to include message details. Uncomment to only
+  # include the event ID and room ID in push notification payloads.
+  #
+  #include_content: false
+
+  # When a push notification is received, an unread count is also sent.
+  # This number can either be calculated as the number of unread messages
+  # for the user, or the number of *rooms* the user has unread messages in.
+  #
+  # The default value is "true", meaning push clients will see the number of
+  # rooms with unread messages in them. Uncomment to instead send the number
+  # of unread messages.
+  #
+  #group_unread_count_by_room: false
+
+
+## Rooms ##
+
+# Controls whether locally-created rooms should be end-to-end encrypted by
+# default.
+#
+# Possible options are "all", "invite", and "off". They are defined as:
+#
+# * "all": any locally-created room
+# * "invite": any room created with the "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat"
+#             room creation presets
+# * "off": this option will take no effect
+#
+# The default value is "off".
+#
+# Note that this option will only affect rooms created after it is set. It
+# will also not affect rooms created by other servers.
+#
+#encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_type: invite
+
+
+# Uncomment to allow non-server-admin users to create groups on this server
+#
+#enable_group_creation: true
+
+# If enabled, non server admins can only create groups with local parts
+# starting with this prefix
+#
+#group_creation_prefix: "unofficial_"
+
+
+
+# User Directory configuration
+#
+user_directory:
+    # Defines whether users can search the user directory. If false then
+    # empty responses are returned to all queries. Defaults to true.
+    #
+    # Uncomment to disable the user directory.
+    #
+    #enabled: false
+
+    # Defines whether to search all users visible to your HS when searching
+    # the user directory, rather than limiting to users visible in public
+    # rooms. Defaults to false.
+    #
+    # If you set it true, you'll have to rebuild the user_directory search
+    # indexes, see:
+    # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/user_directory.md
+    #
+    # Uncomment to return search results containing all known users, even if that
+    # user does not share a room with the requester.
+    #
+    #search_all_users: true
+
+    # Defines whether to prefer local users in search query results.
+    # If True, local users are more likely to appear above remote users
+    # when searching the user directory. Defaults to false.
+    #
+    # Uncomment to prefer local over remote users in user directory search
+    # results.
+    #
+    #prefer_local_users: true
+
+
+# User Consent configuration
+#
+# for detailed instructions, see
+# https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/consent_tracking.md
+#
+# Parts of this section are required if enabling the 'consent' resource under
+# 'listeners', in particular 'template_dir' and 'version'.
+#
+# 'template_dir' gives the location of the templates for the HTML forms.
+# This directory should contain one subdirectory per language (eg, 'en', 'fr'),
+# and each language directory should contain the policy document (named as
+# '<version>.html') and a success page (success.html).
+#
+# 'version' specifies the 'current' version of the policy document. It defines
+# the version to be served by the consent resource if there is no 'v'
+# parameter.
+#
+# 'server_notice_content', if enabled, will send a user a "Server Notice"
+# asking them to consent to the privacy policy. The 'server_notices' section
+# must also be configured for this to work. Notices will *not* be sent to
+# guest users unless 'send_server_notice_to_guests' is set to true.
+#
+# 'block_events_error', if set, will block any attempts to send events
+# until the user consents to the privacy policy. The value of the setting is
+# used as the text of the error.
+#
+# 'require_at_registration', if enabled, will add a step to the registration
+# process, similar to how captcha works. Users will be required to accept the
+# policy before their account is created.
+#
+# 'policy_name' is the display name of the policy users will see when registering
+# for an account. Has no effect unless `require_at_registration` is enabled.
+# Defaults to "Privacy Policy".
+#
+#user_consent:
+#  template_dir: res/templates/privacy
+#  version: 1.0
+#  server_notice_content:
+#    msgtype: m.text
+#    body: >-
+#      To continue using this homeserver you must review and agree to the
+#      terms and conditions at %(consent_uri)s
+#  send_server_notice_to_guests: true
+#  block_events_error: >-
+#    To continue using this homeserver you must review and agree to the
+#    terms and conditions at %(consent_uri)s
+#  require_at_registration: false
+#  policy_name: Privacy Policy
+#
+
+
+
+# Settings for local room and user statistics collection. See
+# docs/room_and_user_statistics.md.
+#
+stats:
+  # Uncomment the following to disable room and user statistics. Note that doing
+  # so may cause certain features (such as the room directory) not to work
+  # correctly.
+  #
+  #enabled: false
+
+  # The size of each timeslice in the room_stats_historical and
+  # user_stats_historical tables, as a time period. Defaults to "1d".
+  #
+  #bucket_size: 1h
+
+
+# Server Notices room configuration
+#
+# Uncomment this section to enable a room which can be used to send notices
+# from the server to users. It is a special room which cannot be left; notices
+# come from a special "notices" user id.
+#
+# If you uncomment this section, you *must* define the system_mxid_localpart
+# setting, which defines the id of the user which will be used to send the
+# notices.
+#
+# It's also possible to override the room name, the display name of the
+# "notices" user, and the avatar for the user.
+#
+#server_notices:
+#  system_mxid_localpart: notices
+#  system_mxid_display_name: "Server Notices"
+#  system_mxid_avatar_url: "mxc://server.com/oumMVlgDnLYFaPVkExemNVVZ"
+#  room_name: "Server Notices"
+
+
+
+# Uncomment to disable searching the public room list. When disabled
+# blocks searching local and remote room lists for local and remote
+# users by always returning an empty list for all queries.
+#
+#enable_room_list_search: false
+
+# The `alias_creation` option controls who's allowed to create aliases
+# on this server.
+#
+# The format of this option is a list of rules that contain globs that
+# match against user_id, room_id and the new alias (fully qualified with
+# server name). The action in the first rule that matches is taken,
+# which can currently either be "allow" or "deny".
+#
+# Missing user_id/room_id/alias fields default to "*".
+#
+# If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one
+# can create aliases.
+#
+# Options for the rules include:
+#
+#   user_id: Matches against the creator of the alias
+#   alias: Matches against the alias being created
+#   room_id: Matches against the room ID the alias is being pointed at
+#   action: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches
+#
+# The default is:
+#
+#alias_creation_rules:
+#  - user_id: "*"
+#    alias: "*"
+#    room_id: "*"
+#    action: allow
+
+# The `room_list_publication_rules` option controls who can publish and
+# which rooms can be published in the public room list.
+#
+# The format of this option is the same as that for
+# `alias_creation_rules`.
+#
+# If the room has one or more aliases associated with it, only one of
+# the aliases needs to match the alias rule. If there are no aliases
+# then only rules with `alias: *` match.
+#
+# If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one
+# can publish rooms.
+#
+# Options for the rules include:
+#
+#   user_id: Matches against the creator of the alias
+#   room_id: Matches against the room ID being published
+#   alias: Matches against any current local or canonical aliases
+#            associated with the room
+#   action: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches
+#
+# The default is:
+#
+#room_list_publication_rules:
+#  - user_id: "*"
+#    alias: "*"
+#    room_id: "*"
+#    action: allow
+
+
+# Server admins can define a Python module that implements extra rules for
+# allowing or denying incoming events. In order to work, this module needs to
+# override the methods defined in synapse/events/third_party_rules.py.
+#
+# This feature is designed to be used in closed federations only, where each
+# participating server enforces the same rules.
+#
+#third_party_event_rules:
+#  module: "my_custom_project.SuperRulesSet"
+#  config:
+#    example_option: 'things'
+
+
+## Opentracing ##
+
+# These settings enable opentracing, which implements distributed tracing.
+# This allows you to observe the causal chains of events across servers
+# including requests, key lookups etc., across any server running
+# synapse or any other other services which supports opentracing
+# (specifically those implemented with Jaeger).
+#
+opentracing:
+    # tracing is disabled by default. Uncomment the following line to enable it.
+    #
+    #enabled: true
+
+    # The list of homeservers we wish to send and receive span contexts and span baggage.
+    # See docs/opentracing.rst.
+    #
+    # This is a list of regexes which are matched against the server_name of the
+    # homeserver.
+    #
+    # By default, it is empty, so no servers are matched.
+    #
+    #homeserver_whitelist:
+    #  - ".*"
+
+    # A list of the matrix IDs of users whose requests will always be traced,
+    # even if the tracing system would otherwise drop the traces due to
+    # probabilistic sampling.
+    #
+    # By default, the list is empty.
+    #
+    #force_tracing_for_users:
+    #  - "@user1:server_name"
+    #  - "@user2:server_name"
+
+    # Jaeger can be configured to sample traces at different rates.
+    # All configuration options provided by Jaeger can be set here.
+    # Jaeger's configuration is mostly related to trace sampling which
+    # is documented here:
+    # https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/.
+    #
+    #jaeger_config:
+    #  sampler:
+    #    type: const
+    #    param: 1
+    #  logging:
+    #    false
+
+
+## Workers ##
+
+# Disables sending of outbound federation transactions on the main process.
+# Uncomment if using a federation sender worker.
+#
+#send_federation: false
+
+# It is possible to run multiple federation sender workers, in which case the
+# work is balanced across them.
+#
+# This configuration must be shared between all federation sender workers, and if
+# changed all federation sender workers must be stopped at the same time and then
+# started, to ensure that all instances are running with the same config (otherwise
+# events may be dropped).
+#
+#federation_sender_instances:
+#  - federation_sender1
+
+# When using workers this should be a map from `worker_name` to the
+# HTTP replication listener of the worker, if configured.
+#
+#instance_map:
+#  worker1:
+#    host: localhost
+#    port: 8034
+
+# Experimental: When using workers you can define which workers should
+# handle event persistence and typing notifications. Any worker
+# specified here must also be in the `instance_map`.
+#
+#stream_writers:
+#  events: worker1
+#  typing: worker1
+
+# The worker that is used to run background tasks (e.g. cleaning up expired
+# data). If not provided this defaults to the main process.
+#
+#run_background_tasks_on: worker1
+
+# A shared secret used by the replication APIs to authenticate HTTP requests
+# from workers.
+#
+# By default this is unused and traffic is not authenticated.
+#
+#worker_replication_secret: ""
+
+
+# Configuration for Redis when using workers. This *must* be enabled when
+# using workers (unless using old style direct TCP configuration).
+#
+redis:
+  # Uncomment the below to enable Redis support.
+  #
+  #enabled: true
+
+  # Optional host and port to use to connect to redis. Defaults to
+  # localhost and 6379
+  #
+  #host: localhost
+  #port: 6379
+
+  # Optional password if configured on the Redis instance
+  #
+  #password: <secret_password>