# Overview Captcha can be enabled for this home server. This file explains how to do that. The captcha mechanism used is Google's ReCaptcha. This requires API keys from Google. ## Getting keys Requires a public/private key pair from: <https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/> Must be a reCAPTCHA v2 key using the "I'm not a robot" Checkbox option ## Setting ReCaptcha Keys The keys are a config option on the home server config. If they are not visible, you can generate them via `--generate-config`. Set the following value: recaptcha_public_key: YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY recaptcha_private_key: YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY In addition, you MUST enable captchas via: enable_registration_captcha: true ## Configuring IP used for auth The ReCaptcha API requires that the IP address of the user who solved the captcha is sent. If the client is connecting through a proxy or load balancer, it may be required to use the `X-Forwarded-For` (XFF) header instead of the origin IP address. This can be configured using the `x_forwarded` directive in the listeners section of the homeserver.yaml configuration file.