anonymousland-synapse/docs
David Robertson 60453315bd
Always add local users to the user directory (#10796)
It's a simplification, but one that'll help make the user directory logic easier
to follow with the other changes upcoming. It's not strictly required for those
changes, but this will help simplify the resulting logic that listens for
`m.room.member` events and generally make the logic easier to follow.

This means the config option `search_all_users` ends up controlling the
search query only, and not the data we store. The cost of doing so is an
extra row in the `user_directory` and `user_directory_search` tables for
each local user which

- belongs to no public rooms
- belongs to no private rooms of size ≥ 2

I think the cost of this will be marginal (since they'll already have entries
 in `users` and `profiles` anyway).

As a small upside, a homeserver whose directory was built with this
change can toggle `search_all_users` without having to rebuild their
directory.

Co-authored-by: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
2021-09-21 12:02:34 +00:00
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admin_api Doc: Clarifying undoing room shutdowns (#10480) 2021-09-06 14:24:31 +01:00
development Use attrs internally for the URL preview code & add documentation. (#10753) 2021-09-07 13:10:34 +00:00
modules Fix #10837 by adding JSON encoding/decoding to the Module API example… (#10845) 2021-09-17 18:04:37 +01:00
privacy_policy_templates/en Update documentation and templates for new consent 2018-10-12 17:53:14 -06:00
setup Removed page summaries from the top of installation and contributing doc pages (#10711) 2021-08-27 14:19:17 +00:00
systemd-with-workers Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
usage Implement MSC3231: Token authenticated registration (#10142) 2021-08-21 22:14:43 +01:00
website_files Removed page summaries from the top of installation and contributing doc pages (#10711) 2021-08-27 14:19:17 +00:00
.sample_config_header.yaml Fix broken links in INSTALL.md (#10331) 2021-07-08 15:46:13 +01:00
ancient_architecture_notes.md (#5849) Convert rst to markdown (#6040) 2019-09-17 12:55:29 +01:00
application_services.md Add some explanation to application_services.md (#7091) 2020-04-27 15:03:09 +01:00
architecture.md (#5849) Convert rst to markdown (#6040) 2019-09-17 12:55:29 +01:00
auth_chain_diff.dot Use a chain cover index to efficiently calculate auth chain difference (#8868) 2021-01-11 16:09:22 +00:00
auth_chain_diff.dot.png Use a chain cover index to efficiently calculate auth chain difference (#8868) 2021-01-11 16:09:22 +00:00
auth_chain_difference_algorithm.md Use a chain cover index to efficiently calculate auth chain difference (#8868) 2021-01-11 16:09:22 +00:00
CAPTCHA_SETUP.md Update CAPTCHA documentation to mention turning off verify origin feature (#10046) 2021-05-26 10:55:30 +01:00
code_style.md Replace room_invite_state_types with room_prejoin_state (#9700) 2021-03-30 12:12:44 +01:00
consent_tracking.md Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
delegate.md Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
deprecation_policy.md Add deprecation policy doc (#9723) 2021-04-06 13:07:36 +01:00
favicon.png Compile and render Synapse's docs into a browsable, mobile-friendly and searchable website (#10086) 2021-06-03 17:20:40 +01:00
favicon.svg Compile and render Synapse's docs into a browsable, mobile-friendly and searchable website (#10086) 2021-06-03 17:20:40 +01:00
federate.md Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
jwt.md Return the proper 403 Forbidden error during errors with JWT logins. (#7844) 2020-07-15 07:10:21 -04:00
log_contexts.md Fix 2 typos in docs/log_contexts.md (#10795) 2021-09-10 16:33:36 +01:00
manhole.md Add config option to use non-default manhole password and keys (#10643) 2021-09-06 16:08:03 +01:00
media_repository.md Fix documentation of directory name for remote thumbnails (#10556) 2021-09-02 14:07:53 +01:00
message_retention_policies.md Fix broken links in documentation (#10180) 2021-06-16 13:15:52 +01:00
metrics-howto.md Fix broken links in documentation (#10180) 2021-06-16 13:15:52 +01:00
MSC1711_certificates_FAQ.md Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
openid.md doc: add django-oauth-toolkit to oidc doc (#10192) 2021-08-23 17:12:36 +00:00
opentracing.md Support enabling opentracing by user (#9978) 2021-05-14 10:51:08 +01:00
password_auth_providers.md Fix typo in password_auth_providers doc 2020-12-01 10:34:52 +00:00
postgres.md Fix broken links in INSTALL.md (#10331) 2021-07-08 15:46:13 +01:00
presence_router_module.md Port the PresenceRouter module interface to the new generic interface (#10524) 2021-08-17 13:22:45 +00:00
README.md Compile and render Synapse's docs into a browsable, mobile-friendly and searchable website (#10086) 2021-06-03 17:20:40 +01:00
replication.md Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
reverse_proxy.md Clarifications to reverse_proxy.md (#10708) 2021-08-27 12:54:21 +01:00
room_and_user_statistics.md Remove functionality associated with unused historical stats tables (#9721) 2021-07-08 16:57:13 +01:00
sample_config.yaml Always add local users to the user directory (#10796) 2021-09-21 12:02:34 +00:00
sample_log_config.yaml Make PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler the default logging handler. (#10518) 2021-08-17 13:13:11 +01:00
server_notices.md Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
spam_checker.md Make deprecation notice of the spam checker doc more obvious (#10395) 2021-07-15 15:54:22 +02:00
sso_mapping_providers.md Fix broken links in documentation (#10180) 2021-06-16 13:15:52 +01:00
structured_logging.md Support generating structured logs in addition to standard logs. (#8607) 2020-10-29 07:27:37 -04:00
SUMMARY.md Improve the modules doc (#10758) 2021-09-08 17:14:54 +00:00
synctl_workers.md Update worker docs with recent enhancements (#7969) 2020-07-29 23:22:13 +01:00
tcp_replication.md Fix deleting pushers when using sharded pushers. (#9465) 2021-02-22 21:14:42 +00:00
templates.md Centralise the custom template directory (#10596) 2021-08-17 14:45:24 +02:00
turn-howto.md Make link in docs use HTTPS (#10130) 2021-06-07 16:35:02 +01:00
upgrade.md Document that /spaces & /hierarchy can be routed to workers. (#10648) 2021-09-08 11:02:31 -04:00
user_directory.md Easy refactors of the user directory (#10789) 2021-09-10 10:54:38 +01:00
welcome_and_overview.md Compile and render Synapse's docs into a browsable, mobile-friendly and searchable website (#10086) 2021-06-03 17:20:40 +01:00
workers.md Document that /spaces & /hierarchy can be routed to workers. (#10648) 2021-09-08 11:02:31 -04:00

Synapse Documentation

The documentation is currently hosted here. Please update any links to point to the new website instead.

About

This directory currently holds a series of markdown files documenting how to install, use and develop Synapse, the reference Matrix homeserver. The documentation is readable directly from this repository, but it is recommended to instead browse through the website for easier discoverability.

Adding to the documentation

Most of the documentation currently exists as top-level files, as when organising them into a structured website, these files were kept in place so that existing links would not break. The rest of the documentation is stored in folders, such as setup, usage, and development etc. All new documentation files should be placed in structured folders. For example:

To create a new user-facing documentation page about a new Single Sign-On protocol named "MyCoolProtocol", one should create a new file with a relevant name, such as "my_cool_protocol.md". This file might fit into the documentation structure at:

  • Usage
    • Configuration
      • User Authentication
        • Single Sign-On
          • My Cool Protocol

Given that, one would place the new file under usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/my_cool_protocol.md.

Note that the structure of the documentation (and thus the left sidebar on the website) is determined by the list in SUMMARY.md. The final thing to do when adding a new page is to add a new line linking to the new documentation file:

- [My Cool Protocol](usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/my_cool_protocol.md)

Building the documentation

The documentation is built with mdbook, and the outline of the documentation is determined by the structure of SUMMARY.md.

First, get mdbook. Then, from the root of the repository, build the documentation with:

mdbook build

The rendered contents will be outputted to a new book/ directory at the root of the repository. You can browse the book by opening book/index.html in a web browser.

You can also have mdbook host the docs on a local webserver with hot-reload functionality via:

mdbook serve

The URL at which the docs can be viewed at will be logged.

Configuration and theming

The look and behaviour of the website is configured by the book.toml file at the root of the repository. See mdbook's documentation on configuration for available options.

The site can be themed and additionally extended with extra UI and features. See website_files/README.md for details.