Include a default configuration file in the 'docs' directory. (#4791)

.buildkite/pipeline.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ steps:
 
   - wait
 
+  - command:
+      - "python -m pip install tox"
+      - "tox -e check-sampleconfig"
+    label: "\U0001F9F9 check-sample-config"
+    plugins:
+      - docker#v3.0.1:
+          image: "python:3.6"
+
   - command:
       - "python -m pip install tox"
       - "tox -e py27,codecov"

changelog.d/4791.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include a default configuration file in the 'docs' directory.

docs/.sample_config_header.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is a reference to the configuration options which can be set in
+# homeserver.yaml.
+#
+# Note that it is not quite ready to be used as-is. If you are starting from
+# scratch, it is easier to generate the config files following the instructions
+# in INSTALL.md.
+

scripts-dev/generate_sample_config

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Update/check the docs/sample_config.yaml
+
+set -e
+
+cd `dirname $0`/..
+
+SAMPLE_CONFIG="docs/sample_config.yaml"
+
+if [ "$1" == "--check" ]; then
+    diff -u "$SAMPLE_CONFIG" <(./scripts/generate_config --header-file docs/.sample_config_header.yaml) >/dev/null || {
+        echo -e "\e[1m\e[31m$SAMPLE_CONFIG is not up-to-date. Regenerate it with \`scripts-dev/generate_sample_config\`.\e[0m" >&2
+        exit 1
+    }
+else
+    ./scripts/generate_config --header-file docs/.sample_config_header.yaml -o "$SAMPLE_CONFIG"
+fi

scripts/generate_config

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import argparse
+import shutil
 import sys
 
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
@@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         help="File to write the configuration to. Default: stdout",
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--header-file",
+        type=argparse.FileType('r'),
+        help="File from which to read a header, which will be printed before the "
+             "generated config.",
+    )
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     report_stats = args.report_stats
@@ -64,4 +72,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         report_stats=report_stats,
     )
 
+    if args.header_file:
+        shutil.copyfileobj(args.header_file, args.output_file)
+
     args.output_file.write(conf)

synapse/config/_base.py

@@ -180,9 +180,7 @@ class Config(object):
         Returns:
             str: the yaml config file
         """
-        default_config = "# vim:ft=yaml\n"
+        default_config = "\n\n".join(
-
-        default_config += "\n\n".join(
             dedent(conf)
             for conf in self.invoke_all(
                 "default_config",
@@ -297,19 +295,26 @@ class Config(object):
                         "Must specify a server_name to a generate config for."
                         " Pass -H server.name."
                     )
+
+                config_str = obj.generate_config(
+                    config_dir_path=config_dir_path,
+                    data_dir_path=os.getcwd(),
+                    server_name=server_name,
+                    report_stats=(config_args.report_stats == "yes"),
+                    generate_secrets=True,
+                )
+
                 if not cls.path_exists(config_dir_path):
                     os.makedirs(config_dir_path)
                 with open(config_path, "w") as config_file:
-                    config_str = obj.generate_config(
+                    config_file.write(
-                        config_dir_path=config_dir_path,
+                        "# vim:ft=yaml\n\n"
-                        data_dir_path=os.getcwd(),
-                        server_name=server_name,
-                        report_stats=(config_args.report_stats == "yes"),
-                        generate_secrets=True,
                     )
-                    config = yaml.load(config_str)
-                    obj.invoke_all("generate_files", config)
                     config_file.write(config_str)
+
+                config = yaml.load(config_str)
+                obj.invoke_all("generate_files", config)
+
                 print(
                     (
                         "A config file has been generated in %r for server name"

synapse/config/database.py

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class DatabaseConfig(Config):
     def default_config(self, data_dir_path, **kwargs):
         database_path = os.path.join(data_dir_path, "homeserver.db")
         return """\
-        # Database configuration
+        ## Database ##
+
         database:
           # The database engine name
           name: "sqlite3"

synapse/config/logger.py

@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
 
     def default_config(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
         log_config = os.path.join(config_dir_path, server_name + ".log.config")
-        return """
+        return """\
+        ## Logging ##
+
         # A yaml python logging config file
         #
         log_config: "%(log_config)s"

synapse/config/server.py

@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # This is used by remote servers to connect to this server,
         # e.g. matrix.org, localhost:8080, etc.
         # This is also the last part of your UserID.
+        #
         server_name: "%(server_name)s"
 
         # When running as a daemon, the file to store the pid in
+        #
         pid_file: %(pid_file)s
 
         # CPU affinity mask. Setting this restricts the CPUs on which the
@@ -304,9 +306,11 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # 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
 
         # Set to false to disable presence tracking on this homeserver.
+        #
         use_presence: true
 
         # The GC threshold parameters to pass to `gc.set_threshold`, if defined

tox.ini

@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ commands =
    python -m towncrier.check --compare-with=origin/develop
 basepython = python3.6
 
+[testenv:check-sampleconfig]
+commands = {toxinidir}/scripts-dev/generate_sample_config --check
+
 [testenv:codecov]
 skip_install = True
 deps =