Sydent purpose

In you there is no need to install this component on your server. As an identity server, it is recommended to use matrix.org

You may need to install Sydent, for example, if you deploy an isolated system and users will not be able to access the matrix.org

This is fork main task of which is the implementation of the functional:

• 3pid association based on LDAP data
• proxying to matrix queries that can not be resolved locally

Installation

1. Сheck that your system has sqlite3 >= 3.16 (Otherwise there will be syntax errors when working with the database)
2. Run pip install https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/tarball/master
3. Create user useradd -r matrix-sydent if not exists
4. cp sydent.example.conf /etc/matrix-synapse/sydent.conf and edit
5. Copy res\verify_response_page_template to verify_response_template path
6. Copy res\verification_template.eml to email.template path
7. Check that pidfile.path writable by created matrix-sydent user (e.g. it not created with other owner when you test sydent)
8. Check that log.path exists and writable by created matrix-sydent user
9. Check that db.file writable by created matrix-sydent user
10. Check ownership chown -R matrix-synapse <path to templates>
11. Check ownership chown -R matrix-synapse /etc/matrix-sydent/
12. Config systemd cp /systemd/matrix-sydent.service /lib/systemd/system/ and edit it:

• check that WorkingDirectory exists and writable;
• check that EnvironmentFile exists;
• check that service will be run on behalf of the created user

14. After edit do not foget systemctl daemon-reload
15. Start service with systemctl start matrix-sydent

Run for test

Dependencies can be installed using setup.py in the same way as synapse: see synapse/README.rst.

Having installed dependencies, you can run sydent using:

$ python -m sydent.sydent

This will create a configuration file in sydent.conf with some defaults. You'll most likely want to change the server name and specify a mail relay.

3pid lookup order

Threepid search is performed in the following sequence.

If for one of the stages there is not enough configuration - it is skipped.

Threepid found at an earlier stage takes precedence (the first matching is used).

1. LDAP lookup

For ldap configuration details see LDAP.rst .

2. Request proxying

If in config section [proxy] present parameter identity with URI of other identity server, then bulk_lookup request will be sent to this server with threepids that can not be found in configured LDAP.

3. Database lookup

Perform local database lookup as original sydent server.

SMS configuration

Defaults for SMS originators will not be added to the generated config file, these should be added in the form:

originators.<country code> = <long|short|alpha>:<originator>

Where country code is the numeric country code, or 'default' to specify the originator used for countries not listed. For example, to use a selection of long codes for the US/Canda, a short code for the UK and an alphanumertic originator for everywhere else:

originators.1 = long:12125552368,long:12125552369
originators.44 = short:12345
originators.default = alpha:Matrix

Requests

The requests that synapse servers and clients submit to the identity server are, briefly, as follows:

Request the validation of your email address:

curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:8090/_matrix/identity/api/v1/validate/email/requestToken' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"email": "[email protected]", "client_secret": "abcd", "send_attempt": 1}' {"success": true, "sid": "1"}

# receive 943258 by mail

Use this code to validate your email address:

curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:8090/_matrix/identity/api/v1/validate/email/submitToken' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"token": "943258", "sid": "1", "client_secret": "abcd"}' {"success": true}

Use the validated email address to bind it to a matrix ID:

curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:8090/_matrix/identity/api/v1/3pid/bind' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"sid": "1", "client_secret": "abcd", "mxid": "%40matthew%3amatrix.org"}'

# lookup:

curl 'http://localhost:8090/_matrix/identity/api/v1/lookup?medium=email&address=henry%40matrix.org'

# fetch pubkey key for a server

curl http://localhost:8090/_matrix/identity/api/v1/pubkey/ed25519