matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/docs/configuring-playbook-matrix-registration.md

Setting up matrix-registration (optional)

The playbook can install and configure matrix-registration for you.

matrix-registration is a simple python application to have a token based matrix registration.

Use matrix-registration to create unique registration links, which people can use to register on your Matrix server. It allows you to keep your server's registration closed (private), but still allow certain people (these having a special link) to register a user account.

matrix-registration provides 2 things:

• an API for creating registration tokens (unique registration links). This API can be used via curl or via the playbook (see Usage below)

• a user registration page, where people can use these registration tokens. By default, exposed at https:///matrix.DOMAIN/matrix-registration

Installing

Adjust your playbook configuration (your inventory/host_vars/matrix.DOMAIN/vars.yml file):

matrix_registration_enabled: true

# Generate a strong secret using: `pwgen -s 64 1`.
matrix_registration_admin_secret: "ENTER_SOME_SECRET_HERE"

Then, run the installation command again:

ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,start

Usage

matrix-registration gets exposed at https:///matrix.DOMAIN/matrix-registration

It provides various APIs - for creating registration tokens, listing tokens, disabling tokens, etc. To make use of all of its capabilities, consider using curl.

We make the most common API (the one for creating unique registration tokens) easy to use via the playbook.

To create a new user registration token (link), use this command:

ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml \
--tags=generate-matrix-registration-token \
--extra-vars="one_time=yes ex_date=2021-12-31"

The above command creates and returns a one-time use token, which expires on the 31st of December 2021. Adjust the one_time and ex_date variables as you see fit.

Share the unique registration link (generated by the command above) with users to let them register on your Matrix server.