feat: more privacy friendly defaults

See #22

.env.sample

@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ COMPOSE_FILE="compose.yml"
 #AUTO_JOIN_ROOM_ENABLED=1
 #AUTO_JOIN_ROOM="#example:example.com"
 
+SQL_LOG_LEVEL=WARN
+ROOT_LOG_LEVEL=WARN
+
+REDACTION_RETENTION_PERIOD=7d
+
+RETENTION_MAX_LIFETIME=1m
+
+ENABLE_3PID_LOOKUP=true
+
+USER_IPS_MAX_AGE=1d
+
+#ENABLE_ALLOWLIST=1
+#FEDERATION_ALLOWLIST="[]"
+
 #COMPOSE_FILE="compose.yml:compose.keycloak.yml"
 #KEYCLOAK_ENABLED=1
 #KEYCLOAK_NAME=

abra.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export ENTRYPOINT_CONF_VERSION=v1
 export NGINX_CONFIG_VERSION=v1
-export HOMESERVER_YAML_VERSION=v2
+export HOMESERVER_YAML_VERSION=v3
 export LOG_CONFIG_VERSION=v1

compose.yml

@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ services:
       - AUTO_JOIN_ROOM_ENABLED
       - DISABLE_FEDERATION
       - DOMAIN
+      - ENABLE_3PID_LOOKUP
+      - ENABLE_ALLOWLIST
+      - FEDERATION_ALLOWLIST
       - LETSENCRYPT_HOST=${DOMAIN}
+      - REDACTION_RETENTION_PERIOD
+      - ROOT_LOG_LEVEL
+      - SQL_LOG_LEVEL
       - STACK_NAME
       - SYNAPSE_ADMIN_EMAIL
       - SYNAPSE_REPORT_STATS=no
       - SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=${DOMAIN}
+      - USER_IPS_MAX_AGE
       - VIRTUAL_HOST=${DOMAIN}
       - VIRTUAL_PORT=8008
     networks:

homeserver.yaml.tmpl

@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ presence:
 # public rooms directory through the client API, meaning that anyone can
 # query the room directory. Defaults to 'false'.
 #
-#allow_public_rooms_without_auth: true
+allow_public_rooms_without_auth: false
 
 # If set to 'true', allows any other homeserver to fetch the server's public
 # rooms directory via federation. Defaults to 'false'.
 #
-#allow_public_rooms_over_federation: true
+allow_public_rooms_over_federation: false
 
 # The default room version for newly created rooms.
 #
@@ -468,13 +468,13 @@ limit_remote_rooms:
 #
 # Defaults to `7d`. Set to `null` to disable.
 #
-#redaction_retention_period: 28d
+redaction_retention_period: {{ env "REDACTION_RETENTION_PERIOD" }}
 
 # How long to track users' last seen time and IPs in the database.
 #
 # Defaults to `28d`. Set to `null` to disable clearing out of old rows.
 #
-#user_ips_max_age: 14d
+user_ips_max_age: {{ env "USER_IPS_MAX_AGE" }}
 
 # Inhibits the /requestToken endpoints from returning an error that might leak
 # information about whether an e-mail address is in use or not on this
@@ -533,15 +533,15 @@ retention:
   # The message retention policies feature is disabled by default. Uncomment the
   # following line to enable it.
   #
-  #enabled: true
+  enabled: true
 
   # Default retention policy. If set, Synapse will apply it to rooms that lack the
   # 'm.room.retention' state event. Currently, the value of 'min_lifetime' doesn't
   # matter much because Synapse doesn't take it into account yet.
   #
-  #default_policy:
-  #  min_lifetime: 1d
-  #  max_lifetime: 1y
+  default_policy:
+    min_lifetime: 1d
+    max_lifetime: {{ env "RETENTION_MAX_LIFETIME" }}
 
   # Retention policy limits. If set, and the state of a room contains a
   # 'm.room.retention' event in its state which contains a 'min_lifetime' or a
@@ -581,11 +581,11 @@ retention:
   # Synapse's database (which is done using the range specified in a purge job's
   # configuration).
   #
-  #purge_jobs:
-  #  - longest_max_lifetime: 3d
-  #    interval: 12h
-  #  - shortest_max_lifetime: 3d
-  #    interval: 1d
+  purge_jobs:
+    - longest_max_lifetime: 3d
+      interval: 12h
+    - shortest_max_lifetime: 3d
+      interval: 1d
 
 
 ## TLS ##
@@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ retention:
 #  - syd.example.com
 {{ if eq (env "DISABLE_FEDERATION") "1" }}
 federation_domain_whitelist: []
+{{ else if eq (env "ENABLE_ALLOWLIST") "1" }}
+federation_domain_whitelist: {{ env "FEDERATION_ALLOWLIST" }}
 {{ end }}
 
 # Report prometheus metrics on the age of PDUs being sent to and received from
@@ -1204,7 +1206,7 @@ turn_allow_guests: {{ env "TURN_ALLOW_GUESTS" }}
 
 # Enable 3PIDs lookup requests to identity servers from this server.
 #
-#enable_3pid_lookup: true
+enable_3pid_lookup: {{ env "ENABLE_3PID_LOOKUP" }}
 
 # Require users to submit a token during registration.
 # Tokens can be managed using the admin API:

log.config.tmpl

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ handlers:
 
 loggers:
     synapse.storage.SQL:
-      level: INFO
+      level: {{ env "SQL_LOG_LEVEL" }}
 
 root:
-    level: INFO
+    level: {{ env "ROOT_LOG_LEVEL" }}
     handlers: [console]
 
 disable_existing_loggers: false