• anamethatisnt@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Alternatively, you can create new users from the command line.
    This can be done as follows:

    If synapse was installed via pip, activate the virtualenv as follows (if Synapse was installed via a prebuilt package, register_new_matrix_user should already be on the search path):

    cd ~/synapse
    source env/bin/activate
    synctl start # if not already running
    Run the following command:
    register_new_matrix_user -c homeserver.yaml
    This will prompt you to add details for the new user, and will then connect to the running Synapse to create the new user. For example:

    New user localpart: erikj
    Password:
    Confirm password:
    Make admin [no]:
    Success!

    This process uses a setting registration_shared_secret, which is shared between Synapse itself and the register_new_matrix_user script.
    It doesn’t matter what it is (a random value is generated by --generate-config), but it should be kept secret, as anyone with knowledge of it can register users, including admin accounts, on your server even if enable_registration is false.

    https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/setup/installation.html