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Homeserver Admin Section


Homeserver Admin is the web-based client for the Synapse Admin API. Homeserver Admin serves as a user interface for administering Synapse homeservers, allowing management of users, rooms, federation and more.

Advanced

Verify TLS

Configures TLS verification, options include:

  • Use Global Setting
  • Force
  • Disable

It is not recommended to change this setting.

Delegated Authentication

If you are using delegated authentication and have kept Allow Local Users Login as Auto or set have directly set to Disabled then the built-in defualt Synapse Admin user onprem-admin-donotdelete will not be able to login.

Once deployed, to promote a user from your identity provider to Synapse Admin i.e. Bob:

  1. Ensure they have logged in once. so that their Matrix ID has been created, i.e. @bob:example.com
  2. Use the following to promote them to Synapse Admin:
    kubectl exec -n element-onprem -it pods/synapse-postgres-0 -- /usr/bin/psql -d synapse -U synapse_user -c "update users set admin = 1 where name = '@bob:example.com';"