matrix-synapse-saml-mozilla 0.1.dev5

An Mozilla-flavoured SAML MXID mapper for Synapse

Synapse Mozilla SAML MXID Mapper

A Synapse plugin module which allows users to choose their username when they first log in.

Installation

This plugin can be installed via PyPi:

pip install matrix-synapse-saml-mozilla

Config

Add the following in your Synapse config:

   saml2_config:
     user_mapping_provider:
       module: "matrix_synapse_saml_mozilla.SamlMappingProvider"

Also, under the HTTP client listener, configure an additional_resource as per the below:

listeners:
  - port: <port>
    type: http

    resources:
      - names: [client]

    additional_resources:
      "/_matrix/saml2/pick_username":
        module: "matrix_synapse_saml_mozilla.pick_username_resource"

Configuration Options

Synapse allows SAML mapping providers to specify custom configuration through the saml2_config.user_mapping_provider.config option.

There are no options currently supported by this provider.

Implementation notes

The login flow looks something like this:

Development and Testing

This repository uses tox to run linting and tests.

Linting

Code is linted with the flake8 tool. Run tox -e lint to check for linting errors in the codebase.

Tests

This repository uses unittest to run the tests located in the tests directory. They can be ran with tox -e tests.