Merge branch 'master' into develop

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ about: Create a report to help us improve
 <!--
 
 **IF YOU HAVE SUPPORT QUESTIONS ABOUT RUNNING OR CONFIGURING YOUR OWN HOME SERVER**:
-You will likely get better support more quickly if you ask in ** #matrix:matrix.org ** ;)
+You will likely get better support more quickly if you ask in ** #synapse:matrix.org ** ;)
 
 
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@@ -44,22 +44,26 @@ those (please be careful to remove any personal or private data). Please surroun
 <!-- IMPORTANT: please answer the following questions, to help us narrow down the problem -->
 
 <!-- Was this issue identified on matrix.org or another homeserver? -->
-- **Homeserver**: 
+- **Homeserver**:
 
 If not matrix.org:
 
 <!--
-What version of Synapse is running?
+ What version of Synapse is running?
-You can find the Synapse version by inspecting the server headers (replace matrix.org with
-your own homeserver domain):
-$ curl -v https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/versions 2>&1 | grep "Server:"
--->
-- **Version**: 
 
-- **Install method**: 
+You can find the Synapse version with this command:
+
+$ curl http://localhost:8008/_synapse/admin/v1/server_version
+
+(You may need to replace `localhost:8008` if Synapse is not configured to
+listen on that port.)
+-->
+- **Version**:
+
+- **Install method**:
 <!-- examples: package manager/git clone/pip  -->
 
-- **Platform**: 
+- **Platform**:
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INSTALL.md

@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ sudo pip uninstall py-bcrypt
 sudo pip install py-bcrypt
 ```
 
+### Void Linux
+
+Synapse can be found in the void repositories as 'synapse':
+
+    xbps-install -Su
+    xbps-install -S synapse
+
 ### FreeBSD
 
 Synapse can be installed via FreeBSD Ports or Packages contributed by Brendan Molloy from:

README.rst

@@ -381,3 +381,16 @@ indicate that your server is also issuing far more outgoing federation
 requests than can be accounted for by your users' activity, this is a
 likely cause. The misbehavior can be worked around by setting
 ``use_presence: false`` in the Synapse config file.
+
+People can't accept room invitations from me
+--------------------------------------------
+
+The typical failure mode here is that you send an invitation to someone 
+to join a room or direct chat, but when they go to accept it, they get an
+error (typically along the lines of "Invalid signature"). They might see
+something like the following in their logs::
+
+    2019-09-11 19:32:04,271 - synapse.federation.transport.server - 288 - WARNING - GET-11752 - authenticate_request failed: 401: Invalid signature for server <server> with key ed25519:a_EqML: Unable to verify signature for <server>
+
+This is normally caused by a misconfiguration in your reverse-proxy. See
+`<docs/reverse_proxy.rst>`_ and double-check that your settings are correct.

docs/admin_api/README.rst

@@ -10,3 +10,15 @@ server admin by updating the database directly, e.g.:
 ``UPDATE users SET admin = 1 WHERE name = '@foo:bar.com'``
 
 Restarting may be required for the changes to register.
+
+Using an admin access_token
+###########################
+
+Many of the API calls listed in the documentation here will require to include an admin `access_token`.
+Finding your user's `access_token` is client-dependent, but will usually be shown in the client's settings.
+
+Once you have your `access_token`, to include it in a request, the best option is to add the token to a request header:
+
+``curl --header "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" <the_rest_of_your_API_request>``
+
+Fore more details, please refer to the complete `matrix spec documentation <https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.5.0#using-access-tokens>`_.