[WIP] Create-Matrix-Admin-Script

.gitignore

@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ node_modules
 terraform/.holi-terraform.key
 dist
 .envrc.local
+.env
+.env.local
 coverage/
 *.zip

create-matrix-admin.sh

+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This file contains shell commands that are needed to create an admin for Matrix Chat
+# which is needed to set up a working local dev environment for this project.
+
+URL="http://127.0.0.1:8008/_synapse/admin/v1/register"
+username="admin"
+password="admin"
+admin=true
+secret=MATRIX_ADMIN_SECRET
+
+# 1. Get Nonce
+response=$(curl -s $URL)
+nonce=$(jq -r ".nonce" <<<"$response")
+echo "Nonce: $nonce"
+
+# 2. Generate HMAC
+hmac=$(
+  echo "$nonce" "$username" "$password" "$admin" |
+    openssl sha1 -hmac "$secret" |
+    awk '{print $2}'
+)
+echo "HMAC: $hmac"
+
+# 2. Create Matrix Admin
+res=$(
+  curl -s $URL -X POST \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -d "{ \"nonce\": \"$nonce\", \"username\": \"$username\", \"password\": \"$password\", \"admin\": \"$admin\", \"mac\": \"$hmac\" }"
+)
+echo $res

src/config.ts

@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ export const ENVIRONMENT = process.env.ENVIRONMENT
 
 // The issuer URL for the OpenID Connect provider used by the chat instance.
 export const CHAT_OIDC_ISSUER = process.env.CHAT_OIDC_ISSUER
+
+// The secret for generating the hmac hash to register a Matrix admin user.
+export const MATRIX_ADMIN_SECRET = process.env.MATRIX_ADMIN_SECRET