matrix-synapse 1.143.0rc2__cp310-abi3-manylinux_2_28_aarch64.whl

synapse/config/_base.py

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+#
+# This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3.
+#
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright (C) 2023 New Vector, Ltd
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details:
+# <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html>.
+#
+# Originally licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0:
+# <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
+#
+# [This file includes modifications made by New Vector Limited]
+#
+#
+
+import argparse
+import errno
+import importlib.resources as importlib_resources
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from enum import Enum, auto
+from hashlib import sha256
+from textwrap import dedent
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    ClassVar,
+    Iterable,
+    Iterator,
+    MutableMapping,
+    TypeVar,
+)
+
+import attr
+import jinja2
+import yaml
+
+from synapse.types import StrSequence
+from synapse.util.templates import _create_mxc_to_http_filter, _format_ts_filter
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ConfigError(Exception):
+    """Represents a problem parsing the configuration
+
+    Args:
+        msg:  A textual description of the error.
+        path: Where appropriate, an indication of where in the configuration
+           the problem lies.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, msg: str, path: StrSequence | None = None):
+        self.msg = msg
+        self.path = path
+
+
+def format_config_error(e: ConfigError) -> Iterator[str]:
+    """
+    Formats a config error neatly
+
+    The idea is to format the immediate error, plus the "causes" of those errors,
+    hopefully in a way that makes sense to the user. For example:
+
+        Error in configuration at 'oidc_config.user_mapping_provider.config.display_name_template':
+          Failed to parse config for module 'JinjaOidcMappingProvider':
+            invalid jinja template:
+              unexpected end of template, expected 'end of print statement'.
+
+    Args:
+        e: the error to be formatted
+
+    Returns: An iterator which yields string fragments to be formatted
+    """
+    yield "Error in configuration"
+
+    if e.path:
+        yield " at '%s'" % (".".join(e.path),)
+
+    yield ":\n  %s" % (e.msg,)
+
+    parent_e = e.__cause__
+    indent = 1
+    while parent_e:
+        indent += 1
+        yield ":\n%s%s" % ("  " * indent, str(parent_e))
+        parent_e = parent_e.__cause__
+
+
+# We split these messages out to allow packages to override with package
+# specific instructions.
+MISSING_REPORT_STATS_CONFIG_INSTRUCTIONS = """\
+Please opt in or out of reporting homeserver usage statistics, by setting
+the `report_stats` key in your config file to either True or False.
+"""
+
+MISSING_REPORT_STATS_SPIEL = """\
+We would really appreciate it if you could help our project out by reporting
+homeserver usage statistics from your homeserver. Your homeserver's server name,
+along with very basic aggregate data (e.g. number of users) will be reported. But
+it helps us to track the growth of the Matrix community, and helps us to make Matrix
+a success, as well as to convince other networks that they should peer with us.
+
+Thank you.
+"""
+
+MISSING_SERVER_NAME = """\
+Missing mandatory `server_name` config option.
+"""
+
+
+CONFIG_FILE_HEADER = """\
+# Configuration file for Synapse.
+#
+# This is a YAML file: see [1] for a quick introduction. Note in particular
+# that *indentation is important*: all the elements of a list or dictionary
+# should have the same indentation.
+#
+# [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
+#
+# For more information on how to configure Synapse, including a complete accounting of
+# each option, go to docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md or
+# https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html
+"""
+
+
+def path_exists(file_path: str) -> bool:
+    """Check if a file exists
+
+    Unlike os.path.exists, this throws an exception if there is an error
+    checking if the file exists (for example, if there is a perms error on
+    the parent dir).
+
+    Returns:
+        True if the file exists; False if not.
+    """
+    try:
+        os.stat(file_path)
+        return True
+    except OSError as e:
+        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+            raise e
+        return False
+
+
+class Config:
+    """
+    A configuration section, containing configuration keys and values.
+
+    Attributes:
+        section: The section title of this config object, such as
+            "tls" or "logger". This is used to refer to it on the root
+            logger (for example, `config.tls.some_option`). Must be
+            defined in subclasses.
+    """
+
+    section: ClassVar[str]
+
+    def __init__(self, root_config: "RootConfig"):
+        self.root = root_config
+
+        # Get the path to the default Synapse template directory
+        self.default_template_dir = str(
+            importlib_resources.files("synapse").joinpath("res").joinpath("templates")
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_size(value: str | int) -> int:
+        """Interpret `value` as a number of bytes.
+
+        If an integer is provided it is treated as bytes and is unchanged.
+
+        String byte sizes can have a suffix of 'K', `M`, `G` or `T`,
+        representing kibibytes, mebibytes, gibibytes and tebibytes respectively.
+        No suffix is understood as a plain byte count.
+
+        Raises:
+            TypeError, if given something other than an integer or a string
+            ValueError: if given a string not of the form described above.
+        """
+        if type(value) is int:  # noqa: E721
+            return value
+        elif isinstance(value, str):
+            sizes = {"K": 1024, "M": 1024 * 1024, "G": 1024**3, "T": 1024**4}
+            size = 1
+            suffix = value[-1]
+            if suffix in sizes:
+                value = value[:-1]
+                size = sizes[suffix]
+            return int(value) * size
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(f"Bad byte size {value!r}")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_duration(value: str | int) -> int:
+        """Convert a duration as a string or integer to a number of milliseconds.
+
+        If an integer is provided it is treated as milliseconds and is unchanged.
+
+        String durations can have a suffix of 's', 'm', 'h', 'd', 'w', or 'y'.
+        No suffix is treated as milliseconds.
+
+        Args:
+            value: The duration to parse.
+
+        Returns:
+            The number of milliseconds in the duration.
+
+        Raises:
+            TypeError: if given something other than an integer or a string, or the
+                duration is using an incorrect suffix.
+            ValueError: if given a string not of the form described above.
+        """
+        # For integers, we prefer to use `type(value) is int` instead of
+        # `isinstance(value, int)` because we want to exclude subclasses of int, such as
+        # bool.
+        if type(value) is int:  # noqa: E721
+            return value
+        elif isinstance(value, str):
+            second = 1000
+            minute = 60 * second
+            hour = 60 * minute
+            day = 24 * hour
+            week = 7 * day
+            year = 365 * day
+            sizes = {
+                "s": second,
+                "m": minute,
+                "h": hour,
+                "d": day,
+                "w": week,
+                "y": year,
+            }
+            size = 1
+            suffix = value[-1]
+            if suffix in sizes:
+                value = value[:-1]
+                size = sizes[suffix]
+            elif suffix.isdigit():
+                #  No suffix is treated as milliseconds.
+                value = value
+                size = 1
+            else:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"Bad duration suffix {value} (expected no suffix or one of these suffixes: {sizes.keys()})"
+                )
+
+            return int(value) * size
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Bad duration type {value!r} (expected int or string duration)"
+            )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def abspath(file_path: str) -> str:
+        return os.path.abspath(file_path) if file_path else file_path
+
+    @classmethod
+    def path_exists(cls, file_path: str) -> bool:
+        return path_exists(file_path)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def check_file(cls, file_path: str | None, config_name: str) -> str:
+        if file_path is None:
+            raise ConfigError("Missing config for %s." % (config_name,))
+        try:
+            os.stat(file_path)
+        except OSError as e:
+            raise ConfigError(
+                "Error accessing file '%s' (config for %s): %s"
+                % (file_path, config_name, e.strerror)
+            )
+        return cls.abspath(file_path)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def ensure_directory(cls, dir_path: str) -> str:
+        dir_path = cls.abspath(dir_path)
+        os.makedirs(dir_path, exist_ok=True)
+        if not os.path.isdir(dir_path):
+            raise ConfigError("%s is not a directory" % (dir_path,))
+        return dir_path
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_file(cls, file_path: Any, config_name: str) -> str:
+        """Deprecated: call read_file directly"""
+        return read_file(file_path, (config_name,))
+
+    def read_template(self, filename: str) -> jinja2.Template:
+        """Load a template file from disk.
+
+        This function will attempt to load the given template from the default Synapse
+        template directory.
+
+        Files read are treated as Jinja templates. The templates is not rendered yet
+        and has autoescape enabled.
+
+        Args:
+            filename: A template filename to read.
+
+        Raises:
+            ConfigError: if the file's path is incorrect or otherwise cannot be read.
+
+        Returns:
+            A jinja2 template.
+        """
+        return self.read_templates([filename])[0]
+
+    def read_templates(
+        self,
+        filenames: list[str],
+        custom_template_directories: Iterable[str] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[jinja2.Template]:
+        """Load a list of template files from disk using the given variables.
+
+        This function will attempt to load the given templates from the default Synapse
+        template directory. If `custom_template_directories` is supplied, any directory
+        in this list is tried (in the order they appear in the list) before trying
+        Synapse's default directory.
+
+        Files read are treated as Jinja templates. The templates are not rendered yet
+        and have autoescape enabled.
+
+        Args:
+            filenames: A list of template filenames to read.
+
+            custom_template_directories: A list of directory to try to look for the
+                templates before using the default Synapse template directory instead.
+
+        Raises:
+            ConfigError: if the file's path is incorrect or otherwise cannot be read.
+
+        Returns:
+            A list of jinja2 templates.
+        """
+        search_directories = []
+
+        # The loader will first look in the custom template directories (if specified)
+        # for the given filename. If it doesn't find it, it will use the default
+        # template dir instead.
+        if custom_template_directories is not None:
+            for custom_template_directory in custom_template_directories:
+                # Check that the given template directory exists
+                if not self.path_exists(custom_template_directory):
+                    raise ConfigError(
+                        "Configured template directory does not exist: %s"
+                        % (custom_template_directory,)
+                    )
+
+                # Search the custom template directory as well
+                search_directories.append(custom_template_directory)
+
+        # Append the default directory at the end of the list so Jinja can fallback on it
+        # if a template is missing from any custom directory.
+        search_directories.append(self.default_template_dir)
+
+        # TODO: switch to synapse.util.templates.build_jinja_env
+        loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(search_directories)
+        env = jinja2.Environment(
+            loader=loader,
+            autoescape=jinja2.select_autoescape(),
+        )
+
+        # Update the environment with our custom filters
+        env.filters.update(
+            {
+                "format_ts": _format_ts_filter,
+                "mxc_to_http": _create_mxc_to_http_filter(
+                    self.root.server.public_baseurl
+                ),
+            }
+        )
+
+        # Load the templates
+        return [env.get_template(filename) for filename in filenames]
+
+
+TRootConfig = TypeVar("TRootConfig", bound="RootConfig")
+
+
+class RootConfig:
+    """
+    Holder of an application's configuration.
+
+    What configuration this object holds is defined by `config_classes`, a list
+    of Config classes that will be instantiated and given the contents of a
+    configuration file to read. They can then be accessed on this class by their
+    section name, defined in the Config or dynamically set to be the name of the
+    class, lower-cased and with "Config" removed.
+    """
+
+    config_classes: list[type[Config]] = []
+
+    def __init__(self, config_files: StrSequence = ()):
+        # Capture absolute paths here, so we can reload config after we daemonize.
+        self.config_files = [os.path.abspath(path) for path in config_files]
+
+        for config_class in self.config_classes:
+            if config_class.section is None:
+                raise ValueError("%r requires a section name" % (config_class,))
+
+            try:
+                conf = config_class(self)
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise Exception("Failed making %s: %r" % (config_class.section, e))
+            setattr(self, config_class.section, conf)
+
+    def invoke_all(
+        self, func_name: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> MutableMapping[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Invoke a function on all instantiated config objects this RootConfig is
+        configured to use.
+
+        Args:
+            func_name: Name of function to invoke
+            *args
+            **kwargs
+
+        Returns:
+            ordered dictionary of config section name and the result of the
+            function from it.
+        """
+        res = OrderedDict()
+
+        for config_class in self.config_classes:
+            config = getattr(self, config_class.section)
+
+            if hasattr(config, func_name):
+                res[config_class.section] = getattr(config, func_name)(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return res
+
+    @classmethod
+    def invoke_all_static(cls, func_name: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        """
+        Invoke a static function on config objects this RootConfig is
+        configured to use.
+
+        Args:
+            func_name: Name of function to invoke
+            *args
+            **kwargs
+
+        Returns:
+            ordered dictionary of config section name and the result of the
+            function from it.
+        """
+        for config in cls.config_classes:
+            if hasattr(config, func_name):
+                getattr(config, func_name)(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def generate_config(
+        self,
+        config_dir_path: str,
+        data_dir_path: str,
+        server_name: str,
+        generate_secrets: bool = False,
+        report_stats: bool | None = None,
+        open_private_ports: bool = False,
+        listeners: list[dict] | None = None,
+        tls_certificate_path: str | None = None,
+        tls_private_key_path: str | None = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        """
+        Build a default configuration file
+
+        This is used when the user explicitly asks us to generate a config file
+        (eg with --generate-config).
+
+        Args:
+            config_dir_path: The path where the config files are kept. Used to
+                create filenames for things like the log config and the signing key.
+
+            data_dir_path: The path where the data files are kept. Used to create
+                filenames for things like the database and media store.
+
+            server_name: The server name. Used to initialise the server_name
+                config param, but also used in the names of some of the config files.
+
+            generate_secrets: True if we should generate new secrets for things
+                like the macaroon_secret_key. If False, these parameters will be left
+                unset.
+
+            report_stats: Initial setting for the report_stats setting.
+                If None, report_stats will be left unset.
+
+            open_private_ports: True to leave private ports (such as the non-TLS
+                HTTP listener) open to the internet.
+
+            listeners: A list of descriptions of the listeners synapse should
+                start with each of which specifies a port (int), a list of
+                resources (list(str)), tls (bool) and type (str). For example:
+                [{
+                    "port": 8448,
+                    "resources": [{"names": ["federation"]}],
+                    "tls": True,
+                    "type": "http",
+                },
+                {
+                    "port": 443,
+                    "resources": [{"names": ["client"]}],
+                    "tls": False,
+                    "type": "http",
+                }],
+
+            tls_certificate_path: The path to the tls certificate.
+
+            tls_private_key_path: The path to the tls private key.
+
+        Returns:
+            The yaml config file
+        """
+
+        conf = CONFIG_FILE_HEADER + "\n".join(
+            dedent(conf)
+            for conf in self.invoke_all(
+                "generate_config_section",
+                config_dir_path=config_dir_path,
+                data_dir_path=data_dir_path,
+                server_name=server_name,
+                generate_secrets=generate_secrets,
+                report_stats=report_stats,
+                open_private_ports=open_private_ports,
+                listeners=listeners,
+                tls_certificate_path=tls_certificate_path,
+                tls_private_key_path=tls_private_key_path,
+            ).values()
+        )
+        conf = re.sub("\n{2,}", "\n", conf)
+        return conf
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load_config(
+        cls: type[TRootConfig], description: str, argv_options: list[str]
+    ) -> TRootConfig:
+        """Parse the commandline and config files
+
+        Doesn't support config-file-generation: used by the worker apps.
+
+        Args:
+            description: TODO
+            argv_options: The options passed to Synapse. Usually `sys.argv[1:]`.
+
+        Returns:
+            Config object.
+        """
+        config_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description)
+        cls.add_arguments_to_parser(config_parser)
+        obj, _ = cls.load_config_with_parser(config_parser, argv_options)
+
+        return obj
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_arguments_to_parser(cls, config_parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
+        """Adds all the config flags to an ArgumentParser.
+
+        Doesn't support config-file-generation: used by the worker apps.
+
+        Used for workers where we want to add extra flags/subcommands.
+
+        Args:
+            config_parser: App description
+        """
+
+        config_parser.add_argument(
+            "-c",
+            "--config-path",
+            action="append",
+            metavar="CONFIG_FILE",
+            help="Specify config file. Can be given multiple times and"
+            " may specify directories containing *.yaml files.",
+        )
+
+        config_parser.add_argument(
+            "--keys-directory",
+            metavar="DIRECTORY",
+            help="Where files such as certs and signing keys are stored when"
+            " their location is not given explicitly in the config."
+            " Defaults to the directory containing the last config file",
+        )
+
+        config_parser.add_argument(
+            "--no-secrets-in-config",
+            dest="secrets_in_config",
+            action="store_false",
+            default=True,
+            help="Reject config options that expect an in-line secret as value.",
+        )
+
+        cls.invoke_all_static("add_arguments", config_parser)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load_config_with_parser(
+        cls: type[TRootConfig], parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, argv_options: list[str]
+    ) -> tuple[TRootConfig, argparse.Namespace]:
+        """Parse the commandline and config files with the given parser
+
+        Doesn't support config-file-generation: used by the worker apps.
+
+        Used for workers where we want to add extra flags/subcommands.
+
+        Note: This is the common denominator for loading config and is also used by
+        `load_config` and `load_or_generate_config`. Which is why we call
+        `validate_config()` here.
+
+        Args:
+            parser
+            argv_options: The options passed to Synapse. Usually `sys.argv[1:]`.
+
+        Returns:
+            Returns the parsed config object and the parsed argparse.Namespace
+            object from parser.parse_args(..)`
+        """
+
+        config_args = parser.parse_args(argv_options)
+
+        config_files = find_config_files(search_paths=config_args.config_path)
+        obj = cls(config_files)
+        if not config_files:
+            parser.error("Must supply a config file.")
+
+        if config_args.keys_directory:
+            config_dir_path = config_args.keys_directory
+        else:
+            config_dir_path = os.path.dirname(config_files[-1])
+        config_dir_path = os.path.abspath(config_dir_path)
+        data_dir_path = os.getcwd()
+
+        config_dict = read_config_files(config_files)
+        obj.parse_config_dict(
+            config_dict,
+            config_dir_path=config_dir_path,
+            data_dir_path=data_dir_path,
+            allow_secrets_in_config=config_args.secrets_in_config,
+        )
+
+        obj.invoke_all("read_arguments", config_args)
+
+        # Now that we finally have the full config sections parsed, allow subclasses to
+        # do some extra validation across the entire config.
+        obj.validate_config()
+
+        return obj, config_args
+
+    @classmethod
+    def load_or_generate_config(
+        cls: type[TRootConfig], description: str, argv_options: list[str]
+    ) -> TRootConfig | None:
+        """Parse the commandline and config files
+
+        Supports generation of config files, so is used for the main homeserver app.
+
+        Args:
+            description: TODO
+            argv_options: The options passed to Synapse. Usually `sys.argv[1:]`.
+
+        Returns:
+            Config object, or None if --generate-config or --generate-keys was set
+        """
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "-c",
+            "--config-path",
+            action="append",
+            metavar="CONFIG_FILE",
+            help="Specify config file. Can be given multiple times and"
+            " may specify directories containing *.yaml files.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--no-secrets-in-config",
+            dest="secrets_in_config",
+            action="store_false",
+            default=True,
+            help="Reject config options that expect an in-line secret as value.",
+        )
+
+        # we nest the mutually-exclusive group inside another group so that the help
+        # text shows them in their own group.
+        generate_mode_group = parser.add_argument_group(
+            "Config generation mode",
+        )
+        generate_mode_exclusive = generate_mode_group.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+        generate_mode_exclusive.add_argument(
+            # hidden option to make the type and default work
+            "--generate-mode",
+            help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
+            type=_ConfigGenerateMode,
+            default=_ConfigGenerateMode.GENERATE_MISSING_AND_RUN,
+        )
+        generate_mode_exclusive.add_argument(
+            "--generate-config",
+            help="Generate a config file, then exit.",
+            action="store_const",
+            const=_ConfigGenerateMode.GENERATE_EVERYTHING_AND_EXIT,
+            dest="generate_mode",
+        )
+        generate_mode_exclusive.add_argument(
+            "--generate-missing-configs",
+            "--generate-keys",
+            help="Generate any missing additional config files, then exit.",
+            action="store_const",
+            const=_ConfigGenerateMode.GENERATE_MISSING_AND_EXIT,
+            dest="generate_mode",
+        )
+        generate_mode_exclusive.add_argument(
+            "--generate-missing-and-run",
+            help="Generate any missing additional config files, then run. This is the "
+            "default behaviour.",
+            action="store_const",
+            const=_ConfigGenerateMode.GENERATE_MISSING_AND_RUN,
+            dest="generate_mode",
+        )
+
+        generate_group = parser.add_argument_group("Details for --generate-config")
+        generate_group.add_argument(
+            "-H", "--server-name", help="The server name to generate a config file for."
+        )
+        generate_group.add_argument(
+            "--report-stats",
+            action="store",
+            help="Whether the generated config reports homeserver usage statistics.",
+            choices=["yes", "no"],
+        )
+        generate_group.add_argument(
+            "--config-directory",
+            "--keys-directory",
+            metavar="DIRECTORY",
+            help=(
+                "Specify where additional config files such as signing keys and log"
+                " config should be stored. Defaults to the same directory as the last"
+                " config file."
+            ),
+        )
+        generate_group.add_argument(
+            "--data-directory",
+            metavar="DIRECTORY",
+            help=(
+                "Specify where data such as the media store and database file should be"
+                " stored. Defaults to the current working directory."
+            ),
+        )
+        generate_group.add_argument(
+            "--open-private-ports",
+            action="store_true",
+            help=(
+                "Leave private ports (such as the non-TLS HTTP listener) open to the"
+                " internet. Do not use this unless you know what you are doing."
+            ),
+        )
+
+        cls.invoke_all_static("add_arguments", parser)
+        config_args = parser.parse_args(argv_options)
+
+        config_files = find_config_files(search_paths=config_args.config_path)
+
+        if not config_files:
+            parser.error(
+                "Must supply a config file.\nA config file can be automatically"
+                ' generated using "--generate-config -H SERVER_NAME'
+                ' -c CONFIG-FILE"'
+            )
+
+        if config_args.config_directory:
+            config_dir_path = config_args.config_directory
+        else:
+            config_dir_path = os.path.dirname(config_files[-1])
+        config_dir_path = os.path.abspath(config_dir_path)
+        data_dir_path = os.getcwd()
+
+        obj = cls(config_files)
+
+        if (
+            config_args.generate_mode
+            == _ConfigGenerateMode.GENERATE_EVERYTHING_AND_EXIT
+        ):
+            if config_args.report_stats is None:
+                parser.error(
+                    "Please specify either --report-stats=yes or --report-stats=no\n\n"
+                    + MISSING_REPORT_STATS_SPIEL
+                )
+
+            (config_path,) = config_files
+            if not path_exists(config_path):
+                print("Generating config file %s" % (config_path,))
+
+                if config_args.data_directory:
+                    data_dir_path = config_args.data_directory
+                else:
+                    data_dir_path = os.getcwd()
+                data_dir_path = os.path.abspath(data_dir_path)
+
+                server_name = config_args.server_name
+                if not server_name:
+                    raise ConfigError(
+                        "Must specify a server_name to a generate config for."
+                        " Pass -H server.name."
+                    )
+
+                config_str = obj.generate_config(
+                    config_dir_path=config_dir_path,
+                    data_dir_path=data_dir_path,
+                    server_name=server_name,
+                    report_stats=(config_args.report_stats == "yes"),
+                    generate_secrets=True,
+                    open_private_ports=config_args.open_private_ports,
+                )
+
+                os.makedirs(config_dir_path, exist_ok=True)
+                with open(config_path, "w") as config_file:
+                    config_file.write(config_str)
+                    config_file.write("\n\n# vim:ft=yaml")
+
+                config_dict = yaml.safe_load(config_str)
+                obj.generate_missing_files(config_dict, config_dir_path)
+
+                print(
+                    (
+                        "A config file has been generated in %r for server name"
+                        " %r. Please review this file and customise it"
+                        " to your needs."
+                    )
+                    % (config_path, server_name)
+                )
+                return
+            else:
+                print(
+                    (
+                        "Config file %r already exists. Generating any missing config"
+                        " files."
+                    )
+                    % (config_path,)
+                )
+
+        config_dict = read_config_files(config_files)
+        obj.generate_missing_files(config_dict, config_dir_path)
+
+        if config_args.generate_mode in (
+            _ConfigGenerateMode.GENERATE_EVERYTHING_AND_EXIT,
+            _ConfigGenerateMode.GENERATE_MISSING_AND_EXIT,
+        ):
+            return None
+
+        return cls.load_config(description, argv_options)
+
+    def parse_config_dict(
+        self,
+        config_dict: dict[str, Any],
+        config_dir_path: str,
+        data_dir_path: str,
+        allow_secrets_in_config: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Read the information from the config dict into this Config object.
+
+        Args:
+            config_dict: Configuration data, as read from the yaml
+
+            config_dir_path: The path where the config files are kept. Used to
+                create filenames for things like the log config and the signing key.
+
+            data_dir_path: The path where the data files are kept. Used to create
+                filenames for things like the database and media store.
+        """
+        self.invoke_all(
+            "read_config",
+            config_dict,
+            config_dir_path=config_dir_path,
+            data_dir_path=data_dir_path,
+            allow_secrets_in_config=allow_secrets_in_config,
+        )
+
+    def generate_missing_files(
+        self, config_dict: dict[str, Any], config_dir_path: str
+    ) -> None:
+        self.invoke_all("generate_files", config_dict, config_dir_path)
+
+    def reload_config_section(self, section_name: str) -> Config:
+        """Reconstruct the given config section, leaving all others unchanged.
+
+        This works in three steps:
+
+        1. Create a new instance of the relevant `Config` subclass.
+        2. Call `read_config` on that instance to parse the new config.
+        3. Replace the existing config instance with the new one.
+
+        :raises ValueError: if the given `section` does not exist.
+        :raises ConfigError: for any other problems reloading config.
+
+        :returns: the previous config object, which no longer has a reference to this
+            RootConfig.
+        """
+        existing_config: Config | None = getattr(self, section_name, None)
+        if existing_config is None:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unknown config section '{section_name}'")
+        logger.info("Reloading config section '%s'", section_name)
+
+        new_config_data = read_config_files(self.config_files)
+        new_config = type(existing_config)(self)
+        new_config.read_config(new_config_data)
+        setattr(self, section_name, new_config)
+
+        existing_config.root = None
+        return existing_config
+
+    def validate_config(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Additional config validation across all config sections.
+
+        Override this in subclasses to add extra validation. This is called once all
+        config option values have been populated.
+
+        XXX: This should only validate, not modify the configuration, as the final
+        config state is required for proper validation across all config sections.
+
+        Raises:
+            ConfigError: if the config is invalid.
+        """
+
+
+def read_config_files(config_files: Iterable[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Read the config files and shallowly merge them into a dict.
+
+    Successive configurations are shallowly merged into ones provided earlier,
+    i.e., entirely replacing top-level sections of the configuration.
+
+    Args:
+        config_files: A list of the config files to read
+
+    Returns:
+        The configuration dictionary.
+    """
+    specified_config = {}
+    for config_file in config_files:
+        with open(config_file) as file_stream:
+            yaml_config = yaml.safe_load(file_stream)
+
+        if not isinstance(yaml_config, dict):
+            err = "File %r is empty or doesn't parse into a key-value map. IGNORING."
+            print(err % (config_file,))
+            continue
+
+        specified_config.update(yaml_config)
+
+    if "server_name" not in specified_config:
+        raise ConfigError(MISSING_SERVER_NAME)
+
+    if "report_stats" not in specified_config:
+        raise ConfigError(
+            MISSING_REPORT_STATS_CONFIG_INSTRUCTIONS + "\n" + MISSING_REPORT_STATS_SPIEL
+        )
+    return specified_config
+
+
+def find_config_files(search_paths: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    """Finds config files using a list of search paths. If a path is a file
+    then that file path is added to the list. If a search path is a directory
+    then all the "*.yaml" files in that directory are added to the list in
+    sorted order.
+
+    Args:
+        search_paths: A list of paths to search.
+
+    Returns:
+        A list of file paths.
+    """
+
+    config_files = []
+    if search_paths:
+        for config_path in search_paths:
+            if os.path.isdir(config_path):
+                # We accept specifying directories as config paths, we search
+                # inside that directory for all files matching *.yaml, and then
+                # we apply them in *sorted* order.
+                files = []
+                for entry in os.listdir(config_path):
+                    entry_path = os.path.join(config_path, entry)
+                    if not os.path.isfile(entry_path):
+                        err = "Found subdirectory in config directory: %r. IGNORING."
+                        print(err % (entry_path,))
+                        continue
+
+                    if not entry.endswith(".yaml"):
+                        err = (
+                            "Found file in config directory that does not end in "
+                            "'.yaml': %r. IGNORING."
+                        )
+                        print(err % (entry_path,))
+                        continue
+
+                    files.append(entry_path)
+
+                config_files.extend(sorted(files))
+            else:
+                config_files.append(config_path)
+    return config_files
+
+
+@attr.s(auto_attribs=True)
+class ShardedWorkerHandlingConfig:
+    """Algorithm for choosing which instance is responsible for handling some
+    sharded work.
+
+    For example, the federation senders use this to determine which instances
+    handles sending stuff to a given destination (which is used as the `key`
+    below).
+    """
+
+    instances: list[str]
+
+    def should_handle(self, instance_name: str, key: str) -> bool:
+        """Whether this instance is responsible for handling the given key."""
+        # If no instances are defined we assume some other worker is handling
+        # this.
+        if not self.instances:
+            return False
+
+        return self._get_instance(key) == instance_name
+
+    def _get_instance(self, key: str) -> str:
+        """Get the instance responsible for handling the given key.
+
+        Note: For federation sending and pushers the config for which instance
+        is sending is known only to the sender instance, so we don't expose this
+        method by default.
+        """
+
+        if not self.instances:
+            raise Exception("Unknown worker")
+
+        if len(self.instances) == 1:
+            return self.instances[0]
+
+        # We shard by taking the hash, modulo it by the number of instances and
+        # then checking whether this instance matches the instance at that
+        # index.
+        #
+        # (Technically this introduces some bias and is not entirely uniform,
+        # but since the hash is so large the bias is ridiculously small).
+        dest_hash = sha256(key.encode("utf8")).digest()
+        dest_int = int.from_bytes(dest_hash, byteorder="little")
+        remainder = dest_int % (len(self.instances))
+        return self.instances[remainder]
+
+
+@attr.s
+class RoutableShardedWorkerHandlingConfig(ShardedWorkerHandlingConfig):
+    """A version of `ShardedWorkerHandlingConfig` that is used for config
+    options where all instances know which instances are responsible for the
+    sharded work.
+    """
+
+    def __attrs_post_init__(self):
+        # We require that `self.instances` is non-empty.
+        if not self.instances:
+            raise Exception("Got empty list of instances for shard config")
+
+    def get_instance(self, key: str) -> str:
+        """Get the instance responsible for handling the given key."""
+        return self._get_instance(key)
+
+
+def read_file(file_path: Any, config_path: StrSequence) -> str:
+    """Check the given file exists, and read it into a string
+
+    If it does not, emit an error indicating the problem
+
+    Args:
+        file_path: the file to be read
+        config_path: where in the configuration file_path came from, so that a useful
+           error can be emitted if it does not exist.
+    Returns:
+        content of the file.
+    Raises:
+        ConfigError if there is a problem reading the file.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(file_path, str):
+        raise ConfigError("%r is not a string", config_path)
+
+    try:
+        os.stat(file_path)
+        with open(file_path) as file_stream:
+            return file_stream.read()
+    except OSError as e:
+        raise ConfigError("Error accessing file %r" % (file_path,), config_path) from e
+
+
+class _ConfigGenerateMode(Enum):
+    GENERATE_MISSING_AND_RUN = auto()
+    GENERATE_MISSING_AND_EXIT = auto()
+    GENERATE_EVERYTHING_AND_EXIT = auto()
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "Config",
+    "RootConfig",
+    "ShardedWorkerHandlingConfig",
+    "RoutableShardedWorkerHandlingConfig",
+    "read_file",
+]