Add basic documentation for personal sessions #5187
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| For now, personal access tokens must be created by administrators through the [Admin API], satisfying use case (2). | ||
| [Element Admin](https://github.com/element-hq/element-admin), available by default in Element Server Suite, can be used to do this interactively. | ||
| You can also use the online beta deployment at [admin-beta.element.dev](https://admin-beta.element.dev/). <!--- TODO stable deployment --> |
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I'll bring up the stable deployment again tomorrow, fine with leaving the TODO for now
| This works by presenting the client credentials to get back an access token. | ||
| The simplest type of client credentials is a client ID and client secret pair, but MAS also supports client authentication with a JWT ([RFC 7523]), which is a robust way to authenticate clients without a shared secret. | ||
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| ## Personal sessions (personal access tokens) |
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Could we add a note about ownership of the token, that only the owner can refresh it?
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does 9edf149 suit?
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Part of: #4492
Bit of a stub, but I think it's probably OK enough to be 'something is better than nothing'.