Rocket.Chat exposes chat channels, file uploads, bots, and federation/integration endpoints. Production hardening should prioritize login controls, permission model review, and app/plugin governance.
¶ 1) Secure authentication and account lifecycle
- Enforce MFA for admins and moderators.
- Disable unrestricted self-registration in internal deployments.
- Integrate with enterprise SSO (OIDC/SAML/LDAP) and central password policy.
- Review role permissions regularly and remove over-privileged custom roles.
¶ 2) Protect transport and message APIs
- Run only behind HTTPS with modern TLS settings.
- Apply request throttling for login and API endpoints at reverse proxy.
- Restrict CORS and webhook destinations to approved domains.
- Keep MongoDB private and unreachable from public networks.
¶ 3) Control apps, marketplace extensions, and tokens
- Install only vetted marketplace apps and remove unused apps.
- Rotate personal access tokens, bot tokens, and webhook credentials.
- Restrict script-like automations to audited integrations.
- Patch Rocket.Chat and MongoDB on a predictable maintenance cadence.
- Rocket.Chat security documentation: https://docs.rocket.chat/docs/security
- Rocket.Chat source repository: https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
- Rocket.Chat security advisories: https://www.rocket.chat/security
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