Add dedicated CAPTCHA variables to matrix-authentication-service

Matrix Authentication Service supports CAPTCHA protection (ReCaptcha
v2, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha) for certain operations like
self-service password registration, but configuring it required going
through matrix_authentication_service_configuration_extension_yaml.
Expose it via dedicated variables
(matrix_authentication_service_config_captcha_service, _site_key and
_secret_key), validate the service value and key presence, and document
the setup in the captcha documentation page, which so far only covered
Synapse and Dendrite.

Related to #5344

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Captcha can be enabled for this home server. This file explains how to do that.
The captcha mechanism used is Google's [ReCaptcha](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/). This requires API keys from Google. If your homeserver is Dendrite then [hCapcha](https://www.hcaptcha.com) can be used instead.
If you are using [Matrix Authentication Service](configuring-playbook-matrix-authentication-service.md), captcha is configured there instead (it handles registration), and [Cloudflare Turnstile](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/turnstile/) is supported as well. See [Matrix Authentication Service](#matrix-authentication-service) below.
## ReCaptcha
### Getting keys
@@ -61,3 +63,16 @@ matrix_dendrite_client_api_recaptcha_api_js_url: 'https://js.hcaptcha.com/1/api.
matrix_dendrite_client_api_recaptcha_form_field: 'h-captcha-response'
matrix_dendrite_client_api_recaptcha_sitekey_class: 'h-captcha'
```
## Matrix Authentication Service
When [Matrix Authentication Service](configuring-playbook-matrix-authentication-service.md) is enabled, registration and other account operations are handled by it, so captcha protection is configured there (the Synapse and Dendrite settings above do not apply).
Matrix Authentication Service supports [ReCaptcha v2](http://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin), [Cloudflare Turnstile](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/turnstile/) and [hCaptcha](https://dashboard.hcaptcha.com/sites/new). Obtain a site/secret key pair from your chosen service, then add the following configuration to your `inventory/host_vars/matrix.example.com/vars.yml` file:
```yaml
# Valid values: recaptcha_v2, cloudflare_turnstile, hcaptcha
matrix_authentication_service_config_captcha_service: recaptcha_v2
matrix_authentication_service_config_captcha_site_key: 'YOUR_SITE_KEY'
matrix_authentication_service_config_captcha_secret_key: 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY'
```