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| author | Aaron Raimist <aaron@raim.ist> | 2020-09-29 12:50:25 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-09-29 13:50:25 -0400 |
| commit | 8238b55e08e8fbd7c7169b72281538a3e34c6488 (patch) | |
| tree | 61f9cb13b2744dbad0522611e0904c7d06f2717e | |
| parent | Discard an empty upload_name before persisting an uploaded file (#7905) (diff) | |
| download | synapse-8238b55e08e8fbd7c7169b72281538a3e34c6488.tar.xz | |
Update description of server_name config option (#8415)
| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.d/8415.doc | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/sample_config.yaml | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/config/server.py | 21 |
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/8415.doc b/changelog.d/8415.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..28b5798533 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/8415.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Improve description of `server_name` config option in `homserver.yaml`. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml index 845f537795..70cc06a6d8 100644 --- a/docs/sample_config.yaml +++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml @@ -33,10 +33,23 @@ ## Server ## -# The domain name of the server, with optional explicit port. -# This is used by remote servers to connect to this server, -# e.g. matrix.org, localhost:8080, etc. -# This is also the last part of your UserID. +# The public-facing domain of the server +# +# The server_name name will appear at the end of usernames and room addresses +# created on this server. For example if the server_name was example.com, +# usernames on this server would be in the format @user:example.com +# +# In most cases you should avoid using a matrix specific subdomain such as +# matrix.example.com or synapse.example.com as the server_name for the same +# reasons you wouldn't use user@email.example.com as your email address. +# See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/delegate.md +# for information on how to host Synapse on a subdomain while preserving +# a clean server_name. +# +# The server_name cannot be changed later so it is important to +# configure this correctly before you start Synapse. It should be all +# lowercase and may contain an explicit port. +# Examples: matrix.org, localhost:8080 # server_name: "SERVERNAME" diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py index 532b910470..ef6d70e3f8 100644 --- a/synapse/config/server.py +++ b/synapse/config/server.py @@ -641,10 +641,23 @@ class ServerConfig(Config): """\ ## Server ## - # The domain name of the server, with optional explicit port. - # This is used by remote servers to connect to this server, - # e.g. matrix.org, localhost:8080, etc. - # This is also the last part of your UserID. + # The public-facing domain of the server + # + # The server_name name will appear at the end of usernames and room addresses + # created on this server. For example if the server_name was example.com, + # usernames on this server would be in the format @user:example.com + # + # In most cases you should avoid using a matrix specific subdomain such as + # matrix.example.com or synapse.example.com as the server_name for the same + # reasons you wouldn't use user@email.example.com as your email address. + # See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/delegate.md + # for information on how to host Synapse on a subdomain while preserving + # a clean server_name. + # + # The server_name cannot be changed later so it is important to + # configure this correctly before you start Synapse. It should be all + # lowercase and may contain an explicit port. + # Examples: matrix.org, localhost:8080 # server_name: "%(server_name)s" |