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author | Brendan Abolivier <babolivier@matrix.org> | 2020-02-18 17:20:03 +0000 |
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committer | Brendan Abolivier <babolivier@matrix.org> | 2020-02-18 17:20:03 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/federate.md b/docs/federate.md index 55f2a6d0ee..5fc839b58b 100644 --- a/docs/federate.md +++ b/docs/federate.md @@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ on port 8448. The preferred way to do that is by using a reverse proxy, see [reverse_proxy.md](<reverse_proxy.md>) for instructions on how to correctly set one up. -In some cases you might not want Synapse to be running on the machine that -has the `server_name` as its public DNS hostname, or federation traffic -to use port than 8448 (e.g. you want to use `example.com` as your `server_name` -but want Synapse to be reachable on `synapse.example.com:443`). This can -be done using delegation, which allows an admin to dictate where federation -traffic should be sent, see [delegate.md](<delegate.md>) for instructions on -how to set this up. +In some cases you might not want to run Synapse on the machine that has +the `server_name` as its public DNS hostname, or you might want federation +traffic to use a different port than 8448. For example, you might want to +have your user names look like `@user:example.com`, but you want to run +Synapse on `synapse.example.com` on port 443. This can be done using +delegation, which allows an admin to control where federation traffic should +be sent. See [delegate.md](delegate.md) for instructions on how to set this up. Once federation has been configured, you should be able to join a room over federation. A good place to start is `#synapse:matrix.org` - a room for @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Synapse admins. ## Troubleshooting -You can use the [federation tester](<https://matrix.org/federationtester>) +You can use the [federation tester](https://matrix.org/federationtester) to check if your homeserver is configured correctly. Alternatively try the [JSON API used by the federation tester](https://matrix.org/federationtester/api/report?server_name=DOMAIN). Note that you'll have to modify this URL to replace `DOMAIN` with your |