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diff --git a/docs/turn-howto.md b/docs/turn-howto.md index 99f0bb2fc2..e6812de69e 100644 --- a/docs/turn-howto.md +++ b/docs/turn-howto.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # Overview -This document explains how to enable VoIP relaying on your Home Server with +This document explains how to enable VoIP relaying on your homeserver with TURN. -The synapse Matrix Home Server supports integration with TURN server via the +The synapse Matrix homeserver supports integration with TURN server via the [TURN server REST API](<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00>). This -allows the Home Server to generate credentials that are valid for use on the -TURN server through the use of a secret shared between the Home Server and the +allows the homeserver to generate credentials that are valid for use on the +TURN server through the use of a secret shared between the homeserver and the TURN server. The following sections describe how to install [coturn](<https://github.com/coturn/coturn>) (which implements the TURN REST API) and integrate it with synapse. @@ -165,18 +165,18 @@ This will install and start a systemd service called `coturn`. ## Synapse setup -Your home server configuration file needs the following extra keys: +Your homeserver configuration file needs the following extra keys: 1. "`turn_uris`": This needs to be a yaml list of public-facing URIs for your TURN server to be given out to your clients. Add separate entries for each transport your TURN server supports. 2. "`turn_shared_secret`": This is the secret shared between your - Home server and your TURN server, so you should set it to the same + homeserver and your TURN server, so you should set it to the same string you used in turnserver.conf. 3. "`turn_user_lifetime`": This is the amount of time credentials - generated by your Home Server are valid for (in milliseconds). + generated by your homeserver are valid for (in milliseconds). Shorter times offer less potential for abuse at the expense of - increased traffic between web clients and your home server to + increased traffic between web clients and your homeserver to refresh credentials. The TURN REST API specification recommends one day (86400000). 4. "`turn_allow_guests`": Whether to allow guest users to use the @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ Here are a few things to try: anyone who has successfully set this up. * Check that you have opened your firewall to allow TCP and UDP traffic to the - TURN ports (normally 3478 and 5479). + TURN ports (normally 3478 and 5349). * Check that you have opened your firewall to allow UDP traffic to the UDP relay ports (49152-65535 by default). |