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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/config/server.py | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
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" |