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Commit 86fa1138 authored by Mark Haines's avatar Mark Haines
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Update readme with instructions on how to generate configs for homeservers

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For the first form, simply pass the required hostname (of the machine) as the
--host parameter::
$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --host machine.my.domain.name
$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py \
--server-name machine.my.domain.name \
--config-path homeserver.config \
--generate-config
$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config
For the second form, first create your SRV record and publish it in DNS. This
needs to be named _matrix._tcp.YOURDOMAIN, and point at at least one hostname
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At this point, you should then run the homeserver with the hostname of this
SRV record, as that is the name other machines will expect it to have::
$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --host my.domain.name --port 8448
$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py \
--server-name YOURDOMAIN \
--bind-port 8448 \
--config-path homeserver.config \
--generate-config
$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config
You may additionally want to pass one or more "-v" options, in order to
increase the verbosity of logging output; at least for initial testing.
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