From 86fa1138be3e7908b6960498b31c2df9b286ef0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Haines Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:21:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme with instructions on how to generate configs for homeservers --- README.rst | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index cfdc2a1c7..9c44bf61b 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ IDs: 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 @@ -186,7 +190,13 @@ record would then look something like:: 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.