From c4bdbc2bd2a1c90467de4d81eb3bf5ee7f6f8fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silke Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 14:36:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that SRV may not point to a CNAME Signed-off-by: Silke Hofstra --- README.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 8812cc1b4f..28fbe45de6 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -614,6 +614,9 @@ should have the format ``_matrix._tcp. IN SRV 10 0 $ dig -t srv _matrix._tcp.example.com _matrix._tcp.example.com. 3600 IN SRV 10 0 8448 synapse.example.com. +Note that the server hostname cannot be an alias (CNAME record): it has to point +directly to the server hosting the synapse instance. + You can then configure your homeserver to use ```` as the domain in its user-ids, by setting ``server_name``::