various fixes - thanks to Mark White for pointing out you need to run synapse before you try to register a new user

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Matthew Hodgson 2015-12-01 23:05:03 +00:00
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@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ To set up your homeserver, run (in your virtualenv, as before)::
--generate-config \
--report-stats=[yes|no]
Substituting your host and domain name as appropriate.
...substituting your host and domain name as appropriate.
This will generate you a config file that you can then customise, but it will
also generate a set of keys for you. These keys will allow your Home Server to
@ -168,10 +168,11 @@ key in the <server name>.signing.key file (the second word, which by default is
By default, registration of new users is disabled. You can either enable
registration in the config by specifying ``enable_registration: true``
(it is then recommended to also set up CAPTCHA), or
(it is then recommended to also set up CAPTCHA - see docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP), or
you can use the command line to register new users::
$ source ~/.synapse/bin/activate
$ synctl start # if not already running
$ register_new_matrix_user -c homeserver.yaml https://localhost:8448
New user localpart: erikj
Password:
@ -181,6 +182,16 @@ you can use the command line to register new users::
For reliable VoIP calls to be routed via this homeserver, you MUST configure
a TURN server. See docs/turn-howto.rst for details.
Running Synapse
===============
To actually run your new homeserver, pick a working directory for Synapse to
run (e.g. ``~/.synapse``), and::
cd ~/.synapse
source ./bin/activate
synctl start
Using PostgreSQL
================
@ -203,16 +214,6 @@ may have a few regressions relative to SQLite.
For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL, please see
`docs/postgres.rst <docs/postgres.rst>`_.
Running Synapse
===============
To actually run your new homeserver, pick a working directory for Synapse to
run (e.g. ``~/.synapse``), and::
cd ~/.synapse
source ./bin/activate
synctl start
Platform Specific Instructions
==============================