Update README setup instructions to be correct. Make synapse spit out explanatory note when generating config to tell people to look at it and customise it.

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David Baker 2014-10-02 10:43:22 +01:00
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commit 7a322b6326
2 changed files with 8 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ To get up and running:
- To simply play with an **existing** homeserver you can
just go straight to http://matrix.org/alpha.
- To run your own **private** homeserver on localhost:8008, install synapse with
``python setup.py develop --user`` and then run ``./synctl start`` twice (once to
generate a config; once to actually run) - you will find a webclient running at
http://localhost:8008. Please use a recent Chrome, Safari or Firefox for now...
- To run your own **private** homeserver on localhost:8008, generate a basic
config file: ``./synctl start`` will give you instructions on how to do this.
Once you've done so, running ``./synctl start`` again will start your private
home sserver. You will find a webclient running at http://localhost:8008.
Please use a recent Chrome or Firefox for now (or Safari if you don't need
VoIP support).
- To run a **public** homeserver and let it exchange messages with other homeservers
and participate in the global Matrix federation, you must expose port 8448 to the

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@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class Config(object):
# style mode markers into the file, to hint to people that
# this is a YAML file.
yaml.dump(config, config_file, default_flow_style=False)
print "A config file has been generated in %s (your server name is '%s'). Please review this file and customise it to your needs." % (config_args.config_path, config['server_name'])
sys.exit(0)
return cls(args)