From f2e4b425e1cf6e4e9fa51ad79d58ea8f584a2068 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tusooa Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 21:13:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document some caveats of webfinger domain setting --- .../how_to_serve_another_domain_for_webfinger.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/configuration/how_to_serve_another_domain_for_webfinger.md b/docs/configuration/how_to_serve_another_domain_for_webfinger.md index 4e70f444c..5ae3e7943 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/how_to_serve_another_domain_for_webfinger.md +++ b/docs/configuration/how_to_serve_another_domain_for_webfinger.md @@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Web.Endpoint, config :pleroma, Pleroma.Web.WebFinger, domain: "example.org" ``` -- `domain` - is the domain for which your Pleroma instance has authority, it's the domain used in `acct:` URI. In our example, `domain` would be set to `example.org. -- `host` - is the domain used for any URL generated for your instance, including the author/actor URL's. In our case, that would be `pleroma.example.org. +- `domain` - is the domain for which your Pleroma instance has authority, it's the domain used in `acct:` URI. In our example, `domain` would be set to `example.org`. This is used in WebFinger account ids, which are the canonical account identifier in some other fediverse software like Mastodon. **If you change `domain`, the accounts on your server will be shown as different accounts in those software**. +- `host` - is the domain used for any URL generated for your instance, including the author/actor URL's. In our case, that would be `pleroma.example.org`. This is used in AP ids, which are the canonical account identifier in Pleroma and some other fediverse software. **You should not change this after you have set up the instance**. ### Configuring WebFinger domain