Editing Dendrite (section)

=== Configuration ===

Configuration is the hard part where most people fail. This section will '''only''' cover the Dendrite configuration, web-server configuration (such as nginx) may be covered in latter sections.

First and foremost you may want to set up [[delegation]] and use the domain name for the delegated domain in {{ic|global.server_name}}. If you are not delegating, you should just use the domain name of the hosted server (such as localhost).

Then we must set up the database. Dendrite recommends PostgreSQL, and by following the directions the {{ic|global.database}} should be set up to use a URL something like this:

{{bc|
postgresql://username:password@hostname/dendrite
}}

Of course you can also use a simpler database (such as SQLite), but that will ruin the performance and will cause issues down the road as your instance grows. A simpler database should only be used for single-user homeservers, otherwise it is suggested for you to use PostgreSQL.

Next, you should set up {{ic|well_known_server_name}} and {{ic|well_known_client_name}} to allow not only for incoming connections, but also delegation. Examples are shown in the configuration file.

The rest of the configuration is very clear and optional to set, everything else is determined by purely choice, configuration of the web-server and the resources available and allocated to Dendrite.
[[Category:Homeservers]]