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| author |  Andrea <ajf@ajf.me> | 2022-12-07 21:50:37 +0100 |
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| committer |  GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-12-07 21:50:37 +0100 |
| commit | 923d333823766db8bcbc746c81251cb043f7eb75 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c9990acd78c47f9df0e9e3b34930795c44b8a0b /docs/configuration | |
| parent | [feature] overhaul the oidc system (#961) (diff) | |
| download | gotosocial-923d333823766db8bcbc746c81251cb043f7eb75.tar.xz | |
[docs] encourage using loopback bind address (#1166)
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/configuration/general.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/configuration/general.md b/docs/configuration/general.md index 9f10fc790..a6f68982a 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/general.md +++ b/docs/configuration/general.md @@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ protocol: "https" # String. Address to bind the GoToSocial server to. # This can be an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address (surrounded in square brackets), or a hostname. -# Default value will bind to all interfaces. -# You probably won't need to change this unless you're setting GoToSocial up in some fancy way or -# you have specific networking requirements. +# The default value will bind to all interfaces, which makes the server +# accessible by other machines. For most setups there is no need to change this. +# If you are using GoToSocial in a reverse proxy setup with the proxy running on +# the same machine, you will want to set this to "localhost" or an equivalent, +# so that the proxy can't be bypassed. # Examples: ["0.0.0.0", "172.128.0.16", "localhost", "[::]", "[2001:db8::fed1]"] # Default: "0.0.0.0" bind-address: "0.0.0.0" |