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Commit 3bffd14b authored by Matthew Hodgson's avatar Matthew Hodgson
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fix quickstart slightly

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......@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VoIP[1]. The basics you need to know to get up and running are:
- Chatrooms are distributed and do not exist on any single server. Rooms
can be found using names like ``#matrix:matrix.org`` or
``#test:localhost:8080`` or they can be ephemeral.
``#test:localhost:8008`` or they can be ephemeral.
- Matrix user IDs look like ``@matthew:matrix.org`` (although in the future
you will normally refer to yourself and others using a 3PID: email
......@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ VoIP[1]. The basics you need to know to get up and running are:
The overall architecture is::
client <----> homeserver <=================> homeserver <-----> client
e.g. matrix.org:8080 e.g. mydomain.net:8080
client <----> homeserver <=====================> homeserver <----> client
https://matrix.org/_matrix https://mydomain.net/_matrix
Quick Start
===========
......@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ 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:8080, install synapse
- To run your own **private** homeserver on localhost:8008, install synapse
with ``python setup.py develop --user`` and then run one with
``python synapse/app/homeserver.py`` - you will find a webclient running
at http://localhost:8080 (use a recent Chrome, Safari or Firefox for now,
at http://localhost:8008 (use a recent Chrome, Safari or Firefox for now,
please...)
- To make the homeserver **public** and let it exchange messages with
other homeservers and participate in the overall Matrix federation, open
up port 8080 and run ``python synapse/app/homeserver.py --host
up port 8448 and run ``python synapse/app/homeserver.py --host
machine.my.domain.name``. Then come join ``#matrix:matrix.org`` and
say hi! :)
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