pleroma

commit: f2e4b425e1cf6e4e9fa51ad79d58ea8f584a2068
parent 127e7b8ff9e5e7e1d26b6f7d80985f8144644ee5
Author: tusooa <tusooa@kazv.moe>
Date:   Thu,  3 Nov 2022 21:13:00 +0000

Document some caveats of webfinger domain setting
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docs/configuration/how_to_serve_another_domain_for_webfinger.md
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diff --git 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