From 5533db8a281599fc68c209ca06d75bf0deeb5929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Slavi Pantaleev Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 07:27:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about trying to use local PostgreSQL instances --- docs/configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md b/docs/configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md index 2c93ebc3a..dabd5382d 100644 --- a/docs/configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md +++ b/docs/configuring-playbook-external-postgres.md @@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ matrix_postgres_db_name: "your-postgres-server-database-name" ``` The database (as specified in `matrix_postgres_db_name`) must exist and be accessible with the given credentials. -It must be empty or contain a valid Matrix Synapse database. If empty, Matrix Synapse would populate it the first time it runs. \ No newline at end of file +It must be empty or contain a valid Matrix Synapse database. If empty, Matrix Synapse would populate it the first time it runs. + +**Note**: the external server that you specify in `matrix_postgres_connection_hostname` must be accessible from within the container `matrix-synapse` Docker container (and possibly others). This means that it either needs to be a publicly accessible hostname or that it's a hostname on the same Docker network where all containers installed by this playbook run (a network called `matrix` by default). Using a local PostgreSQL instance on the host (running on the same machine, but not in a contianer) is not possible. \ No newline at end of file