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This server is private by default, potentially at the expense of user discoverability.
## Matrix.org lookup forwarding
To ensure maximum discovery, you can make your identity server also forward lookups to the central matrix.org Identity server (at the cost of potentially leaking all your contacts information).
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matrix_mxisd_matrixorg_forwarding_enabled: true
```
## Customizing email templates
If you'd like to change the default email templates used by mxisd, take a look at the `matrix_mxisd_threepid_medium_email_custom_` variables
(in the `roles/matrix-mxisd/defaults/main.yml` file.
## mxisd-controlled Registration
To use the [Registration](https://github.com/kamax-matrix/mxisd/blob/master/docs/features/registration.md) feature of mxisd, you can make use of the following variables:
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- `matrix_mxisd_configuration_extension_yaml` - to configure mxisd as required. See the [Registration feature's docs](https://github.com/kamax-matrix/mxisd/blob/master/docs/features/registration.md) for inspiration. Also see the [Additional features](#additional-features) section below to learn more about how to use `matrix_mxisd_configuration_extension_yaml`.
## Additional features
What this playbook configures for your is some bare minimum Identity Server functionality, so that you won't need to rely on external 3rd party services.
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and put your configuration in it.
To learn more about how to do this, refer to the information about `matrix_mxisd_configuration_extension_yaml` in the [default variables file](../roles/matrix-mxisd/defaults/main.yml) of the mxisd component.
## Troubleshooting
If email address validation emails sent by mxisd are not reaching you, you should look into [Adjusting email-sending settings](configuring-playbook-email.md).
If you'd like additional logging information, temporarily enable verbose logging for mxisd.
Example configuration (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.DOMAIN/vars.yml`):
```yaml
matrix_mxisd_verbose_logging: true
```

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## How to see the current status of your services
You can check the status of your services by using `systemctl status`. Example:
```
sudo systemctl status matrix-nginx-proxy
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```
You can see the logs by using journalctl. Example:
```
sudo journalctl -fu matrix-synapse
```
## Increasing Synapse logging
Because the [Synapse](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse) Matrix server is originally very chatty when it comes to logging, we intentionally reduce its [logging level](https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logging-levels) from `INFO` to `WARNING`.
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Re-run the playbook after making these configuration changes.
## Postgres
See the dedicated [PostgreSQL Maintenance](maintenance-postgres.md) documentation page.
## Mxisd
See the dedicated [Adjusting mxisd Identity Server configuration](configuring-playbook-mxisd.md) documentation page

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# Controls mxisd logging verbosity for troubleshooting.
#
# According to: https://github.com/kamax-matrix/mxisd/blob/master/docs/troubleshooting.md#increase-verbosity
matrix_mxisd_verbose_logging: true
matrix_mxisd_verbose_logging: false
# Default mxisd configuration template which covers the generic use case.
# You can customize it by controlling the various variables inside it.