Question about @matrix federation...

I currently have a split domain setup with #synapse where my username is amd:amd.im but my server is located at matrix.amd.im

I am going to stand up a new homeserver that uses a subdomain, but I don't whether the new amd:matrix.amd.im user will show up with a bunch of encryption key errors or be seen as a new user.

What subdomain would you pick for your new #selfhosted #matrix homeserver if you were me?

  • matrix.amd.im (42%, 3 votes)
  • mtrx.amd.im (14%, 1 vote)
  • chat.amd.im (42%, 3 votes)
  • conduit.amd.im (0%, 0 votes)
7 voters. Poll end: 1 month ago

in reply to Jonah Aragon

I'm not sure I've seen anywhere that it's actually the "recommended" setup, though it is supported and often selected. If you have something indicating that it is preferred, let me know.

My personal reasons for doing this is that delegation can be broken (I've done it just this week) and requires maintaining extra configuration on a potentially separate piece of software, vs just running cleanly on a subdomain.

The only real advantage it offers is a pretty username, which doesn't matter to me much.

in reply to amd

I’ve always interpreted their comparison to email domains as a tacit recommendation 🤷‍♂️

you will probably want to specify your domain (example.com) rather than a matrix-specific hostname here (in the same way that your email address is probably user@example.com rather than user@email.example.com)


I just use SRV records in DNS to avoid that reliance on a web server on the root domain and it works fine.

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