From 213d7eb22739c66ca3af0c33be4377906f35b426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Lazarev Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:30:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify environment variable usage when running in Docker (#6181) --- docker/start.py | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docker/start.py b/docker/start.py index e41ea20e70..6e1cb807a1 100755 --- a/docker/start.py +++ b/docker/start.py @@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ def main(args, environ): # backwards-compatibility generate-a-config-on-the-fly mode if "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH" in environ: error( - "SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME and SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH are mutually exclusive " - "except in `generate` or `migrate_config` mode." + "SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME can only be combined with SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH " + "in `generate` or `migrate_config` mode. To start synapse using a " + "config file, unset the SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME environment variable." ) config_path = "/compiled/homeserver.yaml"