Configure default homeserver

[gnouts]

I'd like to selfhost Cinny. I have my own Synapse homeserver. I'd like to point Cinny to my homeserver by default, so my users don't have to change it everytime they connect.

It would be nice to have an environment variable. As a lot of other projects do : first read env variable in shell, then read a config file, else use default value.

[BBaoVanC]

just FYI it can be done right now by editing the source code:

diff --git a/src/app/templates/auth/Auth.jsx b/src/app/templates/auth/Auth.jsx
index a8837ab..26ec301 100644
--- a/src/app/templates/auth/Auth.jsx
+++ b/src/app/templates/auth/Auth.jsx
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function Auth({ type }) {
                 forwardRef={homeserverRef}
                 id="auth_homeserver"
                 placeholder="Homeserver"
-                value="matrix.org"
+                value="boba.best"
                 required
               />
             </div>

[hifi]

It would be nice to have an environment variable. As a lot of other projects do : first read env variable in shell, then read a config file, else use default value.

It's not technically possible for a static hosted web application to read an env variable. It needs to read a config file over XHR like Element does for configuration.

[gnouts]

Thanks for the tips @BBaoVanC I'll probably do that in the meantime.

@hifi Ok I didn't know that. I guess a config file is still nice to have.