Add CORS to nginx config (#1791)

Without this entry, setups where users have the homeserver on the URL matrix.myurl.com but want the servername to be myurl.com don't work by default since clients like element.io can't connect to the homeserver
matrix-org · Jun 7, 2021 · 2c9a390 · 2c9a390
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diff --git a/docs/nginx/monolith-sample.conf b/docs/nginx/monolith-sample.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ server {
     }
 
     location /.well-known/matrix/client {
+        # If your sever_name here doesn't match your matrix homeserver URL
+        # (e.g. hostname.com as server_name and matrix.hostname.com as homeserver URL)
+        # add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin '*';
         return 200 '{ "m.homeserver": { "base_url": "https://my.hostname.com" } }';
     }
 

diff --git a/docs/nginx/polylith-sample.conf b/docs/nginx/polylith-sample.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ server {
     }
 
     location /.well-known/matrix/client {
+        # If your sever_name here doesn't match your matrix homeserver URL
+        # (e.g. hostname.com as server_name and matrix.hostname.com as homeserver URL)
+        # add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin '*';
         return 200 '{ "m.homeserver": { "base_url": "https://my.hostname.com" } }';
     }