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# Server configuration
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Once you've got Zulip set up, you'll likely want to configure it the
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way you like.
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## Making changes
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Most configuration can be done by a realm administrator, on the web.
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For those settings, see [the documentation for realm
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administrators][realm-admin-docs].
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[realm-admin-docs]: https://zulip.com/help/getting-your-organization-started-with-zulip
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This page discusses additional configuration that a system
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administrator can do. To change any of the following settings, edit
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the `/etc/zulip/settings.py` file on your Zulip server, and then
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restart the server with the following command:
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```bash
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su zulip -c '/home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/restart-server'
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```
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Zulip has dozens of settings documented in the comments in
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`/etc/zulip/settings.py`; you can review [the latest version of the
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settings.py template][settings-py-template], and if you've upgraded
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from an old version of Zulip, we recommend [carefully updating your
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`/etc/zulip/settings.py`][update-settings-docs] to fold in the inline
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comment documentation for new configuration settings after upgrading
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to each new major release.
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[update-settings-docs]: upgrade.md#updating-settingspy-inline-documentation
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[settings-py-template]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/blob/main/zproject/prod_settings_template.py
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Since Zulip’s settings file is a Python script, there are a number of
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other things that one can configure that are documented in
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[System and deployment configuration](deployment.md#system-and-deployment-configuration).
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Otherwise, ask in [the Zulip development community](https://zulip.com/development-community/)
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if there’s something you’d like to do but can’t figure out how to.
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## Specific settings
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### Domain and email settings
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`EXTERNAL_HOST`: the user-accessible domain name for your Zulip
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installation (i.e., what users will type in their web browser). This
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should of course match the DNS name you configured to point to your
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server and for which you configured SSL certificates. If you passed
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`--hostname` to the installer, this will be prefilled with that value.
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`ZULIP_ADMINISTRATOR`: the email address of the person or team
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maintaining this installation and who will get support and error
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emails. If you passed `--email` to the installer, this will be
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prefilled with that value.
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### Authentication backends
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`AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS`: Zulip supports a wide range of popular
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options for authenticating users to your server, including Google
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auth, GitHub auth, LDAP, SAML, REMOTE_USER, and more.
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If you want an additional or different authentication backend, you
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will need to uncomment one or more and then do any additional
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configuration required for that backend as documented in the
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`settings.py` file. See the
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[section on authentication](authentication-methods.md) for more
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detail on the available authentication backends and how to configure
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them.
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### Mobile and desktop apps
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The Zulip apps expect to be talking to servers with a properly
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signed SSL certificate, in most cases and will not accept a
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self-signed certificate. You should get a proper SSL certificate
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before testing the apps.
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Because of how Google and Apple have architected the security model of
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their push notification protocols, the Zulip mobile apps for
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[iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zulip/id1203036395) and
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[Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zulipmobile)
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can only receive push notifications from a single Zulip server. We
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have configured that server to be `push.zulipchat.com`, and offer a
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[push notification forwarding service](mobile-push-notifications.md) that
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forwards push notifications through our servers to mobile devices.
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Read the linked documentation for instructions on how to register for
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and configure this service.
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### Terms of Service and Privacy policy
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Zulip allows you to configure your server's Terms of Service and
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Privacy Policy pages (`/terms` and `/privacy`, respectively).
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You can configure this using the `POLICIES_DIRECTORY` setting. We
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recommend using `/etc/zulip/policies`, so that your policies are
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naturally backed up with the server's other configuration. Just place
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Markdown files named `terms.md` and `privacy.md` in that directory,
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and set `TERMS_OF_SERVICE_VERSION` to `1.0` to enable this feature.
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You can place additional files in this directory to document
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additional policies; if you do so, you may want to:
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- Create a Markdown file `sidebar_index.md` listing the pages in your
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policies site; this generates the policies site navigation.
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- Create a Markdown file `missing.md` with custom content for 404s in
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this directory.
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Please make clear in these pages what organization is hosting your
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Zulip server, so that nobody could be confused that your policies are
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the policies for Zulip Cloud.
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### Miscellaneous server settings
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Some popular settings in `/etc/zulip/settings.py` include:
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- The Twitter integration, which provides pretty inline previews of
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tweets.
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- The [email gateway](email-gateway.md), which lets
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users send emails into Zulip.
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- The [Video call integrations](video-calls.md).
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## Zulip announcement list
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Subscribe to the [Zulip announcements email
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list](https://groups.google.com/g/zulip-announce) for server administrators, if
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you have not done so already. This extremely low-traffic list is for important
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announcements, including [new releases](../overview/release-lifecycle.md) and
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security issues.
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## Enjoy your Zulip installation!
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If you discover things that you wish had been documented, please
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contribute documentation suggestions either via a GitHub issue or pull
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request; we love even small contributions, and we'd love to make the
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Zulip documentation cover everything anyone might want to know about
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running Zulip in production.
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Next: [Backups, export and import](export-and-import.md) and
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[upgrading](upgrade.md) Zulip in production.
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