diff --git a/docs/configuring-well-known.md b/docs/configuring-well-known.md index 58bd1615b..cd387bc00 100644 --- a/docs/configuring-well-known.md +++ b/docs/configuring-well-known.md @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ This is relatively easy to do and possibly your only choice if you can only host This option is less fragile and generally better. -On the base domain's server (e.g. `example.com`), you can set up reverse-proxying, so that any access for the `/.well-known/matrix` location prefix is forwarded to the Matrix domain's server (e.g. `matrix.example.com`). +On the base domain's server (e.g. `example.com`), you can set up reverse-proxying (or simply a 302 redirect), so that any access for the `/.well-known/matrix` location prefix is forwarded to the Matrix domain's server (e.g. `matrix.example.com`). With this method, you **don't need** to add special HTTP headers for [CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS) reasons (like `Access-Control-Allow-Origin`), because your Matrix server (where requests ultimately go) will be configured by this playbook correctly.