Mention that unix socket support for webserver-address requires 5.0.

Fixes: #16222
Signed-off-by: Miod Vallat <miod.vallat@powerdns.com>

diff --git a/docs/http-api/index.rst b/docs/http-api/index.rst
index de479f1abcdba352b891e9d6d6fc94a2b5aacbce..3db3d096910c2156dc95ef5ff39908b8517cbe96 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/http-api/index.rst
+++ b/docs/http-api/index.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The webserver does not allow remote management of the daemon, but allows control
 The following webserver related configuration items are available:
 
 * :ref:`setting-webserver`: If set to anything but 'no', a webserver is launched.
-* :ref:`setting-webserver-address`: IP address or UNIX domain socket path to bind the webserver to. Defaults to 127.0.0.1, which implies that only the local computer is able to connect to the nameserver! To allow remote hosts to connect, change to 0.0.0.0 or the physical IP address of your nameserver.
+* :ref:`setting-webserver-address`: IP address (or UNIX domain socket path, from version 5.0.0 onward) to bind the webserver to. Defaults to 127.0.0.1, which implies that only the local computer is able to connect to the nameserver! To allow remote hosts to connect, change to 0.0.0.0 or the physical IP address of your nameserver.
 * :ref:`setting-webserver-password`: If set, viewers will have to enter this password in order to gain access to the statistics, in addition to entering the configured API key on the index page.
 * :ref:`setting-webserver-port`: Port to bind the webserver to (not relevant if :ref:`setting-webserver-address` is set to a UNIX domain socket).
 * :ref:`setting-webserver-allow-from`: Netmasks that are allowed to connect to the webserver (not relevant if :ref:`setting-webserver-address` is set to a UNIX domain socket).

diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index a081c37dede18e0620531a6a70821e31e2402c0d..bc23926b368f9d1105cc15b76bd068ee34ae7240 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -2060,7 +2060,10 @@ Start a webserver for monitoring. See :doc:`performance`".
 -  IP Address
 -  Default: 127.0.0.1
 
-IP Address or path to UNIX domain socket for webserver/API to listen on.
+IP Address for webserver/API to listen on.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 5.0.0
+  A path to a UNIX domain socket may be used instead of an IP address.
 
 .. _setting-webserver-allow-from: