Merge 'release-v1.136' into 'master'

docs/setup/forward_proxy.md

@@ -7,8 +7,23 @@ proxy is supported, not SOCKS proxy or anything else.
 
 ## Configure
 
-The `http_proxy`, `https_proxy`, `no_proxy` environment variables are used to
-specify proxy settings. The environment variable is not case sensitive.
+The proxy settings can be configured in the homeserver configuration file via
+[`http_proxy`](../usage/configuration/config_documentation.md#http_proxy),
+[`https_proxy`](../usage/configuration/config_documentation.md#https_proxy), and
+[`no_proxy_hosts`](../usage/configuration/config_documentation.md#no_proxy_hosts).
+
+`homeserver.yaml` example:
+```yaml
+http_proxy: http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@10.0.1.1:8080/
+https_proxy: http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.example.com:8080/
+no_proxy_hosts:
+  - master.hostname.example.com
+  - 10.1.0.0/16
+  - 172.30.0.0/16
+```
+
+The proxy settings can also be configured via the `http_proxy`, `https_proxy`,
+`no_proxy` environment variables. The environment variable is not case sensitive.
 - `http_proxy`: Proxy server to use for HTTP requests.
 - `https_proxy`: Proxy server to use for HTTPS requests.
 - `no_proxy`: Comma-separated list of hosts, IP addresses, or IP ranges in CIDR
@@ -44,7 +59,7 @@ The proxy will be **used** for:
 - phone-home stats
 - recaptcha validation
 - CAS auth validation
-- OpenID Connect
+- OpenID Connect (OIDC)
 - Outbound federation
 - Federation (checking public key revocation)
 - Fetching public keys of other servers
@@ -53,7 +68,7 @@ The proxy will be **used** for:
 It will **not be used** for:
 
 - Application Services
-- Identity servers
+- Matrix Identity servers
 - In worker configurations
   - connections between workers
   - connections from workers to Redis