add info about hostname change (#3434)

Co-authored-by: Rigel Kent <par@rigelk.eu>
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@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ $ cd /var/www/peertube && sudo -u peertube cp peertube-latest/config/production.
Then edit the `config/production.yaml` file according to your webserver
configuration.
**PeerTube does not support webserver host change**. Keep in mind your domain name is definitive after your first PeerTube start.
**PeerTube does not support webserver host change**. Even though [PeerTube CLI can help you to switch hostname](https://docs.joinpeertube.org/#/maintain-tools?id=update-hostjs) there's no official support for that since it is a risky operation that might result in unforeseen errors.
### Webserver

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@ -302,9 +302,10 @@ $ sudo -u peertube NODE_CONFIG_DIR=/var/www/peertube/config NODE_ENV=production
### update-host.js
**Changing the hostname is unsupported and may be a risky operation, especially if you have already federated.**
If you started PeerTube with a domain, and then changed it you will have
invalid torrent files and invalid URLs in your database. To fix this, you have
to run:
to run the command below (keep in mind your follower instances will NOT update their URLs).
```
$ cd /var/www/peertube/peertube-latest