diff --git a/docs/_rpc/server.md b/docs/_rpc/server.md index 064d742e4..129ede012 100644 --- a/docs/_rpc/server.md +++ b/docs/_rpc/server.md @@ -73,11 +73,15 @@ As with `--rpccorsdomain`, using `--wsorigins '*'` allows access from any origin JSON-RPC APIs are also provided on a UNIX domain socket. This server is enabled by default and has access to all JSON-RPC namespaces. -The listening socket is placed into the data directory by default. On Linux, the -default location of the geth socket is +The listening socket is placed into the data directory by default. On Linux and macOS, +the default location of the geth socket is ~/.ethereum/geth.ipc +On Windows, IPC is provided via named pipes. The default location of the geth pipe is: + + \\.\pipe\geth.ipc + You can configure the location of the socket using the `--ipcpath` flag. IPC can be disabled using the `--ipcdisable` flag.