6941: Add note about needing to fill in correct web server user in places where

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diff --git a/doc/install/install-api-server.html.textile.liquid b/doc/install/install-api-server.html.textile.liquid
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--- a/doc/install/install-api-server.html.textile.liquid
+++ b/doc/install/install-api-server.html.textile.liquid
@@ -155,33 +155,34 @@ Example @application.yml@:
 <pre><code>  workbench_address: <span class="userinput">https://workbench.zzzzz.example.com</span></code></pre>
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-h3. websockets_address
+h3. websocket_address
 
-Set @websockets_address@ to the @wss://@ URL of the API server websocket endpoint after following "Set up Web servers.":#set_up
+Set @websocket_address@ to the @wss://@ URL of the API server websocket endpoint after following "Set up Web servers":#set_up.  The path of the default endpoint is @/websocket@.
 
 Example @application.yml@:
 
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-<pre><code>  websockets_address: <span class="userinput">wss://ws.zzzzz.example.com</span></code></pre>
+<pre><code>  websocket_address: <span class="userinput">wss://ws.zzzzz.example.com</span>/websocket</code></pre>
 </notextile>
 
 h3(#git_repositories_dir). git_repositories_dir
 
-The @git_repositories_dir@ setting specifies the directory where user git repositories will be stored.  By default this is @/var/lib/arvados/git@.
+The @git_repositories_dir@ setting specifies the directory where user git repositories will be stored.
 
-Example @application.yml@:
+The git server setup process is covered on "its own page":install-arv-git-httpd.html. For now, create an empty directory in the default location:
 
 <notextile>
-<pre><code>  git_repositories_dir: <span class="userinput">/var/lib/arvados/git</span>
-</code></pre>
-</notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/arvados/git/repositories</span>
+</code></pre></notextile>
 
-Make sure a clone of the arvados repository exists in @git_repositories_dir@.
+If you intend to store your git repositories in a different location, specify that location in @application.yml@.
+
+Default setting in @application.default.yml@:
 
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-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/arvados/git</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">sudo git clone --bare git://git.curoverse.com/arvados.git /var/lib/arvados/git/arvados.git</span>
-</code></pre></notextile>
+<pre><code>  git_repositories_dir: <span class="userinput">/var/lib/arvados/git/repositories</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
 
 h3(#git_internal_dir). git_internal_dir
 
@@ -199,9 +200,10 @@ h2. Prepare the API server deployment
 Now that all your configuration is in place, run @/usr/local/bin/arvados-api-server-upgrade.sh@.  This will install and check your configuration, install necessary gems, and run any necessary database setup.
 
 {% include 'notebox_begin' %}
-You can safely ignore the following error message you may see when loading the database structure:
-<notextile>
-<pre><code>ERROR:  must be owner of extension plpgsql</code></pre></notextile>
+You can safely ignore the following messages if they appear while this script runs:
+<pre>Don't run Bundler as root. Bundler can ask for sudo if it is needed, and installing your bundle as root will
+break this application for all non-root users on this machine.</pre>
+<pre>fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git</pre>
 {% include 'notebox_end' %}
 
 This command aborts when it encounters an error.  It's safe to rerun multiple times, so if there's a problem with your configuration, you can fix that and try again.
@@ -231,8 +233,12 @@ echo ws-only > "$envdir/ARVADOS_WEBSOCKETS"
 cd /var/www/arvados-api/current
 echo "Starting puma in `pwd`"
 
-# You may need to change arguments below to match your deployment, especially -u.
-exec chpst -m 1073741824 -u www-data:www-data -e "$envdir" \
+# Change arguments below to match your deployment, "webserver-user" and
+# "webserver-group" should be changed to the user and group of the web server
+# process.  This is typically "www-data:www-data" on Debian systems by default,
+# other systems may use different defaults such the name of the web server
+# software (for example, "nginx:nginx").
+exec chpst -m 1073741824 -u webserver-user:webserver-group -e "$envdir" \
   bundle exec puma -t 0:512 -e production -b tcp://127.0.0.1:8100
 </code></pre>
 </li>
@@ -282,6 +288,12 @@ server {
 
   index  index.html index.htm index.php;
 
+  # This value effectively limits the size of API objects users can create,
+  # especially collections.  If you change this, you should also set
+  # `max_request_size` in the API server's application.yml file to the same
+  # value.
+  client_max_body_size 128m;
+
   location / {
     proxy_pass            http://api;
     proxy_redirect        off;
@@ -322,7 +334,12 @@ server {
 </code></pre>
 </li>
 
-<li>Restart Nginx.</li>
+<li><p>Restart Nginx:</p>
+
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo nginx -s reload</span>
+</code></pre>
+
+</li>
 
 </ol>
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