diff --git a/static/js/settings.js b/static/js/settings.js
index 16f4164724..9a384249dc 100644
--- a/static/js/settings.js
+++ b/static/js/settings.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function _setup_page() {
         zuliprc: 'zuliprc',
         flaskbotrc: 'flaskbotrc',
         timezones: moment.tz.names(),
-        server_uri: page_params.server_uri,
+        root_domain_uri: page_params.root_domain_uri,
     });
 
     $(".settings-box").html(settings_tab);
diff --git a/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars b/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars
index dbf0747e6f..12231fb962 100644
--- a/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars
+++ b/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div id="bot-settings" class="settings-section" data-name="your-bots">
     <div class="bot-settings-form">
         <div class="tip">
-            {{#tr this}}Looking for our <a href="/integrations" target="_blank">Integrations</a> or <a href="__server_uri__/api" target="_blank">API</a> documentation?{{/tr}}
+            {{#tr this}}Looking for our <a href="/integrations" target="_blank">Integrations</a> or <a href="__root_domain_uri__/api" target="_blank">API</a> documentation?{{/tr}}
         </div>
 
         <div>
diff --git a/templates/zerver/accounts_accept_terms.html b/templates/zerver/accounts_accept_terms.html
index 7d35c12098..795c2a22bb 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/accounts_accept_terms.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/accounts_accept_terms.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ the registration flow has its own (nearly identical) copy of the fields below in
                     #}
                     <input id="id_terms" class="required" type="checkbox" name="terms"
                            {% if form.terms.value() %}checked="checked"{% endif %} />
-                    {% trans %}I agree to the <a href="{{ server_uri }}/terms">Terms of Service</a>.{% endtrans %}
+                    {% trans %}I agree to the <a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/terms">Terms of Service</a>.{% endtrans %}
                 </label>
                 {% if form.terms.errors %}
                     {% for error in form.terms.errors %}
diff --git a/templates/zerver/config_error.html b/templates/zerver/config_error.html
index 2f591661c7..0816480956 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/config_error.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/config_error.html
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
                     {% endif %}
 
                     {% if google_error %}
-                    {{ render_markdown_path('zerver/google-error.md', {"server_uri": server_uri, "settings_path": settings_path, "secrets_path": secrets_path}) }}
+                    {{ render_markdown_path('zerver/google-error.md', {"root_domain_uri": root_domain_uri, "settings_path": settings_path, "secrets_path": secrets_path}) }}
                     {% endif %}
 
                     {% if github_error %}
-                    {{ render_markdown_path('zerver/github-error.md', {"server_uri": server_uri, "settings_path": settings_path, "secrets_path": secrets_path}) }}
+                    {{ render_markdown_path('zerver/github-error.md', {"root_domain_uri": root_domain_uri, "settings_path": settings_path, "secrets_path": secrets_path}) }}
                     {% endif %}
 
                     <p>After making your changes, remember to restart
diff --git a/templates/zerver/footer.html b/templates/zerver/footer.html
index 6a191b39bb..d08902ae3e 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/footer.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/footer.html
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
         <ul>
             {% if find_team_link_disabled %}
             {% else %}
-            <li><a href="{{ server_uri }}/find_my_team/">{{ _("Find account") }}</a></li>
+            <li><a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/find_my_team/">{{ _("Find account") }}</a></li>
             {% endif %}
             {% if open_realm_creation %}
-            <li><a href="{{ server_uri }}/create_realm/">{{ _("New organization") }}</a></li>
+            <li><a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/create_realm/">{{ _("New organization") }}</a></li>
             {% endif %}
             {% if login_link_disabled %}
             {% else %}
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
             {% else %}
             <li><a href="{{ url('register') }}">{{ _("Register") }}</a></li>
             {% endif %}
-            <li><a href="{{ server_uri }}/terms/">{{ _("Terms of service") }}</a></li>
-            <li><a href="{{ server_uri }}/privacy/">{{ _("Privacy policy") }}</a></li>
+            <li><a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/terms/">{{ _("Terms of service") }}</a></li>
+            <li><a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/privacy/">{{ _("Privacy policy") }}</a></li>
         </ul>
     </section>
     <section>
diff --git a/templates/zerver/github-error.md b/templates/zerver/github-error.md
index 0e9fe9a134..18193d1beb 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/github-error.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/github-error.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 You are using the **GitHub auth backend**, but it is not properly
 configured. Please check the following:
 
-You have added `{{ server_uri }}/complete/github/` as the callback URL
+You have added `{{ root_domain_uri }}/complete/github/` as the callback URL
 in the OAuth application in GitHub. You can create OAuth apps from
 [GitHub's developer site](https://github.com/settings/developers).
 
diff --git a/templates/zerver/google-error.md b/templates/zerver/google-error.md
index e4493337ba..01e8ebceeb 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/google-error.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/google-error.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ configured. Please check the following:
 You can create OAuth2 apps at [the Google developer console](https://console.developers.google.com).
 
 * You have configured your OAuth2 client to allow redirects to your
-server's Google auth URL: `{{ server_uri }}/accounts/login/google/done/`.
+server's Google auth URL: `{{ root_domain_uri }}/accounts/login/google/done/`.
 
 * You have set `GOOGLE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID` in `{{ settings_path }}` and
 `google_oauth2_client_secret` in `{{ secrets_path }}`.
diff --git a/templates/zerver/landing_nav.html b/templates/zerver/landing_nav.html
index cb2b3a096a..bc71c1e7f0 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/landing_nav.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/landing_nav.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <nav class="{{className}}">
     <div class="content">
-        <a class="brand logo no-style" href="{{ server_uri }}">
+        <a class="brand logo no-style" href="{{ root_domain_uri }}">
             <svg class="brand-logo" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 40 40" version="1.1">
                 <g transform="translate(-297.14285,-466.64792)">
                     <circle cx="317.14285" cy="486.64792" r="19.030317" style="fill:#fff;stroke-width:1.93936479;stroke:transparent"></circle>
diff --git a/templates/zerver/portico-header.html b/templates/zerver/portico-header.html
index d02b2efbdf..8bc815c11b 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/portico-header.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/portico-header.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
         <div class="column-left">
             <div>
                 {% if custom_logo_url %}
-                <a class="brand logo" href="{{ server_uri }}/"><img draggable="false" src="{{ custom_logo_url }}" class="portico-logo" alt="{{ _('Zulip') }}" content="Zulip" /></a>
+                <a class="brand logo" href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/"><img draggable="false" src="{{ custom_logo_url }}" class="portico-logo" alt="{{ _('Zulip') }}" content="Zulip" /></a>
                 {% else %}
-                <a class="brand logo" href="{{ server_uri }}{% if page_is_help_center %}/help/{% endif %}">
+                <a class="brand logo" href="{{ root_domain_uri }}{% if page_is_help_center %}/help/{% endif %}">
                     <svg class="brand-logo" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 40 40" version="1.1">
                         <g transform="translate(-297.14285,-466.64792)">
                             <circle cx="317.14285" cy="486.64792" r="19.030317" style="fill:#fff;stroke-width:1.93936479;stroke:transparent"></circle>
diff --git a/templates/zerver/register.html b/templates/zerver/register.html
index d0eb1d972d..61fef4ee56 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/register.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/register.html
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Form is validated both client-side using jquery-validate (see signup.js) and ser
                     <input id="id_terms" class="required" type="checkbox" name="terms"
                            {% if form.terms.value() %}checked="checked"{% endif %} />
                     <label for="id_terms" class="inline-block">
-                        {% trans %}I agree to the <a href="{{ server_uri }}/terms" target="_blank">Terms of Service</a>.{% endtrans %}
+                        {% trans %}I agree to the <a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/terms" target="_blank">Terms of Service</a>.{% endtrans %}
                     </label>
                     {% if form.terms.errors %}
                         {% for error in form.terms.errors %}
diff --git a/tools/lib/capitalization.py b/tools/lib/capitalization.py
index a7924f15e6..f642b54e8f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/capitalization.py
+++ b/tools/lib/capitalization.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ IGNORED_PHRASES = [
      '<a href="/#streams">Streams page</a>.'),
     (r'Looking for our '
      '<a href="/integrations" target="_blank">Integrations</a> or '
-     '<a href="{{ server_uri }}/api" target="_blank">API</a> '
+     '<a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/api" target="_blank">API</a> '
      'documentation?'),
     r'Most stream administration is done on the <a href="/#streams">Streams page</a>.',
     r"one or more people...",
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_capitalization_checker.py b/tools/tests/test_capitalization_checker.py
index dbdf35be36..a47b29869c 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_capitalization_checker.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_capitalization_checker.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class CheckCapitalizationTestCase(TestCase):
                    "Not ignored phrase",
                    ('<p class="bot-settings-note padded-container"> Looking for our '
                     '<a href="/integrations" target="_blank">Integrations</a> or '
-                    '<a href="{{ server_uri }}/api" target="_blank">API</a> '
+                    '<a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/api" target="_blank">API</a> '
                     'documentation? </p>'),
                    ]
         errored, ignored = check_capitalization(strings)
@@ -148,6 +148,6 @@ class CheckCapitalizationTestCase(TestCase):
                     "Some number 25MiB",
                     ('<p class="bot-settings-note padded-container"> Looking '
                      'for our <a href="/integrations" target="_blank">'
-                     'Integrations</a> or <a href="{{ server_uri }}/api" '
+                     'Integrations</a> or <a href="{{ root_domain_uri }}/api" '
                      'target="_blank">API</a> documentation? </p>'),
                     ]))
diff --git a/zerver/context_processors.py b/zerver/context_processors.py
index 02af9c86a5..812625782d 100644
--- a/zerver/context_processors.py
+++ b/zerver/context_processors.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def common_context(user):
     """
     return {
         'realm_uri': user.realm.uri,
-        'server_uri': settings.SERVER_URI,
+        'root_domain_uri': settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI,
         'external_uri_scheme': settings.EXTERNAL_URI_SCHEME,
         'external_host': settings.EXTERNAL_HOST,
     }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def zulip_default_context(request):
     realm = get_realm_from_request(request)
 
     if realm is None:
-        realm_uri = settings.SERVER_URI
+        realm_uri = settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI
         realm_name = None
         realm_icon = None
         realm_description = None
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def zulip_default_context(request):
         'realm_name': realm_name,
         'realm_icon': realm_icon,
         'realm_description': realm_description,
-        'server_uri': settings.SERVER_URI,
+        'root_domain_uri': settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI,
         'api_site_required': settings.EXTERNAL_API_PATH != "api.zulip.com",
         'email_gateway_example': settings.EMAIL_GATEWAY_EXAMPLE,
         'apps_page_url': apps_page_url,
diff --git a/zerver/lib/send_email.py b/zerver/lib/send_email.py
index a61de847dd..116cdba9a5 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/send_email.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/send_email.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def build_email(template_prefix, to_user_id=None, to_email=None, from_name=None,
         'realm_name_in_notifications': False,
         'support_email': FromAddress.SUPPORT,
         'verbose_support_offers': settings.VERBOSE_SUPPORT_OFFERS,
-        'email_images_base_uri': settings.SERVER_URI + '/static/images/emails/',
+        'email_images_base_uri': settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI + '/static/images/emails/',
     })
     subject = loader.render_to_string(template_prefix + '.subject',
                                       context=context,
diff --git a/zerver/models.py b/zerver/models.py
index df2f680f25..958674a74d 100644
--- a/zerver/models.py
+++ b/zerver/models.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class Realm(ModelReprMixin, models.Model):
         if self.subdomain not in [None, ""]:
             return '%s%s.%s' % (settings.EXTERNAL_URI_SCHEME,
                                 self.subdomain, settings.EXTERNAL_HOST)
-        return settings.SERVER_URI
+        return settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI
 
     @property
     def host(self):
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_home.py b/zerver/tests/test_home.py
index 6bf26fbf92..0321b8b3b8 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_home.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_home.py
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ class HomeTest(ZulipTestCase):
             "realm_uri",
             "realm_users",
             "realm_waiting_period_threshold",
+            "root_domain_uri",
             "save_stacktraces",
             "server_generation",
             "server_inline_image_preview",
             "server_inline_url_embed_preview",
-            "server_uri",
             "subscriptions",
             "test_suite",
             "timezone",
diff --git a/zerver/views/home.py b/zerver/views/home.py
index 5444543c51..c180a00ddb 100644
--- a/zerver/views/home.py
+++ b/zerver/views/home.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def home_real(request):
         test_suite            = settings.TEST_SUITE,
         poll_timeout          = settings.POLL_TIMEOUT,
         login_page            = settings.HOME_NOT_LOGGED_IN,
-        server_uri            = settings.SERVER_URI,
+        root_domain_uri       = settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI,
         maxfilesize           = settings.MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE,
         max_avatar_file_size  = settings.MAX_AVATAR_FILE_SIZE,
         server_generation     = settings.SERVER_GENERATION,
diff --git a/zerver/views/test_emails.py b/zerver/views/test_emails.py
index 96d2e1a563..495fdb99df 100755
--- a/zerver/views/test_emails.py
+++ b/zerver/views/test_emails.py
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ def email_page(request):
         'referrer_email': 'runner@acme.com',
         'referrer_realm_name': 'Acme Corporation',
         'realm_uri': realm.uri,
-        'server_uri': settings.SERVER_URI,
+        'root_domain_uri': settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI,
         'old_email': 'old_address@acme.com',
         'new_email': 'new_address@acme.com',
         'is_realm_admin': True,
-        'activate_url': '%s/accounts/do_confirm/5348720e4af7d2e8f296cbbd04d439489917ddc0' % (settings.SERVER_URI,),
-        'unsubscribe_link': '%s/accounts/unsubscribe/<type>/cf88931365ef1b0f12eae8d488bbc7af3563d7f0' % (settings.SERVER_URI,),
-        'organization_setup_advice_link': '%s/help/getting-your-organization-started-with-zulip' % (settings.SERVER_URI,),
+        'activate_url': '%s/accounts/do_confirm/5348720e4af7d2e8f296cbbd04d439489917ddc0' % (settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI,),
+        'unsubscribe_link': '%s/accounts/unsubscribe/<type>/cf88931365ef1b0f12eae8d488bbc7af3563d7f0' % (settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI,),
+        'organization_setup_advice_link': '%s/help/getting-your-organization-started-with-zulip' % (settings.ROOT_DOMAIN_URI,),
     }
 
     templates = [
diff --git a/zproject/settings.py b/zproject/settings.py
index 9a04d9fb84..ddebcf27f1 100644
--- a/zproject/settings.py
+++ b/zproject/settings.py
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ else:
 if "EXTERNAL_API_PATH" not in vars():
     EXTERNAL_API_PATH = EXTERNAL_HOST + "/api"
 EXTERNAL_API_URI = EXTERNAL_URI_SCHEME + EXTERNAL_API_PATH
-SERVER_URI = EXTERNAL_URI_SCHEME + EXTERNAL_HOST
+ROOT_DOMAIN_URI = EXTERNAL_URI_SCHEME + EXTERNAL_HOST
 
 if "NAGIOS_BOT_HOST" not in vars():
     NAGIOS_BOT_HOST = EXTERNAL_HOST