From 1f4643f80d471ae242c594b7d2c4d9344ec29313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: david-sarah <david-sarah@jacaranda.org> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:43:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs/running.rst: say to put the introducer.furl in tahoe.cfg. --- docs/running.rst | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/running.rst b/docs/running.rst index 17a73f55..b452b5e9 100644 --- a/docs/running.rst +++ b/docs/running.rst @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the Tahoe-LAFS code. There is also an *introducer node* that is responsible for getting the other nodes talking to each other. If you're getting started we recommend you try connecting to -the `the public test grid +the `public test grid <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/TestGrid>`_ as you only need to create a client node. When you want to create your own grid you'll need to create the introducer and several initial storage nodes @@ -29,14 +29,17 @@ If the Tahoe-LAFS ``bin`` directory is not on your PATH, then in all the command lines below, specify the full path to ``bin/tahoe``. To construct a client node, run "``tahoe create-client``", which will -create ``~/.tahoe`` to be the node's base directory. Acquire a copy of -the ``introducer.furl`` from the introducer and put it into this -directory, then use "``tahoe run``". After that, the node should be off -and running. The first thing it will do is connect to the introducer -and get itself connected to all other nodes on the grid. By default, -"``tahoe create-client``" creates a client-only node, that does not -offer its disk space to other nodes. To configure other behavior, use -"``tahoe create-node``" or see `configuration.rst <configuration.rst>`_. +create ``~/.tahoe`` to be the node's base directory. Acquire the +``introducer.furl`` (see below if you are running your own introducer, +or use the one from the `TestGrid page +<http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/TestGrid>`_), and paste it +after ``introducer.furl =`` in the ``[client]`` section of +``~/.tahoe/tahoe.cfg``. Then use "``tahoe run``". After that, the node +should be off and running. The first thing it will do is connect to +the introducer and get itself connected to all other nodes on the grid. +By default, "``tahoe create-client``" creates a client-only node, that +does not offer its disk space to other nodes. To configure other behavior, +use "``tahoe create-node``" or see `configuration.rst <configuration.rst>`_. To construct an introducer, create a new base directory for it (the name of the directory is up to you), ``cd`` into it, and run -- 2.45.2