From: Daira Hopwood Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 01:54:10 +0000 (+0100) Subject: docs/backends/cloud.rst: cosmetics and caveat about support for 'create-container... X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/about.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d3fdd6e1bca537e7bf0e1addc7365091f2791036;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git docs/backends/cloud.rst: cosmetics and caveat about support for 'create-container'. refs #1971 Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood --- diff --git a/docs/backends/cloud.rst b/docs/backends/cloud.rst index d49d59d6..aafcae3d 100644 --- a/docs/backends/cloud.rst +++ b/docs/backends/cloud.rst @@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ cloud storage service, rather than on the local filesystem. All cloud storage services store the data in a particular container (also called a "bucket" in some storage services). You can create this container using the "tahoe admin create-container" command, once you have a correctly -configured Tahoe-LAFS node. That is, configure the node with the container -name you decided to use (e.g. "tahoedata"), then run the command. +configured Tahoe-LAFS node as described below. That is, configure the node +with the container name you decided to use (e.g. "tahoedata"), then run the +command. + +(Currently, "tahoe admin create-container" works only for the S3 and +Azure services. For Rackspace Cloud Files, HP Cloud Object Storage and +Google Cloud Storage, it is necessary to use the respective web interfaces +to create a container for the time being.) Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) @@ -180,7 +186,7 @@ the server's ``tahoe.cfg`` file: ``googlestorage.bucket = (string, required)`` - This controls which bucket (aka container) will be used to hold + This controls which bucket (a.k.a. container) will be used to hold shares. The Tahoe-LAFS storage server will only modify and access objects in the configured container. Multiple storage servers cannot share the same container. Buckets can be created using a command-line tool (gsutil) @@ -220,10 +226,9 @@ server's ``tahoe.cfg`` file: ``msazure.container_name = (string, required)`` - This controls which container will be used to hold - shares. The Tahoe-LAFS storage server will only modify and access objects - in the configured container. Multiple storage servers cannot share the - same container. + This controls which container will be used to hold shares. The Tahoe-LAFS + storage server will only modify and access objects in the configured + container. Multiple storage servers cannot share the same container. The private key you downloaded is stored in a separate file named ``private/msazure_account_key``.