From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 04:11:59 +0000 (-0700) Subject: doc: even simpler running.html X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-0.7.0~36 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/components/%22news.html//%22?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a86000c0650c6b4ab57422ce2bbaecf51589e00;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git doc: even simpler running.html --- diff --git a/docs/running.html b/docs/running.html index bcbfb6d9..cbb1754c 100644 --- a/docs/running.html +++ b/docs/running.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ - + @@ -28,29 +28,20 @@ grid), the Introducer will already be running, and you'll need to create a node.

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To construct an introducer, choose a new base directory for it (the - name of the directory is up to you). We'll call this directory $INTRODIR. - Now run tahoe create-introducer $INTRODIR, which will create - the directory for you. Now start the introducer by running tahoe - start $INTRODIR. After it starts, there will be a file named +

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 tahoe + create-introducer .. Now start the introducer by running tahoe + start .. After it starts, there will be a file named introducer.furl in that base directory. This file contains the URL which the nodes must use in order to connect to this introducer.

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To construct a node, choose a new empty base directory (again, the - name of the directory is up to you), which we'll call $NODEDIR. Now run - tahoe create-client $NODEDIR, which will create the - directory. Acquire a copy of the introducer.furl from the - introducer and put it into this directory, then run tahoe start - $NODEDIR. 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.

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If you're only running a single node, the usual base directory for it - is ~/.tahoe . The tahoe executable will use this as a - default if you don't provide a $NODEDIR explicitly. So an easy way to set - up your node is to run tahoe create-client, copy in the - introducer.furl, then run tahoe start.

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To construct a 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 run tahoe start. 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.

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