path-to-the-tahoe-bin-directory/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
+ from the introducer and put it into this directory, then use
"path-to-the-tahoe-bin-directory/tahoe
- start". After that, the node should be off and running. The first
+ 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, a node will serve as a storage
node, meaning that it offers its disk space to other nodes. To configure
@@ -55,14 +55,17 @@
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
"path-to-the-tahoe-bin-directory/tahoe
- create-introducer .". Now start the introducer by running
- "tahoe start .". After it starts, it will write a file named
+ create-introducer .". Now run the introducer using
+ "tahoe run .". After it starts, it will write a file named
introducer.furl in that base directory. This file contains the
URL the other nodes must use in order to connect to this introducer.
To stop a running node run
- "path-to-the-tahoe-bin-directory/tahoe
- stop".
The "tahoe run" or "tahoe run ." commands above
+ will run the node in the foreground. On Unix, you can run it in the background
+ instead by using the "tahoe start" command.
+ To stop a node started in this way, use "tahoe stop".
+ tahoe --help gives a summary of all commands.
See configuration.txt for more