Commit 4a6580b1 authored by Julien Muchembled's avatar Julien Muchembled

doc: update 'Setting a new network' howto

parent 79c1db1b
...@@ -121,10 +121,13 @@ The registry can now be started:: ...@@ -121,10 +121,13 @@ The registry can now be started::
re6st-registry --ca ca.crt --key ca.key --mailhost smtp.example.com re6st-registry --ca ca.crt --key ca.key --mailhost smtp.example.com
Like the registry, the first registered node should be always up because its The registry uses the builtin HTTP server of Python. For security, it should be
presence is used by all other nodes to garantee they are connected to the behind a proxy like Apache.
network. It is therefore recommended to run it on the same machine as the
registry:: The first registered node should be always up because its presence is used by
all other nodes to garantee they are connected to the network. The registry
also emits UDP packets that are forwarded via a localhost re6st node, and it is
recommended that this is the first one::
re6st-conf --registry http://localhost/ re6st-conf --registry http://localhost/
...@@ -132,6 +135,10 @@ If `re6st-conf` is run in the directory containing CA files, ca.crt will be ...@@ -132,6 +135,10 @@ If `re6st-conf` is run in the directory containing CA files, ca.crt will be
overridden without harm. See previous section for more information to create overridden without harm. See previous section for more information to create
a node. a node.
For bootstrapping, you may have to explicitly set an IP in the configuration
of the first node, via the ``--ip`` option. Otherwise, additional nodes won't
be able to connect to it.
TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING
=============== ===============
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