Tahoe-LAFS

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# Downloading and Installing Tahoe-LAFS

Note: I already have ~/bin on my path

mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src
wget https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/releases/allmydata-tahoe-1.9.2.zip
unzip allmydata-tahoe-1.9.2.zip
cd allmydata-tahoe-1.9.2
python setup.py build
ln -sfv ~/src/allmydata-tahoe-1.9.2/bin/tahoe ~/bin/tahoe 


# Creating the Introducer

mkdir ~/.tahoe
tahoe create-introducer ~/.tahoe/introducer0
vim ~/.tahoe/introducer0/tahoe.cfg
  set nickname
tahoe start ~/.tahoe/introducer0/
cat ~/.tahoe/introducer0/introducer.furl 

Note: I still need a good way to start the introducer on boot


# Creating the Storage Node

tahoe create-node /path/to/storage/
vim /path/to/storage/tahoe.cfg
  set nickname
  change web.port if there are multiple storage nodes or clients on the same box
  set tub.port
  set tub.location to an internet accessible furl
  set introducer.furl
tahoe start /path/to/storage/

Note: I still need a good way to start the storage node on boot


# Creating the Client Node

tahoe create-client
vim ~/.tahoe/tahoe.cfg
  set nickname
  change web.port if there are multiple storage nodes or clients on the same box
  set introducer.furl
tahoe start

Note: I still need a good way to start the storage node on boot