From 067c9fb75f7a15e6b176412b33574c18300f507b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shams Asari Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 13:18:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] CORDA-1082: Add doc for --just-generate-node-info (#2719) --- docs/source/network-map.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/network-map.rst b/docs/source/network-map.rst index 0aac2ee0ba..0e0b922b88 100644 --- a/docs/source/network-map.rst +++ b/docs/source/network-map.rst @@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ signed ``NodeInfo`` object that the network map service vends. These are automat be used to supplement or replace the HTTP network map. If the same node is advertised through both mechanisms then the latest one is taken. -On startup the node generates its own signed node info file, filename of the format ``nodeInfo-${hash}``. To create a simple -network without the HTTP network map service then simply place this file in the ``additional-node-infos`` directory -of every node that's part of this network. For example, a simple way to do this is to use rsync. +On startup the node generates its own signed node info file, filename of the format ``nodeInfo-${hash}``. It can also be +generated using the ``--just-generate-node-info`` command line flag without starting the node. To create a simple network +without the HTTP network map service simply place this file in the ``additional-node-infos`` directory of every node that's +part of this network. For example, a simple way to do this is to use rsync. Usually, test networks have a structure that is known ahead of time. For the creation of such networks we provide a ``network-bootstrapper`` tool. This tool pre-generates node configuration directories if given the IP addresses/domain