docs/configuration.txt: document nickname, no_storage, readonly_storage

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Brian Warner 2008-02-05 14:33:29 -07:00
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@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ furl is created by the introducer node and written into its base directory
when it starts, whereupon it should be published to everyone who wishes to
attach a client to that grid
nickname (optional): The contents of this file will be displayed in
management tools as this node's "nickname". If the file doesn't exist, the
nickname will be set to "<unspecified>".
webport (optional): This controls where the client's webserver should listen,
providing filesystem access as defined in webapi.txt . This file contains a
Twisted "strports" specification (as defined in
@ -55,6 +59,17 @@ for debugging. To cause the node to accept SSH connections on port 8022,
symlink "authorized_keys.8022" to your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, and it
will accept the same keys as the rest of your account.
no_storage (optional): If this file is present (the contents do not matter),
the node will not run a storage server, meaning that no shares will be stored
on this node. Use this for clients who do not wish to provide storage
service.
readonly_storage (optional): If this file is present (the contents do not
matter), the node will run a storage server but will not accept any shares,
making it effectively read-only. Use this for storage servers which are being
decommissioned: the storage/ directory could be mounted read-only, while
shares are moved to other servers.
sizelimit (optional): If present, this file establishes an upper bound (in
bytes) on the amount of storage consumed by share data (data that your node
holds on behalf of clients that are uploading files to the grid). To avoid