.TH GRID-MANAGER 1 "March 2025" "Tahoe-LAFS" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
grid-manager \- A Tahoe Grid Manager for issuing certificates to storage-servers.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B grid-manager
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fICOMMAND\fR [\fIARGS\fR]...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
A Tahoe Grid Manager issues certificates to storage-servers.
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A Tahoe client with one or more Grid Manager public keys configured will only upload to a Storage Server that presents a valid certificate signed by one of the configured Grid Manager keys.
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Grid Manager configuration can be in a local directory or given via stdin. It contains long-term secret information (a private signing key) and should be kept safe.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.BR \f[B]-c,\ --config\ \fIPATH\fR
Configuration directory (or - for stdin). \fIRequired.\fR
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.B \f[B]--help
Show help message and exit.
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.SH COMMANDS
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.B add
Add a new storage-server by name to a Grid Manager.
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.B create
Make a new Grid Manager.
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.B list
List all storage-servers known to a Grid Manager.
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.B public-identity
Show the public identity key of a Grid Manager.
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.B remove
Remove an existing storage-server by name from a Grid Manager.
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.B sign
Sign a new certificate.
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.SH AUTHORS
Grid Manager has been written by meejah.
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Tahoe-LAFS has been written by Brian Warner, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn, and numerous other contributors.
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.SH REPORTING BUGS
Please see
.UR https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/HowToReportABug
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Tahoe-LAFS home page:
.UR https://tahoe-lafs.org/
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Tahoe-LAFS development mailing list:
.UR https://lists.tahoe-lafs.org/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2006\(en2025 The Tahoe-LAFS Software Foundation.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.MR tahoe 1
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The Tahoe-LAFS documentation on Grid Managers has more detail than this manual page:
.UR https://tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/managed-grid.html
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It includes a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up a managed grid:
.UR https://tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/managed-grid.html#example-setup-of-a-new-managed-grid
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