Merge pull request #1687 from bigchaindb/michielmulders-fix-verification

Update quickstart.md BDB server with verification and note to not close terminal (mongo)
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@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ C. Assign rwx(read/write/execute) permissions to the user for default database d
$ sudo chmod -R 700 /data/db $ sudo chmod -R 700 /data/db
``` ```
D. Run MongoDB: D. Run MongoDB (but do not close this terminal):
```text ```text
$ sudo mongod --replSet=bigchain-rs $ sudo mongod --replSet=bigchain-rs
``` ```
E. Ubuntu 16.04 already has Python 3.5, so you don't need to install it, but you do need to install some other things: E. Ubuntu 16.04 already has Python 3.5, so you don't need to install it, but you do need to install some other things within a new terminal:
```text ```text
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libffi-dev libssl-dev $ sudo apt-get install libffi-dev libssl-dev
@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ I. Run BigchainDB Server:
$ bigchaindb start $ bigchaindb start
``` ```
J. Verify BigchainDB Server setup by visiting the BigchainDB Root URL in your browser:
```text
$ http://127.0.0.1:9984/
```
A correctly installed installation will show you a JSON object with information about the API, docs, version and your public key.
You now have a running BigchainDB Server and can post transactions to it. You now have a running BigchainDB Server and can post transactions to it.
One way to do that is to use the BigchainDB Python Driver. One way to do that is to use the BigchainDB Python Driver.