From 53e14b3f9cc89eb059f369984b5353cc0e48cac4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: troymc Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:26:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revised the intro section about installing BigchainDB Server --- docs/source/nodes/installing-server.md | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/nodes/installing-server.md b/docs/source/nodes/installing-server.md index 3a56fb7c..6a561d6e 100644 --- a/docs/source/nodes/installing-server.md +++ b/docs/source/nodes/installing-server.md @@ -1,19 +1,15 @@ -# Installing and Running BigchainDB Server +# Set Up and Run a Node -We're developing BigchainDB Server on Ubuntu 14.04, but it should work on any OS that runs RethinkDB Server and Python 3.4+. (BigchainDB Server is built on top of RethinkDB Server.) - -BigchainDB Server is intended to be run on each server in a large distributed cluster of servers; it's not very useful running by itself on a single computer. That's _why_ we're developing it on Ubuntu 14.04: it's one of the more common server operating systems. +First make sure your server(s) meet [the requirements for a BigchainDB node](node-requirements.html). Mac OS X users may get the best results [running BigchainDB Server with Docker](installing-server.html#run-bigchaindb-with-docker). -Windows users may get the best results [running BigchainDB Server in a VM with Vagrant](installing-server.html#how-to-install-bigchaindb-on-a-vm-with-vagrant). - -(BigchainDB clients should run on a much larger array of operating systems.) +We currently don't test BigchainDB on Windows. If you run into problems on Windows, then you may want to try [using Vagrant](installing-server.html#how-to-install-bigchaindb-on-a-vm-with-vagrant). ## Install and Run RethinkDB Server -If you don't already have RethinkDB Server installed on your server, you must install it. The RethinkDB documentation has instructions for [how to install RethinkDB Server on a variety of operating systems](http://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/). +If you don't already have RethinkDB Server installed, you must install it. The RethinkDB documentation has instructions for [how to install RethinkDB Server on a variety of operating systems](http://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/). RethinkDB Server doesn't require any special configuration. You can run it by opening a Terminal and entering: ```text