From 7c3f912fe0a7f9ea61f06d97c470b20bf094c202 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Troy McConaghy Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:56:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Addressed remaining comments on PR #1386 --- docs/server/source/production-nodes/setup-run-node.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/server/source/production-nodes/setup-run-node.md b/docs/server/source/production-nodes/setup-run-node.md index c1777cff..78b4d22c 100644 --- a/docs/server/source/production-nodes/setup-run-node.md +++ b/docs/server/source/production-nodes/setup-run-node.md @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Note: You can use `pip3` to upgrade the `bigchaindb` package to the latest versi If you want to install BitchainDB from source because you want to use the very latest bleeding-edge code, clone the public repository: ```text git clone git@github.com:bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git +cd bigchaindb python setup.py install ``` @@ -113,16 +114,19 @@ For more information about the BigchainDB config file, see the page about the [B ## Maybe Update the MongoDB Replica Set -**If this isn't the first node in the BigchainDB cluster**, then you must add your MongoDB instance to the MongoDB replica set. You can do so using: +**If this isn't the first node in the BigchainDB cluster**, then someone with an existing BigchainDB node (not you) must add your MongoDB instance to the MongoDB replica set. They can do so (on their node) using: ```text bigchaindb add-replicas your-mongod-hostname:27017 ``` -where you must replace `your-mongod-hostname` with the actual hostname of your MongoDB instance, and you may have to replace `27017` with the actual port. +where they must replace `your-mongod-hostname` with the actual hostname of your MongoDB instance, and they may have to replace `27017` with the actual port. ## Start BigchainDB +**Warning: If you're not deploying the first node in the BigchainDB cluster, then don't start BigchainDB before your MongoDB instance has been added to the MongoDB replica set (as outlined above).** + ```text +# See warning above bigchaindb start ```