Addressed remaining comments on PR #1386

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Troy McConaghy 2017-04-12 13:56:09 +02:00
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@ -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
```