From 552cb91724fe714ca989959f84346884d1770e3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nils Gillmann Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 06:47:47 +0000 Subject: installation: likewise. Signed-off-by: Nils Gillmann --- doc/documentation/chapters/installation.texi | 30 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/documentation') diff --git a/doc/documentation/chapters/installation.texi b/doc/documentation/chapters/installation.texi index 559a97f96..6bf67ee97 100644 --- a/doc/documentation/chapters/installation.texi +++ b/doc/documentation/chapters/installation.texi @@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ This section describes a quick, casual way to check if your GNUnet installation works. However, if it does not, we do not cover steps for recovery --- for this, please study the instructions provided in the developer handbook as well as the system-specific -instruction in the source code repository@footnote{The system specific -instructions are not provided as part of this handbook!}. +instruction in the source code repository. +Please note that the system specific instructions are not provided +as part of this handbook!. @menu @@ -258,19 +259,16 @@ Currently these interfaces cover: @subsection Statistics @c %**end of header -First, you should launch GNUnet gtk@footnote{Obviously you should also -start gnunet, via gnunet-arm or the system provided method}. +We assume that you have started gnunet via @code{gnunet-arm} or via your +system-provided method for starting services. +First, you should launch GNUnet gtk. You can do this from the command-line by typing @example gnunet-statistics-gtk @end example -If your peer@footnote{The term ``peer'' is a common word used in -federated and distributed networks to describe a participating device -which is connected to the network. Thus, your Personal Computer or -whatever it is you are looking at the Gtk+ interface describes a -``Peer'' or a ``Node''.} is running correctly, you should see a bunch +If your peer is running correctly, you should see a bunch of lines, all of which should be ``significantly'' above zero (at least if your peer has been running for more than a few seconds). The lines indicate how many other peers your peer is connected to (via @@ -284,6 +282,12 @@ of storage available and used by your peer. Note that "Traffic" is plotted cumulatively, so you should see a strict upwards trend in the traffic. +The term ``peer'' is a common word used in +federated and distributed networks to describe a participating device +which is connected to the network. Thus, your Personal Computer or +whatever it is you are looking at the Gtk+ interface describes a +``Peer'' or a ``Node''. + @node Peer Information @subsection Peer Information @c %**end of header @@ -1240,13 +1244,15 @@ ProxyPassReverse https://gnunet.foo.org:4433/ @noindent More information about the apache mod_proxy configuration can be found -in the Apache documentation@footnote{@uref{http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass, http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass}} +in the +@uref{http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass, Apache documentation}. @node Reverse Proxy - Configure your nginx HTTPS webserver @subsubsection Reverse Proxy - Configure your nginx HTTPS webserver Since nginx does not support chunked encoding, you first of all have to -install the @code{chunkin} module@footnote{@uref{http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpChunkinModule, http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpChunkinModule}} +install the @code{chunkin} +@uref{http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpChunkinModule, module}. To enable chunkin add: @@ -1491,7 +1497,7 @@ sections. @subsubsection Configuring the GNS nsswitch plugin The Name Service Switch (NSS) is a facility in Unix-like operating systems -@footnote{More accurate: NSS is a functionality of the GNU C Library} +(in most cases provided by the GNU C Library) that provides a variety of sources for common configuration databases and name resolution mechanisms. A superuser (system administrator) usually configures the -- cgit v1.2.3