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.Dd $Mdocdate: April 20 2023 $
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.Dt TELODENDRIA-SETUP 7
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.Os Telodendria Project
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm telodendria-setup
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.Nd First-time setup instructions for Telodendria.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Pp
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While Telodendria strives to be extremely simple to deploy, in most
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circumstances a few basic setup steps will be necessary. Telodendria
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does not have a traditional configuration file like most daemons.
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Instead, its configuration lives in its database; as such, all
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configuration happens through the administrator API. This design
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decision makes Telodendria extremely flexible, because it is possible
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to re-configure Telodendria without having to manually edit files
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on the filesystem. It is also why the setup instructions provided
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here are in the order they are. Please follow them carefully for the
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best results.
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.Pp
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This page assumes that you have installed Telodendria in the way
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prescribed by your operating system. Immediately following installation,
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perform these steps, in this order:
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.Bl -enum -width Ds
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.It
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Start Telodendria. Consult your operating system's documentation. If
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you are running Telodendria directly from the source code directory,
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use
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.Xr td 8 .
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.It
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Assuming Telodendria started properly, it will spin up and initialize
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its database directory with a simple\(emand importantly,
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safe\(emdefault configuration, and a randomly-generated, single-use
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registration token that grants a user all privileges documented in
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.Xr telodendria-admin 7.
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Consult the log file for this administrator registration token. The
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log file is located in the data directory, and is named
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.Pa telodendria.log .
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.It
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Use the registration token to register the administrator account. You
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can do this using the client of your choice, or using tools such as
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.Xr curl 1
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or
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.Xr http 1 .
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The administrator account functions just like a normal local account,
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except that it has all privileges granted to it, so it can make full
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use of the administrator API.
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.It
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Using the access token for the administrator account, authenticate
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with the administrator API and configure Telodendria as described
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in
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.Xr telodendria-config 7.
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See
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.Xr telodendria-admin 7
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for the configuration endpoint details.
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.El
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.Pp
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This is the recommended way to set up Telodendria. However, if you
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wish to bypass the account creation step, and want to configure
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Telodendria by directly writing a configuration file instead of using
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the administrator API, you can manually create the configuration file
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in the database before starting Telodendria. Simply create
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.Pa config.json
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following the description in
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.Xr telodendria-config 7 ,
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then start Telodnedria.
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.Pp
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While this alternative method may seem simpler and more convenient to
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some administrators, it is only so in the short-term. Note that this
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method is not supported, because it gives no access to the
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administrator API whatsoever, unless you manually modify the database
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to give a user admin privileges, which is error-prone and bypasses
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some of Telodendria's safety mechanisms.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr telodendria-admin 7 ,
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.Xr telodendria-config 7
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