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Configuring NNTPChan server

This document provides a step-by-step guide to configurin your NNTPChan node.

##Configuring via web-interface (WIP)

You can configure NNTPChan via the web-interface by navigating your browser to http://127.0.0.1:18000.

###Selecting your data-storage system

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First your will be asked what data-storage system you would like to use. We support Redis and PostgreSQL.

####Redis configuration

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First Install and Configure Redis database. Then fill in the fields below:

  • Hostname or IP Address - This is the hostname or IP address of your Redis server (I would run it locally on 127.0.0.1 to be safe).
  • Port number - The port that your Redis server is running on.
  • Password - Optional authentication password for Redis (Setting up a Redis password).

####PostgreSQL configuration

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First Install and Configure Postgres database. Then fill in the fields below:

  • Hostname or IP Address - This is the hostname or IP address of your PostreSQL server (I would run it locally on 127.0.0.1 to be safe).
  • Port number - This is the port that your PostgreSQL server is running on.
  • Username - The username for PostgreSQL.
  • Password - The password for PostgreSQL.

###Configuring the NNTP server

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Fill in the fields required for the NNTP server.

  • Name of NNTP instance - What is the significamce of this name.
  • Allow attachements - Check the box if you want people to be able to add attachements to posts.
  • Allow anonymous posters - Check the box if you want to allow anonymous posters.
  • Allow attachments from anonymous posters - Check the box if you want to allow anonymous posters to add attachments to their posts.
  • Require TLS for incoming connections - Check the box if NNTP connections must be encrypted and authenticated with TLS (highly recommended).

###Configuring TLS

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Fill in the fields required for the TLS security system.

  • Hostname or IP address - FIXME.
  • TLS keyname - FIXME.

###Set paths to external programs

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NNTPChan needs to know the paths to the listed programs on your system.

  • convert path - Path to the convert program.
  • ffmpeg path - Path to the ffmpeg program.
  • sox path - Path to the sox program.

##Manual configuration (WIP)

FIXME