diff doc/installation.txt @ 5138:c54720396f40

issue2550882. Reported by Karl-Philipp Richter. Fixed installation.txt documentation to include better directions on starting roundup-server on different ports/ip addresses. Also updated man page to include default use of localhost for -n and use of -n 0.0.0.0 to bind to all addresses on the host.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Sat, 09 Jul 2016 17:44:20 -0400
parents 67fad01d2009
children 7ea6bbf4286c
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--- a/doc/installation.txt	Sat Jul 09 14:27:24 2016 -0400
+++ b/doc/installation.txt	Sat Jul 09 17:44:20 2016 -0400
@@ -276,7 +276,14 @@
 
    and you should see the tracker interface.
 
+   To run your tracker on some interface other than 127.0.0.1 and port
+   8080 (make sure you change the "tracker :: web" changes to match) use::
 
+     roundup-server -p 1080 -n 0.0.0.0 support=/opt/roundup/trackers/support
+
+   to run the server at port 1080 and bind to all ip addresses on your system.
+   Then direct your web browser to ``http://your_host_name:1080/support``.
+   
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