Instructions

Running the program

1. Install Go

2. Clone the repo and cd into project folder: cd cs-425-mp-3

3. Run the setup script with the following command (server id can be any number and is used only for easy identification when retrieving logs from remote servers)

   sh setup.sh <server-id>

   Please make sure there isn't a folder named log under your home directory.

4. Run the program with go run main.go

5. The program will ask you whether it should be started as a bootstrap server.

   Starting the program as a bootstrap server means the current vm will also act as an introducer.

6. Follow the prompts to finish starting up services

Please Note

1. By default the log server (used for retrieving logs from remote machines) will run on port 8000. To use a different port, update the LOG_SERVER_PORT=port entry in /UserHome/config.txt
2. Program log file is by default named log (configured in config.txt) and stored under the home directory. When the program starts, it will truncate log (overwriting logs from previous run).
3. Please make sure IP address of introducer is properly configured for the membership service