ISNSSETUP(8)

📦 version 0.103, in centos-stream 9, debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ isnssetup — the manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, welcome to isnssetup from the System Manager's Manual section of the Unix manuals (that's section 8, for the admins 💅). Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get your iSNS server bootstrapped.

🌸 NAME 🌸

isnssetup — a simple little script that bootstraps an iSNS server for you, security included. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

isnssetup

that's it. that's the whole vibe. she takes no arguments, she takes no options, she just goes. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so isnssetup is a command line utility for bootstrapping your iSNS installation. like, it does the annoying setup part so you don't have to. Specifically it sets up the authentication credentials, sets the ServerAddress to localhost, and registers the appropriate values in the iSNS database. And listen — the isnssetup script does not take any options. none. zero. not a single flag. it's giving low-maintenance queen 👑

Running this script performs the following steps:

  • Set ServerAddress to localhost and Security to 1 for isnsadmin.conf and isnsdd.conf. yes ma'am, both files get the glow-up. 💅
  • Initialize security files by running isnsd --init, copying the public key to the server key, then restarting the isnsd daemon, so that it sees the new authorization files. (the daemon is literally the main character here, we have to restart her so she notices the new files 🫶)
  • Registering the control node policy, the control node itself, and lastly registering the server policy. in that order. respect the order. periodt. ⭐
ngl, this script is supplied as an example, although you should be able to use it directly if you wish. And heads up — you have to be root to run this script successfully. no root, no slay. 🔥

💀 BUGS 💀

okay so 😭 this script does not take systemd into account, so you may have to modify it to get it to work on a modern system. it's a whole thing. she's a little vintage, we love her anyway. 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read them, iykyk 📚

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Olaf Kirch <olaf.kirch@oracle.com>

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this one came from the System Manager's Manual, dated 4 Dec 2020 — so if you're reading this way in the future, hi, hope systemd didn't get you 🌈 bye bye, go run it as root!! 🧚✨

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