From 388c01105ca79e3011a5615a3ca1264461ca1eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: holger krekel Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:36:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] streamline intro/getting started --- README.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c740180a..56dff722 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ You will need the following: 1GB RAM, one slow CPU and maybe 10GB storage for a few thousand active chatmail addresses, and -- password-less ssh root login to the domain +- a terminal window with password-less ssh root login to the domain; + you must have set up ssh authentication and need to use an ed25519 key, + due to an [upstream bug in paramiko](https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/2191); + you also need to add your private key to the local ssh-agent, + because you can't type in your password during deployment. -## Deploying a chatmail server - -To deploy chatmail on a server, you must have set up ssh authentication and need to use an ed25519 key, due to an [upstream bug in paramiko](https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/2191). You also need to add your private key to the local ssh-agent, because you can't type in your password during deployment. +## Getting started We use `chat.example.org` as the chatmail domain in the following steps. Please substitute it with your own domain.