From 899c0836e8847e59bbdf3a03d14fd9a2e67c0a97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bjango Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:40:18 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] readme updates --- README | 2 ++ readme.md | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 4032ac7..71622c4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ Build procedure - sudo /usr/local/bin/istatserver -d (daemon mode) A default passcode is generated on install. It can be found in the preference file, which is generally located at /usr/local/etc/istatserver/istatserver.conf. iStat for iOS and iStat for macOS will ask for this passcode the first time you connect to your computer. + +Example boot scripts for rc.d, upstart and system are located inside the resources folder. You may need to customize these depending on your OS \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 6948754..e095b7c 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ We have a package guide [available](https://bjango.com/help/istat3/linuxpackages ----- -### Build procedure +### Building and starting istatserver - [Download](https://download.bjango.com/istatserverlinux.tar.gz) and decompress source - cd /path/to/istatserver - ./autogen @@ -34,8 +34,14 @@ We have a package guide [available](https://bjango.com/help/istat3/linuxpackages - sudo /usr/local/bin/istatserver -d (daemon mode) -A default passcode is generated on install. It can be found in the preference file, which is generally located at **/usr/local/etc/istatserver/istatserver.conf**. iStat for iOS and iStat for macOS will ask for this passcode the first time you connect to your computer. +A 5 digit passcode is generated by the install script. It can be found in the preference file, which is generally located at **/usr/local/etc/istatserver/istatserver.conf**. iStat for iOS and iStat for macOS will ask for this passcode the first time you connect to your computer. ----- +### Starting istatserver at boot +istatserver does not install any scripts to start itself at boot. Sample scripts for rc.d, upstart and systemd are included in the resources directory. You may need to customize them depending on your OS. + +----- + + istatserver is based on [istatd](https://github.com/tiwilliam/istatd) by William Tisäter