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<span id="using-main"></span><h1>Using Reticulum on Your System<a class="headerlink" href="#using-reticulum-on-your-system" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>Reticulum is not installed as a driver or kernel module, as one might expect
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of a networking stack. Instead, Reticulum is distributed as a Python module.
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This means that no special privileges are required to install or use it. It
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is also very light-weight, and easy to transfer to and install on new systems.
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Any program or application that uses Reticulum will automatically load and
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initialise Reticulum when it starts.</p>
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<p>In many cases, this approach is sufficient. When any program needs to use
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Reticulum, it is loaded, initialised, interfaces are brought up, and the
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program can now communicate over any Reticulum networks available. If another
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program starts up and also wants access to the same Reticulum network, the
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instance is simply shared. This works for any number of programs running
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concurrently, and is very easy to use, but depending on your use case, there
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are other options.</p>
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<div class="section" id="configuration-data">
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<h2>Configuration & Data<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration-data" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>A Reticulum stores all information that it needs to function in a single file-
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system directory. By default, this directory is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.reticulum</span></code>, but you can
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use any directory you wish. You can also run multiple separate Reticulum
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instances on the same physical system, in complete isolation from each other,
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or connected together.</p>
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<p>In most cases, a single physical system will only need to run one Reticulum
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instance. This can either be launched at boot, as a system service, or simply
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be brought up when a program needs it. In either case, any number of programs
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running on the same system will automatically share the same Reticulum instance,
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if the configuration allows for it, which it does by default.</p>
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<p>The entire configuration of Reticulum is found in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.reticulum/config</span></code>
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file. When Reticulum is first started on a new system, a basic, functional
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configuration file is created. The default configuration looks like this:</p>
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<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># This is the default Reticulum config file.</span>
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<span class="c1"># You should probably edit it to include any additional,</span>
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<span class="c1"># interfaces and settings you might need.</span>
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<span class="c1"># Only the most basic options are included in this default</span>
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<span class="c1"># configuration. To see a more verbose, and much longer,</span>
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<span class="c1"># configuration example, you can run the command:</span>
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<span class="c1"># rnsd --exampleconfig</span>
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<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">reticulum</span><span class="p">]</span>
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<span class="c1"># If you enable Transport, your system will route traffic</span>
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<span class="c1"># for other peers, pass announces and serve path requests.</span>
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<span class="c1"># This should only be done for systems that are suited to</span>
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<span class="c1"># act as transport nodes, ie. if they are stationary and</span>
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<span class="c1"># always-on. This directive is optional and can be removed</span>
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<span class="c1"># for brevity.</span>
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<span class="n">enable_transport</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span>
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<span class="c1"># By default, the first program to launch the Reticulum</span>
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<span class="c1"># Network Stack will create a shared instance, that other</span>
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<span class="c1"># programs can communicate with. Only the shared instance</span>
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<span class="c1"># opens all the configured interfaces directly, and other</span>
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<span class="c1"># local programs communicate with the shared instance over</span>
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<span class="c1"># a local socket. This is completely transparent to the</span>
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<span class="c1"># user, and should generally be turned on. This directive</span>
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<span class="c1"># is optional and can be removed for brevity.</span>
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<span class="n">share_instance</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Yes</span>
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<span class="c1"># If you want to run multiple *different* shared instances</span>
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<span class="c1"># on the same system, you will need to specify different</span>
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<span class="c1"># shared instance ports for each. The defaults are given</span>
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<span class="c1"># below, and again, these options can be left out if you</span>
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<span class="c1"># don't need them.</span>
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<span class="n">shared_instance_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">37428</span>
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<span class="n">instance_control_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">37429</span>
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<span class="c1"># You can configure Reticulum to panic and forcibly close</span>
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<span class="c1"># if an unrecoverable interface error occurs, such as the</span>
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<span class="c1"># hardware device for an interface disappearing. This is</span>
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<span class="c1"># an optional directive, and can be left out for brevity.</span>
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<span class="c1"># This behaviour is disabled by default.</span>
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<span class="n">panic_on_interface_error</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">No</span>
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<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">logging</span><span class="p">]</span>
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<span class="c1"># Valid log levels are 0 through 7:</span>
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<span class="c1">#   0: Log only critical information</span>
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<span class="c1">#   1: Log errors and lower log levels</span>
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<span class="c1">#   2: Log warnings and lower log levels</span>
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<span class="c1">#   3: Log notices and lower log levels</span>
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<span class="c1">#   4: Log info and lower (this is the default)</span>
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<span class="c1">#   5: Verbose logging</span>
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<span class="c1">#   6: Debug logging</span>
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<span class="c1">#   7: Extreme logging</span>
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<span class="n">loglevel</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4</span>
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<span class="c1"># The interfaces section defines the physical and virtual</span>
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<span class="c1"># interfaces Reticulum will use to communicate on. This</span>
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<span class="c1"># section will contain examples for a variety of interface</span>
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<span class="c1"># types. You can modify these or use them as a basis for</span>
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<span class="c1"># your own config, or simply remove the unused ones.</span>
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<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">interfaces</span><span class="p">]</span>
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  <span class="c1"># This interface enables communication with other</span>
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  <span class="c1"># link-local Reticulum nodes over UDP. It does not</span>
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  <span class="c1"># need any functional IP infrastructure like routers</span>
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  <span class="c1"># or DHCP servers, but will require that at least link-</span>
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  <span class="c1"># local IPv6 is enabled in your operating system, which</span>
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  <span class="c1"># should be enabled by default in almost any OS. See</span>
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  <span class="c1"># the Reticulum Manual for more configuration options.</span>
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  <span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">Default</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
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    <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">AutoInterface</span>
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    <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>If Reticulum infrastructure already exists locally, you probably don’t need to
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change anything, and you may already be connected to a wider network. If not,
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you will probably need to add relevant <em>interfaces</em> to the configuration, in
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order to communicate with other systems. It is a good idea to read the comments
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and explanations in the above default config. It will teach you the basic
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concepts you need to understand to configure your network. Once you have done that,
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take a look at the <a class="reference internal" href="interfaces.html#interfaces-main"><span class="std std-ref">Interfaces</span></a> chapter of this manual.</p>
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<div class="section" id="included-utility-programs">
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<h2>Included Utility Programs<a class="headerlink" href="#included-utility-programs" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>Reticulum includes a range of useful utilities, both for managing your Reticulum
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networks, and for carrying out common tasks over Reticulum networks, such as
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transferring files to remote systems, and executing commands and programs remotely.</p>
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<p>If you often use Reticulum from several different programs, or simply want
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Reticulum to stay available all the time, for example if you are hosting
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a transport node, you might want to run Reticulum as a separate service that
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other programs, applications and services can utilise.</p>
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<div class="section" id="the-rnsd-utility">
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<h3>The rnsd Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnsd-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<p>It is very easy to run Reticulum as a service. Simply run the included <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> command.
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When <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> is running, it will keep all configured interfaces open, handle transport if
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it is enabled, and allow any other programs to immediately utilise the
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Reticulum network it is configured for.</p>
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<p>You can even run multiple instances of rnsd with different configurations on
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the same system.</p>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Install Reticulum
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pip3 install rns
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# Run rnsd
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rnsd
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnsd [-h] [--config CONFIG] [-v] [-q] [--version]
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Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
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optional arguments:
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  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
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  --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
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  -v, --verbose
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  -q, --quiet
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  --version        show program's version number and exit
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>You can easily add <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> as an always-on service by <a class="reference internal" href="#using-systemd"><span class="std std-ref">configuring a service</span></a>.</p>
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<div class="section" id="the-rnstatus-utility">
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<h3>The rnstatus Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnstatus-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<p>Using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnstatus</span></code> utility, you can view the status of configured Reticulum
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interfaces, similar to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ifconfig</span></code> program.</p>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rnstatus
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rnstatus
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# Example output
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Shared Instance[37428]
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   Status  : Up
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   Serving : 1 program
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   Rate    : 1.00 Gbps
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   Traffic : 83.13 KB↑
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             86.10 KB↓
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AutoInterface[Local]
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   Status  : Up
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   Mode    : Full
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   Rate    : 10.00 Mbps
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   Peers   : 1 reachable
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   Traffic : 63.23 KB↑
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             80.17 KB↓
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TCPInterface[RNS Testnet Frankfurt/frankfurt.rns.unsigned.io:4965]
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   Status  : Up
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   Mode    : Full
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   Rate    : 10.00 Mbps
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   Traffic : 187.27 KB↑
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             74.17 KB↓
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RNodeInterface[RNode UHF]
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   Status  : Up
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   Mode    : Access Point
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   Rate    : 1.30 kbps
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   Access  : 64-bit IFAC by <…e702c42ba8>
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   Traffic : 8.49 KB↑
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             9.23 KB↓
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Reticulum Transport Instance <5245a8efe1788c6a1cd36144a270e13b> running
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnstatus [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-a] [-v]
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Reticulum Network Stack Status
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optional arguments:
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  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
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  --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
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  --version        show program's version number and exit
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  -a, --all        show all interfaces
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  -v, --verbose
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="the-rnpath-utility">
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<h3>The rnpath Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnpath-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<p>With the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnpath</span></code> utility, you can look up and view paths for
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destinations on the Reticulum network.</p>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rnpath
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rnpath c89b4da064bf66d280f0e4d8abfd9806
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# Example output
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Path found, destination <c89b4da064bf66d280f0e4d8abfd9806> is 4 hops away via <f53a1c4278e0726bb73fcc623d6ce763> on TCPInterface[Testnet/frankfurt.connect.reticulu.network:4965]
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnpath [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-t] [-r] [-d] [-D] [-w seconds] [-v] [destination]
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Reticulum Path Discovery Utility
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positional arguments:
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  destination           hexadecimal hash of the destination
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optional arguments:
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  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
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  --config CONFIG       path to alternative Reticulum config directory
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  --version             show program's version number and exit
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  -t, --table           show all known paths
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  -r, --rates           show announce rate info
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  -d, --drop            remove the path to a destination
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  -D, --drop-announces  drop all queued announces
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  -w seconds            timeout before giving up
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  -v, --verbose
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="the-rnprobe-utility">
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<h3>The rnprobe Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnprobe-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnprobe</span></code> utility lets you probe a destination for connectivity, similar
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to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ping</span></code> program. Please note that probes will only be answered if the
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specified destination is configured to send proofs for received packets. Many
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destinations will not have this option enabled, and will not be probable.</p>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rnprobe
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rnprobe example_utilities.echo.request 2d03725b327348980d570f739a3a5708
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# Example output
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Sent 16 byte probe to <2d03725b327348980d570f739a3a5708>
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Valid reply received from <2d03725b327348980d570f739a3a5708>
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Round-trip time is 38.469 milliseconds over 2 hops
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnprobe [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-v] [full_name] [destination_hash]
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Reticulum Probe Utility
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positional arguments:
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  full_name         full destination name in dotted notation
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  destination_hash  hexadecimal hash of the destination
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optional arguments:
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  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
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  --config CONFIG   path to alternative Reticulum config directory
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  --version         show program's version number and exit
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  -v, --verbose
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="the-rncp-utility">
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<h3>The rncp Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rncp-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rncp</span></code> utility is a simple file transfer tool. Using it, you can transfer
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files through Reticulum.</p>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rncp on the receiving system, specifying which identities
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# are allowed to send files
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rncp --receive -a 1726dbad538775b5bf9b0ea25a4079c8 -a c50cc4e4f7838b6c31f60ab9032cbc62
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# From another system, copy a file to the receiving system
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rncp ~/path/to/file.tgz 73cbd378bb0286ed11a707c13447bb1e
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>You can specify as many allowed senders as needed, or complete disable authentication.</p>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rncp [-h] [--config path] [-v] [-q] [-p] [-r] [-b] [-a allowed_hash] [-n] [-w seconds] [--version] [file] [destination]
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Reticulum File Transfer Utility
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positional arguments:
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  file                  file to be transferred
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  destination           hexadecimal hash of the receiver
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optional arguments:
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  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
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  --config path         path to alternative Reticulum config directory
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  -v, --verbose         increase verbosity
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  -q, --quiet           decrease verbosity
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  -p, --print-identity  print identity and destination info and exit
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  -r, --receive         wait for incoming files
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  -b, --no-announce     don't announce at program start
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  -a allowed_hash       accept from this identity
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  -n, --no-auth         accept files from anyone
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  -w seconds            sender timeout before giving up
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  --version             show program's version number and exit
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  -v, --verbose
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="the-rnx-utility">
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<h3>The rnx Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnx-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnx</span></code> utility is a basic remote command execution program. It allows you to
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execute commands on remote systems over Reticulum, and to view returned command
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output.</p>
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<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rnx on the listening system, specifying which identities
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						||
# are allowed to execute commands
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rncp --listen -a 941bed5e228775e5a8079fc38b1ccf3f -a 1b03013c25f1c2ca068a4f080b844a10
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						||
# From another system, run a command
 | 
						||
rnx 7a55144adf826958a9529a3bcf08b149 "cat /proc/cpuinfo"
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# Or enter the interactive mode pseudo-shell
 | 
						||
rnx 7a55144adf826958a9529a3bcf08b149 -x
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						||
 | 
						||
# The default identity file is stored in
 | 
						||
# ~/.reticulum/identities/rnx, but you can use
 | 
						||
# another one, which will be created if it does
 | 
						||
# not already exist
 | 
						||
rnx 7a55144adf826958a9529a3bcf08b149 -i /path/to/identity -x
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</pre></div>
 | 
						||
</div>
 | 
						||
<p>You can specify as many allowed senders as needed, or completely disable authentication.</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnx [-h] [--config path] [-v] [-q] [-p] [-l] [-i identity] [-x] [-b] [-a allowed_hash] [-n] [-N] [-d] [-m] [-w seconds] [-W seconds] [--stdin STDIN] [--stdout STDOUT] [--stderr STDERR] [--version]
 | 
						||
           [destination] [command]
 | 
						||
 | 
						||
Reticulum Remote Execution Utility
 | 
						||
 | 
						||
positional arguments:
 | 
						||
  destination           hexadecimal hash of the listener
 | 
						||
  command               command to be execute
 | 
						||
 | 
						||
optional arguments:
 | 
						||
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
 | 
						||
  --config path         path to alternative Reticulum config directory
 | 
						||
  -v, --verbose         increase verbosity
 | 
						||
  -q, --quiet           decrease verbosity
 | 
						||
  -p, --print-identity  print identity and destination info and exit
 | 
						||
  -l, --listen          listen for incoming commands
 | 
						||
  -i identity           path to identity to use
 | 
						||
  -x, --interactive     enter interactive mode
 | 
						||
  -b, --no-announce     don't announce at program start
 | 
						||
  -a allowed_hash       accept from this identity
 | 
						||
  -n, --noauth          accept files from anyone
 | 
						||
  -N, --noid            don't identify to listener
 | 
						||
  -d, --detailed        show detailed result output
 | 
						||
  -m                    mirror exit code of remote command
 | 
						||
  -w seconds            connect and request timeout before giving up
 | 
						||
  -W seconds            max result download time
 | 
						||
  --stdin STDIN         pass input to stdin
 | 
						||
  --stdout STDOUT       max size in bytes of returned stdout
 | 
						||
  --stderr STDERR       max size in bytes of returned stderr
 | 
						||
  --version             show program's version number and exit
 | 
						||
</pre></div>
 | 
						||
</div>
 | 
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 | 
						||
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 | 
						||
<div class="section" id="improving-system-configuration">
 | 
						||
<h2>Improving System Configuration<a class="headerlink" href="#improving-system-configuration" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
 | 
						||
<p>If you are setting up a system for permanent use with Reticulum, there is a
 | 
						||
few system configuration changes that can make this easier to administrate.
 | 
						||
These changes will be detailed here.</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="section" id="fixed-serial-port-names">
 | 
						||
<h3>Fixed Serial Port Names<a class="headerlink" href="#fixed-serial-port-names" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
 | 
						||
<p>On a Reticulum instance with several serial port based interfaces, it can be
 | 
						||
beneficial to use the fixed device names for the serial ports, instead
 | 
						||
of the dynamically allocated shorthands such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/dev/ttyUSB0</span></code>. Under most
 | 
						||
Debian-based distributions, including Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS, these nodes
 | 
						||
can be found under <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/dev/serial/by-id</span></code>.</p>
 | 
						||
<p>You can use such a device path directly in place of the numbered shorthands.
 | 
						||
Here is an example of a packet radio TNC configured as such:</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>[[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
 | 
						||
  type = KISSInterface
 | 
						||
  interface_enabled = True
 | 
						||
  outgoing = true
 | 
						||
  port = /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT230X_Basic_UART_43891CKM-if00-port0
 | 
						||
  speed = 115200
 | 
						||
  databits = 8
 | 
						||
  parity = none
 | 
						||
  stopbits = 1
 | 
						||
  preamble = 150
 | 
						||
  txtail = 10
 | 
						||
  persistence = 200
 | 
						||
  slottime = 20
 | 
						||
</pre></div>
 | 
						||
</div>
 | 
						||
<p>Using this methodology avoids potential naming mix-ups where physical devices
 | 
						||
might be plugged and unplugged in different orders, or when device name
 | 
						||
assignment varies from one boot to another.</p>
 | 
						||
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<div class="section" id="reticulum-as-a-system-service">
 | 
						||
<span id="using-systemd"></span><h3>Reticulum as a System Service<a class="headerlink" href="#reticulum-as-a-system-service" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
 | 
						||
<p>Instead of starting Reticulum manually, you can install <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> as a system
 | 
						||
service and have it start automatically at boot.</p>
 | 
						||
<p>If you installed Reticulum with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pip</span></code>, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> program will most likely
 | 
						||
be located in a user-local installation path only, which means <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">systemd</span></code> will not
 | 
						||
be able to execute it. In this case, you can simply symlink the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> program
 | 
						||
into a directory that is in systemd’s path:</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo ln -s $(which rnsd) /usr/local/bin/
 | 
						||
</pre></div>
 | 
						||
</div>
 | 
						||
<p>You can then create the service file <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/systemd/system/rnsd.service</span></code> with the
 | 
						||
following content:</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>[Unit]
 | 
						||
Description=Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
 | 
						||
After=multi-user.target
 | 
						||
 | 
						||
[Service]
 | 
						||
# If you run Reticulum on WiFi devices,
 | 
						||
# or other devices that need some extra
 | 
						||
# time to initialise, you might want to
 | 
						||
# add a short delay before Reticulum is
 | 
						||
# started by systemd:
 | 
						||
# ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10
 | 
						||
Type=simple
 | 
						||
Restart=always
 | 
						||
RestartSec=3
 | 
						||
User=USERNAMEHERE
 | 
						||
ExecStart=rnsd --service
 | 
						||
 | 
						||
[Install]
 | 
						||
WantedBy=multi-user.target
 | 
						||
</pre></div>
 | 
						||
</div>
 | 
						||
<p>Be sure to replace <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">USERNAMEHERE</span></code> with the user you want to run <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> as.</p>
 | 
						||
<p>To manually start <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> run:</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo systemctl start rnsd
 | 
						||
</pre></div>
 | 
						||
</div>
 | 
						||
<p>If you want to automatically start <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> at boot, run:</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo systemctl enable rnsd
 | 
						||
</pre></div>
 | 
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