NAME
grid-manager - A Tahoe Grid Manager for issuing certificates to storage-servers.
SYNOPSIS
grid-manager [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
DESCRIPTION
A Tahoe Grid Manager issues certificates to storage-servers. A Tahoe client with one or more Grid Manager public keys configured will only upload to a Storage Server that presents a valid certificate signed by one of the configured Grid Manager keys. Grid Manager configuration can be in a local directory or given via stdin. It contains long-term secret information (a private signing key) and should be kept safe.
OPTIONS
- -c, --config PATH
-
Configuration directory (or - for stdin). Required.
- --help
-
Show help message and exit.
COMMANDS
- add
-
Add a new storage-server by name to a Grid Manager.
- create
-
Make a new Grid Manager.
- list
-
List all storage-servers known to a Grid Manager.
- public-identity
-
Show the public identity key of a Grid Manager.
- remove
-
Remove an existing storage-server by name from a Grid Manager.
- sign
-
Sign a new certificate.
AUTHORS
Grid Manager has been written by meejah.
Tahoe-LAFS has been written by Brian Warner, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn, and numerous other contributors.
REPORTING BUGS
Please see ⟨https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/HowToReportABug⟩
Tahoe-LAFS home page: ⟨https://tahoe-lafs.org/⟩
Tahoe-LAFS development mailing list: ⟨https://lists.tahoe-lafs.org/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev⟩
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006–2025 The Tahoe-LAFS Software Foundation.
SEE ALSO
The Tahoe-LAFS documentation on Grid Managers has more detail than this manual page: ⟨https://tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/managed-grid.html⟩
It includes a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up a managed grid: ⟨https://tahoe-lafs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/managed-grid.html#example-setup-of-a-new-managed-grid⟩