---
name: "siac-host-announce"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sia"
version: "1.3.0-3+b7"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/siac-host-announce"
---

# siac-host-announce(1)

Announce yourself as a host

## NAME

./siac-host-announce - Announce yourself as a host

## SYNOPSIS

**./siac host announce**

## DESCRIPTION

Announce yourself as a host on the network. Announcing will also configure the host to start accepting contracts. You can revert this by running:\
     siac host config acceptingcontracts false You may also supply a specific address to be announced, e.g.:\
     siac host announce my-host-domain.com:9001 Doing so will override the standard connectivity checks.

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**-a**, **--addr**="localhost:9980"\
     which host/port to communicate with (i.e. the host/port siad is listening on)

## SEE ALSO

**./[siac-host(1)](/siac-host/1.md)**

## HISTORY

29-Apr-2017 Auto generated by spf13/cobra