Commit fb8a1ab1 authored by anarcat's avatar anarcat

document how to change daemon ports

this more clearly explains that the daemon is listening on the network. it also hints as to how to change the listening ports. this is also related to #874
parent b65a3cf8
......@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ over the network. Most applications that use IPFS will do so by
communicating with a daemon over the HTTP API. While the daemon is
running, calls to 'ipfs' commands will be sent over the network to
the daemon.
`,
The daemon will start listening on ports on the network, which are
documented in (and can be modified through) 'ipfs config Addresses'.
For example, to change the 'Gateway' port:
ipfs config Addresses.Gateway /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8082
Make sure to restart the daemon after.`,
},
Options: []cmds.Option{
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