From 06e5c43499a2f30a1f7d7c3b49de0073dfbbdd1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kulpreet Singh Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:25:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about using gencerts when listening on specific interfaces --- docs/configure_peer_server_listen_interfaces.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/configure_peer_server_listen_interfaces.md b/docs/configure_peer_server_listen_interfaces.md index 26f5ec72..ac611373 100644 --- a/docs/configure_peer_server_listen_interfaces.md +++ b/docs/configure_peer_server_listen_interfaces.md @@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ The following config file would configure btcd to only listen on localhost for b listen=127.0.0.1:8333 listen=[::1]:8333 ``` + +In addition, if you are starting btcd with TLS and want to make it +available via a hostname, then you will need to generate the TLS +certificates for that host. For example, + +``` +gencerts --host=myhostname.example.com --directory=/home/me/.btcd/ +```