From d9055f20d005bd60d5252768454e787dc240e4e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Schmideg Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 14:22:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] run geth init for member node (#20632) --- docs/_interface/Private-Network.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/_interface/Private-Network.md b/docs/_interface/Private-Network.md index 813bba311e..bf9899dbe0 100644 --- a/docs/_interface/Private-Network.md +++ b/docs/_interface/Private-Network.md @@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ and will not attempt to connect to other nodes outside of the set IP range. ### Running Member Nodes +Before running a member node, you have to initialize it with the same genesis file as +used for the bootstrap node. + With the bootnode operational and externally reachable (you can try `telnet ` to ensure it's indeed reachable), you can start more Geth nodes and connect them via the bootstrap node using the `--bootnodes` flag.