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Mention that wallets can be recovered automatically now that the consistency checking code is merged.
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jholdstock 2020-07-31 09:56:30 +01:00 committed by David Hill
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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ servers hosting these wallets should ideally be in geographically seperate
locations. locations.
Each voting server should be running an instance of dcrd and dcrwallet. The Each voting server should be running an instance of dcrd and dcrwallet. The
wallet on these servers should be completely empty and not used of any other wallet on these servers should be completely empty and not used for any other
purpose. dcrwallet should be permenantly unlocked and have voting enabled purpose. dcrwallet should be permenantly unlocked and have voting enabled
(`--enablevoting`). vspd on the front-end server must be able to reach each (`--enablevoting`). vspd on the front-end server must be able to reach each
instance of dcrwallet over RPC. instance of dcrwallet over RPC.
@ -141,20 +141,24 @@ the admin page of the vspd web front-end.
## Disaster Recovery ## Disaster Recovery
The database file contains everything needed to restore a vspd deployment - ### Voting Wallets
simply place the database file into the vspd data directory and start vspd as
normal.
<!-- To recover from a total failure of a wallet or wallet server (or to add a new
wallet to the vspd deployment):
// TODO: Content copied from dcrstakepool repo, should be updated for vspd once - Set up a new empty wallet. Ensure voting is enabled and the wallet is
consistency checking is implemented: unlocked.
- Update the vspd config file to include the new wallet (and remove the old
wallet if necessary).
- Restart vspd and it will connect to the new wallet and automatically insert
all required data to bring it up to date.
In the case of a total failure of a wallet server: ### Front-end
Restore the failed wallet(s) from seed.
Restart the dcrstakepool process to allow automatic syncing to occur.
--> The vspd database file contains everything needed to restore a vspd deployment
from scratch. Simply place the database file into the vspd data directory and
start vspd as normal. vspd will use the database to insert all necessary data
into all of the voting wallets.
## Listing on decred.org ## Listing on decred.org