[volunteergrid2-l] Tahoe Configuration Files

[Brad Rupp]

Greetings VG2 users,

I am working on getting my backup solution to a point where I can 
recover from a catastrophic event, such as my house being assimilated by 
the Borg.  To access the data I put on the grid, it is my understanding 
that all I needed to preserve is the root DIRCAP.  This can be found in 
~/.tahoe/private/aliases on a *nix machine.

It is also my understanding that I do NOT need to backup the other files 
in ~/.tahoe and ~/.tahoe/private (e.g. ~/.tahoe/private/secret).  These 
files are used for the current running instance and are not needed to 
get access to my data.  I do know that a few of these files (my_nodeid 
and node.pem) can be used to clone my node, but that also is not 
required to access my data in the event of a disaster.

I know this has been answered somewhere before.  I just can't seem to 
find it in the list archives.  I also figure this is good information to 
review.  At any rate, please correct me if my understanding is incorrect.

Regards,

Brad