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| author |   Kristi Rifenbark <kristi.rifenbark@gmail.com> | 2017-09-27 16:22:48 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2017-10-16 23:46:52 +0100 |
| commit | f258b6ac3a32ae537d69498d67d13b2dab169972 (patch) | |
| tree | b87e48b28da67d1f7e6e61796edf2a173bd44777 /documentation/toaster-manual | |
| parent | 962edb8d3dc885cce4fe60e2c2e4e343a5536109 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-f258b6ac3a32ae537d69498d67d13b2dab169972.tar.gz | |
toaster-manual: Rewrite of the 'Setting Up External Access' section
(From yocto-docs rev: f3737aaeabf5ae169d07b72ef6b70e2b5d7cb4b7)
Signed-off-by: Kristi Rifenbark <kristi.rifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/toaster-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/toaster-manual/toaster-manual-setup-and-use.xml | 27 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/toaster-manual/toaster-manual-setup-and-use.xml b/documentation/toaster-manual/toaster-manual-setup-and-use.xml index 77291c1eea..62a0b63dd7 100644 --- a/documentation/toaster-manual/toaster-manual-setup-and-use.xml +++ b/documentation/toaster-manual/toaster-manual-setup-and-use.xml @@ -61,19 +61,32 @@ </para> </section> - <section id='setting-a-different-address'> - <title>Setting a Different Address</title> + <section id='setting-up-external-access'> + <title>Setting up External Access</title> <para> By default, Toaster binds to the loop back address - (i.e. localhost). - You can use the <filename>WEBPORT</filename> parameter to - set a different host. - For example, the following command sets the host and port - to "0.0.0.0:8400": + (i.e. localhost), which does not allow access from + external hosts. To allow external access, use the + <filename>WEBPORT</filename> parameter to open an + address that connects to the network, specifically the + IP address that your NIC uses to connect to the network. + You can also bind to all IP addresses the computer + supports by using the shortcut + "0.0.0.0:<replaceable>port</replaceable>". + </para> + + <para> + The following example binds to all IP addresses on the + host: <literallayout class='monospaced'> $ source toaster start webport=0.0.0.0:8400 </literallayout> + This example binds to a specific IP address on the host's + NIC: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + $ source toaster start webport=192.168.1.1:8400 + </literallayout> </para> </section> |