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.. _quickstart:
Quickstart
==========
Use twtxt's **quickstart** command to bootstrap a default configuration:
.. code-block:: console
$ twtxt quickstart
twtxt - quickstart
==================
This wizard will generate a basic configuration file for twtxt with all
mandatory options set. You can change all of these later with either twtxt
itself or by editing the config file manually. Have a look at the docs to get
information about the other available options and their meaning.
➤ Please enter your desired nick [$USER]: <NICKNAME>
➤ Please enter the desired location for your config
file [~/.config/twtxt/config]: <CONFIG FILE LOCATION>
➤ Please enter the desired location for your twtxt
file [~/twtxt.txt]: <TWTXTX FILE LOCATION>
➤ Please enter the URL your twtxt file will be accessible
from [https://example.org/twtxt.txt]: <TWTXT URL>
➤ Do you want to disclose your identity?
Your nick and URL will be shared when making HTTP requests [y/N]: y
➤ Do you want to follow the twtxt news feed? [Y/n]: y
✓ Created config file at '~/.config/twtxt/config'.
✓ Created twtxt file at '~/twtxt.txt'.
The quickstart wizard prompts for the following configuration values:
- Your desired nick name, doesnt need to be unique (*<NICKNAME>*)
- The desired location for your config file (*<CONFIG FILE LOCATION>*)
- The desired location for your twtxt file (*<TWTXTX FILE LOCATION>*)
- The URL your twtxt file will be accessible from remotely (*<TWTXT URL>*)
- If you want to disclose your identity. If True your nick and URL will be used in the User-Agent
header attribute when fetching other twtxt files via HTTP.
- If you want to follow the official twtxt news feed
The configurations can easily be changed in the twtxt configuration file. See :ref:`configuration`.