Configuring Pastwatch
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Environment Variables
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Pastwatch uses a few different environment variables for configuration.

The PASTWATCH_TCPSOCKET variable tells Pastwatch where to look for the central replica.  Since the replica can consist of several nodes like the Aqua service does, this variable can specify several servers.  Each entry in the variable contains an IP number and a port number.  The entries are separated by commas.  By default, PASTWATCH_TCPSOCKET contains the IP and ports of three Aqua nodes:

          18.26.4.147:31001,18.7.14.168:31001,18.26.4.18:31001

The PASTWATCH_ROOT directory tells Pastwatch where to store key information like member keys and administrator keys, as well as the address of the project blocks.  By default this variable is set to:

          ${HOME}/.pastwatch

The PASTWATCH_LOCAL_REPLICA variable tells Pastwatch where to store the local repository replica.  Please read Section 2.3 for a description of this variable.