Walrus-docs: Documentation for the Walrus Decentralized Storage System
Summary
Walrus-docs is the official repository for documentation and examples related to the Walrus decentralized storage system. It provides comprehensive guides for understanding and interacting with Walrus, a protocol designed for robust and highly available storage of large binary files. This repository is crucial for developers and users looking to implement or utilize Walrus's Byzantine fault-tolerant storage solutions.
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Introduction
Walrus-docs serves as the primary documentation hub for Walrus, a cutting-edge decentralized storage and availability protocol. Specifically engineered for handling large binary files, or "blobs," Walrus offers a resilient solution for storing unstructured content across decentralized nodes. This repository ensures high availability and reliability, even in the face of Byzantine faults, making it a vital resource for anyone interested in decentralized storage solutions. While the main Walrus codebase resides in a separate repository, walrus-docs provides all the necessary information to understand, deploy, and interact with the system.
Installation
To build and access the Walrus documentation locally, you'll need Rust installed. The documentation is generated using mdBook. Follow these steps to set up your local environment:
cargo install mdbook
cargo install mdbook-admonish@1.18.0 --locked
cargo install mdbook-katex@0.9.0 --locked
cargo install mdbook-i18n-helpers --locked
mdbook serve
This will start a local server, allowing you to browse the documentation in your web browser.
Examples
The walrus-docs repository provides the source files for the Walrus documentation, which can be built and served locally. This allows developers to contribute to or review the documentation offline. Additionally, the repository supports translated versions of the documentation. For example, to build or serve the Chinese translation, you can use the MDBOOK_BOOK__LANGUAGE environment variable:
MDBOOK_BOOK__LANGUAGE=zh_CN mdbook build
MDBOOK_BOOK__LANGUAGE=zh_CN mdbook serve
Further details on creating and maintaining translations can be found in the TRANSLATING.md file within the repository.
Why Use It
Walrus is designed to address the challenges of decentralized storage for large, unstructured data. By leveraging this documentation, users can gain a deep understanding of how Walrus provides high availability and reliability through Byzantine fault tolerance. The walrus-docs repository is essential for developers, researchers, and enterprises seeking robust, decentralized solutions for data storage, offering insights into its architecture, usage, and deployment. It acts as the definitive guide to harnessing the power of the Walrus protocol.
Links
- GitHub Repository: https://github.com/MystenLabs/walrus-docs
- Walrus Site Documentation: https://docs.walrus.site
- GitHub Pages Documentation: https://mystenlabs.github.io/walrus-docs
- Discussions: https://github.com/MystenLabs/walrus-docs/discussions
- File an Issue: https://github.com/MystenLabs/walrus-docs/issues/new