Setting up a hub

What is a hub?

A hub is a small program that runs on a computer, a NAS or a Raspberry Pi and stores your tree. You install it with Docker. That is somewhat technical. If someone in the family can do that, ask them for help.

Without a hub, Stambeam simply works on your own computer alone.

Installing the hub

The hub comes as a Docker image. The steps are in the hub manual (INSTALLATIE). Two things beforehand:

• A backup outside the device is your own responsibility. The hub makes a daily copy, but it sits on the same disk.
• Encrypt the disk the hub is on.

Linking your tree

1. 1
   Get the installation code
   As long as there is no account yet, the hub writes a one-time installation code in its log when it starts.
2. 2
   Add the hub
   Open your tree and choose Settings, Hub, Add hub. Fill in the address of the hub and confirm it.
3. 3
   Make the first account
   Choose New hub, fill in the installation code and choose a user name and password (at least 8 characters). This first account is the administrator.
4. 4
   Link the tree
   Choose Link. Beforehand Stambeam makes a safety copy, then the current state goes to the hub.

On a second computer

Add the same hub there under Settings, Hub and choose Open tree…. Without an open tree you also find it on the start screen under Stambeam Hub….

At the bottom of the window you see whether everything is up to date (Synced), whether changes are waiting and whether the hub can be reached. Click it for details and Sync now. If you work offline, everything goes along as soon as the hub is back.