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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#21710: doc: update helps for addnode rpc and -addnode/-maxconnections config options
b4fcbcf doc: update -maxconnections config option help (Jon Atack)
79685a8 doc: update -addnode config option help (Jon Atack)
2896c6c doc: update addnode rpc help (Jon Atack)
Pull request description:
Since #9319 proposed by Gregory Maxwell and released in v0.14, peers manually added through the `-addnode` config option or using the `addnode` RPC have their own separate limit of 8 connections that does not compete with other inbound or outbound connection usage and is not subject to the limitation imposed by the `-maxconnections` option.
This PR updates the `-addnode` and `-maxconnections` config options and the `addnode` RPC help docs with this information.
`-addnode` config option help
```
$ bitcoind -h | grep -A5 addnode=
-addnode=<ip>
Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open (see
the addnode RPC help for more info). This option can be specified
multiple times to add multiple nodes; connections are limited to
8 at a time and are counted separately from the -maxconnections
limit.
$ bitcoind -h | grep -A3 maxconnections=
-maxconnections=<n>
Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: 125). This limit
does not apply to connections manually added via -addnode or the
addnode RPC, which have a separate limit of 8.
```
`addnode` rpc help
```
$ bitcoin-cli help addnode
addnode "node" "command"
Attempts to add or remove a node from the addnode list.
Or try a connection to a node once.
Nodes added using addnode (or -connect) are protected from DoS disconnection and are not required to be
full nodes/support SegWit as other outbound peers are (though such peers will not be synced from).
Addnode connections are limited to 8 at a time and are counted separately from the -maxconnections limit.
```
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argsman.AddArg("-addnode=<ip>", "Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open (see the `addnode` RPC command help for more info). This option can be specified multiple times to add multiple nodes.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-addnode=<ip>", strprintf("Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open (see the addnode RPC help for more info). This option can be specified multiple times to add multiple nodes; connections are limited to %u at a time and are counted separately from the -maxconnections limit.", MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-asmap=<file>", strprintf("Specify asn mapping used for bucketing of the peers (default: %s). Relative paths will be prefixed by the net-specific datadir location.", DEFAULT_ASMAP_FILENAME), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-bantime=<n>", strprintf("Default duration (in seconds) of manually configured bans (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MISBEHAVING_BANTIME), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-bind=<addr>[:<port>][=onion]", strprintf("Bind to given address and always listen on it (default: 0.0.0.0). Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. Append =onion to tag any incoming connections to that address and port as incoming Tor connections (default: 127.0.0.1:%u=onion, testnet: 127.0.0.1:%u=onion, signet: 127.0.0.1:%u=onion, regtest: 127.0.0.1:%u=onion)", defaultBaseParams->OnionServiceTargetPort(), testnetBaseParams->OnionServiceTargetPort(), signetBaseParams->OnionServiceTargetPort(), regtestBaseParams->OnionServiceTargetPort()), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
argsman.AddArg("-forcednsseed", strprintf("Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: %u)", DEFAULT_FORCEDNSSEED), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-listen", "Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-listenonion", strprintf("Automatically create Tor onion service (default: %d)", DEFAULT_LISTEN_ONION), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-maxconnections=<n>", strprintf("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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argsman.AddArg("-maxconnections=<n>", strprintf("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: %u). This limit does not apply to connections manually added via -addnode or the addnode RPC, which have a separate limit of %u.", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS, MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
argsman.AddArg("-maxtimeadjustment", strprintf("Maximum allowed median peer time offset adjustment. Local perspective of time may be influenced by peers forward or backward by this amount. (default: %u seconds)", DEFAULT_MAX_TIME_ADJUSTMENT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
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"\nAttempts to add or remove a node from the addnode list.\n"
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"Or try a connection to a node once.\n"
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"Nodes added using addnode (or -connect) are protected from DoS disconnection and are not required to be\n"
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strprintf("Addnode connections are limited to %u at a time", MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS) +
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" and are counted separately from the -maxconnections limit.\n",
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{
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{"node", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The node (see getpeerinfo for nodes)"},
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{"command", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "'add' to add a node to the list, 'remove' to remove a node from the list, 'onetry' to try a connection to the node once"},
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