# Old Configuration Files

Tahoe-LAFS releases before v1.3.0 had no `tahoe.cfg` file, and used distinct files for each item listed below. If Tahoe-LAFS v1.9.0 or above detects the old configuration files at start up it emits a warning and aborts the start up. (This was issue ticket #1385.)

Config setting | File | Comment
--- | --- | ---
`[node]nickname` | `BASEDIR/nickname` |
`[node]web.port` | `BASEDIR/webport` |
`[node]tub.port` | `BASEDIR/client.port` | (for Clients, not Introducers)
`[node]tub.port` | `BASEDIR/introducer.port` | (for Introducers, not Clients) (note that, unlike other keys, `tahoe.cfg` overrode this file from Tahoe-LAFS v1.3.0 up to and including Tahoe-LAFS v1.8.2)
`[node]tub.location` | `BASEDIR/advertised_ip_addresses` |
`[node]log_gatherer.furl` | `BASEDIR/log_gatherer.furl` | (one per line)
`[node]timeout.keepalive` | `BASEDIR/keepalive_timeout` |
`[node]timeout.disconnect` | `BASEDIR/disconnect_timeout` `BASEDIR/introducer.furl` | `BASEDIR/private/introducers.yaml`
`[client]helper.furl` | `BASEDIR/helper.furl` |
`[client]key_generator.furl` | `BASEDIR/key_generator.furl` `BASEDIR/stats_gatherer.furl` | Stats gatherer has been removed.
`[storage]enabled` | `BASEDIR/no_storage` | (`False` if `no_storage` exists)
`[storage]readonly` | `BASEDIR/readonly_storage` | (`True` if `readonly_storage` exists)
`[storage]sizelimit` | `BASEDIR/sizelimit` |
`[storage]debug_discard` | `BASEDIR/debug_discard_storage` |
`[helper]enabled` | `BASEDIR/run_helper` | (`True` if `run_helper` exists)

Note: the functionality of `[node]ssh.port` and `[node]ssh.authorized_keys_file` were previously (before Tahoe-LAFS v1.3.0) combined, controlled by the presence of a `BASEDIR/authorized_keys.SSHPORT` file, in which the suffix of the filename indicated which port the ssh server should listen on, and the contents of the file provided the ssh public keys to accept. Support for these files has been removed completely. To `ssh` into your Tahoe-LAFS node, add `[node]ssh.port` and `[node].ssh_authorized_keys_file` statements to your `tahoe.cfg`.

Likewise, the functionality of `[node]tub.location` is a variant of the now (since Tahoe-LAFS v1.3.0) unsupported `BASEDIR/advertised_ip_addresses` . The old file was additive (the addresses specified in `advertised_ip_addresses` were used in addition to any that were automatically discovered), whereas the new `tahoe.cfg` directive is not (`tub.location` is used verbatim).

The stats gatherer has been broken at least since Tahoe-LAFS v1.13.0. The (broken) functionality of `[client]stats_gatherer.furl` (which was previously in `BASEDIR/stats_gatherer.furl`), is scheduled to be completely removed after Tahoe-LAFS v1.15.0. After that point, if your configuration contains a `[client]stats_gatherer.furl`, your node will refuse to start.