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SCOUT FIELD MANUAL
GETTING STARTED / FIELD NOTE

Install Scout

SCOUT DOCS · GETTING-STARTED / INSTALL

Install Scout using your platform package so its binaries, private checker, and admin console share one release root. Scout runtime commands never compile a source checkout.

Verify the release

Section titled “Verify the release”
Terminal window
scout doctor --artifact-root /opt/scout
scout run --list

The embedded recipe list includes bootstrap-network, add-branch, connect-client, and share-path.

Initialize the root Branch

Section titled “Initialize the root Branch”
Terminal window
scout run bootstrap-network release_root=/opt/scout root_state=/var/lib/scout/root root_bind=127.0.0.1 root_router_listen=tls/0.0.0.0:7436 root_router_advertise=tls/root.example:7436

The recipe verifies the release, initializes the root cell, stores its context, and reads current status evidence. It retains one CLI-local resume record if a step stops.

Review the resulting state before installing boot services:

Terminal window
scout stop --state-dir /var/lib/scout/root
sudo scout service install --state-dir /var/lib/scout/root --enable

Without --enable, service installation only renders and stages the unit definitions. Read the walkthrough to add a child Branch, Client, and enforced Grant.