Github user ctubbsii commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/160#discussion_r85014794
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@@ -99,13 +114,42 @@ The initialization command will prompt for the
following information.
prompts for its password. This information will be needed to later
connect
to Accumulo.
-Multiple Nodes
---------------
+## Run Accumulo
+
+There are two primary methods for running Accumulo:
+
+1. Run individual Accumulo services using `accumulo-service`. Useful if
you are
+ using a cluster management tool (i.e Ansible, Salt, etc) to start
Accumulo.
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Depends on the init system. Most of what these scripts do are handled
within modern init systems. These might be useful for SysVinit, but certainly
not for systemd. I'm not sure about upstart, and others. In systemd, I've found
it better to call "accumulo tserver" directly, and it handles tracking the
service. So, it's best to use the simplest, least side-effect-y scripts
available.
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