Signer and Stacking documentation refactor and review#1849
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| sudo systemctl status stacks-signer.service | ||
| sudo systemctl status stacks-node.service |
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nit: good idea to share how to check logs as well
journalctl -xefu stacks-signer etc
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| This guide is a step-by-step walkthrough for setting up and running a signer. It covers only the signer infrastructure: the signer software and the Stacks node it connects to. | ||
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| This guide is a step-by-step walkthrough for setting up and running a signer. If you need to troubleshoot your signer setup, see the Signer Troubleshooting section. If you need to Stack your STX, or have questions about how that process works, check out the Stack STX guide. | ||
| If you are not familiar with the concept of signing, be sure to check out the [Stackers and Signing concept guide](https://app.gitbook.com/s/H74xqoobupBWwBsVMJhK/block-production/signing). |
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better to link to relative doc link vs the gitbook link
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| ### Running the Signer as a Binary | ||
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| Download the pre-built binaries from the [Stacks Core releases page on Github](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/releases), unzip the archive for your architecture — inside is a `stacks-signer` binary. | ||
| Download the pre-built binaries from the [Stacks Core releases page on Github](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/releases), unzip the archive for your architecture. It includes the `stacks-signer` binary. |
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should this link to the latest release?
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https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/releases/latest
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This PR restructure signer and stacking sections in order to achieve more clarity.
It adds some extra content to improve the content