note to distinguish data dirs
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ To start the Indexer as a reader (ie not connecting to an Algorand node), supply
$ ./algorand-indexer daemon --data-dir /tmp -P "host=[your-host] port=[your-port] user=[uname] password=[password] dbname=[ledgerdb] sslmode=disable" --no-algod
```
-To start the Indexer so it populates the PostgreSQL database, supply the Algorand Archival node connection details. This can be done by either specifying the Algorand Node data directory (`--algod`), if the node is on the same machine as the Indexer, or by supplying the algod network host and port string (`--algod-net`) and the proper API token (`--algod-token`). The database needs to be created and running prior to starting the Indexer.
+To start the Indexer so it populates the PostgreSQL database, supply the Algorand Archival node connection details. This can be done by either specifying the Algorand Node data directory (with `--algod`), if the node is on the same machine as the Indexer, or by supplying the algod network host and port string (`--algod-net`) and the proper API token (`--algod-token`). The database needs to be created and running prior to starting the Indexer.
+
+!!! note
+ The indexer has a flag `--data-dir` for where to write it's data, which is distinct from the algod data directory in the above paragraph.
```bash
# start with local data directory
