From 16b3b5e162e652ba2e991d4b77c97ee26a89d68e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mpelle426 <michael_pellegrino@comcast.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:07:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] -add comments to hosts file

---
 hosts | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hosts b/hosts
index 1011a47..c5f147c 100644
--- a/hosts
+++ b/hosts
@@ -1,42 +1,61 @@
+# list all of the raspberry PI devices in the network
+# the host name on each will be set to the first column
+# it can be 1-20 characters, letters, digits, and hyphens
 ned-host1 ansible_host=147.191.214.121
-#ned-host2 ansible_host=192.168.88.217
-#ned-host3 ansible_host=192.168.88.230
+ned-host2 ansible_host=192.168.88.217
+ned-host3 ansible_host=192.168.88.230
 
 [ansible-hosts]
+# there must only be one ansible-host.  this is the device
+# that will act as the configuration server
 ned-host1
 
 [pi]
+# include all Raspberry Pi devces here
 ned-host1
-#ned-host2
-#ned-host3
+ned-host2
+ned-host3
 
 [samba-server]
-#ned-host1
+# it is best to have only one samba-server host
+ned-host1
 
 [smbclient]
-#ned-host2
-#ned-host3
+# it would probably be best to limit this to 10 clients
+ned-host2
+ned-host3
 
 [public]
-
+# not currently used
+#
 [snmpd]
-
+# installs SNMP daemon
+#
 [netflows]
-
+# installs flow client
+#
 [facebook]
-#ned-host1
+# devices can be set up for facebook, salesforce or youtube
+# these are mutually exclusive and must be checked by you as there
+# is no automated process for that
+ned-host1
 
 [salesforce]
-#ned-host2
+# see comment for facebook
+ned-host2
 
 [youtube]
-#ned-host3
+# see comment for facebook
+ned-host3
 
 [ftpclient]
 
 [sipclient]
-#ned-host2
-#ned-host3
+# generates VoIP traffic, signaling and media
+ned-host2
+ned-host3
 
 [sipserver]
-#ned-host1
+# there must only be one sipserver
+ned-host1
+