where to get help as a storage provider.

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where to get help?

You should read officials doc and spec before you ask for help. Many people ignore the importance of documentation and want to quickly become a storage provider. In fact, this is an incorrect understanding, this is a big project, if you do not understand the project in general, you will find a million questions when participating, throwing out countless basic questions, even if someone answers is inefficient

1. lotus forum

You should first search your questions on lotus forum to see if anyone else has encountered similar problems, and for information on using the Discussions you can also check out this link, and if you are also welcome to ask questions in lotus forum.

2. lotus issue

If you're pretty sure you've got a bug and you can't fix it, you can file an issue on this page and wait for the developers to fix it, with the caveat that you need to provide enough details for the developers to reproduce the bug and locate the problem

3. slack channels for storage providers

If you need some tips or guidance in your daily operations, or if you want to communicate with other members of the community.slack is the best choice. Here you maybe can find answers to all your questions, and there are different channels for different eco-projects.Again, I suggest you search the channel before asking a question, most basic questions are asked many times, so maybe your question has already been addressed.The following are commonly used channels for seeking help

• #_fil-lobby Open channel to discuss any topic, but not a place to ask for help.

• #fil-help the common help channel, which you can choose for any kind of questions.

• #fil-lotus-help If you have problems using lotus, you can ask for help in this channel

• #fil-network-announcements. A place to post announcements, such as mandatory network upgrades, major version updates, and to ensure that community members don't miss out on information, only announcements are allowed here

• #fil-lotus-help. A channel for posting announcements about lotus. which is only one of four implementations of filecoin

• #fil-mining-africa
  Channel for African storage providers.

• #fil-mining-europe
  Channel for European storage providers.

• #fil-mining-north-america
  Channel for North America storage providers.

• #fil-chinese.
  Channel for Chinese storage providers.

• #fil-korea Channel for members of the Korean community

• #fil-plus. If you are involved in the Real Data project or have any questions about the project, please feel free to share them here

• And many more channels

4. Instant communication tools

Depending on the region, community members have set up chat groups, such as WeChat and telegram chat rooms, which you can find out about from other community members.