Guide: Local mesh setup

Prerequisites

• Rust stable (rustup)
• Windows, macOS, or Linux on the same L2/LAN (UDP multicast)

Bootstrap two nodes

# Terminal A
cargo run -- --name alpha --tcp-bind 0.0.0.0:7400 --quic-bind 0.0.0.0:7401 --demo-slices 4 --no-tui

# Terminal B (different ports)
cargo run -- --name beta --tcp-bind 0.0.0.0:7402 --quic-bind 0.0.0.0:7403 --no-tui

With TUI (default): omit --no-tui, press Tab to switch Topology / ChimeraFS / ChimeraMEM / Agents, q to quit.

Intent-driven job

cargo run -- --no-tui --intent "name=preview latency<200ms privacy=local render=hd slices=6"

Data directory

Default ./data holds pipeline chunks, ChimeraFS CAS blocks, and checkpoints.