h3. Choose the Spectrum 2 backend and legacy network

You have to choose the Spectrum 2 backend and legacy network to which this Spectrum 2 gateway will connect the users.

The default backend is "Libpurple backend":libpurple.html. Read the "Libpurple backend documentation":libpurple.html to see how to choose particular legacy network. If you want to use different backend, change the path to it according to "List of backends":backends.html.

h3. Choose the storage backend

|_. Category|_. Option|_. Change to value|_. Meaning|

|database|type|sqlite3|Spectrum 2 will use SQLite3 as storage backend|

h2. Start Spectrum 2

The following command should now start your first Spectrum 2 instance:

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spectrum2_manager start

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h2. If something goes wrong

Spectrum 2 logs important messages into @/var/log/spectrum2/<jabber_id>/spectrum2.log@. It's always good to check that log if something goes wrong.