The pages in this section contain information about contributing to the Besu technical documentation. The Besu docs are built using Docusaurus and hosted on GitHub Pages.
If you have any questions about Besu or its documentation, ask on Discord.
Documentation system overview
At the root of the Besu documentation repository (besu-docs), the docs directory contains all the site documentation, which is generated into a static HTML website using MkDocs and the Material for MkDocs theme.
The documentation is automatically updated using webhooks linking GitHub to the ReadTheDocs site when you merge a pull request in the main branch of the Besu documentation repository.
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The webhook triggers the Read The Docs build. This build uses a Github PAT for the The PAT for The PAT probably has to be renewed if RTD build fails with the following error in the builds:
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The system also detects tags in the GitHub repository and makes the latest stable release and previous versions available.
Required accounts
If you want to contribute to the documentation, you need a Linux Foundation account.
If you want to raise a documentation issue, you need an Atlassian accountthe besu channel on Hyperledger Discord.
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