feat: improve onboarding flow

src/command/stamp/create.ts

@@ -14,21 +14,26 @@ export class Create extends StampCommand implements LeafCommand {
 
   @Option({
     key: 'capacity',
-    description: 'Size of data, e.g. 100MB, 1GB',
+    description: 'Size of data, e.g. 1GB',
     type: 'string',
     required: false,
   })
   public capacity!: string
 
   @Option({
     key: 'ttl',
-    description: 'Time to live of the postage stamp, e.g. 1d, 4w, "6 months", 1y',
+    description: 'Time to live of the postage stamp, e.g. 1d, 1w, 1month',
     type: 'string',
     required: false,
   })
   public ttl!: string
 
-  @Option({ key: 'immutable', description: 'Disable stamp reuse', type: 'boolean', default: true })
+  @Option({
+    key: 'immutable',
+    description: 'At full capacity, immutable prevents; mutable allows further uploads, overwriting old data',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: true,
+  })
   public immutable!: boolean
 
   @Option({ key: 'label', description: 'Label of the postage stamp' })
@@ -43,19 +48,19 @@ export class Create extends StampCommand implements LeafCommand {
     let ttlInMillis = 0
 
     if (!this.capacity) {
-      this.console.log('Please provide the capacity of the postage stamp')
-      this.console.log('This is the size of the data that can be uploaded with this stamp')
-      this.console.log('Example: 100MB, 1GB')
+      this.console.log('Please provide the total capacity of the postage stamp batch')
+      this.console.log('This represents the total size of data that can be uploaded')
+      this.console.log('Example: 1GB')
       this.capacity = await this.console.askForValue('Capacity')
       this.console.log('')
     }
 
     capacityInBytes = Numbers.makeStorage(this.capacity)
 
     if (!this.ttl) {
-      this.console.log('Please provide the time to live of the postage stamp')
-      this.console.log('This is the time after which the stamp will expire')
-      this.console.log('Example: 1h, 1d, 1w')
+      this.console.log('Please provide the time-to-live (TTL) of the postage stamps')
+      this.console.log('Defines the duration after which the stamp will expire')
+      this.console.log('Example: 1d, 1w, 1month')
       this.ttl = await this.console.askForValue('TTL')
       this.console.log('')
     }
@@ -91,12 +96,6 @@ export class Create extends StampCommand implements LeafCommand {
     this.console.log(createKeyValue('Estimated TTL', Dates.secondsToHumanTime(estimatedTtl)))
     this.console.log(createKeyValue('Type', this.immutable ? 'Immutable' : 'Mutable'))
 
-    if (this.immutable) {
-      this.console.info('At full capacity, an immutable stamp no longer allows new content uploads.')
-    } else {
-      this.console.info('At full capacity, a mutable stamp allows new content uploads, but overwrites old content.')
-    }
-
     if (!this.quiet && !this.yes) {
       this.yes = await this.console.confirm('Confirm the purchase')
     }

src/command/status.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { BeeModes } from '@ethersphere/bee-js'
 import { Numbers } from 'cafe-utility'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 import { LeafCommand } from 'furious-commander'
+import { exit } from 'process'
 import { createKeyValue } from '../utils/text'
 import { RootCommand } from './root-command'
 
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ export class Status extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
       process.stdout.write(chalk.bold.green(' [OK]') + '\n')
     } catch {
       process.stdout.write(chalk.bold.red(' [FAILED]') + '\n')
+      process.stdout.write('\nIs your Bee node running?\n')
+      exit(1)
     }
     const versions = await this.bee.getVersions()
     this.console.all(createKeyValue('Version', versions.beeVersion))

src/command/utility/get-bee.ts

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export class GetBee extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
       execSync('chmod +x bee')
     }
 
-    if (existsSync('config.yaml')) {
-      this.console.log('config.yaml already exists, done')
+    if (existsSync('bee.yaml')) {
+      this.console.log('bee.yaml already exists, done')
 
       return
     }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class GetBee extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
 
     const type = await this.console.promptList(['ultra-light', 'light'], 'Select the type of configuration to create')
     writeFileSync(
-      'config.yaml',
+      'bee.yaml',
       `api-addr: 127.0.0.1:1633
 blockchain-rpc-endpoint: "https://xdai.fairdatasociety.org"
 cors-allowed-origins: ["*"]
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ password: "${Strings.randomAlphanumeric(20)}"`,
     this.console.info('')
     this.console.log('All set! Start Bee node by running:')
     this.console.info('')
-    this.console.log('./bee start --config=config.yaml')
+    this.console.log('./bee start --config=bee.yaml')
   }
 }