# First Connection: Initial user configuration.

The Plinth first-connection process has several stages:

0. The user connects to Plinth for the first time and is redirected from
   the home page to the Hello page.

1. The user sets the Box's name, the administrator's name and
   password, and the box's PGP key (optional).

2. The box generates and the user receives any PGP keys.

3. The box detects the network's configuration and restarts networking.

4. The user interacts with the box normally.

## Stage 0: Connection

The user connects their client device, via Ethernet cable, directly to
the FreedomBox, and Plinth realizes that it hasn't been configured.
The user is automatically (non-interactively) redirected from the home
page to the Hello page.

## Stage 1: Hello

The user's first (interactive) interaction with Plinth is on the Hello
page, where they set these required items:

- Box's Name (hostname).
- Plinth Administrative User's Name.
- Plinth Administrative User's Password.

The user can also set these optional items:

- Box's *Private PGP Key.*
- User's *Public PGP Key.*

### TODOs

- [ ] Allow the user to provide the Box's *Private PGP Key.*
- [ ] Allow the user to provide their own *Public PGP Key.*
- [ ] Hide the key management tools under an advanced options menu.
- [ ] Add space for the administrative user's name and password in the
  printed manual.
- [ ] Add space for the normal (non-administrative) user's name and
  password in the printed manual.

## Stage 2: Identity Configuration

If the user didn't provide a PGP for the Box, box generates its own PGP
key.  Also, if the user didn't provide their own public PGP key, the box
generates one for the user.

The user downloads all PGP keys provided by the box.

### TODOs

- [ ] Create PGP keys.
- [ ] Allow user to download PGP keys.
- [ ] Users need client-side tools to manage downloaded PGP keys.

## Stage 3: Networking Configuration

The printed manual instructs the user how to set up their local
network and uses diagrams to teach users to differentiate between a
router and modem.  If the user only has a modem and their FreedomBox
doesn't have multiple ethernet ports, then I don't know what they'll
do.  If we don't detect a router, the FreedomBox needs a minimum of
two network interfaces so the client device can connect to the
Internet.

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The FreedomBox detects the current network configuration and adjusts
itself accordingly, configuring itself per the chart, below:

| Ethernet Ports | Modem | Modem + Router |
|----------------+-------+----------------|
| One            | M1    | MR1            |
| Two            | M2    | MR2            |

After network detection is complete, the FreedomBox asks the user to
correct the network configuration (plugging the right cables into the
right ports) and restarts networking.

The user's client device must still be able to connect to the Internet
after this configuration is complete.  If not, the configuration is
invalid and should not be used.  At a minimum, the user should be
warned that they're about to remove their client device from the
Internet.

### M1: Modem and 1 Ethernet Port

(RaspberryPi + Modem + Client Device)

(We may need to require a wireless modem on the RPi before this can be
a valid configuration.)

### M2: Modem, and 2 Ethernet Ports

(DreamPlug + Modem + Client Device)

### MR1: Modem Router, and 1 Ethernet Port

(RaspberryPi + Modem + Router + Client Device)

### MR2: Modem Router, and 1 Ethernet Port

(DreamPlug + Modem + Router + Client Device)

### TODOs

- [ ] Detect the current network configuration.

## Stage 4: Normal Interaction

Networking has restarted and the user can interact with the FreedomBox
normally.