README.md

Peerbit node

A non-browser node with a CLI and server API so you can manage your non-browser node with easy

Request SSL certificate and setup NGINX config so that your node can be accessed from a browser
Manage topics
Manage VPC/Networks (add/revoke trust)

This CLI does not work in Windows at the moment. As of now this CLI have only tested with Ubuntu 22.04.

Needs port forwarding on 80, 443 (for the console/frontend) and 4002 (for IPFS)

(E.g. Ubuntu 19)

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_19.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

then install the CLI

npm install -g @dao-xyz/peerbit-node

Start the node in a background process

peerbit start > log.txt 2>&1 &

or if you just want an IPFS node as a relay in a separate process

peerbit start --relay  > log.txt 2>&1 &

(you can try to run docker exec ipfs_host ipfs id) to check ipfs is running in the background)

Setup a test domain (so can access the node)

sudo peerbit domain test --email YOUR_EMAIL

(sudo is needed because docker will be installed if it is not available)

After a while a domain will be written out that you can access and learn more about your peer

If you ssh'ed into a some server, remember to do this before exiting the terminal:

Remove all jobs from the shell and make them ignore SIGHUP

disown -ah