Configure

Configured via environmental variables in variables.env. See: variables.env.example.

HTTP_PORT

Port for the http server to run on.

Default: 8090

HTTP_LIMIT

The maximum request body size.

Default: 10mb

See: body-parser

PEER_PORT

Port for the p2p node to run on.

Default: 8070

PEER_IP

IP for the p2p node to run on.

Default: 127.0.0.1 (localhost)

PEER_LIST

List of peers, required for joining the network. Leave blank on first peer, that is "creating" the network.

Default: empty

Format: - multiaddr incl. ipfs address - seperated by commas

Example:

PEER_LIST=/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8071/ipfs/QmdW3RF4Yq4acYc4bgUmxeuJQLb2mQpQmMuDTGir5gQcYM, /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/8072/ipfs/QmPP5pdu6Dh93DL7LnQkKU2x8m4BoSrQswjQR5q26PMneg

You have to fill this list manually with the multiaddresses of the other peers. You do this by configuring a peer through the above options (ports and ip) and running the npm run addr script to show you that specific peers multiaddress, which can then be used in another peers PEER_LIST to connect to this peer.

PEER_STORAGE

Storage location on disk for the data of the DHT.

Default: /tmp/datastore

PEER_REDUNDANCY

Specifies on how many different remote nodes a value should be stored.

Default: 2

PEER_MPLEX_SIZE

Specify the max message size of the p2p net's multiplexer.

Default: 10mb

DEBUG

Enable logging in the p2p network.

Set it to:

libp2p:dht:Q*,libp2p:dht:rpc:get-value:*