Hello, as per the subject, I'm looking for a way to set up a small independent network of peers to test an application.
What I'm looking for is primarily for this network to exist independently from the normal global GNUnet network that peers connect to when using the default configuration. I don't really care if the testing can be automated or if it has to be handled manually, or if there are concerns about speed or stability; as long as the above condition holds I'm fine with anything. I can probably work around issues, if there's a need to. I know that GNUnet has TESTING and TESTBED, but I can't tell if whatever they do happens on a dedicated network of peers or if they still make contacts with the outer world, in addition to having to study the API, so I haven't yet tried them. The main reason is that I have some test data that I don't want to (and for some of it "can't") distribute on the global network, but I can't run any tests without having two or three other connected peers. If it makes things different, as briefly said in the subject, the network can just be a total of three peers connected with each other, as that is enough to check if the application works regardless of other metrics, so I don't really need things that might make setting things up more complex. Thanks, A.V. P.S. to be honest, "just use TESTBED" would be the ideal answer, but since I need independence and I don't know if TESTBED does it, I thought I'd ask before spending time on something that I don't need.
