Thanks applied! On 07.11.22 08:06, accounts-gnu...@holbrook.no wrote: > Hello, > > Attached is a suggested patch for docs to describe how to manually connect > peers and start a private network. > > > best, > l
> From 7ea4ea6d96443b20c7b22bc22d1e21a71893f659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: lash <d...@holbrook.no> > Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 18:08:47 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] Manually connecting peers, default hellos > > Signed-off-by: lash <d...@holbrook.no> > --- > users/configuration.rst | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/users/configuration.rst b/users/configuration.rst > index 5cedfdc..2db37c3 100644 > --- a/users/configuration.rst > +++ b/users/configuration.rst > @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ If you want to operate in normal P2P-only mode, simply set > ``MINIMUM-FRIENDS`` to zero and ``FRIENDS_ONLY`` to NO. This is the > default. > > + > .. _Configuring-the-hostlist-to-bootstrap: > > Configuring the hostlist to bootstrap > @@ -458,6 +459,50 @@ So your configuration file should include these lines: > SERVERS = http://v10.gnunet.org/hostlist [^] > HOSTLISTFILE = $SERVICEHOME/hostlists.file > > + > +.. _Disable_default_bootstrap: > + > +Disable default bootstrap (private network) > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +A public node will, by default, connect to a gnunet.org peer to learn > +of other peers to bootstrap the network. > + > +To avoid this behavior, either: > + > +- before build, remove the peer entry in ``$REPO/contrib/hellos`` > + > +- after build, remove the peer entry in ``$PREFIX/share/gnunet/hellos`` > + > +Conversely, any public keys added to the same directories will make the > +node *always* make explicit connections to those corresponding peers. > + > + > +.. _Manually-connecting-peers: > + > +Manually connecting peers > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +A gnunet node will learn peers to connect to from hostlist servers and/or > +gossip from connected peers. It will however only connect to a selection > +of peers on the network. > + > +If you wish to connect to a specific peer apart from the automatically > +negotiated connections, you can use the ``hello`` URI of the peer. The > +URI is returned by the following command to *peer to be connected to*: > + > +:: > + > + $ gnunet-peerinfo -s -g > + > +The URI output is passed to the ``gnunet-peerinfo`` command of *peer > +that is connecting*: > + > +:: > + > + $ gnunet-peerinfo -s -p URI > + > + > .. _Configuration-of-the-HOSTLIST-proxy-settings-cli: > > Configuration of the HOSTLIST proxy settings > -- > 2.38.0 >
