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FR: docker container to run a peer OR a server

Open thiswillbeyourgithub opened this issue 6 months ago • 2 comments

Hi,

Very nice project!

I think it would be nice to add a way to run a peer using docker. I added support for it in edgevpn and it's nice!

Similarly, I was wondering about the seedlist / bootstrapping endpoints:

  • Which are they ?
  • How can we modify them?
  • How can we run our own alternative bootstrapping server? Ideally using docker :) (I saw this other repo but it's not yet ready apparently)

What do you think?

Edit: related to https://github.com/anywherelan/awl-bootstrap-node/issues/4

thiswillbeyourgithub avatar Jun 24 '25 20:06 thiswillbeyourgithub

@thiswillbeyourgithub Hi! Thanks for your interest in this project

I guess I really should spend time creating proper documentation and tooling around bootstrap nodes :) (see also https://github.com/anywherelan/awl/issues/164)

Yeah, comment in https://github.com/anywherelan/awl-bootstrap-node/issues/4 is mostly correct, but it is certainly not very convenient

Default bootstrap peers are listed here: https://github.com/anywherelan/awl/blob/master/config/other.go#L32-L40

As for docker, it would be really cool to have a proper image, If you want to help, that would be great

pymq avatar Aug 07 '25 21:08 pymq

Hey. Unfortunately I won't have much free time so won't be able to help especially if the documentation is lacking. I highly recommend starting with the doc as it makes LLM aided dev much better, compounding the speed of dev :)

I intend to keep an eye on awl though as it's a promissing alternative to edgevpn which seems kinda not evolving.

Good luck!

thiswillbeyourgithub avatar Aug 07 '25 21:08 thiswillbeyourgithub