Skycoin BBS

Skycoin BBS uses the Skycoin CX Object System (CXO) to store and synchronise data between nodes and the Skycoin Messenger (net) for inter-node content submission.

Install

Go 1.9+ Installation and Setup

Golang 1.9+ Installation/Setup

After installation, ensure that the GOPATH environmental variable is set and that $GOPATH/bin is added to the PATH environment variable.

Dependencies

Dependencies are managed with dep.

To install dep:

go get -u github.com/golang/dep

dep vendors all dependencies into the repo.

Download and Compile BBS Executables

go get https://github.com/skycoin/bbs/...

This will download github.com/skycoin/bbs to $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/bbs.

You can also clone the repo directly with git clone https://github.com/skycoin/bbs, but it must be cloned to this path: $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/bbs.

Static Files For The Web Thin Client

Building instructions for static files can be found in static/README.md.

Run

$ bbsnode

For more detailed instructions:

• cmd/bbsnode/README.md
• Wiki: Setting up a Skycoin BBS Node

The script run.sh is provided as a convenient to run BBS, serving static files in static/dist.

$ ./run.sh

Docker

Pull docker image.

$ docker pull skycoin/bbs

Create a docker volume.

$ docker volume create bbs-data

Run Skycoin BBS.

$ docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 8998:8998 -p 8996:8996 -v bbs0:/data skycoin/bbs

List network interfaces.

$ ifconfig

Use CLI.

# help menu
$ docker run skycoin/bbs bbscli -h

# interact with bbs node
$ docker run skycoin/bbs bbscli -a 172.17.0.1:8996 messengers discover

Command-line interface

The Command-line interface is for administration control over the BBS node.

Detailed instructions are located at cmd/bbscli/README.md.

Documentation

Please make use of the Skycoin BBS Wiki!

Participate

Telegram

• Community Chat - Get up to date with development and talk to the developers.
• Board Hosting Channel - Get a list of nodes to connect to and boards to subscribe to.