docs.waku.org/docs/guides/nwaku/configure-discovery.md

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Configure Peer Discovery

This guide provides detailed steps to configure a nwaku node to locate and connect with peers in the Waku Network.

:::tip You can configure a nwaku node to use multiple peer discovery mechanisms simultaneously. :::

Configure Static Peers

You can provide static peers to a nwaku node during startup using the staticnode configuration option. To connect to multiple peers on startup, repeat the staticnode option:

wakunode2 \
  --staticnode:[Libp2p MULTIADDR PEER 1] \
  --staticnode:[Libp2p MULTIADDR PEER 2]

Configure DNS Discovery

To enable DNS Discovery in a nwaku node, use the following configuration options:

• dns-discovery: Enables DNS Discovery on the node (disabled by default).
• dns-discovery-url: URL for DNS node list in the format enrtree://<key>@<fqdn> where <fqdn> is the fully qualified domain name and <key> is the base32 encoding of the compressed 32-byte public key that signed the list at that location.
• dns-discovery-name-server (optional): DNS name server IPs to query. You can repeat this option to provide multiple DNS name servers.

wakunode2 \
  --dns-discovery:true \
  --dns-discovery-url:[DNS NODE LIST]

Configure Discv5

You can enable Discv5 in a nwaku node using the discv5-discovery and discv5-bootstrap-node configuration options. To configure multiple bootstrap entries for the Discv5 routing table, repeat the discv5-bootstrap-node option:

wakunode2 \
  --discv5-discovery:true \
  --discv5-bootstrap-node:[DISCV5 ENR BOOTSTRAP ENTRY 1] \
  --discv5-bootstrap-node:[DISCV5 ENR BOOTSTRAP ENTRY 2]

:::info When Discv5 is enabled and used with DNS Discovery, the nwaku node will attempt to bootstrap the Discv5 routing table by extracting ENRs from peers discovered through DNS. :::