## # Discovery Manager ## ## In the [previous tutorial](tutorial_4_gossipsub.md), we built a custom protocol using [protobuf](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers) and ## spread informations (some metrics) on the network using gossipsub. ## For this tutorial, on the other hand, we'll go back on a simple example ## we'll try to discover a specific peers to greet on the network. ## ## First, as usual, we import the dependencies: import sequtils import chronos import stew/byteutils import libp2p import libp2p/protocols/rendezvous import libp2p/discovery/rendezvousinterface import libp2p/discovery/discoverymngr ## We'll not use newStandardSwitch this time as we need the discovery protocol ## [RendezVous](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/rendezvous/README.md) to be mounted on the switch using withRendezVous. ## ## Note that other discovery methods such as [Kademlia](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/kad-dht/README.md) or [discv5](https://github.com/ethereum/devp2p/blob/master/discv5/discv5.md) exist. proc createSwitch(rdv: RendezVous = RendezVous.new()): Switch = SwitchBuilder.new() .withRng(newRng()) .withAddresses(@[ MultiAddress.init("/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0").tryGet() ]) .withTcpTransport() .withYamux() .withNoise() .withRendezVous(rdv) .build() # Create a really simple protocol to log one message received then close the stream const DumbCodec = "/dumb/proto/1.0.0" type DumbProto = ref object of LPProtocol proc new(T: typedesc[DumbProto], nodeNumber: int): T = proc handle(conn: Connection, proto: string) {.async.} = echo "Node", nodeNumber, " received: ", string.fromBytes(await conn.readLp(1024)) await conn.close() return T.new(codecs = @[DumbCodec], handler = handle) ## ## Bootnodes ## The first time a p2p program is ran, he needs to know how to join ## its network. This is generally done by hard-coding a list of stable ## nodes in the binary, called "bootnodes". These bootnodes are a ## critical part of a p2p network, since they are used by every new ## user to onboard the network. ## ## By using libp2p, we can use any node supporting our discovery protocol ## (rendezvous in this case) as a bootnode. For this example, we'll ## create a bootnode, and then every peer will advertise itself on the ## bootnode, and use it to find other peers proc main() {.async.} = let bootNode = createSwitch() await bootNode.start() # Create 5 nodes in the network var switches: seq[Switch] = @[] discManagers: seq[DiscoveryManager] = @[] for i in 0..5: let rdv = RendezVous.new() # Create a remote future to await at the end of the program let switch = createSwitch(rdv) switch.mount(DumbProto.new(i)) switches.add(switch) # A discovery manager is a simple tool, you can set it up by adding discovery # interfaces (such as RendezVousInterface) then you can use it to advertise # something on the network or to request something from it. let dm = DiscoveryManager() # A RendezVousInterface is a RendezVous protocol wrapped to be usable by the # DiscoveryManager. dm.add(RendezVousInterface.new(rdv)) discManagers.add(dm) # We can now start the switch and connect to the bootnode await switch.start() await switch.connect(bootNode.peerInfo.peerId, bootNode.peerInfo.addrs) # Each nodes of the network will advertise on some topics (EvenGang or OddClub) dm.advertise(RdvNamespace(if i mod 2 == 0: "EvenGang" else: "OddClub")) ## We can now create the newcomer. This peer will connect to the boot node, and use ## it to discover peers & greet them. let rdv = RendezVous.new() newcomer = createSwitch(rdv) dm = DiscoveryManager() await newcomer.start() await newcomer.connect(bootNode.peerInfo.peerId, bootNode.peerInfo.addrs) dm.add(RendezVousInterface.new(rdv, ttr = 250.milliseconds)) # Use the discovery manager to find peers on the OddClub topic to greet them let queryOddClub = dm.request(RdvNamespace("OddClub")) for _ in 0..2: let # getPeer give you a PeerAttribute containing informations about the peer. res = await queryOddClub.getPeer() # Here we will use the PeerId and the MultiAddress to greet him conn = await newcomer.dial(res[PeerId], res.getAll(MultiAddress), DumbCodec) await conn.writeLp("Odd Club suuuucks! Even Gang is better!") # Uh-oh! await conn.close() # Wait for the peer to close the stream await conn.join() # Queries will run in a loop, so we must stop them when we are done queryOddClub.stop() # Maybe it was because he wanted to join the EvenGang let queryEvenGang = dm.request(RdvNamespace("EvenGang")) for _ in 0..2: let res = await queryEvenGang.getPeer() conn = await newcomer.dial(res[PeerId], res.getAll(MultiAddress), DumbCodec) await conn.writeLp("Even Gang is sooo laaame! Odd Club rocks!") # Or maybe not... await conn.close() await conn.join() queryEvenGang.stop() # What can I say, some people just want to watch the world burn... Anyway # Stop all the discovery managers for d in discManagers: d.stop() dm.stop() # Stop all the switches await allFutures(switches.mapIt(it.stop())) await allFutures(bootNode.stop(), newcomer.stop()) waitFor(main())