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Description
A "Bootnode" is a match-maker for all kinds of nodes. For example our Mailserver. It helps a new node find other nodes it can communicate with. It bootstraps connections between them.
A Bootstrap node is a very static thing and should not change its IP. Their addresses are either hardcoded into the node binary or provided via flags or config files on process start.
Service Ports
30301UDP - Ethereum Discovery port, should ALWAYS be public.
Setup methods
This document describes the two alternative ways to start a Status Bootnode:
- Docker Compose - More self-contained and portable
- Systemd Service - More local and configurable
Docker Compose
The simplest way is to just use:
make run-bootnode-docker
This will generate the necessary config, compose and then start the container.
For more details read the README.
Systemd Service
The other way is to run the bootnode under systemd:
make run-bootnode-systemd
This will generate the necessary config, define and then start a user service.
Use sudo if you want it to be a system service.
For more details read the README.