# Waku This folder contains code related to Waku, both as a node and as a protocol. ## Introduction This is an implementation in Nim of the Waku suite of protocols. See [specifications](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/10/). ## How to Build & Run ### Prerequisites * GNU Make, Bash and the usual POSIX utilities. Git 2.9.4 or newer. ### Wakunode binary ```bash # The first `make` invocation will update all Git submodules. # You'll run `make update` after each `git pull`, in the future, to keep those submodules up to date. make wakunode2 # See available command line options ./build/wakunode2 --help # Connect the client directly with the Status test fleet # TODO NYI #./build/wakunode2 --log-level:debug --discovery:off --fleet:test --log-metrics ``` Note: building `wakunode2` requires 2GB of RAM. The build will fail on systems not fulfilling this requirement. Setting up a `wakunode2` on the smallest [digital ocean](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/) droplet, you can either * compile on a stronger droplet featuring the same CPU architecture and downgrade after compiling, or * activate swap on the smallest droplet, or * use Docker. ### Waku Protocol Test Suite ```bash # Run all the Waku tests make test ``` To run a specific test. ```bash # Get a shell with the right environment variables set ./env.sh bash # Run a specific test nim c -r ./tests/test_waku_filter_legacy.nim ``` You can also alter compile options. For example, if you want a less verbose output you can do the following. For more, refer to the [compiler flags](https://nim-lang.org/docs/nimc.html#compiler-usage) and [chronicles documentation](https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronicles#compile-time-configuration). ```bash nim c -r -d:chronicles_log_level=WARN --verbosity=0 --hints=off ./tests/waku_filter_v2/test_waku_filter.nim ``` You may also want to change the `outdir` to a folder ignored by git. ```bash nim c -r -d:chronicles_log_level=WARN --verbosity=0 --hints=off --outdir=build ./tests/waku_filter_v2/test_waku_filter.nim ``` ### Waku Protocol Example There are basic examples of both publishing and subscribing, more limited in features and configuration than the `wakunode2` binary, located in `examples/`. There is also a more full featured example in `apps/chat2/`. ## Using Metrics Metrics are available for Waku nodes. ```bash make wakunode2 ./build/wakunode2 --metrics-server ``` Ensure your Prometheus config `prometheus.yml` contains the targets you care about, e.g.: ``` scrape_configs: - job_name: "waku" static_configs: - targets: ['localhost:8008', 'localhost:8009', 'localhost:8010'] ``` For visualisation, similar steps can be used as is written down for Nimbus [here](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus#metric-visualisation). There is a similar example dashboard that includes visualisation of the envelopes available at `metrics/waku-grafana-dashboard.json`. ## Spec support All Waku RFCs reside at rfc.vac.dev. Note that Waku specs are titled `WAKU2-XXX` to differentiate them from a previous legacy version of Waku with RFC titles in the format `WAKU-XXX`. The legacy Waku protocols are stable, but not under active development. ## Generating and configuring a private key By default a node will generate a new, random key pair each time it boots, resulting in a different public libp2p `multiaddrs` after each restart. To maintain consistent addressing across restarts, it is possible to configure the node with a previously generated private key using the `--nodekey` option. ```shell wakunode2 --nodekey=<64_char_hex> ``` This option takes a [Secp256k1](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secp256k1) private key in 64 char hexstring format. To generate such a key on Linux systems, use the openssl `rand` command to generate a pseudo-random 32 byte hexstring. ```sh openssl rand -hex 32 ``` Example output: ```sh $ openssl rand -hex 32 6a29e767c96a2a380bb66b9a6ffcd6eb54049e14d796a1d866307b8beb7aee58 ``` where the key `6a29e767c96a2a380bb66b9a6ffcd6eb54049e14d796a1d866307b8beb7aee58` can be used as `nodekey`. To create a reusable keyfile on Linux using `openssl`, use the `ecparam` command coupled with some standard utilities whenever you want to extract the 32 byte private key in hex format. ```sh # Generate keyfile openssl ecparam -genkey -name secp256k1 -out my_private_key.pem # Extract 32 byte private key openssl ec -in my_private_key.pem -outform DER | tail -c +8 | head -c 32| xxd -p -c 32 ``` Example output: ```sh read EC key writing EC key 0c687bb8a7984c770b566eae08520c67f53d302f24b8d4e5e47cc479a1e1ce23 ``` where the key `0c687bb8a7984c770b566eae08520c67f53d302f24b8d4e5e47cc479a1e1ce23` can be used as `nodekey`. ```sh wakunode2 --nodekey=0c687bb8a7984c770b566eae08520c67f53d302f24b8d4e5e47cc479a1e1ce23 ``` ## Configuring a domain name It is possible to configure an IPv4 DNS domain name that resolves to the node's public IPv4 address. ```shell wakunode2 --dns4-domain-name=mynode.example.com ``` This allows for the node's publicly announced `multiaddrs` to use the `/dns4` scheme. In addition, nodes with domain name and [secure websocket configured](#enabling-websocket), will generate a discoverable ENR containing the `/wss` multiaddr with `/dns4` domain name. This is necessary to verify domain certificates when connecting to this node over secure websocket. ## Using DNS discovery to connect to existing nodes A node can discover other nodes to connect to using [DNS-based discovery](../docs/tutorial/dns-disc.md). The following command line options are available: ``` --dns-discovery Enable DNS Discovery --dns-discovery-url URL for DNS node list in format 'enrtree://@' --dns-discovery-name-server DNS name server IPs to query. Argument may be repeated. ``` - `--dns-discovery` is used to enable DNS discovery on the node. Waku DNS discovery is disabled by default. - `--dns-discovery-url` is mandatory if DNS discovery is enabled. It contains the URL for the node list. The URL must be in the format `enrtree://@` where `` is the fully qualified domain name and `` is the base32 encoding of the compressed 32-byte public key that signed the list at that location. - `--dns-discovery-name-server` is optional and contains the IP(s) of the DNS name servers to query. If left unspecified, the Cloudflare servers `1.1.1.1` and `1.0.0.1` will be used by default. A node will attempt connection to all discovered nodes. This can be used, for example, to connect to one of the existing fleets. Current URLs for the published fleet lists: - production fleet: `enrtree://AIRVQ5DDA4FFWLRBCHJWUWOO6X6S4ZTZ5B667LQ6AJU6PEYDLRD5O@sandbox.waku.nodes.status.im` - test fleet: `enrtree://AOGYWMBYOUIMOENHXCHILPKY3ZRFEULMFI4DOM442QSZ73TT2A7VI@test.waku.nodes.status.im` See the [separate tutorial](../docs/tutorial/dns-disc.md) for a complete guide to DNS discovery. ## Enabling Websocket Websocket is currently the only Waku transport supported by browser nodes that uses [js-waku](https://github.com/status-im/js-waku). Setting up websocket enables your node to directly serve browser peers. A valid certificate is necessary to serve browser nodes, you can use [`letsencrypt`](https://letsencrypt.org/): ```shell sudo letsencrypt -d ``` You will need the `privkey.pem` and `fullchain.pem` files. To enable secure websocket, pass the generated files to `wakunode2`: Note, the default port for websocket is 8000. ```shell wakunode2 --websocket-secure-support=true --websocket-secure-key-path="/privkey.pem" --websocket-secure-cert-path="/fullchain.pem" ``` ### Self-signed certificates Self-signed certificates are not recommended for production setups because: - Browsers do not accept self-signed certificates - Browsers do not display an error when rejecting a certificate for websocket. However, they can be used for local testing purposes: ```shell mkdir -p ./ssl_dir/ openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout ./ssl_dir/key.pem -out ./ssl_dir/cert.pem -sha256 -nodes wakunode2 --websocket-secure-support=true --websocket-secure-key-path="./ssl_dir/key.pem" --websocket-secure-cert-path="./ssl_dir/cert.pem" ```