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A Conode is a Collective Authority Node and is a server in the cothority. Conodes are linked together to form a cothority. They are able to run decentralized protocols, and to offer services to clients.
The conode in this repository includes all protocols and services and can be run either for local tests or on a public server. The currently running conodes are available under http://status.dedis.ch.
You can run the conode either using the binary, the run_conode.sh-script
or with docker:
- Using command line
- Using Docker
Conode is the program that allows you to be part of a cothority. For the server you need:
- 24/7 availability
- 512MB of RAM and 1GB of disk-space
- a public IP-address and two consecutive, open ports
- go1.9 or go1.10 installed and set up according to https://golang.org/doc/install
You find further information about what is important when you operate a conode in the following document: Operating a Conode.
Once you have a conode up and running, you can inform us on dedis@epfl.ch and we will include your conode in the DEDIS-cothority.
For most of the apps you need at least 3 running nodes. Once you have them up
and running, you will need a roster.toml that includes all the
public.toml-files from your conodes:
cat ../*/conode_data/public.toml > roster.toml
You will find more details about the available apps on Applications.