Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
39 lines (33 loc) · 1.5 KB

README.md

File metadata and controls

39 lines (33 loc) · 1.5 KB
Raw

gundb torrent signalling example

an example on how to solve the problem of webrtc signalling for gundb by the use of a websocket proxy, heavily inspired by Dletta 2021 and https://github.com/Dletta/dht-proxy/blob/main/websocketproxy.js

what it uses:

  • gundb
  • trystero (webrtc signalling using webtorrent signalling)
  • vanjs (for frontent ui)

how it works:

  1. setup a private webtorrent tracker on a public url

  2. an infohash is generated for app_id: 'gundb_torrent_signalling_test' and room_id: 'test'

    > npm run create_info_hash gundb_torrent_signalling_test test
3665367962366f34703164316e32353666357733

  3. a config.json is created:

    {
    "infoHashHex": "3665367962366f34703164316e32353666357733",
    "appId": "gundb_torrent_signalling_test",
    "roomName": "test",
    "trackerUrls":["wss://tracker.com"]
}

  4. a set of public and private credentials for the app is created, resulting in creds.client.json and creds.server.json

> npm run create_root_key
  1. db is initialized with config.json and creds (this initializes the proxy and thereby the trystero webtorrent signalling) 
    const db = setupDb(config, creds)
  2. edit bin/tracker.js so that it has your infohash in the whitelist
  3. run your private tracker on a public ip: npm run tracker

from here on the db is ready and will maintain its webrtc connections without bothering gundb