etsc-net-intelligence-api
v1.0.0
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Ethereum Social Network Intelligence API
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Ethereum Social Network Intelligence API
This is the backend service which runs along with multi-geth and tracks the network status, fetches information through JSON-RPC and connects through WebSockets to stats.ethereumsocial.kr to feed information. For full install instructions please read the wiki.
Prerequisite
- geth(multi-geth) or Parity
- node
- npm
Setup
Install multi-geth node
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential unzip
$ wget https://github.com/ethereumsocial/multi-geth/releases/download/v1.8.4/multi-geth-linux-v1.8.4.zip
$ unzip multi-geth-linux-v1.8.4
$ sudo mv geth /usr/local/bin/geth
$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/ethereumsocial.service
Copy the following service settings
[Unit]
Description=Ethereum Social
After=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/geth --social --cache=1024 --maxpeers=125 --rpc --rpcaddr 127.0.0.1 --rpcport 8545
KillMode=process
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
User=<your-user-name>
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Start the multi-geth node
$ sudo systemctl start ethereumsocial
$ sudo systemctl enable ethereumsocial
Now install the node.js with etsc-net-intelligence-api
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
$ git clone https://github.com/ethereumsocial/etsc-net-intelligence-api
$ cd etsc-net-intelligence-api
$ npm install
$ sudo npm install -g pm2
Configuration
Configure the app modifying app.json. Ensure that geth node is running on the backgruond with --rpc enabled.
"env":
{
"NODE_ENV" : "production", // tell the client we're in production environment
"RPC_HOST" : "127.0.0.1", // eth JSON-RPC host
"RPC_PORT" : "8545", // eth JSON-RPC port
"LISTENING_PORT" : "30303", // eth listening port (only used for display)
"INSTANCE_NAME" : "", // whatever you wish to name your node
"CONTACT_DETAILS" : "", // add your contact details here if you wish (email/skype)
"WS_SERVER" : "wss://stats.ethereumsocial.kr", // path to eth-netstats WebSockets api server
"WS_SECRET" : "NewEthereumSocial", // WebSockets api server secret used for login
"VERBOSITY" : 2 // Set the verbosity (0 = silent, 1 = error, warn, 2 = error, warn, info, success, 3 = all logs)
}
Run
Run it using pm2:
pm2 start app.json