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Skywire

Here is our Blog about Skywire.

Skywire is still under heavy development.

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Install
• Run Skywire
• Docker
• System Images Download Url

Requirements

• golang 1.9+

  https://golang.org/dl/

• git

• setup $GOPATH env (for example: /go) https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/SettingGOPATH

Install

Unix systems

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin
git clone https://github.com/skycoin/skywire.git

Build the binaries for skywire

cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/skywire/cmd
go install ./...

Run Skywire

Unix systems

Run Skywire Manager

cd $GOPATH/bin
./manager -web-dir ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/skycoin/skywire/static/skywire-manager

tip: If you run with the above command, you will not be able to close the current window or you will close Skywire Manger.

If you need to close the current window and continue to run Skywire Manager, you can use

cd $GOPATH/bin
nohup ./manager -web-dir ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/skycoin/skywire/static/skywire-manager > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $! > manager.pid

Note: do not execute the above two commands at the same time, just select one of them.

Run Skywire Node

Open a new command window

cd $GOPATH/bin
./node -connect-manager -manager-address 127.0.0.1:5998 -manager-web 127.0.0.1:8000

tip: If you run with the above command, you will not be able to close the current window or you will close Skywire Node.

If you need to close the current window and continue to run Skywire Manager, you can use

cd $GOPATH/bin
nohup ./node -connect-manager -manager-address 127.0.0.1:5998 -manager-web 127.0.0.1:8000 > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $! > node.pid

Stop Skywire Manager and Node.

1. If the Skywire Manager and Node are started by using the terminal window, please press Ctrl + c on the respective terminal of Manager and Node.

2. Use the shutdown terminal to keep running, please enter:

Stop Skywire Manager

cd $GOPATH/bin
pkill -F manager.pid

Stop Skywire Node

cd $GOPATH/bin
pkill -F node.pid

Open Skywire Manager View

Open http://localhost:8000. The default login password for Skywire manager is 1234.

Conect to node

1. Connect to node —— Search services —— Connect

2. Connect to node —— Enter the key for node and app —— Connect

In the first way, you can search for nodes around the world, and select the nodes you want to connect to; The second way is to connect to the specified node.

Use Skywire App

After the default normal start, the App will display "** available port **" (e.g. 9443) after successful connection.

Use Firefox Browser

Install FoxyProxy Standard

Open Firefox Browser,address bar input"https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-standard/", Click "add to Firefox" button to follow the prompts to install.

Configuration FoxyProxy Standard

After the installation is complete, browse the Firefox address bar enter about: "addons" into the plugin page, find FoxyProxy "Standard" and click on the preferences into the configuration page < br > select "Use Enabled Proxies By Patterns and Priority" enable FoxyProxy < br > Click "Add" to Add the configuration,

Proxy Type: SOCKS5
IP address, DNS name, server name: 127.0.0.1
Port: 可用端口

And then finally click "Save"

SSH tool

SSH

After this service is opened, the application public key will be generated. Based on the public key of the node and the public key, the node can be managed remotely in any machine running Skywire.

Note: do not open SSH at will, and show the Node Key and App Key to strangers.

SSH Client

Enter Node Key and App Key. After the connection is successful, the Port (Port) will be displayed under the button, for example, 30001, and finally, use any SSH remote connection tool connection.

Docker

docker build -t skycoin/skywire .

Start the manager

docker run -ti --rm \
  --name=skywire-manager \
  -p 5998:5998 \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  skycoin/skywire

Open http://localhost:8000. The default login password for Skywire manager is 1234.

Start a node and connect it to the manager

docker volume create skywire-data
docker run -ti --rm \
  --name=skywire-node \
  -v skywire-data:/root/.skywire \
  --link skywire-manager \
  -p 5000:5000 \
  -p 6001:6001 \
  skycoin/skywire \
    node \
      -connect-manager \
      -manager-address skywire-manager:5998 \
      -manager-web skywire-manager:8000 \
      -address :5000 \
      -web-port :6001

Docker Compose

docker-compose up

Open http://localhost:8000.

Download System Images

Note: these images can only be run on Orange Pi Prime.

IP presetted system images

Manager system image package contains Skywire Manager and a Skywire Node, other Node system image package only launch a Node.

1. Download Manager (IP:192.168.0.2)

2. Download Node1 (IP:192.168.0.3)

3. Download Node2 (IP:192.168.0.4)

4. Download Node3 (IP:192.168.0.5)

5. Download Node4 (IP:192.168.0.6)

6. Download Node5 (IP:192.168.0.7)

7. Download Node6 (IP:192.168.0.8)

8. Download Node7 (IP:192.168.0.9)

Manually set IP system image

Note: This system image only contains the basic environment of Skywire, and it needs to set IP, etc.

Download Pure Image