A "Bootnode" is a match-maker for all kinds of nodes. For example our Mailserver. It helps a new node find other nodes it can communicate with. It bootstraps connections between them.
A Bootstrap node is a very static thing and should not change its IP. Their addresses are either hardcoded into the node binary or provided via flags or config files on process start.
30301UDP - Ethereum Discovery port, should ALWAYS be public.
This document describes the two alternative ways to start a Status Bootnode:
- Docker Compose - More self-contained and portable
- Systemd Service - More local and configurable
The simplest way is to just use:
make run-bootnode-docker
This will generate the necessary config, compose and then start the container.
For more details read the README.
The other way is to run the bootnode under systemd:
make run-bootnode-systemd
This will generate the necessary config, define and then start a user service.
Use sudo if you want it to be a system service.
For more details read the README.